NRI News

Punjab-origin woman left to die in blazing car in US

Monday, 16/10/2017

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

NEWYORK: A 25-year-old Punjaborigin woman was left to die in a blazing car by her driver following a fiery crash in the US, police said.

More

 

Jagmeet lands in row for refusing to condemn Kanishka attacker

Thursday, 05/10/2017

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

TORONTO: Newly-minted leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) Jagmeet Singh has already attracted controversy with his refusal to condemn the practice at some Canadian gurdwaras of displaying portraits of a man considered the “mastermind” of the Air India flight bombing in 1985 that claimed 329 lives.

More

 

Sikh student banned from wearing kara to school in UK

Tuesday, 03/10/2017

http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=181481&boxid=59139&uid=&dat=2017-10-03

London: A primary school in the UK has come under fire for banning an eight-year-old British Sikh student from wearing his kara to school because it breaches the uniform policy. Kaiden Singh, who has worn Sikh religious bangle since birth, was asked to remove it after he started at his new school, Summerhill Primary School in Tipton, in the West Midlands region last month.

More

   

38-yr-old Sikh man set to lead major party in Canada

Tuesday, 03/10/2017

http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=181475&boxid=65296&uid=&dat=2017-10-03

Toronto: Jagmeet Singh, a 38-year-old Sikh criminal lawyer, was on Monday elected the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, becoming the first non-white politician to head a major party in the country. Singh, the Ontario provincial lawmaker, was elected on the first ballot to lead the party into the 2019 election against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals.

More

 

Jindal, Verma in race to be next US health secy

Monday, 02/10/2017

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

WASHINGTON : Two Indian Americans — top healthcare official Seema Verma and former governor Bobby Jindal — have emerged as leading contenders for the post of the US health secretary in Donald Trump’s cabinet, vacated by Tom Price earlier this week. If either of them gets the nod,it would be a record second cabinet-rank position from the Indian-origin community after Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN.

More

   

Page 44 of 523

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.