NRI News
Indian-Americans fight against food insecurity
Tuesday, 26/03/2019
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-americans-fight-against-food-insecurity/748652.html
New York : Indian-Americans across New York are coming together to fight food insecurity, with a major organisation working to end hunger throughout the city's five boroughs.
Indian man gets 8-year jail in Canada for causing bus crash that killed 16 people
Saturday, 23/03/2019
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-man-gets-8-year-jail-in-canada-for-causing-bus-crash-that-killed-16-people/747297.html
Ottawa : A 30-year-old Indian truck driver in Canada was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday for causing a bus crash that killed 16 people, mostly members of a junior hockey team, in one of the worst disasters in the country's sporting community.
In UK, Indian-origin homes targeted for gold jewellery
Saturday, 23/03/2019
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/in-uk-indian-origin-homes-targeted-for-gold-jewellery/747315.html
London, March 23 : Indian-origin homes are at the centre of over 140 million pounds worth of gold jewellery stolen in the UK over the past five years, a freedom of information request revealed on Saturday.
Jagmeet debuts as first non-white opposition leader in House of Commons
Thursday, 21/03/2019
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
OTTAWA: Sikh-Canadian leader Jagmeet Singh has created political history in that country when he made his debut in the House of Commons as the first nonwhite leader of a major opposition party in the country.
Delaware declares April 2019 as ‘Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month’
Tuesday, 19/03/2019
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/delaware-declares-april-2019-as-sikh-awareness-and-appreciation-month/746142.html
Washington : Delaware Governor John Carney has signed an executive proclamation naming April 2019 as the “Delaware Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month” in recognition of the contribution of the small but influential Sikh community in the economic and social milieu of the state.
Indian-American couple held guilty of human trafficking
Tuesday, 19/03/2019
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-american-couple-held-guilty-of-human-trafficking/745581.html
Washington : An Indian-American couple from California–Satish Kartan and Sharmistha Barai–has been found guilty to the charges of forced labour of foreign nationals from India and Nepal.
Don’t let tension affect work, say Sikh Americans
Thursday, 14/03/2019
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
WASHINGTON: Sikh-Americans have urged the Indian government to ensure that the work on the landmark Kartarpur Corridor is not impacted by the tension between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pulwama terrorist attack.
Actively pursuing case of British Sikh in Indian jail: May
Thursday, 14/03/2019
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
LONDON :British prime minister Theresa May on Wednesday said the case of a British Sikh murder suspect lodged in an Indian jail for over a year was being “actively” dealt with by ministers.
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