CHANDIGARH : While supporting the demands of farming community in India against the anti-farmer legislations, Global Sikh Council (GSC) condemned the laws passed by the Indian Parliament that will damage the financial standing of farmers, while providing leverage to larger conglomerates to rig the growers’ market to their advantage. Asking for linking the food grains prices with the national price index the GSC has lamented that Indian farmers even now were not getting a fair price for their farm produce.
LONDON: Krishnaraja Wodiyar III was the new ruler of the southern Indian kingdom of Mysore when Devajammani arrived at the royal court in 1805, to marry him. Both of them were 12 years of age.
SHARJAH: An Indian expatriate cannot believe that he can finally go home after 20 years, with Dh750,000 of fine waived off by Sharjah authorities.
PANAJI: The thought of returning home from abroad after losing jobs amid the Covid-19 pandemic continues to be a key concern for Indian expatriates, said Shubham Singh, Protector of Emigrants for Karnataka and Goa region.
DUBAI: Passengers flying from the UAE to India may now get their Covid-19 (RT-PCR) tests done at home, budget carrier Air India Express (AIE) has announced.
ABU DHABI: The India Social and Culture Centre (ISC) has reopened its doors for the Indian community after remaining shut for six months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a media report said.
MUSCAT: A 50-year-old Indian expat artist allegedly committed suicide in his apartment in Muscat, the Royal Oman Police said.
DUBAI: An Indian expat man sexually abused a jogger while she was exercising near her residence in Dubai, a court heard.
NEW YORK: In a show of his support for legal immigration, US President Donald Trump dramatically welcomed an Indian software developer to "the great American family of citizens" in a White House ceremony during the Republican National Convention.
WASHINGTON: Sara Gideon, an Indian-origin Democratic senatorial candidate in the state of Maine, has won the endorsement of former US President Barack Obama for her November contest against incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins, the media reported.
NEW YORK: Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden has selected Kamala Devi Harris as the nominee for vice president in a historic move that marks a breakthrough for Indian Americans in US politics.
PHAGWARA: A Pall of Gloom descended in Village Nangal Lubhana in district Kapurthala on receiving the news of sudden death of a village Youth in America.
NEW YORK: A young Indian American TV reporter for CBS New York has died in a moped accident, the station reported. Nina Kapur, 26, died after the accident on Saturday, CBS said on Sunday.
NEW DELHI: Days after India blocked a Russian portal used by pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) to propagate its anti-India agenda, the banned group on Sunday launched a Canadian portal to register 'Referendum 2020' votes to demand Khalistan, a separate homeland for Sikhs in Punjab.
NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump has nominated an Indian American lawyer who has been active in the Republican Party and with the Hindu American Coalition to head the Asian operations of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
NEW YORK:US President Donald Trump has nominated an Indian American lawyer who has been active in the Republican Party and with the Hindu American Coalition to head the Asian operations of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
NEW YORK: An Indian American doctor known for his work among refugees and the poor is preparing to file a federal case over a policeman in Aurora in Colorado state pulling a gun on him in a threatening manner while he was entering his own property, according to media reports.
DUBAI: After 110 days, the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara in Dubai has re-opened following the lifting of the suspension of places of worship in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
DUBAI: India has announced nine more repatriation flights from the UAE, ticket sales for which will open later on Friday.
NEW YORK: An Indian origin cardiologist and the administrator of her company have agreed to pay $400,000 to settle allegations that they submitted irregular billings to Medicare, the government health insurance programme for senior citizens, according to officials.
JALANDHAR: US Based North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) today expressed grief over the tragic demise of Sikh pilgrims in a bus-train collision in Pakistan’s Punjab. While expressing condolence on this tragedy Balraj Kaur Chairperson of NAPA chapter in the UK said that we are pained by the tragic demise of Sikh pilgrims in Pakistan.
DUBAI: A Dubai-based Indian woman is helping scores of stranded fellow Indian expatriates amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates, a media report said.
MARYLAND USA): The Virginia Youth Cricket Association (VYCA) last week came into existence as its member organizations voted to adopt its constitution. The charter members of this newest state youth cricket association are the Washington Cricket Academy, Richmond Strikers and Southwestern Youth Association. The VYCA has selected Raj Damaraju of the Washington Cricket Academy as its first chairman.
VANCOUVER: Indo-Canadian businessman and former national football player David Siddo has been stripped off the Order of British Columbia for his links to the US college admissions scandal of 2019.
NEVADA: The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has pointed out that yoga had no place in the lives of their followers and completely incompatible with their faith tradition.Hindu leaders are upset over branding yoga as incompatible.
PHAGWARA: Canada Based NRI Couple was reportedly brutally murdered with sharp-edged weapons at their local residence in Onkar Nagar late Saturday Night. Senior Superintendent of the Police Satinder Singh while confirming it told UNI here tonight that SHO City Onkar Singh Brar has rushed to the spot.
NEW DELHI: The government has directed the Indian Navy to get their big sailing engines ready to bring back citizens stuck in the Gulf countries due to the coronavirus induced lockdown.
DUBAI: An Indian woman based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had to see her father's funeral on Facebook Live due to the coronavirus pandemic, a media report said.
SINGAPORE: Singapore President has appointed Indian-origin Judicial Commissioner Dedar Singh Gill as a judge of the High Court from August 1, the Prime Minister's Office said.
CHANDIGARH: California based Sikh filmmaker - Hansjeet Duggal, hailing from Chandigarh, has been telling stories of the Indian & Punjabi diaspora and telling the stories of their contributions, achievements & struggles to the communities abroad and at large in the United States.
OTTAWA: A Sikh non-profit has launched an emergency food bank in Canada to assist with the overwhelming demand for food, supplies and hygiene products to help those in need amid the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported.
WASHINGTON: The sudden death of a US-based Indian techie, who was in the country on a H-1B visa and his wife on a dependent visa, has led to his family face deportation as he was the sole provider, a media report said.
JALANDHAR: US based NRI Kirpal Singh Sihota, a resident of village Bara Pind, today registered massive win in the elections of NRI Sabha Punjab by trouncing his nearest rival Jasbir Singh by a margin of 160 votes.
DUBAI: An Indian student in Dubai has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, taking the total number of cases in the United Arab Emirates to 27, health authorities said.
LOS ANGLES: An Indian-American clerk was shot dead during an attempted robbery in in a convenience store at a Los Angeles suburb, it was reported.
DUBAI: An Indian couple based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has donated their late daughter's kidney to a seven-old-year boy who had been on dialysis for the last five years, a media report said on Friday.
WASHINGTON: Disenchanted by the restrictive visa policies in the US, the number of Indians getting permanent residency in Canada increased by 105 per cent in the first 11 months of 2019 alone, the Virginia-based National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) said in a report.
LOS ANGLES: Hundreds of Sikh worshippers turned up wearing the Lakers colours -- purple and yellow -- at the Gurdwara Nanaksar in Fresno, California, in a special prayer meet for the late basketball great Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash last month, a media report said.
NEW YORK: Gatka Federation USA in collaboration with Gurudwara's Committee. organized its first-ever two-day National Gatka Coaching and Refresher course at Gurudwara Sikh Cultural Society here on January 18 and 19.