NRI News
Sikh regiment plan in UK army scrapped
Tuesday, 25/04/2017
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
LONDON: First mooted and abandoned over a decade ago, the plan to raise a Sikh regiment in the British army was revived before the 2015 election and has again been dropped, official sources told Hindustan Times.
US state passes resolution hailing Sikhs’ contribution
Virendra Sharma, Surinder Arora win Pride of Punjab awards
Monday, 24/04/2017
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=175989&boxid=62086&uid=&dat=2017-04-24
London: NRIs Virendra Sharma, Labour MP from Ealing and Southall, and Surinder Arora, founder chairman of the Arora Hotels, have won ‘Pride of Punjab Award’ 2017 for their outstanding contribution to the communities in the UK. Britain’s Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid MP, presented the awards to them at the annual dinner of the Punjabi society of the British Isles on Thursday night.
India weaning Sikhs from Khalistan lobby
Wednesday, 19/04/2017
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/india-weaning-sikhs-from-khalistan-lobby/394129.html
Toronto : Canada is no longer a ‘safe haven’ for the Sikh radicals. India is making all-out efforts to wean away GenX from the ‘ebbing’ Khalistan movement.
Sikh cabbie assaulted, turban snatched by passengers in US
Wednesday, 19/04/2017
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=175841&boxid=62167&uid=&dat=2017-04-19
New York : A 25-year-old Sikh cab driver in the US was assaulted and his turban knocked off by drunk passengers, an incident the police was investigating as a possible hate crime.
Turban Day celebrated at Times Square
Monday, 17/04/2017
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=175781&boxid=61875&uid=&dat=2017-04-17
New York: The iconic Times Square was seeped in the colours and tradition of the Sikh culture as members of the community tied turbans to thousands of New Yorkers and tourists to spread awareness about the Sikh identity amid a spike in hate crimes against them in the country. Non-profit group ‘The Sikhs of New York’ organised the ‘Turban Day’ at Times Square here on Saturday, with its volunteers tying colourful turbans to close to 8000 Americans and tourists hailing from different nationalities and ethnicities.
Indian-origin woman’s rapist, murderer jailed for life
Thursday, 13/04/2017
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=175701&boxid=60700&uid=&dat=2017-04-13
London: The rapist and murderer of a 30-year-old Indian-origin woman in the UK was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday. Pardeep Kaur, a hotel housekeeper, was attacked by Vadims Ruskuls as she walked to work in south-west London. Her dead body was found a week later near Heathrow Airport.
Indian-origin soldier put on trial for murder in UK
Wednesday, 12/04/2017
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=175680&boxid=58977&uid=&dat=2017-04-12
London: A 26-year-old Indian-origin soldier in the UK is on trial for killing his ex-girlfriend by slitting her throat from ear to ear after she ended the relationship due to his abusive and manipulative behaviour.
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