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Indian man pleads guilty to role in dangerous human smuggling conspiracy

Sunday, 03/02/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-man-pleads-guilty-to-role-in-dangerous-human-smuggling-conspiracy/723738.html

New York : A 60-year-old Indian man has pleaded guilty for his role in a complex, transnational conspiracy to smuggle individuals from India to the US for profit, which claimed at least one life and endangered many others, the US Justice Department said.

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Indian-American Congressman to chair key Congressional subcommittee on foreign affairs

Friday, 01/02/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-american-congressman-to-chair-key-congressional-subcommittee-on-foreign-affairs/722264.html

Washington : Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera has been named the head of a key Congressional subcommittee that will have broad jurisdiction to conduct oversight into America’s foreign policy.

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Punjabi detainees on hunger strike in US being ‘force-fed’

Friday, 01/02/2019

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

TEXAS: Federal immigration officials are force-feeding six immigrants, including Punjab-origin detainees, through plastic nasal tubes during a hunger strike that’s gone on for a month inside a Texas detention facility, The Associated Press has learned.

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Canada: Jagmeet’s brother to contest elections

Wednesday, 04/04/2018

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TORONTO: There’s a new political power centre in the making in Canada’s largest province of Ontario: The Dhaliwal dynasty.

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Sikhs in Canada hit out at ‘flak over Khalistan’

Monday, 02/04/2018

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

TORONTO : Sikh groups are pushing back against the perceived demonisation of the community in Canada in the wake of controversies surrounding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to India in February and criticism of New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh’s appearances in which he appeared to endorse separatism.

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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.