Canadian minister takes a Metro ride ( 06-Feb-2010 )New Delhi: Jean Charest, the prime minister of Quebec, one of the largest provinces in Canada, Saturday took a ride in the Delhi Metro and appreciated its cleanliness. According to Delhi Metro a ....
Thousands celebrate Republic Day ( 03-Feb-2010 )Toronto: More than 15 groups entertained a packed house at the Pearson Convention Centre in Brampton at the annual Panorama-India Republic Day celebrations. At the main event of the evening, 28-year-o ....
Ramakrishnan, Zakaria, Chatwal amongst NRI Padma awardees ( 25-Jan-2010 )New Delhi: Thirteen foreigners, non resident Indians (NRIs) and people of Indian origin (PIOs), including Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Indian American journalist Fareed Zakaria and New Yor ....
Canadian held for gang-style killing of two Sikhs ( 23-Jan-2010 )Toronto: A man has been arrested on charges of killing two Sikh men of the Toronto area last year. Harjinder Singh Sandhu, 28, and Puneet Singh Chhina, 26, were killed here last May and their bodies w ....
Indo-Canadian appointed Toronto university VP ( 22-Jan-2010 )By A Staff Writer The University of Toronto has appointed Indo-Canadian Prof. Hargurdeep Saini as vice-president and principal of the university's Mississauga campus for a five-year term. Prof. Sa ....
Boxer Beer cornered ( 21-Jan-2010 )by Eugene Correia Toronto: Owned by an Indo-Canadian family, Minhas Creek Brewery, has been slapped with a notice for an advertisement showing a female boxer for its Boxer Beer. The Alcohol & Gami ....
Law society denies Indo-Canadian right to practise ( 17-Jan-2010 )Canada has refused to allow the mastermind of the 1984 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight to Lahore to practise law. Parminder Singh Saini, 46, who took refuge here 15 years ago and faces deportat ....
Canada paid millions to mole to crack Pakistani terror plot ( 12-Jan-2010 )By Gurmukh Singh Toronto: Canadian agencies paid millions of dollars to a Muslim agent to unravel an al-Qaeda terror plot four years ago. Most plotters were of Pakistani origin and came from the Toron ....
Indo-Canadian father jailed for stabbing daughter ( 10-Jan-2010 )By Gurmukh Singh Toronto: An Indo-Canadian father has been jailed for 52 months for attempted murder of his teenage daughter at Alliston township near here. Forty-six-year Kamal Khanna was handed down ....
'Indians playing significant role in Canadian politics' ( 10-Jan-2010 )Chandigarh: Peter Milliken, speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, said on Saturday Indians are playing a "significant" role in his country's politics. "Indians are playing a ver ....
People will invest in India if laws are right: Indo-Canadian minister ( 09-Jan-2010 )By Vishnu Makhijani If the Indian diaspora is to be tempted to invest in this country, then greater transparency, an institutional mechanism and clear cut laws are required, says a Canadian provincial ....
Indo-Canadian youth pleads not guilty in murder case ( 09-Jan-2010 )By A Staff Writer Toronto An Indo-Canadian youth pleaded not guilty in a murder trial case. Raman Gill , a Mississauga resident pleaded not guilty Friday to murdering Tom Garavellos, 25, also of M ....
Indo-Canadian woman murdered, husband charged ( 08-Jan-2010 )A mother of two small children was found murdered in Surrey, British Columbia, and her husband has been charged. Cpl. Dale Carr of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, IHIT, said the woman was ....
2 Indo-Canadian women 'worked' for UN drug gang ( 16-Dec-2009 ) Two Indo-Canadian women were among those arrested in 2005, resulting in busting of United Nations, an international drug gang led by Clay Roueche, according to U.S. court documents filed f ....
Alleged Sikh extremist, deported to Belize, vanishes ( 15-Dec-2009 ) The proposed review of the national-security certificate system has brought into focus once again the case of a suspected Sikh extremist, deported from Canada to Belize but not traceabl ....
India urged to fast-track ties with Canada ( 14-Dec-2009 ) With Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his top ministers visiting India this year, the influential Indo-Canadian community has stepped up its demand for reciprocal visits by Ind ....
Easier permanent residence for the live-in caregivers on anvil ( 13-Dec-2009 ) Significant improvements are proposed to better protect the rights of live‑in caregivers and to make it easier for them and their families to obtain permanent residence in Canada. ....
Government succumbed to blackmail, say Telugu NRIs ( 12-Dec-2009 )Toronto: Cutting across regional lines, Telugus in Canada have blasted the Indian government for succumbing to "blackmail" to create Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh. Canada is home to more t ....
