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Risk Of "Donkey Flights" As Illegal Migration Rises In Punjab, Haryana
Illegal immigration by young Indians to countries such as the US, the UK, and Canada has come under spotlight as a plane carrying suspected victims of human trafficking was rerouted to India.
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Punjab Minister Urges S Jaishankar To Help Students Facing Deportation From Canada
Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal has demanded the Centre to solve the matter of 700 Indian students, mostly Punjabis, who are trapped in immigration fraud in Canada and facing deportation cases.
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5 Facts About Fugitive Amritpal Singh's Wife Kirandeep Kaur
Kirandeep Kaur, wife of fugitive Amritpal Singh, was yesterday stopped and questioned at the Amritsar airport while she was trying to board a flight to London. According to Punjab police sources, she was questioned by the Immigration Department.
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Raghav Chadha Asks Centre To Bring Back Stranded Punjab Workers From UAE
AAP MP Raghav Chadha on Thursday wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, seeking his intervention for the expeditious return of 100 Punjabi immigrant workers stranded in Abu Dhabi.
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Suicide Over Canada Study Visa Brings Delays, Rejection Rates In Focus Again
Canada is a favoured destination due to its relatively friendly immigration policies. Expectations, thus, are higher, as is the frustration. Canadian government has said it's working to cut delays by hiring more people to process applications.
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Daler Mehndi Gets 2-Year Jail In 2003 Human Trafficking Case In Patiala
Daler Mehndi, brother illegally sent people abroad by showing them as troupe members; complainant says they took money but didn't send him abroad
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Coronavirus Pandemic Hits Immigration Dreams, Industry In Punjab
The coronavirus pandemic has brought all emigration from Punjab to a halt, hitting hard all those whose livelihoods depends on the multi-crore informal industry
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For Kartarpur Pilgrims, Home Ministry Designates Checkpoint In Punjab
The Ministry of Home Affairs today designated the Dera Baba Nanak land post in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, the exit and entry point for visiting Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, as an authorised immigration checkpoint.
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The American Dream Is Landing Several Indians From Punjab In US Jails
Chasing the American dream, Bunty Singh (name changed) illegally entered the US after crisscrossing several countries, but landed in an immigration detention centre in New Mexico where he has been languishing for the last 16 months.
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Suicide Revitalizes Concerns About Japan Immigration Detention
The suicide of an Indian man being held at an immigration detention centre in Japan has sparked a hunger strike among detainees and revived concerns about conditions.
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Sentenced To Jail In Immigration Fraud Case, Daler Mehndi Gets Bail
Minutes after he was sentenced to two years in jail in a 2003 human trafficking case by a court in Patiala, Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi has been granted bail, according to news agency ANI. The 50-year-old singer was convicted earlier today and immediately taken into custody by the Punjab Police.
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Pakistani Woman Crosses Over To Punjab Without Passport, Arrested
In a major security lapse, a Pakistani woman managed to cross the Attari border without a passport and other travel documents and travelled till Jalandhar in Punjab before being arrested last evening.
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Art Matters: Inside Thukral and Tagra's dreamscape
Inspired by notions of immigration and aspirations of people in Punjab, young artist duo, Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra, recently launched an exhibition in Mumbai's Famous Studios, as part of Escape, an on-going show since 2007.
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'Little Punjab' dwellers survive on charity and goodwill in UK
Near the Heathrow airport, underneath a motorway flyover dwells "Little Punjab", a squalid community of illegal immigrants including Indians, who came here to fulfil their dreams but were reduced to a slum-life, according to a media report.
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Major immigration fraud uncovered in Punjab
A major immigration fraud of Rs.8 million (Rs.80 lakh) was uncovered here, Punjab police said on Sunday.A complaint was received against an immigration agent Gurbachan Singh Manku, based here, 100 km away from state capital Chandigarh. He had duped around 80 people of Rs.1 lakh each on the pretext of sending them abroad, said Deputy Commissioner of...
