NRI News
British MP attacks Khalistan banner
Thursday, 28/04/2016
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London: A banner depicting a rifle and a slogan supporting a separate Sikh nation that appeared at a Vaisakhi festival in the UK city of Birmingham has led to demands for action against those who raised the flag. A British Asian MP has called for action against those behind the banner showing a rifle and a slogan for a separate Sikh state with the words ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ at the Vaisakhi celebrations.
US university students protest kirtan singing by white woman
Tuesday, 26/04/2016
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New York: Singing of kirtans at an Ivy League university has drawn protests from a multi-racial group of students there. Unlike in the protests against yoga, the demonstrators this time were not religious fundamentalists, but students spewing leftist rhetoric at Brown University.
Sikhs hold rally in Germany against gurdwara attack
Monday, 25/04/2016
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BERLIN: Hundreds of Sikhs staged a rally in Germany’s western city of Essen on Saturday to protest against a terror strike at a gurdwara which authorities said was carried out by radical Islamists.
PAU alumnus is dean at Canada’s Calgary varsity
Monday, 25/04/2016
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TORONTO: An alumnus of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, has been appointed the dean of the prestigious University of Calgary’s faculty of veterinary medicine in Canada.
Capt calls off Canada visit over torture case
Monday, 25/04/2016
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TORONTO: After three days of drama, Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh is learnt to have cancelled his seven-day trip to Canada because of the prospect of possibly facing a case related to torture in a court in Toronto.
Adamant against racially profiling Sikhs, says Obama
Sunday, 24/04/2016
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LONDON: US President Barack Obama insisted on Saturday that it was not his administration’s policy to target people based on their looks at airports, but said keeping people safe and preventing terrorism was one of his “biggest challenges”.
Sikh group’s case forces Capt to delay Canada trip
Sunday, 24/04/2016
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TORONTO: Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh postponed his visit to Canada on Saturday, as he awaited the outcome of the hearing of a case filed against him in a Toronto court.
Pak Taliban behind Sikh leader’s killing
Sunday, 24/04/2016
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Peshawar: The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday claimed the responsibility for the assassination of a prominent Sikh politician who was shot dead by motorcycle-borne gunmen near his home in Pakistan’s restive northwest on Friday. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a statement said that sharp shooter of Special Task Force of TTP ‘successfully’ targeted Sardar Sooran Singh in his home Buner district.
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