NRI News
Punjabi-origin youths attacked in UK
Tuesday, 06/05/2014
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
LONDON: A 23-year-old Punjabiorigin accountant and his friend were brutally assaulted with cricket and baseball bats and tyre irons after ambushing the family outside a popular Indian restaurant in Britain.
Punjabi man charged with murder in UK
Tuesday, 06/05/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140506/punjab.htm#24
London : A 48-year-old Indian-origin man has been charged with the murder of a British national, whose body was found in his flat. Surjit Singh Sidhu from Huddersfield in Britain’s West Yorkshire was arrested on Friday and subsequently charged with the murder of Martin Ackroyd, 48.
Punjabis detained in Texas - US Congman assures to look into the matter
Tuesday, 06/05/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140506/punjab.htm#23
Chandigarh : To seek the release of more than 100 Punjabi youths, detained “illegally” in the El Paso processing centre (jail) in Texas, US, a delegation of the North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) met Congressman John Garamendi at his house in California and sought his support.
Navjeevan Society gives grant to 6 deportees from UK
Tuesday, 06/05/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=102324&boxid=59098&uid=&dat=2014-05-06
Jalandhar : Continuing with their humanitarian service of rehabilitating deportees from foreign shores, the Navjeevan Charitable Society in association with the Diocese of Jalandhar distributed reintegration amount to refugees who returned from the UK under ‘Reintegration Project’.
Honour for Punjabi scientist in US
Monday, 05/05/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140505/punjab.htm#17
Chandigarh : Dr Shiv Inder Singh Grewal, a scientist from Ludhiana, now settled in the US, has been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. His election is a matter of pride as Nobel prize winners and other eminent scientists from across the globe are elected and associate members of the academy.
US varsity honours Indian engineer
Monday, 05/05/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=102179&boxid=56736&uid=&dat=2014-05-05
Bangalore: Anil Rajvanshi, a renewable energy pioneer of India, Saturday was honoured by the University of Florida, one of the leading universities in the US, for his "groundbreaking" work in rural development.
Indian scientist wins British fellowship
Sunday, 04/05/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=102155&boxid=60205&uid=&dat=2014-05-04
London: An Indian scientist in Britain has been granted a prestigious fellowship worth 1,068,000 pounds (around $1.8 million) by a top British agency that funds research in engineering and the physical sciences.
Sikh cab driver in US found guilty of rape
Sunday, 04/05/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=102155&boxid=60202&uid=&dat=2014-05-04
New York : A Sikh cab driver in the US has been found guilty by a jury here of raping and kidnapping a 29-year-old woman and faces up to 25 years in prison for the 2011 asault.
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