NRI News
United Sikhs’ team in Philippines to help typhoon victims
Sunday, 24/11/2013
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Sacramento : USA-based association United Sikhs has sent a relief team to the Philippines to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan. The team is led by Rishiwant Singh and Kiran Singh. The first batch of goods and supplies has filled the United Sikhs’ stock room in Khalsa Diwan Sikh Gurdwara, Manila.
UK recognises contribution of Sikh war veterans
Sunday, 24/11/2013
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London : Britain has honoured the contribution of thousands of Sikhs, who laid down their lives fighting for the British Indian Army during both World Wars at an event here.
UK’s first Indian-origin woman magistrate dead
Friday, 22/11/2013
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London : Britain's first woman magistrate of Indian-origin has died at the age of 84. Chand Lal-Sarin, who came to Coventry in 1962 from India's state of Punjab, became a magistrate in 1970, the Coventry Telegraph reported..
Britain’s first Indian-origin woman magistrate dies
Friday, 22/11/2013
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London: Britain’s first Indian-origin woman magistrate has died in the city of Coventry at the age of 84.
Probe youth’s death in US, NRI panel to SSP
Friday, 22/11/2013
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Kapurthala : Taking suo motu cognisance of the matter pertaining to Kapurthala resident Paramjit Singh, who had committed suicide in US in October, the Punjab State Commission for NRIs, Chandigarh, has asked the Kapurthala Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to look into the matter and submit a report on or before January 9, 2014. Orders to this effect have been issued by the commission chairperson Justice Arvind Kumar (retd) and member S Chattopadhyaya (retd ADGP) today.
Sikh taxi driver awarded for honesty in Australia
Thursday, 21/11/2013
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Sydney : A Sikh taxi driver in Australia, who returned 1,10,000 Australian dollars he found on the rear seat of his cab to its owners, has received a Melbourne City Council award for his honesty.
Religious bias: Firm to pay $50,000 to Sikh job seeker in US
Thursday, 21/11/2013
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New Jersey : A New Jersey car dealership will pay monetary compensation to a Sikh man to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by him, which alleged that he was not hired by the dealership because he maintains a beard.
Kin mourn couple's death in US
Wednesday, 20/11/2013
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Jalandhar : The alleged killing of a newly-wed Punjabi couple in California has left their relatives at Pholariwal village near here in a state of shock.
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