NRI News
Indo-American prof wins MacArthur ‘Genius’ grant
Thursday, 01/10/2015
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
WASHINGTON: Kartik Chandran, an Indian-American associate professor of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia Engineering, has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow with a “genius grant” of $625,000 with no strings attached.
Punjabi jailed for wife’s murder in NZ
Wednesday, 30/09/2015
http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Tribune/
Melbourne : A 29-year-old Indian origin man has been sentenced to life for stabbing his wife to death in New Zealand earlier this year.
39 INDIANS TAKEN PRISONERS IN IRAQ STILL ALIVE: MEA
Wednesday, 30/09/2015
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NEW YORK: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Tuesday confirmed that the 39 Indians, who have been taken as prisoners in Iraq, are still alive and said that the government would do the necessary to secure their release after gathering more information.
BRITISH-INDIAN ‘HERO’ TO GET BRAVERY AWARD
Tuesday, 29/09/2015
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LONDON: A British-Indian delivery van driver has been named the recipient of this year’s ‘Pride of Britain Award’ for risking his life to prevent a road accident that could have resulted in multiple fatalities, a media report said.
US Sikh body opposes Modi
Tuesday, 29/09/2015
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
SAN JOSE: Supporters of a separatist Sikh organisation on Monday held a peaceful protest rally and even hired a helicopter to fly a banner outside the venue where Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Indian diaspora.
Indo-Canadian singer’s associate gets jail term for drug smuggling
Saturday, 26/09/2015
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Toronto: An associate of India-born Punjabi singer K S Makhan was sentenced to six years in jail for attempting to smuggle heroin into Canada from India, a media report said.
Sikh among 3 Indian Americans on Obama council
Saturday, 26/09/2015
http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Tribune/
Washington : US President Barack Obama has named three Indian Americans to an advisory council on faith-based and neighbourhood partnerships that brings together religious and secular leaders and experts in their fields.
Sikh group files lawsuit to block Modi’s reception in Silicon valley
Saturday, 26/09/2015
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
NEW YORK: A US-based Sikh rights group has filed a lawsuit in a court in California seeking to block the public address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Silicon Valley on September 27.
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