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Risk Of "Donkey Flights" As Illegal Migration Rises In Punjab, Haryana
Illegal immigration by young Indians to countries such as the US, the UK, and Canada has come under spotlight as a plane carrying suspected victims of human trafficking was rerouted to India.
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Punjab Minister Urges S Jaishankar To Help Students Facing Deportation From Canada
Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal has demanded the Centre to solve the matter of 700 Indian students, mostly Punjabis, who are trapped in immigration fraud in Canada and facing deportation cases.
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5 Facts About Fugitive Amritpal Singh's Wife Kirandeep Kaur
Kirandeep Kaur, wife of fugitive Amritpal Singh, was yesterday stopped and questioned at the Amritsar airport while she was trying to board a flight to London. According to Punjab police sources, she was questioned by the Immigration Department.
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Raghav Chadha Asks Centre To Bring Back Stranded Punjab Workers From UAE
AAP MP Raghav Chadha on Thursday wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, seeking his intervention for the expeditious return of 100 Punjabi immigrant workers stranded in Abu Dhabi.
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Suicide Over Canada Study Visa Brings Delays, Rejection Rates In Focus Again
Canada is a favoured destination due to its relatively friendly immigration policies. Expectations, thus, are higher, as is the frustration. Canadian government has said it's working to cut delays by hiring more people to process applications.
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Daler Mehndi Gets 2-Year Jail In 2003 Human Trafficking Case In Patiala
Daler Mehndi, brother illegally sent people abroad by showing them as troupe members; complainant says they took money but didn't send him abroad
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Coronavirus Pandemic Hits Immigration Dreams, Industry In Punjab
The coronavirus pandemic has brought all emigration from Punjab to a halt, hitting hard all those whose livelihoods depends on the multi-crore informal industry
-
For Kartarpur Pilgrims, Home Ministry Designates Checkpoint In Punjab
The Ministry of Home Affairs today designated the Dera Baba Nanak land post in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, the exit and entry point for visiting Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, as an authorised immigration checkpoint.
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The American Dream Is Landing Several Indians From Punjab In US Jails
Chasing the American dream, Bunty Singh (name changed) illegally entered the US after crisscrossing several countries, but landed in an immigration detention centre in New Mexico where he has been languishing for the last 16 months.
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Suicide Revitalizes Concerns About Japan Immigration Detention
The suicide of an Indian man being held at an immigration detention centre in Japan has sparked a hunger strike among detainees and revived concerns about conditions.
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Sentenced To Jail In Immigration Fraud Case, Daler Mehndi Gets Bail
Minutes after he was sentenced to two years in jail in a 2003 human trafficking case by a court in Patiala, Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi has been granted bail, according to news agency ANI. The 50-year-old singer was convicted earlier today and immediately taken into custody by the Punjab Police.
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Pakistani Woman Crosses Over To Punjab Without Passport, Arrested
In a major security lapse, a Pakistani woman managed to cross the Attari border without a passport and other travel documents and travelled till Jalandhar in Punjab before being arrested last evening.
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Art Matters: Inside Thukral and Tagra's dreamscape
Inspired by notions of immigration and aspirations of people in Punjab, young artist duo, Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra, recently launched an exhibition in Mumbai's Famous Studios, as part of Escape, an on-going show since 2007.
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'Little Punjab' dwellers survive on charity and goodwill in UK
Near the Heathrow airport, underneath a motorway flyover dwells "Little Punjab", a squalid community of illegal immigrants including Indians, who came here to fulfil their dreams but were reduced to a slum-life, according to a media report.
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Major immigration fraud uncovered in Punjab
A major immigration fraud of Rs.8 million (Rs.80 lakh) was uncovered here, Punjab police said on Sunday.A complaint was received against an immigration agent Gurbachan Singh Manku, based here, 100 km away from state capital Chandigarh. He had duped around 80 people of Rs.1 lakh each on the pretext of sending them abroad, said Deputy Commissioner of...
