NRI News
UK Sikh woman charged with theft of £1,20,000
Friday, 24/01/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140124/punjab.htm#22
London : A 30-year-old Indian-origin woman will go on trial for allegedly stealing 1,20,000 pounds while working as a customer adviser at The Royal Bank of Scotland.
NRIs can apply for LPG connection
Thursday, 23/01/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140123/punjab.htm#23
Chandigarh : Following a complaint filed by two Non-resident Indians, the Punjab State Commission for NRIs today said the complainants could avail LPG gas connection as the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas had informed it that foreign nationals, Persons of Indian Origins (PIOs) and NRIs were eligible for the same.
Immigration fraud : 19 suspects held in UK
Thursday, 23/01/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140123/punjab.htm#22
London : Nineteen people were arrested on Tuesday in a series of raids with regard to a suspected immigration scam. It is being suspected that Indians are brought to the UK as Sikh religious preachers, who later disappear.
NRIs seek visas for political refugees
Wednesday, 22/01/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140122/punjab.htm#17
New Delhi: Members of the North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) based in United States today met Union Overseas Minister Vayalar Ravi and raised the matter of issuance of Indian visas and passports to those who had sought political asylum in the US.
Canadian varsity signs pact with Lovely University - Two LPU students to go to Fraser Valley as part of an exchange programme
Sunday, 19/01/2014
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Jalandhar: Canada’s University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) and Lovely Professional University (LPU) have entered an academic collaboration. The collaboration between two universities will focus on different areas of common interest.
US could have handled Khobragade affair better: NYT
Friday, 17/01/2014
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Washington: As India and the US work to ease tensions after a bitter month long diplomatic spat, an influential US daily has suggested that the damage “to India-America relations is unlikely to dissipate soon.” Tensions between the two countries “have eased” with the return home of Devyani Khobragade, India’s then deputy consul general in New York, whose arrest and strip search over charges of visa fraud and mistreating her domestic worker, sparked the row, the New York Times noted.
MP of Winnipeg Kevin visits GNDU
Thursday, 16/01/2014
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Amritsar : Canada Winnipeg (North) Member of Parliament Kevin Lamoureux interacted with the students of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) here, on Wednesday, in the Guru Nanak Bhawan Auditorium of the university.
US returns three stolen sandstone sculptures
Thursday, 16/01/2014
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New York : Three stolen antique sculptures valued at over $1.5 million have been returned to India by the US in an ‘excellent’ display of bilateral cooperation following a month-long row over the arrest and indictment of an Indian diplomat here.
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