9,000 Punjabis await asylum status in US
Varinder Singh, Bathinda/Moga : More than 9,000 Punjabis, who entered the US illegally, are awaiting asylum or refugee status for the past five years. This has been brought out in…
No consensus on NRI Sabha elections
Jalandhar : An attempt of the district administration to reach a consensus between the candidates for the NRI Sabha president election failed on Thursday. The election is scheduled to be…
Martyr status sought for freedom fighters, associates
Jalandhar : The US-based North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) has demanded martyr status for Bhagat Singh and his fellow freedom fighters Rajguru, Sukhdev and Udham Singh. NAPA executive director Satnam…
‘NAPA will play important role in Punjab Assembly elections’
Jalandhar: Ahead of Punjab Assembly elections 2017, US-based North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) is gearing up to play an important role. Executive director Satnam Singh Chahal said, “Although the NAPA…
Modi reaches out to Badal on Kutch Sikh farmers’ issue
AHMEDABAD: After the North American Punjab Association (NAPA) wrote to U.S. President Barack Obama and senators, urging them against grant of visa to him, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on…
Sikh-Americans urge Manmohan to raise issue of attack on Sikhs
WASHINGTON: The Sikh-American community has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to raise the issue of increasing attacks on the community members in the US with President Barack Obama during their…
American body condemns ban
Jalandhar: US-based North American Punjabi Association (NAPA),while condemning the ban imposed on Sadda Haq,said it would gain nothing,but create a controversy. Though the film has been banned in Punjab,Haryana, Chandigarh…
Indian Government asked to increase limit of duty free gold for NRIs
Washington: An Indian American organisation has asked the Indian government to increase the limit of duty free gold that an NRI couple can bring to India. The North American Punjabi…
Nearly 2400 Indians, many from Punjab, lodged in US jails for illegally crossing border: Report
Chandigarh | An early morning fire destroyed a gurdwara called Guru Ram Das Sikh community temple in the eastern part of Vancouver city in Washington state in the US on…
Pro-Khalistan groups proximity to US lawmakers raises concern
Lalit K Jha | Washington: Many individuals present at the launch of Sikh Caucus have been blacklisted by India and in the past have had not only supported militancy in…