NRI News
‘We have no choice but to trust Modi’
Wednesday, 21/05/2014
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LONDON: The chairman of London-based Indian Muslim Federation (IMF) — an organisation formed after the 1969 riots in Ahmedabad — on Monday said that Muslims were surprised at the landslide electoral victory in favour of Narendra Modi, but felt that the ‘vulnerable’ community had no alternative but to trust him.
Punjabi youth shot dead in Philippines
Wednesday, 21/05/2014
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Jalandhar : A Punjabi NRI youth hailing from Jalandhar was shot dead in the Cebu city of Philippines while he was away for work on Tuesday. There have been a spate of killings of Punjabis in Philippines over the past some time. The deceased has been identified as Ranjit Singh alias Goru (30), a resident of Seechewal village under Shahkot sub-division of Jalandhar. Ranjit, who was residing in the Cebu city for the past over eight years was married to a Philippine woman and had two children.
Two jailed for life in 2009 NRI murder case
Monday, 19/05/2014
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JALANDHAR: A local cour t on Saturday awarded rigorous life imprisonment to two persons in the murder case of UK-based NRI Charanjeet Singh who was killed outside Country Inn hotel in September 2009.
Sikh community’s role in US hailed
Monday, 19/05/2014
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Washington: Indian Ambassador to the US, S Jaishankar has hailed the contributions of the Sikh community as pioneers among the Indian-Americans embodying the spirit of India.
Punjabi man in UK jailed for 16 years for assault on wife, son
Friday, 16/05/2014
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London : A 59-year-old Indian-origin man in the UK has been jailed for over 16 years for brutally assaulting his own son and wife in a row over watching a TV show.
A first: SC nominated to UK deputy mayor’s post
Friday, 16/05/2014
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Jalandhar : Punjabis abroad have emerged with flying colours in every field and adding another feather to their kitty was the achievement of an NRI from Doaba belt who has become the first ever Scheduled Caste (SC) Deputy Mayor of Gravesham in the UK.
Punjabi-origin member quits far-right UK party over ‘racist populism’
Thursday, 15/05/2014
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LONDON: A Punjabi-origin member of Britain’s far-right UK Independence Party (UKIP) has quit the party on the grounds that it has descended into a “terrifying form of racist populism” for electoral gains.
Punjab-born councillor becomes mayor in Britain
Wednesday, 14/05/2014
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London : An India-born councillor has been elected mayor in Erewash ward in Britain’s Derbyshire, a media report said. The Conservative Party’s councillor for Wilsthorpe, Kewal Singh Athwal, became the first Erewash mayor to be elected by a casting vote at a meeting at Long Eaton Town Hall in Derbyshire, Nottingham Post reported on Tuesday.
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