550 NRIs invited for Nanak’s 550th Parkash Purb

Thursday, 13/06/2019

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

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab government will invite 550 non-resident Indian (NRI) Punjabis for Guru Nanak’s 550th Parkash Purb to be celebrated in November, NRI affairs minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi said on Wednesday.

Sodhi said the government was in the process of chalking out programmes for the same. The boarding and lodging arrangements will be made by the state. NRIs will be taken to historical places like Sultanpur Lodhi, Batala and Dera Baba Nanak.

He directed the officers to formulate an effective mechanism for speedily redressing the NRIs’ grievances pertaining to property and marriages.

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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.