NRI News
Moga youth shot dead in Philippines
Friday, 05/09/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140905/punjab.htm#2
Moga : A 27-year-old Sikh youth hailing from Tatariawala village in Moga district was allegedly shot dead at Manila in Philippines yesterday. Confirming this, deceased youth's father Sohan Singh said he had got information that his son was shot dead by a gang of robbers on a highway while he was on way to home from his office. They also snatched away a bag containing money from him, he said.
Indian, who raped teen, loses appeal bid
Friday, 05/09/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=114083&boxid=60020&uid=&dat=2014-09-05
Melbourne : An Indian taxi driver, who wasjailed for six years in Australia for raping a drunk and vulnerable 17-year-old schoolgirl, has lost his bid to overturn his conviction.
India-born wins prestigious US award
Thursday, 04/09/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=114031&boxid=60020&uid=&dat=2014-09-04
Washington :India-born scientist Dr Thomas John Colacot has won the American Chemical Society’s ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry, one of the top honours in the field.
663 NRIs on list of ‘wanted’, mostly for sham marriages
Tuesday, 02/09/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140902/punjab.htm#3
Jalandhar : The Punjab Police have declared 663 Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) proclaimed offenders (PO) in matrimonial disputes and other criminal cases. Of the 27 police districts in Punjab, Doaba region, the hub of NRIs, accounts for more than half of the proclaimed offenders. Most of them have been declared wanted for solemnising sham marriages and ditching their spouses in Punjab.
Indian-origin email inventor slams critics
Tuesday, 02/09/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=113884&boxid=60185&uid=&dat=2014-09-02
Washington : V A Shiva Ayyadurai, an Indian-origin scientist who received official recognition as the inventor of the computer program for electronic mail system or “email” from the US government 32 years ago, has slammed his critics for not giving him full credit.
Sham marriages - Centre mulls tougher law to nail accused NRIs
Monday, 01/09/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140901/punjab.htm#23
Chandigarh : With the process of extraditing a wanted criminal or repatriating an illegal immigrant to his home country taking decades and limited to hardened criminals, the Centre is trying to find means to shorten the process besides bringing NRIs accused of fraudulent or sham marriages under its purview.
4 youths held on murder charge in Kuwait let off
Sunday, 31/08/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140831/punjab.htm#4
Jalandhar : Four of the 14 Punjabi youths who were taken into custody by the Kuwait police for allegedly killing two Egyptians during a brawl on Thursday were set free today.
UK plans to seize terror suspects’ passports
Saturday, 30/08/2014
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
LONDON: David Cameron announced plans to introduce new powers to strip terror suspects of their passports to tackle a “greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before”.
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