NRI News

Indian, Pakistani minors forcibly married in Britain

Sunday, 01/04/2012

http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/indian-pakistani-minors-forcibly-married-britain/40108

Up to 400 children, including from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, were coerced into or threatened with marriage in Britain last year, a government report has said.

Thursday, 29/03/2012

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/PunjabAbroadCanada/Canadian-Sikhs-show-solidarity-with-Rajoana/SP-Article1-832431.aspx

Over 5 000 Canadian Sikhs gathered at Parliament Hill in Ottawa to show solidarity with Balwant Singh Rajoana who is on death row in India for the 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh.

Wednesday, 28/03/2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Indian-origin-lawyer-in-Strauss-Kahns-defence-team/articleshow/12452759.cms

An Indian-origin lawyer is part of the defence team of embattled former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn who is fighting to have a civil lawsuit against him in a sexual assualt case dismissed.

Tuesday, 27/03/2012

http://www.mississauga.com/news/article/1324924--longtime-community-volunteer-named-judge

Mississauga's Harjit S. Dhaliwal, a longtime small business owner and community volunteer, was sworn in as a citizenship judge earlier this month.

Sunday, 25/03/2012

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/india-inc-in-nepal-has-the-political-will-to-woo-indian-investment-come-back/articleshow/12394543.cms

Last month, Hindustan Lever subsidiary Unilever Nepal remained shut for two weeks after its workers put up demands related to pay hikes and more perks. The trade union, affiliated to the Maoists, had locked the factory gates to press for their demands.