Diaspora

BRAMPTON: A Punjabi councillor from city of Brampton, Canada has been suspended following allegations of sexual assault by a woman.

FRESNO: A Punjabi youth who tried to rescue three children from the Kings River on Wednesday has died.

PULASKI COUNTY: A Punjabi truck driver died in a horrific seven-vehicle crash in Virginia, US.

WASHINGTON: Indian-origin politician Sara Gideon, currently serving as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, has been endorsed by former US President Barack Obama as the senatorial candidate for Maine.

BRAMPTON: Peel Regional Police have issued a wanted notice for Indian-origin Jay Kumar, on the morning of August 4.

NEW YORK: Indian-origin doctor Dave Chokshi has been appointed New York City’s health commissioner.

PLANO: An Indian-origin mother of two children was killed while she was out jogging and police have initiated a homicide investigation.

SINGAPORE: 61-year-old Dedar Singh Gill, an Indian-origin judicial commissioner and intellectual property expert in Singapore was sworn in as a judge of the city-state’s High Court.

BRAMPTON: A Sikh youth has died under mysterious circumstances in Canada.

LONDON: An Indian-origin dancer has been honoured by UK PM Boris Johnson with the Points of Light award for providing free online bhangra classes to people during the pandemic.