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‘Hero’ Sikh saves drowning girl using turban in Canada

Friday, 01/07/2016

http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=159994&boxid=63042&uid=&dat=2016-07-01

Toronto: A quick-thinking Sikh man is being hailed as a hero in Canada after he saved a teenage girl from drowning by using his turban to pull her out of a frigid river. Avtar Hothi, a 65-year-old farmer from Kamloops, British Columbia, used his turban to save the teen who had fallen into the cold waters of North Thompson river close to his farm.

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Sikh WW-II veteran dies in Canada

Thursday, 30/06/2016

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/community/sikh-ww-ii-veteran-dies-in-canada/258989.html

Toronto : Pritam Singh Jauhal, a 95-year-old World War II veteran and a prominent figure in the Sikh-Canadian community who fought and won a high profile battle to allow Sikhs wearing turbans into the Royal Canadian Legions, has died.

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Sikh candidate in Aus polls faces ‘racist’ flyers

Wednesday, 29/06/2016

http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=159845&boxid=59089&uid=&dat=2016-06-29

Melbourne: A Sikh politician contesting in the upcoming elections from Australia’s Greens party has been targeted with ‘racist flyers’ which she claimed were distributed in her electorate here. Alexandra Kaur Bhathal, a candidate from Greens party for the seat of Batman, Melbourne, on Tuesday wrote on her facebook page that a flyer was distributed in her electorate targeting her background and beliefs. “Yesterday and today a flyer has been distributed in my electorate of Batman targeting my background and beliefs.

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Punjabi expats’ big fear: Harsh immigration rules

Saturday, 25/06/2016

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

Say exiting European Union will affect trade and employment as well

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UK says goodbye to EU, PM to 10 Downing Street

Saturday, 25/06/2016

http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=159491&boxid=63624&uid=&dat=2016-06-25

London: Britain voted to leave the EU, toppling Prime Minister David Cameron after the shock defeat in the referendum that triggered a bloodbath in world markets on Friday and opened a fresh debate over issues like immigration and advance of the right-wing across Europe.

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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.

 

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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.