Working conditions of immigrant farm workers in focus ( 10-Dec-2009 ) A coroners inquest into a fatal car crash that killed three Indo-Canadian farm women in March 2007, has served to highlight the implementation of road safety norms and working condition ....
Son of slain Indo-Canadian man in custody ( 09-Dec-2009 ) Son of the Indo-Canadian man, killed in Calgary Monday night, has been taken into custody by the police, who, it believes, may throw light on the case. 60-year-old Harinder Singh was ....
Canadian province premier on 'green mission' to India ( 06-Dec-2009 ) By Gurmukh Singh Dalton McGuinty, premier of Canada's Ontario province, Saturday left for India on a week-long trade mission to sell green technology to the energy-starved cou ....
Indian student in Canada jailed for street racing death ( 05-Dec-2009 ) A 23-year-old Indian student in Canada has been jailed for 42 months for causing a death in street racing here two years ago. Ravi Badhwar of Mississauga on the outskirts of Toronto faces depor ....
Indo-Canadian gangster who 'killed for a living' jailed ( 04-Dec-2009 ) By Gurmukh Singh Mandy Buttar, known as one of the most notorious of Indo-Canadian gangsters who boasted that he "killed for a living,'' was sentenced Thursday for an ass ....
Fire at Burnaby Sikh temple deemed suspicious ( 03-Dec-2009 ) Tuesday morning fire at Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha community centre at 7271 Gilley Ave. in Burnaby has been termed as suspiscious by investigators. Fire Department and Burnaby RCMP, bot ....
Indo-Canadian moves Bombay court to be allowed to go back to Canada ( 02-Dec-2009 ) An Indo-Canadian man has moved the Bombay high court seeking quashing of the domestic violence cases filed by his wife, also a Canadian citizen. He has also sought the court's per ....
Canada fast-tracks recognition of immigrant degrees ( 01-Dec-2009 ) By Gurmukh Singh Canada, where a majority of new immigrants cannot find work in their chosen fields because of non-acceptance of their degrees, Monday announced to fast-track recognit ....
Moe Sihota elected president of B.C. NDP ( 30-Nov-2009 ) Former cabinet minister Moe Sihota has been elected president of the B.C. New Democratic Party. First Indo-Canadian to serve as a Canadian provincial cabinet minister, 54-year-old ....
India, Canada agree on historic n-deal ( 29-Nov-2009 ) By Manish Chand India and Canada have agreed on a civil nuclear deal that will enable New Delhi to access Canadian nuclear technology and uranium after a gap of 34 years. Prime Mini ....
Delhi High Court refuses bail to Indo-Canadian over wife's suicide ( 27-Nov-2009 ) The Delhi High Court Friday refused to grant bail to a Canada-based NRI businessman who is accused of forcing his newly-wed wife to commit suicide barely four months after their marriag ....
India has 'world-class health care', say Canadians ( 26-Nov-2009 ) Canadians are increasingly looking to India for timely medical treatment as wait periods under the country's public health system get longer. Many are saying they would recomme ....
Indo-Canadian faces deportation ( 25-Nov-2009 ) An Indo-Canadian man, who pleaded guilty to a violent rampage that prompted a police tactical team to swarm a quiet St. Boniface street, has been sentenced to four years in custody and ....
Educated immigrants get lower wages in Canada: Report ( 24-Nov-2009 ) On average, immigrants get lower wages in Canada, while rates of involuntary part-time work, temporary employment and over-qualification are higher, according to a new study. The repo ....
New Canadian business visa regime for Indian businessmen ( 23-Nov-2009 ) Canadian Immigration has announced a new Canadian business visa regime for Indian businessmen to boost trade ties between the two countries. The new Canadian visa system, Immigration ....
Canada saved the India-US n-deal; it now needs to think beyond ( 22-Nov-2009 ) By Ryan Touhey Canada and India have been reluctant dance partners in decades past for reasons ranging from a heated disagreement on nuclear non-proliferation to Cold War-era divergen ....
Canada accepting highest ever immigrants in last 15 years ( 20-Nov-2009 ) With aging population and impending labor problem, this year Canada is accepting highest ever number of immigrants from across the globe in last 15 years. Addressing a press conferenc ....
Harper's India visit high on symbolism ( 19-Nov-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s three day visit to India had much of the Canadian media enthused, a reaction clearly not matched by their Indian counterparts. ....
Canadian PM Harper visits Golden Temple ( 18-Nov-2009 ) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday wrapped his India trip with a visit to the famed Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, in Amritsar city of Punjab province during ....
