Diaspora

Originally from Firozpur in India, Punjabi youth Mandeep Sandhu moved to Christchurch, City in the South Island, New Zealand, in 2015. FIROZPUR/AUCKLAND: A 24-year-old Punjabi youth died in a workplace accident at a glass manufacturing business in New Zealand on Wednesday.

SCHAUMBURG: A missing Indian American woman, Sureel Dabawala, who was reported missing on New Year’s Day, was found dead in the trunk of her car.

VANCOUVER: Richmond RCMP Serious Crimes Unit on Wednesday released the photo of Satvir Singh Sanghera, the 49-year-old Richmond resident, who is charged with 14 sex offences.

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Aneil Sanghera, a Punjabi man from Richmond has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his cousin at a wedding reception in South Vancouver in 2017.

NEW YORK: A medical student from Indian Diaspora fell to his death while jumping between rooftops in the city of Philadelphia.

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan immigration officials have arrested 7 Indians labourers in Wattala for defying their visa conditions.

ONTARIO, CANADA: Two Punjabi students and another person died in a crash between two tractor-trailers in Thunder Bay, Ontario on Thursday night.

LONDON: An Indian-origin lawyer has filed a lawsuit against Tesco, UK’s biggest supermarket chain, over his alleged mistreatment which dislodged his kidney stones.

HOUSTON: An Indian-American US Air Force colonel, Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, will be among astronauts who may get a chance to go to the moon or Mars following his graduation from Artemis program carried out predominately by NASA.

DUBAI: An Indian-origin woman in Dubai has achieved a unique musical milestone after she written, composed, sung and recorded 1,000 songs in 1,000 days.