NRI News
NRI’s house forcibly demolished to open restobar, alleges kin
Saturday, 05/01/2013
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nri-s-house-forcibly-demolished-to-open-restobar-alleges-kin/1054918/1
On the day Punjab government’s NRI Sammelan was launched with fanfare and some more promises, the kin of a US-based NRI held a press conference demanding judicial probe into role of NRI affairs Minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia in a land grab case. The NRI’s house allegedly stood on the prime land, now worth over Rs 50 crore, in January 2008 when a similar NRI sammelan was held by the Badal government.
NRI marriages: Registration to be mandatory
Saturday, 05/01/2013
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nri-marriages-registration-to-be-mandatory/1054913/
Punjab, through compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, will be first state in the country to make registration of marriages of Non-Resident Indian (NRI) and foreign nationals compulsory in the state.
Demand for say in NRI Commission
Saturday, 05/01/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130105/punjab.htm#2
Chandigarh : Punjabi NRIs are mainly concerned about the security of their land holdings and properties in Punjab. They also want a say in the functioning of the NRI Commission, besides a review of the cases in which NRIs have been "unjustly declared proclaimed offenders".
NRIs seek, Sukhbir vows to deliver Punjab to NRIs
Saturday, 05/01/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130105/punjab.htm#1
Chandigarh : Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today donned the roll of chief executive officer to showcase Punjab to NRIs and prove through a power-point presentation that the state was on way to become an ideal investment destination.
Sunny Goodwill: I am still YAD’s senior vice president
Saturday, 05/01/2013
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=59279&boxid=59142&uid=&dat=2013-01-05
Ludhiana : Belying party supremo Sukhbir Singh Badal and Youth Akali Dal president Bikram Majithia’s statements describing him as “expelled” leader of party’s youth wing, the main accused in AIG assault case Maninderpal Singh Johar alias Sunny Goodwill on Friday claimed that he continues to be an “active member” and senior vice president of YAD.
State to offer privilege cards to Punjabi NRIs
Friday, 04/01/2013
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/state-to-offer-privilege-cards-to-punjabi-nris/1054407/1
The Punjab government has decided to offer special privilege card to all NRIs of Punjabi origin, entitling them to discounts at different shops, malls, hotels, restaurants and jewellery shops.
Vikas faces more troubles in Ludhiana bar land grab case
Friday, 04/01/2013
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=59150&boxid=58330&uid=&dat=2013-01-04
Chandigarh : There is more trouble brewing for the suspended IAS officer Vikas Garg as the preliminary findings into the sequence of events that facilitated the construction of controversial restro bar ‘The Hub’ on a disputed land in Ludhiana have pointed fingers at the officer and his subordinates in revenue department during his tenure as Ludhiana Deputy commissioner.
Police clueless in NRI murder case
Thursday, 03/01/2013
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx
Police remained clueless even on the second day of the murder of a non-resident Indian ( NRI) woman in Bachittar Nagar.
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