NRI News

Canada assures action on Khalistan activists

Thursday, 13/09/2012

http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

NEW DELHI: Amid reports of stepped up activities of Khalistan activists in Canada, Canadian foreign minister John Baird on Wednesday assured India that his country was committed to curbing extremist groups and stressed on enhancing bilateral counterterror cooperation.

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Govt issues directions on NRI seats

Thursday, 13/09/2012

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120913/punjab.htm#12

Chandigarh : Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today directed the Medical Education and Research Department to ensure that MBBS and BDS seats in the NRI quota were filled in a transparent manner in all medical and dental colleges in the state on the basis of the PMET merit under the guidelines issued by the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the Dental Council of India (DCI).

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US firm Monsanto to launch improved Bt cotton variety

Monday, 10/09/2012

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120910/punjab.htm#2

Boone (Iowa, US) : Even as the Maharashtra Government has banned Bt cotton, Monsanto, the company behind this seed technology, is hopeful of replacing the present bollgard 11 variety with its latest bollgard 111 variety in India next year.

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California Governor signs bills to promote religious freedom

Monday, 10/09/2012

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Jalandhar : In a major development, California Governor Edmund G Brown Jr on Sunday signed two bills to promote civil rights and religious freedom, following his remarks at the North American Punjabi Association’s (NAPA) Peace and Unity Rally at Sacramento (California). The rally was held to pay respects to the victims of the August 5 shooting at the Gurudwara Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

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Punjabi gangster killed in Canada

Sunday, 09/09/2012

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VANCOUVER: Unidentified assailants gunned down another Indo- Canadian gangster in broad daylight in front of his wife and child in Surrey. Police confirmed on Friday that the victim was 37-year-old Delta resident alias Jagdip Johal alias Jag, an associate of the Dhak gang and brother of cocaine smuggler Shminder Johal, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison in July for smuggling cocaine and guns into British Columbia (BC).

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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.