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In FY13, NRI deposits climb 19%

Friday, 17/05/2013

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/banking/article4721310.ece

Lured by higher returns offered by banks in their homeland, non-resident Indians (NRIs) placed deposits aggregating $14.18 billion in the financial year ended March 2013, an increase of 19 per cent over the previous year.

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PUNJABI MIGRATION TO UNITED STATES- A story of great tenacity by Jasbir Singh Kang MD

http://sikhfoundation.org/PunjabiMigration_JSKang.html

Punjabis were the first South Asians to migrate to North America. Their history of migration to America is full of adventure. It is a story of struggle against discrimination and a battle for survival. The first verifiable record of an East Indian in North America is a 1670 Colonial diary that mentions a visit to Salem, Massachusetts by an Indian from Madras who was accompanying a sea captain.

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Australian jailed to 45 yrs for raping and killing Indian girl

Friday, 17/05/2013

http://www.dayandnightnews.com/2013/05/australian-jailed-to-45-yrs-for-raping-and-killing-indian-girl/

Melbourne, May 17: A 21-year-old Australian man was today sentenced to 45 years in jail with a minimum non-parole period of 30 years for the “planned and premeditated” rape and murder of Indian student Tosha Thakkar, who he strangled to death, stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in a canal.

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3 NRIs win Mini Punjab polls in Canada

Thursday, 16/05/2013

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-16/us-canada-news/39308971_1_burnaby-edmonds-amrik-virk-harry-lali

BATHINDA: Three Punjabi NRIs have won the elections to the British Columbia legislative assembly in Canada. Apart from two sitting members of New Democratic Party (NDP) winning the election, a candidate from the ruling British Columbia Liberals Party (BC Liberals) has also won -- taking the tally of winning Punjabis to three.

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Sikh clergy fails to arrive at decision on memorial row

Thursday, 16/05/2013

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130516/punjab.htm#4

Amritsar : The meeting of the Sikh clergy ended on an inconclusive note here today. Terming the controversy over Operation Bluestar Memorial as an internal matter of the Sikhs, the high priests said nobody should be allowed to publicly air views on the matter.

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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.

 

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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.