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Punjabi third most common language in Canada’s House

Tuesday, 03/11/2015

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TORONTO: Punjabi has now become the third most common language, after English and French, in the House of Commons in Canada after 20 Punjabi-speaking candidates were elected to the parliament in October.

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Memorial unveiled in UK to honour Sikh soldiers who took part in WWI

Tuesday, 03/11/2015

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LONDON: A memorial to honour 1,30,000 Sikh soldiers who fought during World War I was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) in Staffordshire, west Midlands, on Sunday. A spokeswoman for the NMA said: “Despite being only 1% of the Indian population at the time, they constituted 20% of the British Indian Army and were represented in over a third of the regiments at the time.”

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Scotland Yard apologises to Sikhs over London protest

Monday, 02/11/2015

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London : Scotland Yard has apologised for the “unacceptable” actions of some of its officers during a Sikh protest outside the Indian High Commission here last week.

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Indian grandfather assault: Court to watch video again

Sunday, 01/11/2015

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WASHINGTON: A US court conducting the retrial of an American police officer accused of violently assaulting a 58-year-old Indian man has asked once again to watch the video showing the incident which left the grandfather partially paralysed.

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Efforts are on to revive Sikh radicalism in UK

Saturday, 31/10/2015

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NEW DELHI: Sikh radicals in the United Kingdom have called a world Sikh convention to discuss the incidents of alleged desecration of Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab and revive the demand for a separate Sikh nation.

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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.