NRI News
20 held as Sikh protest at Indian embassy in UK turns violent
Friday, 23/10/2015
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London : At least twenty protesters have been arrested by the British Police after a Sikh demonstration outside the Indian Embassy here against alleged police brutality in Punjab turned violent, leaving one policeman injured.
US Sikhs flay holy book’s desecration
Friday, 23/10/2015
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
WASHINGTON: Several SikhAmerican groups have condemned the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab and alleged that it was a "planned strategy" to destabilise the social fabric of the state.
Sikh ex-mayor in Britain remembered
Friday, 23/10/2015
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LONDON: Hounslow town authorities in England paid tributes to former mayor Sardar Sham Singh Jassar, who worked as a civil servant for more than 30 years.
Canada polls: Victory of two Sikh MPs hailed
Wednesday, 21/10/2015
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
LUDHIANA: City residents hailed the victory of two Sikh leaders from Ludhiana, who have been elected as MPs in the 42nd federal elections held recently in Canada.
Five turbaned Sikhs, five south Asian women enter parliament
Wednesday, 21/10/2015
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VANCOUVER: With the spectacular win of Liberal Party in the federal elections, five turbaned Sikh MPs and five south Asian women have made a historic entry into Canadian parliament. They are among the 15 south Asian Liberal MPs elected in the 42nd parliamentary election.
Indian-origin politicos in Canada hop onto hogwash bandwagon
Sunday, 18/10/2015
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
TORONTO: Bozo eruption is a term that is often used in North American politics to denote a candidate making a controversial, if not completely absurd, statement. While each election is touted as a coming-of-age tale for the Indo-Canadian community, the Parliamentary election this year, scheduled for Monday, seems to suggest that Indo-Canadian candidates most certainly have made strides in this electoral cycle to catch up with their mainstream counterparts when it comes to going Bozo.
Sikhs organise langar at world religious meet in US
Sunday, 18/10/2015
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
NEW YORK: Setting an example of inter-faith understanding, the Sikh community in the US Salt Lake City has organised a langar (community kitchen) for nearly 7,000 attendees at the 2015 Parliament of World’s Religions underway in Utah, a media report has said.
Red cards for NRIs’ American dreams
Sunday, 18/10/2015
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
WASHINGTON: Nalin Gupta, a 25-year-old software developer, will be 95 by the time he becomes eligible for a Green Card, the last stop to US citizenship. Unless he does something drastic. Joining the military, for one, could improve his chances of getting there sooner. His second option: pack up and head home to India, his dreams smothered and buried.
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