India, Canada to talk free trade, clinch nuclear deal next year ( 17-Nov-2009 ) India and Canada Tuesday signed an agreement to boost energy security and another accord for launching negotiations for a free trade area between them, but could not clinch a civil nucl ....
Harper begins India tour with an eye on trade links ( 16-Nov-2009 ) Prime Minister Stephen Harper began a three-day tour of India Monday with the declaration that "the South Asian tiger has awoken and the world is standing in awe." The Cons ....
Canada enriched by contributions of Indo-Canadians: Harper ( 16-Nov-2009 ) Stephen Harper with Stockwell Day : Picture by Kanwaljit Kanwal Text of the speech delivered by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the meeting with business leaders in Mumbai o ....
Nuclear deal, trade top Canada PM's India mission ( 15-Nov-2009 ) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's three-day visit to India from Sunday will be dominated by talks over a nuclear deal and new trade pacts in a bid warm a relationship that tu ....
Hindus to build memorial to fallen Canadian soldiers ( 13-Nov-2009 ) The Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization (CMOHC) will build a memorial to Canadian soldiers who have lost their lives in the eight-year-old mission in Afghanistan. Canada has lost mo ....
Canadian PM, Manmohan to sign trade accords; n-deal unlikely ( 12-Nov-2009 ) India and Canada will sign new trade agreements during Prime Minister Stephen Harper's three-day visit to India from Nov 16. However, the much-talked nuclear agreement on the lines of t ....
Indo-Canadian Student missing in Brampton ( 11-Nov-2009 ) An Indo-Canadian high school student from Brampton is missing since Monday. Officers from 21 Division of Peel police have appealed for assistance from the public, as they ....
Runaway grooms fail to deter Punjabis craving to emigrate ( 10-Nov-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet Plight of girls abandoned by their immigrant husbands in Punjab after marriage has failed to deter punjabis who continue to see marriage with someone settled abroad ....
Portraits of historic Punjab kings on display in Ondaatje Gallery ( 09-Nov-2009 ) The Sir Christopher Ondaatje South Asian Gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is playing host to a special temporary display of two life-size portraits of historical kings of th ....
Canadian connection to Indian judge facing corruption charges ( 08-Nov-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet An Indo-Canadian family, which hosted an Indian judge in Canada, has added to the problems of the beleagoured judge facing allegations of land grabbing and charges of ....
Shoe-throwing scribe honoured by Sikhs in Canada ( 06-Nov-2009 ) Jarnail Singh, the Sikh journalist who hurled his shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram at a press conference to protest the injustice meted out to the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots, h ....
Fraudulent moving companies targeting South-Asians in GTA ( 05-Nov-2009 ) The Toronto Police Service has issued an advisory against some moving companies defrauding customers that have been targeting the South Asian communities throughout the GTA. Explainin ....
Major problems with Canada's immigration program: Auditor General ( 04-Nov-2009 ) Current practices of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) do not ensure that foreign worker programs are delivered efficien ....
Fake visa scam involving Canada busted in India ( 03-Nov-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet One of the biggest fake visa scams in years involving Canada has been busted with arrest of five persons, three in New DelhiPunjab. and two in The alleged crimi ....
Indo-Canadian dupes another in money transaction from India ( 02-Nov-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet An Indo-Canadian man who lost six million rupees he had sent to his son from India through illegal hawala route has charged another Indo-Canadian in connoivance with ....
25 years on, few takers for Khalistan in Canada ( 01-Nov-2009 ) There are few supporters for Khalistan in Canada today - 25 years after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her own Sikh bodyguards. Outside India, Canada was the wor ....
Marriage frauds in the name of immigration to Canada ( 30-Oct-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet Canada continues to be one of the most favoured destinations for those wishing to migrate from Punjab as the desperation of people brings in more and more of swindle ....
Indo-Canadian facing extradition to US gets breather ( 29-Oct-2009 ) A city court in New Delhi has given another breather to Avtar Grewal, an Indo-Canadian facing extradition proceedings to US from India for murdering his wife in 2007 at Phoenix C ....
Indo-Canadian youth found murdered in car identified ( 28-Oct-2009 ) The body of Indo-Canadian youth found in a car in Surrey Lake Park Monday afternoon has been identified as that of 23-year-old Gurpreet Singh Bassi of Surrey. Bassi, kn ....
Canadian consulate rescues Indo-Canadian teen ( 27-Oct-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet An Indo-Canadian girl from Toronto, who charged her family of forcing her to stay back on a visit to Punjab, was taken back by Canadian Consulate officials on Monday. In an appare ....
