NRI News
Ludhiana man in US shot dead
Tuesday, 07/10/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141007/punjab.htm#22
Ludhiana : A 34-year-old NRI from Ludhiana was shot dead in Ohio, US, on Sunday. A pall of gloom descended on Sachin Rana house in Madhopuri area here. The deceased’s 64-year-old father Charanji Lal said his daughter Sonia, who lived in California, called up his second daughter Rashmi in Hoshiarpur to inform her about the death.
Indian-origin trader’s trial begins
Tuesday, 07/10/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=116296&boxid=58461&uid=&dat=2014-10-07
Cape Town: The trial of a British-Indian businessman, accused of having his wife murdered during their honeymoon trip to South Africa, began on Monday. Shrien Dewani, 34, charged with conspiring to murder wife Anni in Cape Town in November 2010, reached the Western Cape High Court for the trial, Independent Online reported.
Sikh woman dies of police torture in Pakistan
Monday, 06/10/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=116216&boxid=58659&uid=&dat=2014-10-06
Islamabad: A woman in Pakistan has died allegedly due to torture by police during a raid at her house, a media report said on Saturday.
Facebook remark angers Malaysian Sikhs
Sunday, 05/10/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141005/world.htm#9
Kuala Lumpur :The Malaysian police are investigating reports lodged by members of the minority Sikh community against a Facebook user for allegedly posting an offensive comment against a Sikh religious figure.
Modi ‘disappoints’ US Sikhs
Friday, 03/10/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141003/punjab.htm#17
Chandigarh :The seven million-strong Punjabi diaspora is elated over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative on life-long visa to Indian Americans. But Sikhs in North America are upset over his silence on hate crimes. They say the Sikhs have been living under the shadow of fear after the 9/11 attack.
5 Punjabis in US jail ‘forced’ to call off stir - Were protesting ‘torture’ by jail staff
Friday, 03/10/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141003/punjab.htm#16
Chandigarh : Four of nine Punjabi youths lodged in Salt Lake city jail of the US, who are on an indefinite strike against “harassment” by the jail staff, have been shifted to solitary barracks. The remaining five were allegedly forced to call off strike by the jail authorities.
New Sikh school approved in UK
Friday, 03/10/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=115978&boxid=58341&uid=&dat=2014-10-03
London: A new Sikh school will open in the British metropolitan county of West Midlands as part of a wave of free schools announced by the UK government. The British Sikh School will be opened in Wolverhampton town by September, 2015 as part of the government’s free school system, which functions on an independent state-funded model.
Indian-origin mayor may be Portugal’s next PM
Tuesday, 30/09/2014
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
LONDON: A new name is likely to be added to the list of individuals of Indian-origin who hold or have held top political positions in various countries, that of Antonio Costa.
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