25 Sikh stowaways found in truck in Belgium

Friday, 11/03/2016

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/diaspora/25-sikh-stowaways-found-in-truck-in-belgium/207351.html

London : At least 25 illegal Sikh immigrants, including children, were found hiding in a secret compartment of a Romanian truck by the police at an industrial zone in Belgium.

On a tip-off about human trafficking, the police stopped a Romanian lorry last evening and found 25 Sikhs aged between 2 and 88 squashed together in a secret compartment. 

“Behind a whole load of onions in the hold, we discovered a self-made cage. The cage was no bigger than 4 sq metres, but contained 25 people of Sikh origin, all squashed together,” a local official said. “The people were freed from this hazardous condition and were taken care of by civil protection officers,” he was quoted as saying by Flandersnews.be. 

The traffickers were thought to be intending to set off from a carwash in Essen. 

Two Romanian drivers were detained as well as the manager of the car wash. They are suspected of trafficking people in exacerbating circumstances.

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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.