NRI News
Highly-skilled Indian professionals step up UK protests
Tuesday, 20/02/2018
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/highly-skilled-indian-professionals-step-up-uk-protests/546852.html
London : Indian professionals have stepped up their fight against what they characterise as hostile immigration policies of the UK government and joined forces with migrants from other countries for a major protest outside the UK Parliament here this week.
‘Australia will help Punjab take its farm produce to world markets’
Monday, 19/02/2018
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
AMRITSAR : Australian high commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu on Sunday assured her country’s assistance in taking Punjab’s farm produce to world markets.
Death threats have been made against me, family: Bhalla
Monday, 19/02/2018
https://dailypost.in/news/death-threats-made-family-bhalla/
HOUSTON: Indian-American Ravinder Bhalla, who became the first Sikh mayor of New Jersey’s Hoboken city, has publicly acknowledged that death threats were made against him and his family recently. In a statement issued Friday afternoon following a security breach at City Hall, Bhalla said the city is working with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force to improve security at City Hall.
UK Sikhs keenly watching Canadian PM’s India visit
Saturday, 17/02/2018
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
LONDON: Bound by personal, religious and political links in Canada, many Sikhs in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe will be keenly following the week-long visit to India of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is scheduled to visit Punjab, among other engagements, from Saturday.
Australian High Commissioner on four-day visit to Punjab
Saturday, 17/02/2018
https://dailypost.in/news/punjab/australian-high-commissioner-punjab/
CHANDIGARH: Australian High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu, will be on a four-day visit Punjab from February 17-20 for advancement of cooperation in agriculture sector. Ahead of her visit, she said on Friday, “Australia and India’s northern region enjoy close ties particularly in education, agriculture and sport sectors. A large proportion of Australia’s Indian community comes from the region, and Punjabi is now one of the top 10 languages spoken at home in Australia.”
2 Indians sentenced for smuggling phoney cigarettes into US
Thursday, 15/02/2018
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/2-indians-sentenced-for-smuggling-phoney-cigarettes-into-us/544288.html
Washington : Two Indians have been sentenced to nearly two years of imprisonment by a federal court in Florida on charges of conspiring to smuggle counterfeit cigarettes into the United States.
Indian faces jail, caning for attempt to murder student nurse
Thursday, 15/02/2018
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-faces-jail-caning-for-attempt-to-murder-student-nurse/544285.html
Singapore : An Indian national faces life or 20 years in prison with possible caning for attempted murder of a student nurse who had spurned his advances, according to a media report.
Senator moves amendments to immigration reform to reduce green card backlog
Thursday, 15/02/2018
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/senator-moves-amendments-to-immigration-reform-to-reduce-green-card-backlog/544308.html
Washington : In a move aimed at bringing in the issues of green card backlog and H-1B visa, a top American lawmaker has moved amendment to a White House-backed immigration bill that mostly focuses on illegal immigration and merit-based immigration.
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