NRI News

UK-based NRI husband booked for wife’s murder

Thursday, 06/06/2013

http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/uk-based-nri-husband-booked-for-wifes-murder/80567

HOSHIARPUR/LONDON: UK-based NRI, Sukhvir Singh has been booked by Punjab Police for hiring a contract killer to kill his wife, Balbir kaur. The husband and the contract killer are arrested, though the amount paid to perform the crime is not yet know.

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NRIs disillusioned by false promises of SAD-BJP govt: Bajwa

Wednesday, 05/06/2013

http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/nris-disillusioned-by-false-promises-of-sad-bjp-govt-bajwa/80532

WASHINGTON (USA): Partap Singh Bajwa President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) Tuesday said that SAD-BJP government in Punjab has failed to address the problems of NRIs who feel alienated from their home land. He said that NRIs were prepared to invest if conducive environment is provided to them.

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Set up trafficking victim relief fund in 6 weeks'

Tuesday, 04/06/2013

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Jalandhar/Set-up-trafficking-victim-relief-fund-in-6-weeks/SP-Article1-1070456.aspx

The Punjab State Commission for NRIs has asked the state government to set up 'Human Trafficking Victim Relief Fund' within six weeks to encourage voluntary return of illegal immigrants by offering financial assistance.

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Irish court rules Sikh can't wear turban on duty

Tuesday, 04/06/2013

http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/irish-court-rules-sikh-cant-wear-turban-on-duty/80486

LONDON: A Sikh man in Ireland has lost his appeal in a court to be allowed to wear the turban while on duty in a volunteer group for that country's police force.

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Some Indians in UAE jails ashamed to come to Indian jail

Tuesday, 04/06/2013

http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/some-indians-in-uae-jails-ashamed-to-come-to-indian-jail/80471

DUBAI: As Indian prisoners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) prepare to get transferred to some Indian jail under a bilateral prisoner exchange agreement, some of them are ashamed to take up the offer due to the nature of their crimes.

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Canadian sports body upholds ban on turbans

Tuesday, 04/06/2013

http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/canadian-sports-body-upholds-ban-on-turbans/80469

TORONTO: The World Sikh Organisation has expressed sadness at the decision of Canadian football organisation's decision to uphold a ban on turbans on field.

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California Senate in US okays centre for prevention of bullying

Monday, 03/06/2013

http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=71493&boxid=57772&uid=&dat=2013-06-03

Fatehgarh Sahib : The California Senate in United States has passed the United Sikhs Co-Sponsored Bill (231) to establish a California Bullying Prevention Coordinating Centre.

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British town gets its first Sikh mayor

Sunday, 02/06/2013

http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/british-town-gets-its-first-sikh-mayor/80410

LONDON: A Sikh man has for the first time become the mayor of the town of Warwick in England's West Midlands region.

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RANA GURJIT SINGH INAUGURATES MARKFED SALES BOOTH AT LOHIAN

Thursday, 01/08/2019

https://www.brightpunjabexpress.com/index.php/2019/07/31/rana-gurjit-singh-inaugurates-markfed-sales-booth-at-lohian/

Jalandhar : In a major step to boost the rural economy besides providing employment to youth in villages, MARKFED has launched a sale booth in Lohian, which would, provides more than 100 eatable items.

 

NRI NEWS

Indian-Americans urge Trump to ‘fully support’ India on Kashmir

Sunday, 04/08/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-americans-urge-trump-to-fully-support-india-on-kashmir/813832.html

Washington : The Indian-American community in the US has urged the Trump administration to “fully support” India’s decision to revoke the constitutional provision that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir and to continue to exert pressure on Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism.