NRI News
India-Australia target doubling trade by 2015
Thursday, 18/10/2012
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=52884&boxid=58265&uid=&dat=2012-10-18
New Delhi: Seeking enhanced economic engagement with India, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday said the two countries have set a goal of doubling bilateral trade to $40 billion by 2015.
UK BOROUGH MAYOR IN TOWN
Wednesday, 17/10/2012
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
LUDHIANA: The mayor of Hounslow, UK, Pritam Singh Grewal, said that technology from the UK could be transferred to the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation in case a request was made.
Indian students affected as Oz shuts 3 vocational institutes
Tuesday, 16/10/2012
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indian-students-affected-as-oz-shuts-3-vocational-institutes/1011447/1
Australia has decided to close down three vocational colleges for non-compliance of training standards, a move that will impact more than 500 Indian students enrolled in these institutes.
NRIs from Punjab seek mechanism to cast their vote in India
Tuesday, 16/10/2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/NRIs-from-Punjab-seek-mechanism-to-cast-their-vote-in-India/articleshow/16832297.cms
WASHINGTON: More than a year after the Non-Resident Indians were granted voting rights, a representative body of NRIs from Punjab has urged the Indian government to develop a mechanism which will facilitate them to exercise their right.
UK man jailed for Oly ticket fraud
Monday, 15/10/2012
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=52433&boxid=65834&uid=&dat=2012-10-14
London: A fraudster who took part in what police describe as the biggest ticket scam they uncovered at the London 2012 Olympics has been jailed for four years.
Five NRIs honoured for promoting Hindi in UK
Monday, 15/10/2012
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/nri/nris-in-news/five-nris-honoured-for-promoting-hindi-in-uk/articleshow/16820516.cms
LONDON: Five NRIs have been honoured here for promoting Hindi in the UK on the occasion of 'Hindi Diwas' organised by the International Hindi Society.
Sikh-American body raises $250,000 for education in Punjab
Saturday, 13/10/2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Sikh-American-body-raises-250000-for-education-in-Punjab/articleshow/16794806.cms
WASHINGTON: A Sikh-American community organisation has raised over $250,000 to fund scholarships for needy students striving to acquire higher professional education in Punjab and neighbouring Indian states.
Bodies of 4 Indians killed in Belgium being brought home
Friday, 12/10/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121012/punjab.htm#14
Doraha : The bodies of Rajvir Kaur, wife of Jasvir Singh Jhajj, along with her three children Manraj (six years), Karman (four years) and Navjot (2.5 years), are being brought to India tonight. They were murdered 13 days back at their place in Belgium’s capital Brussels.
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