NRI News
Diwali lights brighten UK’s ‘Little India’
Tuesday, 03/11/2015
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LONDON: A giant Ferris wheel named the ‘Wheel of Light’ was the highlight of the annual Diwali lights switching-on ceremony on Monday evening in the east Midlands town of Leicester, which is called ‘Little India’ due to a large minority of Indian origin.
Punjabi third most common language in Canada’s House
Tuesday, 03/11/2015
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TORONTO: Punjabi has now become the third most common language, after English and French, in the House of Commons in Canada after 20 Punjabi-speaking candidates were elected to the parliament in October.
Memorial unveiled in UK to honour Sikh soldiers who took part in WWI
Tuesday, 03/11/2015
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LONDON: A memorial to honour 1,30,000 Sikh soldiers who fought during World War I was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) in Staffordshire, west Midlands, on Sunday. A spokeswoman for the NMA said: “Despite being only 1% of the Indian population at the time, they constituted 20% of the British Indian Army and were represented in over a third of the regiments at the time.”
Scotland Yard apologises to Sikhs over London protest
Monday, 02/11/2015
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London : Scotland Yard has apologised for the “unacceptable” actions of some of its officers during a Sikh protest outside the Indian High Commission here last week.
Indian grandfather assault: Court to watch video again
Sunday, 01/11/2015
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WASHINGTON: A US court conducting the retrial of an American police officer accused of violently assaulting a 58-year-old Indian man has asked once again to watch the video showing the incident which left the grandfather partially paralysed.
Efforts are on to revive Sikh radicalism in UK
Saturday, 31/10/2015
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NEW DELHI: Sikh radicals in the United Kingdom have called a world Sikh convention to discuss the incidents of alleged desecration of Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab and revive the demand for a separate Sikh nation.
UK man dies awaiting justice for murdered son for 17 years
Friday, 30/10/2015
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London : An Indian-origin father, Darshan Singh Chhokar (76), has died in the UK awaiting justice for his son for over 17 years. His son Surjit Singh Chhokar (32) was stabbed to death in one of Scotland's most high profile murder cases, a media report said.
UK Sikhs to donate blood to support Khalsa’s cause
Thursday, 29/10/2015
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LONDON: Sikhs in England will donate blood to support the campaign of Sikh activist Surat Singh Khalsa in India to protest “the mistreatment of the community’s political prisoners.” Till November 1, Sikhs across the UK will visit blood-donation clinics.
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