NRI News
Indian-origin stepmom faces life term
Tuesday, 23/08/2016
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NEW YORK: An Indian-origin woman faces 25 years to life in prison in the US for strangling her 9-year-old stepdaughter to death as federal prosecutors charged her with the murder and her ex-husband for obstructing investigation.
Sikh-Americans welcome removal of 225 Sikhs from blacklist
Monday, 22/08/2016
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Washington: Calling it a ‘step in the right direction’, Sikh-Americans here have welcomed the Indian government’s decision of removing the names of 225 Sikhs from a blacklist.
Punjab-origin girl found dead in US, stepmother charged with murder
Monday, 22/08/2016
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NEW YORK: A nine-year-old Indian girl has been found dead under mysterious circumstances in her house here with police charging her stepmother for the murder.
IndoCanadian minister becomes first woman head of govt in House
Sunday, 21/08/2016
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TORONTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made history last November by appointing four Indo-Canadians to his cabinet. Now, he’s made some more by giving the added responsibility of being Leader of the Government in the House of Commons to Bardish Chagger, making her the first woman to hold the post in Parliament.
$100,000 donated for Sikh, Punjabi research in US
Saturday, 20/08/2016
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Washington: An Indian-American couple has donated $100,000 to a top American university to support graduate students studying Sikh and Punjabi culture there.
DAD OF INDIAN AMERICAN MP BERA JAILED FOR FUNDING SCAM
Saturday, 20/08/2016
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WASHINGTON: ThefatherofAmi Bera, the only Indian-American in US Congress, has been sentenced to a year in jail for violating election funding laws in his donations to his son’s campaign.
Sikh holy book thrown over locked gates of UK gurdwara
Friday, 19/08/2016
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London: In a ‘hate incident’, a Sikh holy book was ‘maliciously’ thrown over the locked gates of a gurdwara in the West Yorkshire region of England.
Punjab-origin US tech mogul gets year in jail in domestic violence case
Sunday, 14/08/2016
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SAN FRANCISCO: A Silicon Valley Punjab-origin internet mogul who sold his startup for $300 million at the age of 25 and appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” as a highly eligible bachelor was sentenced to a year in jail on Friday for violating his probation in a domestic violence case. However, Gurbaksh Chahal, 34, will not immediately begin serving the sentence because San Francisco Superior Court Judge Tracie Brown cited questions about the evidence while giving him time to appeal her ruling.
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