NRI News

Manchester attack: Local gurdwaras offer shelter to blast victims

Tuesday, 23/05/2017

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/manchester-attack-local-gurdwaras-offer-shelter-to-blast-victims/411466.html

London : Gurdwaras in Manchester are offering shelter to those affected and stranded by Tuesday’s deadly Manchester Arena blast.

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Indian origin taxi driver assaulted, abused in Australia

Tuesday, 23/05/2017

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Melbourne: A 25-year-old Indian taxi driverin Australia has been assaulted and knocked unconscious by two passengers, including a woman, who yelled racial slurs at him, a media report said on Monday.

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UK polls: Indian-origin candidates face-off for votes from community

Sunday, 21/05/2017

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

LONDON: Candidates of Indian origin are taking on each other in constituencies where large numbers of the British Indian community have settled, setting the stage for a splash of Indiastyle colour in campaigning.

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Two jailed for assaulting Sikh-American

Saturday, 20/05/2017

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New York: A US court has sentenced two persons to three years in prison after charging them with hate crime for brutally assaulting a Sikh-American man last year in California.

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British Sikh woman confronts UK minister for promoting whisky

Thursday, 18/05/2017

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London: UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had a tough time on Wednesday on the election campaign trail when a British Sikh woman admonished him for talking about whisky during a stop at a gurdwara in the city of Bristol. Johnson, whose wife is of Sikh origin, was forced to apologise for raising the issue of high tariffs on Scotch whisky imports into India, which could be brought down if a free trade deal is struck between India and the UK post- Brexit.

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Italian court rules against Sikh wanting to carry kirpan

Wednesday, 17/05/2017

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TORONTO : Ontario legislator Jagmeet Singh has become the first Sikh to mount a credible campaign for the leadership of a national party in Canada, announcing his candidature for taking command of the New Democratic Party.

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First Sikh-American officer joins Indianapolis Police Dept

Monday, 15/05/2017

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New york: A 26-year-old Sikh-American has made history by becoming the first police officer from the community to join the police department in Indianapolis, the capital of the US state of Indiana, a media report has said.

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US police probing Sikh man’s murder as possible hate crime

Friday, 12/05/2017

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NEWYORK: Police in California are investigating murder of 32-yearold Sikh man as a possible ‘hate crime’ after he refused to sell cigarettes to a man who did not have proper ID.

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Punjab Politics News

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.