Dessert parlour owner Harpreet Kaur has emerged winner of the BBC series The Apprentice to land a £250,000 investment from Lord Alan Sugar.
Aside from the funding, the 30-year-old entrepreneur from Leeds also gets Lord Sugar as a business partner.
Harpreet has shown poise and determination over the last 11 weeks of gruelling tasks, constant pitches and boardroom engagements in the television series which ended yesterday (24 March). She triumphed over 15 other candidates .
She has been a consistently strong contestant throughout the series. Not only has she won seven out of ten tasks, but she also managed to impress last week’s fearsome interviewers, including Claude Littner, reported Birmingham Mail.
Harpreet’s parents own Waring Green Stores in Brighouse. She used to work there before teaming up with her lookalike sister Gurvinder Kaur to open the Huddersfield dessert parlour.
Harpreet went into the competition seeking investment for the Huddersfield dessert shop. Lord Sugar and his advisors were initially concerned about the presence of a second business partner, however, Harpreet assured them that her sister was happy to step aside, the report added.
As the final episode went out, Barni’s website came up as no longer available for those who tried to access it from her Instagram bio. And, within moments of her being confirmed as the 2022 winner, Harpreet had launched Oh So Yum online and changed her bio from owner of Barni’s to owner of Oh So Yum, reported Chronicle Live.
The Apprentice candidate Harpreet Kaur with her parents, Jas and Pete – Photo: Halifax Courier
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Max Group founder Analjit Singh’s wife has filed a suit in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), alleging that she was facing shareholder oppression at a group holding company and accused its directors including her husband of mismanagement of its affairs.
In submissions made through her advocates at a hearing before the tribunal, Neelu Analjit Singh, who owns a 24.1% stake in Max Ventures & Investment Holding Pvt Ltd, claimed that the assets of the family holding company were being alienated to the detriment of her interests and information about the company’s affairs was being withheld from her.
Citing an irretrievable breakdown of confidence and trust in the management of the company, she sought relief from the NCLT including granting status quo on the company’s shareholding and protection of its assets.
The petition was registered on March 15, as per information available on the NCLT’s website, and no relief was granted in the first hearing on March 17. The next hearing is scheduled on March 31.
The Singhs have three children. In the first hearing, Neelu Singh’s advocates said the family members had taken sides in the dispute.
An advocate for Neelu Singh declined to comment when contacted by ET.
Max India refused to comment, saying that the matter was in the personal domain of the promoter group. The holding company owns stakes worth Rs 4,000 crore in three listed Max group companies – Max Financial Services, Max India and Max Ventures & Industries – as per their last closing share price.
Read the full story, ‘Family feud breaks out at Analjit Singh’s Max Group’ (The Economic Times, 20 March 2022), here.
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Departed peacefully for his heavenly abode on 24/3/2022 leaving behind
Wife: Jagjit Kaur (d/o Late Baba Arjan Singh, Chugawa & Late Gurnam Kaur)
Children / Spouses: Kuljit Kaur / Baljit Singh Seniljit Singh / Qish Manpreet Kaur / Sanjay Pillay
Sahej Path da Bhog in his memory will be held on 9th April 2022 (Saturday), from 9.30 am – 12.00 noon, at Gurdwara Sahib Tatt Khalsa Diwan, Kuala Lumpur. Guru Ka Langgar will be served thereafter.
The family expresses its sincere appreciation & heartfelt thanks to relatives & friends for their condolences, prayers & support during their recent bereavement.
Programme:
7.30am – 8.30am: Asa Di Vaar
9.30am- 11.30: Path and Kirtan
11.30: Antim Ardas
Contact
Senil (Anil) – 012 787 2796
Kuljit – 019 2822430
Preity – 016 219 2449
| Entry: 24 March 2022; Updated: 30 March 2022 | Source: Family
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Three schoolboys have been arrested after an alleged hate crime on two Sikh teenagers in Leicester.
A video posted on social media shows the pupils wearing turbans being followed by a group before one is punched and a turban is pulled off.
Police said the attack happened in Marydene Drive, Leicester, on Friday, near Judgemeadow Community College.
The force confirmed it was investigating this as a hate crime and were taking the matter seriously.
Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews confirmed three 14-year-old boys were arrested and have since been released on police bail while officers carry out further inquiries.
He thanked police for their “swift action” in responding to the attack.
“Leicestershire Police works hard to eliminate any form of hatred and is focussed on promoting cohesion amongst Leicester’s diverse communities,” said Mr Matthews.
“I would like to thank officers for their robust and swift response in dealing with this issue and their efforts to reassure and update the local Sikh community who are understandably concerned by this incident.
