Category: World
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Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi gets two-year jail for immigration racket
Daler Mehndi immigration racket: Punjabi pop singer gets two-year jail for dropping off 10 people in the US by taking money News East West NEW DELHI Punjab singer Daler Mehndi, who made Punjabi pop popular in urban India and Bollywood, has been jailed for two years by a court in Patiala for his involvement in…
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Hindus get first real temple in Arab world as Indian PM witnesses groundbreaking ceremony in Abu Dhabi
News East West Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday led the groundbreaking ceremony of the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi at an Indian community event at the Dubai Opera House. Though there are three Hindu temples in Dubai, they operate from rented commercial properties. This one will be the real temple with stone…
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Ritesh Batra to direct Elisabeth Moss in film on JFK’s sister
News East West Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra, whose debut feature film The Lunchbox featuring Nimrat Kaur and Irrfan Khan, received TIFF’s Film Circuit People’s Choice Award, will now direct A Letter From Rosemary Kennedy. The film’s powerful script tells the life of the elder sister of President John F Kennedy. In the tragic Kennedy family,…
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Character certificate needed to get jobs in UAE
The Canadian Bazaar Expatriates seeking jobs in the United Arab Emirates will now have to produce a certificate of good conduct – or character certificate – before they can get UAE work permit. The new rule kicks in from February 4, says a report in the Gulf News. The certificate of good conduct must either…