NRI News
Indian TV channel mocks at Fauja Singh, draws global flak
Wednesday, 01/08/2012
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/indian-tv-channel-mocks-fauja-singh-draws-global-flak/54016
Baba Fauja Singh, as he is popularly known, is being praised by international media for completing a marathon at the age of 101 and the honour of holding Olympic torch but the mockery made by a media channel of this sporting legend has attracted wide criticism from across the globe.
NRI Sabha election in January
Wednesday, 01/08/2012
http://112.196.11.34/dailypost/Details.aspx?id=43564&boxid=58027&uid=&dat=2012-08-01
Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Tuesday announced to hold the election of the NRI Sabha in January next. Announcing this, the NRI Affairs Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said that the work to revise the NRI electoral rolls would also begin forthwith.
State to launch card for NRIs
Tuesday, 31/07/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120731/punjab.htm#11
The Punjab Government today decided to launch a card for NRIs to give a specific identity to them, besides offering them a slew of facilities. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, accompanied by NRI Affairs Minister Bikram Singh Majithia and former Union Minister Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, asked the NRI Affairs Department to immediately work out the details of this proposal and implement it at the earliest.
Tulsi Gabbard: First Hindu in race for US House
Monday, 30/07/2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Tulsi-Gabbard-First-Hindu-in-race-for-US-House/articleshow/15265702.cms
WASHINGTON: Tulsi Gabbard, who trailed behind her nearest rival by over 40 points a few months ago in the race for the Congressional seat from Honolulu, has now taken a narrow but crucial lead of five points in the latest polls, brightening prospects for the first Hindu to be elected to the US House of Representatives.
US seizes stolen statues from Indian art dealer
Saturday, 28/07/2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/US-seizes-stolen-statues-from-Indian-art-dealer/articleshow/15228337.cms
US authorities have seized several stolen sandstone and bronze statues and other cultural artefacts with an estimated value of more than $20 million from a storage facility allegedly belonging to an Indian art dealer.
2 Indians killed in Nigeria, India seeks probe
Thursday, 26/07/2012
http://in.news.yahoo.com/2-indians-killed-nigeria-india-seeks-probe-141440775.html
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Two Indians have been brutally murdered and another seriously wounded by unidentified assailants in Nigeria. Strongly condemned the killings, India Thursday sought an official report from the Nigerian authorities and a probe into the gruesome incident.
Obama names Indian-American to national arts council
Thursday, 26/07/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120726/world.htm#4
President Barack Obama has nominated Ranee Ramaswamy, an Indian-American master teacher and performer of Bharatanatyam since 1978, as a member of the prestigious National Council on the Arts.
4 young Indian-American scientists honoured by Obama
Wednesday, 25/07/2012
http://punjabnewsline.com/content/4-young-indian-american-scientists-honoured-obama/52761
WASHINGTON: Four Indian-American researchers figure among 96 named by President Barack Obama as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest US honour for young professionals.
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