“There is absolutely no place for hatred or violence of any kind in society and I fully support Leicestershire Police’s determined and consistent approach to ensure Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland remains a safe and welcoming place for all.”
Following a meeting at a Leicester gurdwara on Tuesday, Insp Yakub Ismail, said: “I just want to give you the assurance that Leicestershire Police are treating this as a serious matter.”
A spokesman for Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara which arranged the meeting between the police, school and concerned members of the community, said there had been another similar incident last week.
Read the full story, ‘Leicester: Boys arrested after ‘hate crime’ on Sikh boys’ (23 March 2022, BBC News), here.
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Grandchildren: Satvinder Kaur, Shreenjit Kaur, Arjenderjit Roy Singh, Shaman Roy Singh, Sukvinder Singh, Nickhel Dev Singh, Manveerjit Singh and Pearlleen Kaur
And relatives
Funeral ceremony will be held at No.1, Lorong Galing 144, 25300 Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur on 25 March 2022 (Friday). Cortege will leave to FLS Crematorium, Gambang, 26300, Pahang at 1:30PM.
Paath Da Bhog will be held at Gurdwara Sahib Kuantan on 10 April 2022 (Sunday) at 9.30am and followed by Guru Ka Langgar.
For enquiries, please contact:
Sarjit Singh – 019-9983394
Joginder Kaur – 016-9439055
Amarjit Singh – 016-2133983
| Entry: 24 March 2022 | Source: Family
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A number of former national footballers from Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei took the field in Kluang, Johor, on Sunday (20 March) in the memory of former national captain Serbegeth Singh who died while cycling on Jan 12.
They came to Kluang as Shebby, as he waspopularly known, lived with with his extended family in Mengkibol Estate in Kluang, Johor. Among others, his father and grandfather had reared cows and they did jaga, the Malay word for watchmen, the town.
The match was organised by a non -governmental organisation (NGO) called The Friendship Circle, reported Bernama. Among them were Mohd Noh Yaacob, Hassan Miskam and Salehan Mat Som.
Before the match, a free football clinic was also held at the Kluang Stadium to identify young talents in the district.
Born in Kluang on Aug 20, 1960, his sporting talents were discovered by the late Abdul Shatar Khan, a former Malaysian youth coach.
Serbegeth started his football career as a defender for Johor in the late 1970s and made his impact in the M-League after moving to Kuala Lumour. Described as a rock in the KL central defence, Shebby played a key role in the legendary KL team that won the Malaysia Cup three years in a row from 1987-89.
On the national front, he first represented Harimau Malaya – Malaysia’s national football team – in the President’s Cup in South Korea in 1982. It was a beginning to a long career that saw him picking up 61 caps.
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Jeyha Chiri Likheya, Teyha Hukam Kamahey As His Decree Is Issued, So Is His Command Obeyed Ghaley Aavey Nanka, Sadhey Utthi Jahey Those Who Are Sent, Come, O’ Nanak; When They Are Called Back, They Depart and Go
We are saddened to announce the passing of Mata Sandok Kaur, on the 22nd March, 2022 (Tuesday). A strong willed and hardworking matriarch of the family, who will be deeply missed by family and friends.
Path da Bhog: 3 April 2022 (Sunday), 10 am – 12 noon, at Wadda Gurdwara Sahib, Ipoh, followed by Antim Ardaas and Guru Ka Langgar. Please adhere to the Covid-19 SOP requirements.
Contact:
Joginder Singh 016-5975911
Harvendhar Singh 016-6150617
| Entry: 24 March 2022 | Source: Family
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Harpal Singh Cheema after winning a MLA seat in the 2022 Punjab state elections – Photo: Personal Facebook
By Prabhjot Paul Singh | Panjab Politics |
It has been a mixed start – more cautious and less controversial – for new Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and his Aam Adhmi Party (AAP) government. The new government has gone through the initial Constitutional and ritualistic formalities by following the parliamentary and conventional practices.
Swearing in of the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann at Khatkar Kalan, the native village of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, was perhaps the first and the only deviation from the existing practice of holding the solemn ceremony mostly at Raj Bhavan or rarely at a public place, like a stadium.
Rest of the Constitutional mandates, including swearing in of members of the Council of Ministers, oath taking by members of new Vidhan Sabha, election of Speaker, and subsequently the opening session of the Legislature where Vote on Account and Interim Budget for first three months of the new financial year were all gone through by the laid down procedures.
Another deviation, if at all, was to defer debate on the Governor’s address till the next session of the Assembly. The reason given was shortage of time as well as to give time to nearly 80 per cent members making their debut in legislative politics to go through the address and come prepared for debate on it after a break.
