NRI News
US SIKH GROUP RAISES `1.3 CR FOR NEEDY PUNJAB STUDENTS
Wednesday, 07/10/2015
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WASHINGTON: The Sikh Human Development Foundation (SHDF), a Washington-based philanthropic organisation has raised over $2,10,000 (`1.37 crore) for its scholarship programme for underprivileged children in Punjab who wish to pursue higher education..
Make state preferred investment destination: Canadian NRIs
Monday, 05/10/2015
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Chandigarh : Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) settled in Canada have urged the Punjab Government to take certain steps such as establish rule of law, bring operational efficiency and provide corruption-free environment to make the state a preferred destination in India for them to make investment in various sectors.
First-ever farm workers’ memorial unveiled in Canada
Monday, 05/10/2015
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VANCOUVER: The Golden Tree, a first-of-its-kind memorial dedicated to farm workers in Canada, was unveiled in Abbotsford near here on Saturday.
At 80, UK Sikh to walk from Kanyakumari to Delhi for charity
Monday, 05/10/2015
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LONDON: An 80-year-old NRI Sikh philanthropist in the UK will undertake a 4,160-km long walk from Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) to New Delhi in six months to raise 1.5 million pounds (around `14 crore) for various charities.
Sikhs raise $12,000 for national awareness campaign in US
Sunday, 04/10/2015
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Washington: A group of Sikhs in California have raised about $12,000 to create national awareness campaign about Sikhs and Sikhism in the US media and society.
Indian origin woman at Unesco
Sunday, 04/10/2015
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Kuala Lumpur: A 21-year-old Indian origin woman has been selected to represent Malaysia at the ninth UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) Youth Forum to be held in France from October 26 to 28.
Punjabi awarded life in jail for killing 3 in 2013
Saturday, 03/10/2015
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Toronto: A Punjab-origin man was sentenced to life in prison for killing three people in separate attacks in 2013, a media report said. The British Columbia Supreme Court in New Westminster on Wednesday handed out the sentence to Sarbjit Bains after he pleaded guilty in April this year to killing Amritpal Saran, Jill Lyons and Karen Nabors, surreyleader.com reported on Thursday. Justice Miriam Maisonville set Bains’ parole eligibility term at 18 years, which means he will not be allowed to apply for release before 2033.
15-yr-old UK boy gets life sentence for terror plot
Saturday, 03/10/2015
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LONDON: In one of the first convictions of its kind, a British teenager, who hatched an Islamic State-inspired terror plot to behead police officers at a parade in Australia, has been sentenced to life.
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