NRI News
Canadian province fails to elect turbaned Sikh yet again
Thursday, 11/05/2017
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TORONTO: A curious anomaly in Canadian electoral politics appeared to persist as the province of British Columbia, where Sikhs settled over a 100 years ago, again failed to elect a turbaned member of the community to its Assembly.
Indian origin Rachna Singh wins from Surrey Green Timbers
Thursday, 11/05/2017
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Jalandhar : Adding yet another feather in the kitty of Indian origin Punjabis abroad, Rachna Singh, a renowned social activist won in her maiden political innings from Surrey Green Timbers British Columbia as a National Democratic Party (NDP) candidate.
Mittan Singh becomes first American Sikh to join IMPD
Thursday, 11/05/2017
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Chandigarh: Mittan Singh Katoch feels it is a ‘great honour’ to join Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) as the first American Sikh.
Punjab-born man detained in US after losing deportation appeal
Wednesday, 10/05/2017
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GURMUKH, A TAXI DRIVER, HAD SNEAKED INTO THE US WITHOUT A VISA THROUGH THE BORDER WITH MEXICO IN 1998
UK to help Punjab fight drug problem
Wednesday, 10/05/2017
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CHANDIGARH : With the Captain Amarinder Singh government launching a drive against drug menace, the UK on Tuesday offered technical assistance to the state in enforcement of drug-control measures.
Sikh man in US for two decades detained, fears deportation
Wednesday, 10/05/2017
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New York: A Sikh man, who had sought asylum in the US citing religious persecution in India nearly two decades ago, has been detained by immigration authorities in California after losing his latest appeal over a deportation order. Gurmukh Singh, a 46-year-old taxi driver from Punjab who sneaked into the US without a visa through the border with Mexico in 1998, was taken into custody on Monday after failing to get a stay in his deportation case, amid a clampdown by the Trump administration against undocumented immigrants.
UK offers technical assistance to fight Punjab drug menace
Wednesday, 10/05/2017
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Chandigarh : With the Punjab government launching a drive against the drug menace, the UK on Tuesday offered technical assistance to the state in the enforcement of drug control measures.
3 Indian-origin scientists elected Fellows of UK Royal Society
Sunday, 07/05/2017
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London: Three Indian-origin scientists have been elected fellows of the Royal Society, Britain’s independent fellowship of many of the world’s most eminent scientists, for their ‘outstanding contributions to science’..
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