Diaspora

WASHINGTON: In what can be good news for hundreds of Indian IT professionals seeking the H-1B work visa, the United States’ immigration agency has decided to conduct a rare second lottery for the most sought-after visas to decide on the successful applicants who could not make it in the first …

WASHINGTON:  In Washington State, the Tri-City Herold in Kennewick reports a 36-year-old Punjabi truck driver was killed in a single-vehicle rollover just after midnight Sunday.

SINGAPORE: A 52-year-old Indian-origin man in Singapore was on Tuesday sentenced to five weeks in jail for hurling racist comments and assaulting staff at a public hospital here.

MONTREAL: Navdeep Ghotra, 30, allegedly killed his 32-year-old spouse Rajinder Prabhneed Kaur in her apartment in Montreal’s Parc-Extension borough on Monday.

HAMILTON: A 28-year-old youth from Punjab died in Canada due to multiple organ failures and brain hemorrhage.

BRAMPTON: Bob Nagra, the first turbaned police officer to join the Peel Police Canada, has shown the City of Brampton what it takes to be a role model in the community. The City of Brampton is thanking him for it by awarding him Citizen of the Year for 2019.

ONTARIO: A Punjab-origin man, identified as Dasonda Singh Khakh, was sentenced to two years less a day in provincial jail after pleading guilty to three counts of tax fraud.

MISSISSAUGA: An Indian-origin couple Kareena Kanhai and Atri Kanhai won the Maxmillions prize worth $1 million from June 4, 2021, Lotto Max draw.

LONDON: An Indian-origin man, identified as Ravinder Singh Randhawa, has been jailed for nine years by a UK court for committing frauds amounting to over one million pounds.

WASHINGTON: Twenty-five-year-old Vaidehi Dongre from Michigan was crowned Miss India USA 2021 while Arshi Lalani from Georgia was declared the first runner-up at the beauty pageant held over the weekend.