Dr. Kular in a hit-and-run case ( 26-Oct-2009 )Toronto: Member of the provincial parliament Dr. Kuldip Kular is likely to be charged in a hit-and-run accident. The physician, who represents Bramalea-Gore-Malton, which has a large Sikh population, ....
Earring bandit targeting Indo-Canadian women in Surrey ( 22-Oct-2009 ) The RCMP is searching for a man who targets Indo-Canadian women for the gold earrings worn by them in Surrey, BC. RCMP says there have been six robberies between the 15th of September ....
Canadian Sikh allowed to enter Punjab after 6 days ordeal ( 21-Oct-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet The six days ordeal of Kuldip Singh, detained at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Indian capital New Delhi for being on Indian black-list, ended with ....
Parents of Indo-Canadian man killed in gang hit file lawsuit ( 20-Oct-2009 ) Parents of an Indo-Canadian youth, who was among six killed in gang related violence in Surrey, B.C. in October of 2007, have filed a civil lawsuit against several men accused. Ch ....
Canada intercepts Tamil migrants off West Coast ( 19-Oct-2009 ) A ship containing undocumented migrant men, 76 males, said to be Tamils seeking asylum in Canada, pulled into Ogden Point marina on Friday. The coast guard and the navy intercepted th ....
Deserter Indo-Canadian man made to pay wife Rs 15 lakh ( 18-Oct-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet A Canada-based Punjabi family was made to pay Rs 15 lakh compensation to their deserted daughter-in-law in India with "community mediation". The out of court ....
PM Harper greets community on Diwali ( 16-Oct-2009 ) Prime Minister Stephen Harper has extended greetings to everyone across Canada celebrating Diwali. “This is a special time of year, when members of the South Asian community ....
Seven more Sikhs out of Indian Black List ( 15-Oct-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet: There is a renewed hope for blacklisted Sikhs in Canada and other countries, who can't visit India now. A detailed exercise for review of cases of 51 black ....
Indo-Canadian woman found dead with babies gave birth in 2005 ( 14-Oct-2009 ) Mystery surrounding the murder of a young Sikh woman and three newborn kids in Calgary last week deepened with revelations that she gave birth to a healthy child in hospital in late 200 ....
Steady decrease in Indian immigrants in Canada ( 12-Oct-2009 ) As India continues to make economic strides, there has been a steady decrease in number of Permanent Residents in Canada that come from India, since 2005, as shown in the Immigration de ....
No end to mystery behind discovery of infants' bodies, dead woman ( 11-Oct-2009 ) Mystery continues to shroud discovery of three dead newborns and a dead Indo-Canadian woman in North-east Calgary in absence of any details forthcoming from police. Conflicting report ....
Indo-Canadian who disappeared in 2001 was murdered ( 09-Oct-2009 ) On the eighth anniversary of disappearance of an Indo-Canadian Man in Surrey, which led to speculations of drug links then, RCMP has come clear that he was just an innocent victim caugh ....
Indo-Canadian Teen charged in New Westminster shooting ( 08-Oct-2009 ) A 19 year old Indo-Canadian youth has been charged in the New Westminster shooting on Sunday morning in which a man was shot in the hand. Identified as Armanjot Singh Dhillon, he has ....
Sikh extremist activity minimal in recent years: Report ( 07-Oct-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet: Sikh extremist activity in Canada, considered a cause of concern in Indian security establishment, is "minimal in recent years" according to a repo ....
Canada best for immigrants, says UNDP ( 06-Oct-2009 ) Canada has been lauded as a role model for the rest of the world for accepting new immigrants. A new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) praises Canada for its l ....
Canadian PM to visit India next month ( 05-Oct-2009 )Toronto: Responding to an invitation from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit India next month. Though no official announcement of the prime minister's ....
Indo-Canadian shot dead in gang war ( 02-Oct-2009 )Vancouover: Gang war in Vancouver has resulted in yet another shooting of anIndo-Canadian. Rajinder Singh Soomel, 35, of Surrey, was shot dead at about 10:20 pm on Sept 13 on Cambie Street ....
NDP MPs demand changes to visitor visa process ( 30-Sep-2009 ) Canadian immigration officials in foreign countries have often refused visitor visas to people wanting to come to Canada. The arbitrary process has often resulted in many genuine visitors b ....
Indo-Canadian faces extradition to US from India ( 29-Sep-2009 ) Fate of an Indo-Canadian facing extradition to US from India for murdering his wife in 2007, will be decided on Wednesday, September 30. Avtar Grewal, who flew to Arizona from Canada ....
