NRI News
Prominent invitees at Sammelan
Wednesday, 08/01/2014
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Chandigarh : At least three Union Ministers from Canada, including Tim Uppal, Bal Gosal and Manmeet Gosal, will be participating in the NRI Sammelan, an official press release said here today.
Separate civil, judicial wings for NRIs
Tuesday, 07/01/2014
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Chandigarh : In another first, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday announced to set up separate civil and judicial wings to exclusively deal with and address the issues pertaining to the Non Resident Indians (NRIs).
9 decomposed bodies found in Nagaland
Saturday, 04/01/2014
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KOHIMA: Highly decomposed bodies of nine unidentified persons, who were blindfolded with hands tied up, have been found buried in a gorge near Chumukedima in Dimapur district of Nagaland.
Indians lodged in Nigerian jail being ‘harassed’
Friday, 03/01/2014
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Hoshiarpur : Indians lodged in a Nigerian jail are on the verge of dying. They hardly get meal once a day and there is no medication in case anyone falls ill. The abject misery that befell on 10 Indians, including two Punjabis, have been laid threadbare in a letter by Capt Shailesh Kumar Singh, captain of the Indian crew, to the Indian Government. He has sent the letter to the family of Gagan Kumar of Hoshiarpur, one of the two Punjabi lodged in the Nigerian jail. The other youth is from Gurdaspur.
Oz gang targets people of Indian appearance: Police
Friday, 03/01/2014
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Melbourne: An Australian teenager, charged with brutally attacking and robbing a 20-year-old Indian student here, was part of a gang that targeted people of Indian appearance, a court heard on Thursday.
NRI panel wants charges of wrongful detention probed
Thursday, 02/01/2014
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Chandigarh : The NRI Commission, Punjab, today asked the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Protector of Immigrants and Bureau of Immigration, to look into the allegations made by NRI Rupinder Kaur and Dr Harmandeep Rai against immigration and police officials at the IGI International Airport, New Delhi, regarding wrongful detention and harassment in September last year.
Former Babbar Khalsa leader hauled before Canadian refugee board
Thursday, 02/01/2014
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Toronto : A former leader of the banned Babbar Khalsa terrorist group has been ordered to appear at an immigration hearing to decide whether he should be admissible into Canada. Gurmej Singh Gill arrived in Vancouver to visit relatives in late November and was to return to his home in the British city of Birmingham December 22.
Punjabis from 19 countries to participate
Thursday, 02/01/2014
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Jalandhar : Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the two-day NRI conference to be held at Anandpur Sahib and Jalandhar on January 10 and 11 would focus on strengthening emotional bond with Punjabis who had made a niche for themselves by sheer hard work and entrepreneurship.
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