NRI News

Canadian province refuses helmet exemption to Sikhs

Friday, 22/08/2014

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140822/punjab.htm#23

Toronto : Sikhs would not be exempted from wearing helmets while riding motorcycles in Canada's east-central Ontario province, Premier Kathleen Wynne has said citing safety reasons.

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Sangrur MP takes up Punjabi students’ cause with UK official

Friday, 22/08/2014

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140822/punjab.htm#18

Sangrur : British Deputy High Commissioner David Lelliott met Aam Aadmi Party MP from Sangrur Bhagwant Mann today. They held discussion on problems being faced by Punjabi students in England, Punjabis living in England illegally and the drug-menace.

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US gurdwaras to launch drive to improve image of Sikhs

Friday, 22/08/2014

http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=113248&boxid=60672&uid=&dat=2014-08-22

Washington: Amidst increasing incidents of hate crimes against Sikhs, Gurdwaras in the US have decided to launch an intensive national campaign running into $5 million to improve the image of the community in America.

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No helmet exemption for Canadian Sikhs

Friday, 22/08/2014

http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=113245&boxid=58861&uid=&dat=2014-08-22

Toronto: Sikhs would not be exempted from wearing helmets while riding motorcycles in Canada’s east-central Ontario province, Premier Kathleen Wynne has said citing safety reasons.

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Top honour for Indian in South Africa

Thursday, 21/08/2014

http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=113210&boxid=56849&uid=&dat=2014-08-21

Johannesburg : Indian-origin South African academic Leila Patel has been named the African country’s one of the top women researchers in the annual Women in Science Awards hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology here.

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British police find more illegal immigrants

Thursday, 21/08/2014

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

LONDON: Within days of 35 Afghan Sikhs being discovered in a container that arrived in Essex from Belgium, the British police apprehended another lot of foreign nationals in a lorry in south-west England on Tuesday and arrested one German national.

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Turban row: US lawmakers appeal to basketball body

Thursday, 21/08/2014

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WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of 20 influential American lawmakers has asked the international basketball federation (FIBA) to end its discriminatory policy against Sikh players who wear the turban, an article of faith.

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Wife charged with Sikh’s murder in New Zealand

Thursday, 21/08/2014

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WELLINGTON: The wife of a Sikh man and her workmate have been charged with murdering him in New Zealand. Gurjinder Singh, 25, and Amandeep Kaur, 31, appeared in the Auckland high court on Wednesday to face the murder charge of 35-year-old Davinder Singh, New Zealand Herald reported.

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Punjab General News

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.

 

NRI NEWS

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.