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SURREY NEWS: Punjabi Broadcaster In Surrey Shooting
SURREY (CANADA): One of Canada’s most colorful and controversial Sikh broadcasters appeared in court on Monday to face a series of charges related to a weekend shooting at a gurdwara that left a rival in hospital. Radio India managing director Maninder Gill is facing five firearms counts for allegedly shooting at Surrey contractor Harjit... »
RUPNAGAR NEWS: Rupnagar Man Shot Dead In US
RUPNAGAR: Nirmal Singh (58), a native of Mianpur village near here, was shot dead by robbers in Virginia State of the United States on Friday. “Nirmal was closing the store where he worked, when around midnight; three per sons entered the store and demanded money. When he and a co-worker resisted, the robbers fired... »
AMRITSAR NEWS: Bone Test To Decide If Pak Boy Minor
AMRITSAR: To ascertain the exact age of Pakistani boy Nauman Arshad, a local court on Friday ordered a bone-density test and sought the report by April 15. »
LONDON NEWS: Scrabble Rules Set To Change
LONDON: Scrobble may no longer be the same, if its owners have their way. The rules of the mind game that has gripped players across the globe are likely to be changed. »
JALANDHAR NEWS: BJP Too Boycotts Kabaddi Tourney
JALANDHAR: Shiromani Akali Dal’s coalition partner BJP on Monday boycotted the Jalandhar leg of the World Kabaddi Cup over the organizing committee’s alleged failure to extend “due respect” to its ministers, MLAs and senior leaders. »
JALANDHAR NEWS: Pak Singer Here To Trace Roots
JALANDHAR: Musician and singer Najam Sheraz from Pakistan, on a concert tour, hopes to use his India visit to reunite his family on both sides of the border, across the post-Partition divide. »
AMRITSAR NEWS: SGPC Member Takes Up Kirpan Issue In US
AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member Kiranjot Kaur had been assured support on the issue of not allowing ‘kirpan’ during security checks in the United States, as she stressed on recognizing it as an intrinsic part of a baptized Sikh. »
RAJPURA NEWS: 3 BKI Men In Custody – Cops
RAJPURA: The local police on Friday claimed to have arrested three Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militants, along with two robbers, in an early morning raid here. »
AMRITSAR NEWS: 17 Pak Prisoners Freed, Sent Home
AMRITSAR: In a goodwill gesture, the Indian government on Friday released 17 Pakistani nationals who had completed their jail terms. »
SANGRUR NEWS: US-Based NRIs To Honour Dhindsa
SANGRUR: Punjabi NRIs and gurdwara associations of Indianapolis (USA) have resolved to confer the Lifetime Achievement Award and NRIs’ Da Mann on SAD secretary general Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa in May on his elevation to the Rajya Sabha for the second time. »
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