NRI News
Video-conferencing time does not click with NRIs
Friday, 16/09/2011
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-13/ludhiana/30148511_1_video-conferencing-nris-punjab-police
The police department had started a video-conferencing facility in the state three weeks ago to help non-resident Indians lodge complaints but it has failed to evoke any response. Some NRIs rued that the time fixed by the department - 4 pm to 5 pm on Mondays - suited Punjab police, but not them. Besides, an hour a week was not sufficient, they said.
Khangura Slams NRI Cell’s Problem Solving via Video-Conferencing as a Joke
Thursday, 15/09/2011
http://web.punjabmailusa.com/news/?p=8542
Chandigarh, September 13
Ludhiana, 9 September (Punjab Mail)- Qila Raipur MLA, Jassi Khangura, today slammed the Punjab Police’s NRI cell for their tokenistic approach to genuinely addressing the issues faced by NRIs. He said “throwing a high tech approach at NRIs problems won’t solve them unless the foundations are there too, and the intent to correctly pursue each case to closure.”
Sikh officer takes command of Canadian unit
Wednesday, 14/09/2011
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110914/punjab.htm#7
Chandigarh, September 13
After joining Canadian army as a trooper in 1989, Harjit Singh Sajjan, now a Lieutenant-Colonel, has became the first Indo-Canadian to take command of a Canadian regiment.
17 youths jailed in Sharjah to return home next week Court waives death sentence
Tuesday, 13/09/2011
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110913/punjab.htm#6
Chandigarh/Dubai, September 12
After a Sharjah Appeal Court today waived their death sentence in the Mishri Khan murder case, 17 Indian boys, 16 from Punjab and one from Haryana, are set to reunite with their families back home early next week.
Canada’s national sport gets NRI lift
Monday, 12/09/2011
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Canada-s-national-sport-gets-NRI-lift/Article1-744483.aspx
At one level, it can be described as on ice. Replace football with ice hockey sticks and a puck, and a feisty daughter with a rebel son who wants fulfilment in Canada's national sport, and the principal ingredients of the Canadian film, Breakaway are in place.
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