3 NRIs win Mini Punjab polls in Canada

Thursday, 16/05/2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-16/us-canada-news/39308971_1_burnaby-edmonds-amrik-virk-harry-lali

BATHINDA: Three Punjabi NRIs have won the elections to the British Columbia legislative assembly in Canada. Apart from two sitting members of New Democratic Party (NDP) winning the election, a candidate from the ruling British Columbia Liberals Party (BC Liberals) has also won -- taking the tally of winning Punjabis to three.

Harry Bains and Raj Chouhan of NDP retained the seats of Surrey Newton and Burnaby Edmonds respectively. Amrik Virk, an inspector in Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), won on Liberals ticket from Surrey Tynehead constituency. While Bains defeated another Punjabi, Sukhminder Virk, of the ruling Liberals party to keep the seat, Virk defeated a fellow Punjabi Avtar Bains of NDP.

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RANA GURJIT SINGH INAUGURATES MARKFED SALES BOOTH AT LOHIAN

Thursday, 01/08/2019

https://www.brightpunjabexpress.com/index.php/2019/07/31/rana-gurjit-singh-inaugurates-markfed-sales-booth-at-lohian/

Jalandhar : In a major step to boost the rural economy besides providing employment to youth in villages, MARKFED has launched a sale booth in Lohian, which would, provides more than 100 eatable items.

 

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Indian-Americans urge Trump to ‘fully support’ India on Kashmir

Sunday, 04/08/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-americans-urge-trump-to-fully-support-india-on-kashmir/813832.html

Washington : The Indian-American community in the US has urged the Trump administration to “fully support” India’s decision to revoke the constitutional provision that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir and to continue to exert pressure on Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism.