Diaspora

SINGAPORE: An Indian-origin woman in Singapore has been sentenced to 16 months’ jail, with the judge noting that her attempt to cheat the government would have been at expense of taxpayers’ money meant for Covid Support Grant, according to a media report.

ONTARIO: Two Punjabi men identified as Sahil Gill and Devinder Gill have been charged after a crossbow was fired at two people inside of a vehicle in Brampton last week.

NEW YORK: A 45-year-old Indian-origin gas station owner was shot dead during a daylight robbery near a police station in the US state of Georgia, according to media reports, some three weeks after another Indian-American was shot dead in Dallas.

BRAMPTON: Two Punjabi men have been arrested in Canada for allegedly smuggling about 112 kg of cocaine into the country.

Calgary: A decision on whether a former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash should be deported to India likely won’t be coming until the new year. A lawyer for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 33, had sent a voluminous amount of paperwork to the Canada Border Services Agency …

BRITAIN: UK Sikh soldier Jay Singh-Sohal has been awarded a royal volunteering medal (VRSM) after 12 years of service in the army’s Volunteer Reserve.

WASHINGTON: Three Indian nationals, who were earlier deported to India, have been arrested once again in the US Virgin Islands for illegally entering the country, an American attorney has said.

ALBERTA: Canada’s Alberta provincial government is proposing to rename a Calgary constituency in honour of the late MLA Manmeet Bhullar’s contributions and legacy.

UNITED STATES: A 19-year-old Indian-origin student died in a freak firing in Montgomery, Alabama, US.

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Rajanbir Singh Gill, a 22-year-old Punjabi, has been identified as a victim of a fatal Highway 3 crash that caused the road’s closure for 16 hours last week.