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London: Alarmed that people with origins in the Indian sub-continent have a 50 per cent risk of dying prematurely from cardiovascular diseases, Britain’s health officials have initiated a plan to promote a ghee-free diet. The Department of Health has launched an online nutrition centre in partnership with the Aga Khan, head of the Ismaili Muslim [...]
New Delhi: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has reportedly warned his team mates against hiding injuries, asking them to take a break and recuperate if they are not 100 per cent fit. The statement comes close on the heels of India’s disastrous World Twenty20 campaign, which began on a wrong note with Virender Sehwag failing [...]
Tehrik-e-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan’s most wanted man, might have narrowly escaped death in hurricane missile strikes by US drones that killed about 50 people in country’s restive northwest. US drones on Tuesday fired three missiles at a Taliban training centre near the village of Makeen, 60 kms from Waziristan’s chief town of Wanna, killing [...]
Daughter of a Punjabi Sikh immigrant from Amritsar, Namrata “Nikki” Randhawa Haley, is another Bobby Jindal in the making. Nikki, 37, as she is popularly known, has announced her candidacy for Republican Party nomination for the Governor of South Carolina, which will go to poll next year. Presently, she is a member of the South [...]
India will urge Pakistan to arrest a key Islamist militant leader for his role in the Mumbai attacks, a day after an arrest warrant was issued against the raid’s alleged mastermind, an official said on Wednesday. The trial court hearing the 26/11 terror attack cases on Tuesday issued non-bailable warrants against 22 absconding accused, including [...]
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a review petition filed by Indian national Sarabjit Singh and upheld the death sentence given to him for his alleged involvement in bomb attacks in 1990. A three-member bench led by Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed dismissed Sarabjit’s review petition on merit and upheld the death sentence awarded to him [...]
The international smuggling ring has been busted in India in which the accused say the shipment was spearheaded by a drug kingpin planning to move the contraband through Vancouver. Three men nabbed by Punjabi police on June 5 are alleging they worked as couriers for Rupinder Singh, aka Rob Sidhu, and that the heroin seized [...]
The Prince William Regional Chamber of Commerce recently presented its scholarship awards to graduating seniors. Rasmeet Kaur was amongst those awarded. When someone from the minority communities gets recognition of this level, it empowers others to aspire. The journey for the migrant communities across the world has been challenging, The Sikh community is now actively [...]
Mandeep Singh has not been allowed to take his motorcycle test, as he is a Sikh and wears his turban. Mandeep has now taken his case to the Equal Opportunity Commission. Mandeep Singh, who is a Sikh, said he paid a fee at the Department of Planning and Infrastructure in City West late last week [...]
Following the recent spurt of crime in the area police have encouraged shop keepers in the Jackson Mississippi area to be more vigilant. One of the suggestions Jackson police made was for convenience stores to pull promotional signs out of their windows in an effort to curb armed robberies. Police said the signs could obstruct [...]