The next session will, in all probability, be held in June to pass the full budget for 2022-2023. The new Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema needs to sit with the senior functionaries of his department and other heads to decide allocations in consonance with the promises the ruling party has made to the electors of Punjab.
In between, members will meet by the end of the month to complete the formality of electing five new members of Rajya Sabha. The process of nomination has already been completed.
It is the filling of Rajya Sabha seats that has evoked criticism of the Opposition parties. The criticism, unanimous and vociferous, veered around naming of “outsiders” as representatives of the State in the Upper House of Parliament. Called the House of “Elders”, Rajya Sabha members from Punjab have traditionally been senior members of major political parties, especially of Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal, and Bharatiya Janata Party.
This time, AAP, with a landslide mandate, has chosen faces that are mostly new to Parliamentary politics. Two businessmen, two political strategists and a cricketer will now represent the State in the House of “Elders”.
These nominations bring to focus the role representatives of Punjab had been playing in both the Houses of Parliament – Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Punjab has the distinction of sending several top political leaders, including Inder Kumar Gujral (who rose to be the Prime Minister of the country), besides several Union Ministers holding important portfolios like Defence, Home and Agriculture. These personal accolades apart, the State has generally remained without Statesmen leaders like Kapur Singh who remained steady and firm on demands and issues of the State.
While Inder Kumar Gujral is credited with waiving a part of the debt the State incurred in its fight against terrorism, other major demands, including autonomy to States, for which Punjab witnessed long spells of agitations, both peaceful and armed, were generally swept under the carpet.
Over the years, or to be precise after Independence, the State has lost control not only of its new capital Chandigarh (that it built after losing Lahore to Pakistan), but also control on its river waters, power projects like Bhakra and Beas dams and institutes like Panjab University, Punjab Engineering College and the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.
Going by the record of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the pitch for these long-standing demands appears to have been lost. Compromises, generally for power, were made and to fight Centre for backing out of its commitments, including transfer of Chandigarh to Punjab in mid 80s, none of its representatives, both in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, ever made a sincerely noticeable effort. Even the sacrifice of Darshan Singh Pheruman in support of these demands was ignored.
No doubt Punjab is an agricultural State, but it does not mean that it does not need industry for its overall economic development. When militancy was at its peak, several incentives, including industrialization, were promised. But none of these promises, including development of Sri Goindwal Sahib, as an industrial hub in the border belt were kept. Instead, the State witnessed a flight of industry to neighboring hilly States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in general. Even at that time, the pitch of the protest raised by Punjab MPs was so frivolous as to be audible elsewhere.
No one will support outsiders to represent the State in Parliament. The million-rupee question is “Are our political parties and their bigwigs acting at the behest of the State or are just appeasing a section of their loyalists at the cost of the State?”
Answers may generate an animated debate about the practices followed in the past viz a viz recent action of the first-time ruling group. Whatever be the outcome, the State needs a government that works for finding solutions to its vexed and long-standing demands besides attending to its conjugal problems.
Prabhjot Singh is a veteran journalist with over three decades of experience covering a wide spectrum of subjects and stories. He has covered Punjab and Sikh affairs for more than three decades besides covering seven Olympics and several major sporting events and hosting TV shows. For more in-depth analysis please visit probingeye.com or follow him on Twitter.com/probingeye
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It took two years of persistent efforts for Ravleen Kaur (Social Service Worker ’18) to help a young woman finally escape her abuser and build a new life, away from the sordid underworld of human trafficking. With Ravleen’s support, not only did the 19-year-old, displaced from another city, find a house and a nurturing environment to live in, she also returned to school to complete her education.
She is one of the many victims of sexual abuse and human trafficking rescued by Ravleen, who works as Manager, Anti-Human Trafficking Program, at SAVIS of Halton – a not-for-profit organization with the avowed objective of turning around the lives of sexual violence survivors. “On average, it takes a woman seven attempts to leave her abuser. It’s a long process and even then, she will require years of counselling to address the trauma of her abuse,” says Ravleen. (SAVIS: Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Services).
The silencing of abused women
Hard work, but to Ravleen, each victim she helps is a win for women the world over who experience sexual abuse and trafficking. Each success is also a small victory for her own younger sister, who experienced assault at the age of 12. That horrific experience brought home to Ravleen the silencing of abused women around her, and the scale of gender-based violence, with little justice for victims in societies built on patriarchal laws.
