NRI News
US lawmakers, Sikhs disappointed at basketball body’s headgear move
Friday, 19/09/2014
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
WASHINGTON: Two US lawmakers and Sikh community bodies have expressed disappointment over the international basketball federation’s (Fiba) decision to allow athletes to wear religious headgear, such as patkas, only as part of a “trial period”.
New York City to pay $2.25 lakh to Indian girl over lawsuit
Friday, 19/09/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140919/world.htm#2
New York : In a significant legal victory for the daughter of an Indian diplomat, the City of New York has agreed to pay her $2,25,000 to settle a lawsuit she brought against it after she was jailed for a day and suspended from her school on suspicion of sending obscene emails to her teacher.
Yannick case: Extradited youth sent to prison
Friday, 19/09/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140919/punjab.htm#13
Jalandhar : Jaskaran Singh alias Jassa, extradited from Australia for his alleged involvement in the attack on Burundi national Yannick Nihangaza two years ago, was today sent to jail.
After month’s wait, family to get youth’s body from Libya
Friday, 19/09/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140919/punjab.htm#9
Hoshiarpur : The long wait of family members of Ranjit Singh (26) — who died on July 29 in Libya — of receiving his body will finally end.
Another shock for relatives of Adampur youth killed in Doha - Embassy officials send another man’s body
Thursday, 18/09/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140918/punjab.htm#12
Indian Embassy officials in Doha (Qatar) reportedly sent the body of another man to the family of 24-year-old Harjeet Singh today. Harjeet was killed in Doha recently. The victim’s kin found that the body was not of Harpreet, when they opened the coffin to cremate him at his native place Mohalla Sagran. The shocked family members then met Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner KK Yadav.
Govt for time-bound probe into NRI cases
Thursday, 18/09/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=114878&boxid=58403&uid=&dat=2014-09-18
Chandigarh: The Punjab government has decided to ensure investigation of cases involving NRIs in a time-bound manner and issued instructions to fast-track the disposal of such complaints.
Rude Shock: Family receives wrong body of their son from Doha Qatar
Thursday, 18/09/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=114878&boxid=58402&uid=&dat=2014-09-18
Jalandhar : Already facing grief of losing their son, an Adampur-based family in Jalandhar was in for a rude shock, on Wednesday, when they learnt that the body that was received from Doha Qatar was not that of their son, but of someone else.
FIBA: Players can wear religious head coverings
Thursday, 18/09/2014
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=114878&boxid=58401&uid=&dat=2014-09-18
“We welcome this policy change because it allows Muslims, Sikhs and others who wear religious head coverings to take part in the sport”
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