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Virendra Sharma, Surinder Arora win Pride of Punjab awards

Monday, 24/04/2017

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London: NRIs Virendra Sharma, Labour MP from Ealing and Southall, and Surinder Arora, founder chairman of the Arora Hotels, have won ‘Pride of Punjab Award’ 2017 for their outstanding contribution to the communities in the UK. Britain’s Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid MP, presented the awards to them at the annual dinner of the Punjabi society of the British Isles on Thursday night.

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India weaning Sikhs from Khalistan lobby

Wednesday, 19/04/2017

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Toronto : Canada is no longer a ‘safe haven’ for the Sikh radicals. India is making all-out efforts to wean away GenX from the ‘ebbing’ Khalistan movement.

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Sikh cabbie assaulted, turban snatched by passengers in US

Wednesday, 19/04/2017

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New York : A 25-year-old Sikh cab driver in the US was assaulted and his turban knocked off by drunk passengers, an incident the police was investigating as a possible hate crime.

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Turban Day celebrated at Times Square

Monday, 17/04/2017

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New York: The iconic Times Square was seeped in the colours and tradition of the Sikh culture as members of the community tied turbans to thousands of New Yorkers and tourists to spread awareness about the Sikh identity amid a spike in hate crimes against them in the country. Non-profit group ‘The Sikhs of New York’ organised the ‘Turban Day’ at Times Square here on Saturday, with its volunteers tying colourful turbans to close to 8000 Americans and tourists hailing from different nationalities and ethnicities.

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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

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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.