NRI News

Amrita Sher-Gil self-portrait sold for `17 crore in London

Friday, 09/10/2015

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NEW DELHI: A rare self-portrait of modernist painter Amrita Sher-Gil created in 1931 sold for around `17 crore in London at an auction by international auction house Sotheby’s, which posted sales of around `49 crore.

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Police claim body was identified by NRI hotelier’s brother, friend

Friday, 09/10/2015

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JALANDHAR: The family of Punjab-born UK hotelier Ranjit Singh Power (54), which claimed the body that the Jalandhar police sent to Britain was not his, had earlier sought his death certificate from the police.

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Family claims Indian police sent wrong body back to UK

Thursday, 08/10/2015

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london: The family of an Indian-origin British hotelier reportedly murdered during a visit to India have claimed that the Punjab police has sent the wrong body back to the UK.

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Party dumps Canadian Sikh over ‘gay cure’ claim

Thursday, 08/10/2015

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Toronto : An Indian-Canadian Sikh candidate for this month’s parliamentary elections has been dumped by his ruling Conservative Party after he claimed that homosexuality was an “unnatural behaviour” and defended therapies that attempt to “cure” gays into straight people.

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New gurdwara soon in New Zealand

Thursday, 08/10/2015

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WELLINGTON: A gurdwara will soon be constructed near Hamilton city in New Zealand to inform people about the Sikh religion in an interactive way, the media reported.

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A DAY OF PROTESTS - Akali sarpanch booked in assault case after stir

Wednesday, 07/10/2015

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Several people took to the streets in various parts of the state, demanding justice and better facilities

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Punjab farmers to go ahead with ‘rail roko’ from today

Wednesday, 07/10/2015

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BATHINDA/CHANDIGARH: Protesting against inadequate compensation for the cotton crop loss due to the whitefly attack in the state, eight farm organisations in Punjab will hold a two-day ‘rail roko’ programme from Wednesday, even as the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has appealed to them not to go ahead with the protest.

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Sikh to host Scotland’s top tourism award

Wednesday, 07/10/2015

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LONDON: Indian-origin celebrity chef Tony Singh is set to host Scotland’s prestigious Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards (HITA) 2015, a media report said on Tuesday.

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RANA GURJIT SINGH INAUGURATES MARKFED SALES BOOTH AT LOHIAN

Thursday, 01/08/2019

https://www.brightpunjabexpress.com/index.php/2019/07/31/rana-gurjit-singh-inaugurates-markfed-sales-booth-at-lohian/

Jalandhar : In a major step to boost the rural economy besides providing employment to youth in villages, MARKFED has launched a sale booth in Lohian, which would, provides more than 100 eatable items.

 

NRI NEWS

Indian-Americans urge Trump to ‘fully support’ India on Kashmir

Sunday, 04/08/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-americans-urge-trump-to-fully-support-india-on-kashmir/813832.html

Washington : The Indian-American community in the US has urged the Trump administration to “fully support” India’s decision to revoke the constitutional provision that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir and to continue to exert pressure on Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism.