NRI News
Ludhiana’s Raj Chouhan re-elected asst deputy speaker of BC assembly
Wednesday, 03/07/2013
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/ludhianas-raj-chouhan-re-elected-asst-deputy-speaker-of-bc-assembly/81960
BRITISH COLUMBIA: Raj Ravinder Singh Chouhan, a native of a Ludhiana village has been re-elected assistant deputy speaker of legislative assembly of Brisitsh Columbia. He was first elected as the MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds in May 2005. He was then re-elected in May 2009 and again in May 2013.
Indian embassy among 38 US snooping targets
Tuesday, 02/07/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130702/main6.htm
London/Washington : The Indian Embassy in the US is among the list of 38 diplomatic missions which were being spied upon by American intelligence agencies, as per the latest top secret US National Security Agency documents leaked by the whistleblower Edward Snowden.
NRI booked for torturing wife for dowry
Tuesday, 02/07/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130702/punjab.htm#28
Moga : The police has registered a criminal case against an NRI, Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal, for allegedly torturing his wife. His mother Balwinder Kaur has also been booked.
Sikh Community reaches out to serve in aftermath of Calgary Floods
Friday, 28/06/2013
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/sikh-community-reaches-out-to-serve-in-aftermath-of-calgary-floods/81708
CALGARY: The Sikh community of Calgary and the World Sikh Organization of Canada have been reaching out to serve in the aftermath of severe flooding in the city. Thousands of Calgary residents were forced to evacuate after rising water levels shut down the city core and left many neighbourhoods flooded.
NRI Sikh businessman Singapore envoy to Lanka
Friday, 28/06/2013
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
SINGAPORE: Singapore has appointed a Sikh businessman as its non-resident High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, the foreign ministry announced here on Thursday.
Canada temple vandalised
Friday, 28/06/2013
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
TORONTO: A Hindu temple in Canada has been vandalised by two men armed with baseball bats, outraging the country’s minority community which termed it as a “hate crime”.
UK visa bond leaves Punjabis aghast
Thursday, 27/06/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130627/punjab.htm#1
Chandigarh : The proposed visa bond for Indians visiting the UK does not have the endorsement of the British Government. It is only an internal note circulated within UK’s Home Affairs Department and has not been considered by the British Government.
Britain keen to improve security cooperation with India
Wednesday, 26/06/2013
http://post.jagran.com/britain-keen-to-improve-1372230040
London: Britain is keen to improve cooperation with India and other Asian countries in the fields of security and intelligence, a senior UK minister has said.
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