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Indian-Origin Woman Charged For Making Hoax Calls To Singapore Police
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Indian-Origin Woman Charged For Making Hoax Calls To Singapore Police

[ad_1] The police said she purportedly made the calls from a local landline. (Representational)Singapore: A 27-year-old Indian-origin woman was charged in Singapore on Thursday for making hoax calls to the police, including one about a friend's attempted suicide.According to court documents, Salvinder Kaur allegedly made two calls to the police on August 26 to report a friend's attempted suicide at a Housing Board flat in Pasir Ris housing estate, but it was not true.The police said she purportedly made the calls from a local landline.Police officers established her identity and arrested her on September 16, reported The Straits Times newspapers used to cooperate with the police to hand over her digital device for investigation.She was arrested for the offence of resisting the taking of ...
Indian-Origin Cop Is Highest-Ranking South Asian Woman In New York
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Indian-Origin Cop Is Highest-Ranking South Asian Woman In New York

[ad_1] She runs the 102nd Police Precinct in South Richmond Hill, Queens.New York: Captain Pratima Bhullar Maldonado, an Indian-origin police officer has become the highest-ranking South Asian woman in the New York Police Department, a position she was promoted to recently.She runs the 102nd Police Precinct in South Richmond Hill, Queens. She was promoted to the rank of Captain last month, CBS News reported on Monday.The mother of four was born in Punjab and lived there until she was 9 before moving to Queens in New York."It feels like coming home. I spent more than 25 years of my life in this precinct when I was growing up," Ms Maldonado said.South Richmond Hill is home to one of the largest Sikh communities in the country."Going to the same Gurdwara that I did as a child, and now as a ...
Indian-Origin Woman Killed, Daughter Injured In Accident In Sri Lanka
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Indian-Origin Woman Killed, Daughter Injured In Accident In Sri Lanka

[ad_1] The police said the driver lost control of the car due to high speed (Representational)Colombo: A 67-year-old Australian woman of Indian origin was killed and two persons, including her daughter, were injured on Monday when the car in which they were travelling plunged from a cliff in Sri Lanka.The woman, who was identified as Prakash Sharita Devi and two others were travelling when their car met with an accident at Dara Wanguwa in Hemmathagama, the Colombo Page news portal reported.Police said the driver of the car, a resident of Wattala and a 30-year-old woman who were injured in the accident were admitted to the Gampola Hospital.Ms Devi was identified as a resident of Sydney, Australia.The police said preliminary investigations revealed that the driver lost control of the car d...