NRI News

UK Sikh teen plotted to join ISIS in Syria

Friday, 26/01/2018

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London : An 18-year-old British-Sikh girl, who converted to Islam as a teenager, tried to trick her schoolteacher into counter-signing photographs for a passport application to be able to travel to Syria and join the Islamic State terror network, a court has been told.

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Canadian woman threatens to rip off Sikh youth’s turban

Monday, 22/01/2018

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OTTAWA: A Sikh man was asked to remove his turban by a woman in a Canadian club who threatened to “rip” off the head covering and heckled him with racist remarks, according to a media report.

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Lawmaker behind 1984 genocide motion is Ontario’s first Sikh woman minister

Friday, 19/01/2018

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TORONTO: Harinder Malhi, the Indo-Canadian member of the Ontario provincial parliament and the mover of the 1984 genocide motion in the House last April, has been given a cabinet berth in the Ontario cabinet, making her the first-ever Sikh cabinet minister in the Canadian province.

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Over 40 pc of foreign-born tech workers in Seattle Indians: Report

Thursday, 18/01/2018

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/over-40-pc-of-foreign-born-tech-workers-in-seattle-indians-report/530438.html

Washington : More than 40 per cent of the foreign-born tech workers in Seattle–which is home to Microsoft, Amazon, and Boeing--are from India, according to a media report.

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Indian-American educator announces to run for US Congress

Thursday, 18/01/2018

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Washington : An Indian-American educator has announced to run for the US House of Representatives.

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Punjab Politics News

Punjab General News

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.