Born to Indian parents in the United Arab Emirates, where she lived until she was 16, Ravleen witnessed first-hand the gender disparity leading to oppression of women and their inability to escape from the cycle of abuse and sexual violence. “In many instances, a woman needs eyewitnesses to prove that she’s been raped. The law makes it impossible for a rape victim to get justice,” she says. She also saw some of her teenaged friends sent to jail for something as innocuous as holding hands with a male friend. In India, where she spent three years as a high school student, brutal rapes and violence against women were all too common. Refusing to be a bystander, Ravleen decided to build a career that would address atrocities against women.
“I was very focused. I wanted to help survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking because of my own experiences. There were multiple instances within my own family structure where women were not allowed to have a voice. That’s not something I wanted to be a part of. I can’t say I was a rebel, but I definitely couldn’t stand it,” she says.
Sheridan helps in meeting career goals
Soon after high school, Ravleen came to Canada to study in the Women and Gender Parity program at the University of Toronto. She also took up Criminology as a second major to understand the issues around gender and sexuality, as well as crime and the administration of justice. Even as she pursued her degree, she was aware that the path to her career goals really lay in Sheridan’s Social Service Worker program. “There was no hands-on experience at UofT. I had all the academic knowledge I needed but I lacked practical skills that would allow me to work in the field,” she recalls.
Ravleen joined Sheridan’s Social Service Worker program after completing her double major from UofT and in the second year, she did her practicum at SAVIS, where she had already been volunteering. SAVIS hired her as soon as she graduated in 2018. “I started off as a Sheridan student at SAVIS in 2016, went on to be a Crisis Worker, and then a Case Manager, Team Lead, and finally the manager of both the human trafficking program and the public education program,” she says. She now manages the human trafficking program exclusively.
Compared to many other countries, women are better protected in Canada but they are still vulnerable to sexual violence and human trafficking. Ravleen says students, especially newcomers to Canada, can be an easy target for traffickers.
“Life in Canada is very hard for newcomers who are often in need of money and emotional support. They don’t even realize they are being manipulated by individuals, who initially shower them with expensive gifts but later call in those favours, or use compromising photographs and videos to push the women into sex trafficking,” she says.
Creating awareness among students
To create awareness among students, Ravleen works with a team of public educators who reach out to students in schools, colleges and universities. “We let them know that they are not alone and that they have a voice. Our job is not to tell someone what they’re going through, but to guide them into recognizing what’s happening to them and that it’s illegal. We are a feminist, anti-oppressive, anti-racist, very non-directive space,” she says.
While she works hard here in Canada and recently got her permanent residency, Ravleen has not forgotten what brought her here as an international student, or the goal she set for herself following her own traumatic experiences in a different part of the world. She wants to return to India and start a not-for-profit organization to help survivors of sexual and physical abuse.
“I’m making a difference here but this is an issue that is so widespread that I need to be doing more. It feels as if I’m never doing enough,” she says.” My journey doesn’t end here. It has just started.”
Read the original story, ‘Alumna brings hope to sexual assault, abuse survivors’ (11 March 2022, Sheridan College Newsroom), here.
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With grief, we the family of Sardar Pertap Singh s/o Sundar Singh, wish to inform that our loving Bapuji left to be with Waheguru on 23 March 2022.
Dearly missed by:
Wife: Surjit Kaur A/P Hajit Singh
Children & Spouses:
Capt. Paramjit Singh (Ex MAS / Asiana Airlines) & Pn Jagdish Kaur (SKSJ)
Balwinder Kaur & Late Gian Singh (Shah Alam)
Bopinderjit Singh (San Francisco / Melbourne) & Sharran Kaur
Harjinder Kaur & SM Harchand Singh (Shah Alam Polis)
Sukhbinder Kaur & Sadu Singh (Subang Jaya)
Narinder Kaur & Late Malkit Singh (Kelana Jaya)
Beloved grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Cremation / Saskaar: 12pm, 24 March (Thursday) at the Shamshan Bhoomi Hall, Jalan Loke Yew Crematorium, Kuala Lumpur.
Cortege will leave the residence No.13, Jalan Sanggul 5, Bandar Puteri Klang at 10am.
For those who wish to pay their last respects, you may do so from 11am – 12pm on 24 March 2022 followed by cremation at 12pm for family & close friends at Shamshan Bhoomi, Jalan Loke Yew Crematorium KL.
Path da Bhog: 3rd April 2022 (Sunday) from 10am – 12pm, Gurdwara Sahib Petaling Jaya
Contact:
Capt Paramjit – 0123795777
Sadu Singh – 0133613077
Marchand Singh – 0126669830
| Entry: 23 March 2022 | Source: Family
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