Melbourne,Australia: Three Indian-origin politicians, including a Sikh, were elected to New Zealand’s Parliament in the just-concluded general elections. Kanwaljeet Singh Bakshi, Dr Parmjeet Parmar and Mahesh Bindra have made it to the 121-member Parliament, the New Zealand Herald reported on Monday. While Delhi-born Bakshi is set to begin his third term in Parliament, Pune-graduate Parmar and Mumbai- bor n Bindra ...

Amritsar, Punjab: A five-member SGPC delegation led by its president Avtar Singh Makkar met New Zealand High Commissioner Grahame Morton today and sought stern action against those involved in the murder of a Sikh in that country. The delegation reportedly handed over a memorandum to the New Zealand High Commissioner in which it took up the case of Devinder Singh who ...

Melbourne: Eight persons of a Sikh family, including a six-month-old boy, were injured when their van plunged 15 metres down a cliff in New Zealand yesterday morning, turning their “celebration” trip into a tragedy. The family was going to Hawke’s Bay from the Auckland Airport when the accident took place. Jagtar Singh, who is in his 30s, was in the intensive ...

Wellinton, New Zealand: A Sikh leader in New Zealand was on Thursday found guilty of forging election documents in a bid to win in a local body poll three years ago. Daljit Singh, a former Labour Party candidate, who was running for the Otara-Papatoetoe local board in the Auckland council in 2010, was found guilty in the high court in Auckland ...

Wellington, NZ:  Jurors remain deadlocked in the case of a Sikh leader in New Zealand who had been charged with using forged election documents in a bid to win a local body poll three years ago. Daljit Singh, a former Labour Party candidate, who was running for elections to the Otara-Papatoetoe local board in Auckland Council in 2010, was charged ...