NRI News
Over 1,000 NRIs knock on door of Punjab Commission in 4 years
Monday, 09/11/2015
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Chandigarh : More than 1,100 Punjabi Non Residential Indians (NRIs) from over 40 countries have knocked on the door of Punjab State Commission for NRIs in past four years, registering complaints on various difficulties they were facing, including property disputes, domestic violence and other issues.
Indian-origin father kills wife, twins
Monday, 09/11/2015
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London : An Indian-origin father who was found hanging here earlier this year strangled his wife and twin teenage daughters before committing suicide following a violent row over his in-laws allegedly “cheating” him out of money, a UK court has been told. Rethish Pullarkattil Kunjunny murdered wife Shighi Padmanabhan and his 13-year-old daughters Niya and Neha at their family home in Essex, north-east of London, in May.
Canadian leader hails Sikhs living in British Columbia
Monday, 09/11/2015
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Toronto: Leaders of New Democratic Party (NDP) in British Columbia praised the Sikh community living in the Canadian province as the party celebrated in advance the birth anniversary of first Sikh master, Guru Nanak Dev, a media report said. NDP leader John Horgan, who is also legislator for the Juan de Fuca constituency in British Columbia, extended wishes to the Sikh community on Friday, Link newspaper reported on Saturday.
Two Punjabis face human trafficking trial in New Zealand
Monday, 09/11/2015
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Wellington : The trial of two Indian-origin men among three facing human trafficking charges in New Zealand will begin on Monday. IANS
Trudeau inducts record 4 Indian origin Canadians in his Cabinet
Friday, 06/11/2015
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Ottawa: In a red-letter day for Indo-Canadians, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has inducted a record four members from the community in his diverse Cabinet that for the first time in the country’s history is equally balanced between women and men.
When Britain sought ‘pinni’ sweets for Punjabi soldiers
Friday, 06/11/2015
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LONDON: As nearly a million and a half Indians fought in Europe during World War I, efforts were made in London to organise comforts for them, such as music, hair oil, combs, Sikh religious objects — and also the Punjabi sweet, ‘pinni’, a new book reveals.
Canada gets first Sikh defence minister
Thursday, 05/11/2015
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TORONTO: As Justin Trudeau was sworn in as the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada at the historic Rideau Hall in Ottawa, the Indo-Canadian community also had much to celebrate, with four MPs of Indian origin part of the new ruling Liberal Party Cabinet.
Cabinet berth likely for Sikh MP in Canada ‘AMITABH DEFAULTED ON US SUMMONS’
Wednesday, 04/11/2015
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TORONTO: Sikh MP Navdeep Bains may get a berth in Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, a media report said.
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