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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.

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‘Racist’ video: Indian-origin YouTubers tender ‘unconditional apology’

Sunday, 04/08/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/-racist-video-indian-origin-youtubers-tender-unconditional-apology/812782.html

Singapore : Two Indian-origin YouTubers, accused of making a “racist” video to criticise an e-payment advertisement, tendered an unconditional apology on their social media account on Saturday.

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Top UK church leader to visit Amritsar, may tender apology

Thursday, 01/08/2019

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

LONDON:: Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury and a leading figure in the British establishment, will visit Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on September 9 during his 10-day India tour where he is likely to offer an apology for the 1919 massacre that Theresa May could not quite do as Prime Minister. The Archbishop would give a “transparent account of what happened” aware his comments would have “ramifications” as far as the Indian diaspora in the UK was concerned.

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Indian guilty of running fraud kickback scheme in United States

Tuesday, 30/07/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-guilty-of-running-fraud-kickback-scheme-in-united-states/810245.html

New York : A 39-year-old Indian-origin IT consultant in the US has been found guilty of running a fraud multimillion-dollar kickback scheme and faces a minimum of 20 years in prison.

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Hindu priest attacked near temple in US

Monday, 21/07/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/hindu-priest-attacked-near-temple-in-us/805501.html

New York : A Hindu priest was attacked by a 52-year-old man while he was walking down the street in his religious garb near a temple in Floral Park, New York, according to a US media report.

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Indian-American adoptive father of Sherin Mathews challenges life term, seeks new trial

Saturday, 20/07/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-american-adoptive-father-of-sherin-mathews-challenges-life-term-seeks-new-trial/804601.html

Houston : Wesley Mathews, the Indian-American foster father, sentenced to life after his 3-year-old daughter Sherin Mathews was found dead in a culvert in 2017, has filed a motion for a new trial, US media reported, less than a month after he said he would accept any punishment jurors chose.

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Indian-origin woman sentenced for smuggling hundreds of illegal aliens into US

Friday, 19/07/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-origin-woman-sentenced-for-smuggling-hundreds-of-illegal-aliens-into-us/804524.html

New York : A 51-year old Indian-origin woman was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and ordered to forfeit more than USD 7 million for her role in smuggling hundreds of undocumented people, primarily from India, into the US in exchange for fees ranging from approximately USD 28,000 to USD 60,000 per person.

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Cycle rally in S Africa to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary

Tuesday, 16/07/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/cycle-rally-in-s-africa-to-celebrate-mahatma-gandhi-s-birth-anniversary/802502.html

Johannesburg : Indian diplomats South Africa participated in a cycle rally along with scores of cyclists as part of an effort to promote greater awareness of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of non-violence and satyagraha to celebrate his 150th birth anniversary.

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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.