JALANDHAR: The ministry of over­ seas Indian affairs will provide financial assistance ranging fr0m USD 2,000 (about Rs 1 lakh) to USD 3,000 (Rs 1.5lakh) to deserted or divorced Indian women for arranging legal assistance in their fight against NRI grooms abroad. A ministry official said on Tuesday the assistance would ...

BATALA: The mother of Gurinder Singh, a Canada­ based NRI who was gunned down here, has threatened to fast unto death if the cops failed to arrest the accused, Deep Raj Singh and Yadvinder Singh Bhullar, by November 26. The police have already arrested four accused in this connection but the ...

GURDASPUR: As per his will, 82-year-old NRI Bawa Lal Masih was buried in his native village, Kot Santokh Rai, near Dhariwal on Sunday, Though he had got US citizenship, he wanted to be buried in his village, Survived by four sons and two daughters, all his family members came from ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh has appointed Qila Raipur MLA Jassi Khangura, a former NRI, to initiate interaction with various NRIs, groups and organizations in the US, Canada and Europe to set an agenda for his trip to these places later this year. In a letter ...

AMRITSAR: While reacting to criticism from certain quarters that Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) had vacated the Basti Nau campus in Jalandhar under political pressure, the varsity officials dubbed the allegations as "reckless and false". "The allegations have been leveled by some individuals will vested interests and all these are frivolous, ...

LUDHIANA NEWS: Politicians and travel agents interfering with the working of the NRI Commission will be dealt with strictly, Punjab NRI affairs minister Capt Balbir Singh Bath said on Friday. The minister was in Ludhiana to redress the grievances of NRIs. Speaking on the amendment in the tenancy act, he ...

JALANDHAR(Punjab): The Medical Council of India (MCI) has accorded it approval to Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) here to admit 150 students in MBBS course from the coming academic session. PIMS director Dr Appa Rao Mukkamala said 50% seats would be filled as government quota under Baba Farid University of ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: A technical error is denying NRI Karnail Singh Gyani, 80, a visit to India. Karnail Singh, a resident of Philadelphia, US, claims that the immigration officials at the Delhi airport have time and again stopped him, stating that his entry to India is banned. "Neither I figure on ...

TARN TARAN: The body of an NRI's wife was found mutilated and burnt at Vegewal village near Bhikhiwind on Wednesday night. Rajwant Kaur's body was spotted by her brother, Baljinder Singh, who lives in a nearby village. "I got a call from my sister's married daughter, who told me that Rajwant ...

JALANDHAR: The MBBS fee structure of Jalandhar's Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) will be similar to that of other private medical colleges in the state. The Medical Council of India (MCI) is expected to inspect the college facility next month before deciding on granting it permission to run medical courses. Dr ...

CHANDIGARH: Congress MLA Jassi Khangura, on Monday, said NRIs were not investing in Punjab because they feel their investments would not be secure under the current SAD-BJP regime in Punjab. "All substantial government clearances need the support of deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal, a person whom NRIs don't trust, who does ...

A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) will be produced in a court here Wednesday following his arrest Tuesday night for allegedly murdering his teenaged step-daughter in a suspected case of honour killing. A look at the top news stories at 06:00 am IST on July 02,'10. For more news and analysis, log ...

FARIDKOT: The Moga police arrested three policemen at the court complex here on Tuesday in a corruption case. The three are already facing a trial in the court under the Passport Act. The accused are Jaswinder Singh, Ranjit Singh and Gurdial Singh. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act had been ...