NRI News
Gas station owned by Sikh vandalised with racial slurs
Thursday, 08/02/2018
https://dailypost.in/news/nri-world/sikh-gas-station-vandalised/
Sikh gas station vandalised: A gas station owned by a Sikh in the US state of Kentucky has been vandalised by a masked man with racist slurs and vulgar phrases, according to media reports. The station in Greenup County was hit by vandals last weeks, sending shock waves among community members.
UK Police arrest 6 men for murder of Indian-origin jeweller
Thursday, 01/02/2018
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/uk-police-arrest-6-men-for-murder-of-indian-origin-jeweller/537066.html
London : The British Police on Wednesday made a sixth arrest in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Indian- origin jeweller Ramniklal Jogiya, who was found dead in Leicester last week.
London to build memorial to Sikh soldiers
Thursday, 01/02/2018
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LONDON: The Theresa May government on Tuesday approved building a memorial in London to honour the sacrifices and contribution of Sikh servicemen who fought in the two world wars for Britain and its allies.
Sikh soldiers to get new war memorial in London
Thursday, 01/02/2018
https://dailypost.in/news/punjab/sikh-soldiers-war-memorial-london/
Sikh soldiers to get new war memorial in London. The UK government has agreed to support and fund a national memorial to honour the sacrifices and contribution of Sikh soldiers who fought for Britain and its allies during the two World Wars. More than 83,000 turbaned Sikh soldiers gave their lives and more than 100,000 were injured during the wars.
UK Sikh teen plotted to join ISIS in Syria
Friday, 26/01/2018
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/uk-sikh-teen-plotted-to-join-isis-in-syria/534307.html
London : An 18-year-old British-Sikh girl, who converted to Islam as a teenager, tried to trick her schoolteacher into counter-signing photographs for a passport application to be able to travel to Syria and join the Islamic State terror network, a court has been told.
Canadian woman threatens to rip off Sikh youth’s turban
Monday, 22/01/2018
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
OTTAWA: A Sikh man was asked to remove his turban by a woman in a Canadian club who threatened to “rip” off the head covering and heckled him with racist remarks, according to a media report.
Lawmaker behind 1984 genocide motion is Ontario’s first Sikh woman minister
Friday, 19/01/2018
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TORONTO: Harinder Malhi, the Indo-Canadian member of the Ontario provincial parliament and the mover of the 1984 genocide motion in the House last April, has been given a cabinet berth in the Ontario cabinet, making her the first-ever Sikh cabinet minister in the Canadian province.
Over 40 pc of foreign-born tech workers in Seattle Indians: Report
Thursday, 18/01/2018
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/over-40-pc-of-foreign-born-tech-workers-in-seattle-indians-report/530438.html
Washington : More than 40 per cent of the foreign-born tech workers in Seattle–which is home to Microsoft, Amazon, and Boeing--are from India, according to a media report.
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