Category: Indians Abroad
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Navtej Sarna takes over as US ambassador, DC Indian community welcomes him
By Surekha Vij WASHINGTON: In a charged atmosphere with grace, enthusiasm and unity, the Indian American Community of Metropolitan Washington hosted a reception to welcome Navtej Singh Sarna, who is as the new Ambassador of India to the US , and to bid farewell to outgoing deputy Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu who is going as…
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How Canadian businessman Surjit Babra became the world’s first Sikh to own an airline
By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: Ludhiana-born Surjit Babra doesn’t hold any MBA or business degrees, but he went on become the world’s first Sikh to start an airline in 1988. Gifted with extraordinary business acumen, Toronto-based Babra,65, turned his SkyLink Group into a multi-million-dollar conglomerate of SkyLink Aviation, SkyLink Travel, SkyLink Express, SkyLink Holidays and Dollar…
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Gurpreet Ronald, her lover Bhupinderpal Gill found guilty in Indo-Canadian love triangle murder
News East West TORONTO: Gurpreet Ronald, 37, and her lover Bhupinderpal Gill, 41, have been found guilty of first-degree murder of Gill’s wife in the sensational Indo-Canadian love triangle murder case. The guilty verdict in the first-degree murder carries life sentence. The jury in the case after a nine-week trial in the Superior Court in…
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CGI Toronto distributes life certificates to Indian pensioners
TORONTO: The Indian Consulate General in Toronto is organizing a series of camps in various places in Ontario and Manitoba to distribute Life Certificate to Indian pensioners. The first two camps were held at Oakville and Brampton on November 5 and 6. While about 350 Life Certificates were issued at Oakville, an unprecedented number of…