Dalai Lama kicks off Vancouver Peace Summit ( 28-Sep-2009 ) The Dalai Lama kicked off the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit with an address emphasising about the need to foster peace from the inside out. The Dalai Lama was welcomed by enthusiasti ....
Punjabi to be Canada's 4th biggest language by 2011 ( 27-Sep-2009 )Toronto, Sep 27: Punjabi is set to become the fourth largest spoken language in Canada by 2011 after English, French and Chinese, according to Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. The minister ....
2 Indo-Canadians suspect in PIN pad scam ( 25-Sep-2009 ) Vancouver: Two Indo-Canadian men are suspects in a PIN pad scam that occurred on Aug 28 at the Safeway located in University Heights Mall (3958 Shelbourne St.) at Saanich, Victoria, BC. ....
Harbhajan Mann to perform at Vancouver Olympiad ( 24-Sep-2009 ) Popular Punjabi singer and actor Harbhajan Mann has been invited by the Canadian Government to perform at the Cultural Olympiad lineup, prior to the Winter Olympics 2010. Showcasing ....
Konkani film wins award at Toronto festival ( 20-Sep-2009 )Toronto, Sep 20: "The Man Beyond the Bridge" (Paltadacho Munis), the Konkan film that created a buzz at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) here, has been given the Discovery awar ....
Abhay Deol on the right 'Road' (an exlcusive interview) ( 15-Sep-2009 ) Road not taken’ is ‘Road now taken’ for the young seasoned actor Abhay Deol. Breaking from the Deol mould of "action heroes", Abhay has come a long way in p ....
Satishspeak ( 15-Sep-2009 ) Satish Kaushik , one of the veteran directors of masala movies, is rediscovering himself as an actor in a different role. He performed brilliantly in Bricklane and now has a role ....
Toronto's Heart Goes Hadippa Over Rani ( 14-Sep-2009 ) By Kiranpreet Cheema: Amidst hadippa and balle balle Rani Mukherjee left her hangover at 34th Annual Toronto Film Festival. Rani mesmerized everyone when she walked the red carpet ....
India Wins Compaq Cup 2009 ( 14-Sep-2009 ) Colombo: India defeated Sri Lanka by 46 runs in the the final of the Compaq Cup tri-series One-Day International cricket at the R. Premadasa stadium here on Monday. Chasing 320, Sri Lanka were all ou ....
Rani Mukherjee arrives in Toronto ( 12-Sep-2009 )By A Staff Writer: One of the most awaited moments of 2009 Toronto International Film Festival for South Asians are near now. As the lead star of the movie 'Dil Bole Hadippa' Rani Mukherjee is ....
Priti is PC candidate for Etobicoke North ( 09-Sep-2009 ) By A Staff Writer: Educator and community activist, Priti Lamba has been nominated as the Conservative party of Canada candidate for Etobiocke North for the next federal election. &n ....
Fake Visa Stickers of Canada recovered from duo arrested in Delhi ( 07-Sep-2009 ) An international human trafficking racket has been unearthed in Indian capital New Delhi with the arrest of two persons. Fake visa stickers for Canada were recovered from the duo besi ....
Chandigarh boy arrested for lewd act on 5 year old in Ontario ( 06-Sep-2009 ) An Indo-Canadian was arrested and charged with committing a lewd act on a five-year-old boy at an apartment complex pool. 18 year old Sukhwinder Singh, born in Chandigarh, Indi ....
Canadian connection to torture revelations in US ( 04-Sep-2009 ) The latest revelations of abuse of prisoners in American custody have a Canadian connection. Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh, both working for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed t ....
(BREAKING NEWS) Andhra CM dies in Chopper crash ( 03-Sep-2009 )Shock waves hit India when the news of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's death came out. YSR alongwith four other persons were killed in the helicopter that crashed i ....
Sikh hijacker facing deportation claims to be a changed man ( 02-Sep-2009 ) The Sikh man facing deportation from Canada for hijacking an Indian airliner 24 years ago is claiming to have left the days behind as hearing on his appeal to be allowed to remain in Cana ....
Snap poll in Canada likely ( 01-Sep-2009 ) Canada, which has not seen a majority government since 2004, faces the prospect of its fourth general election in five years. In his statements Monday, opposition Liberal Party leader Mic ....
Sikh Diaspora support for separatist cause in Punjab in focus ( 29-Aug-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet: After arrest of Daljit Singh Bittu in Punjab, the support for Sikh separatists’ cause by a section of Sikh diaspora has been brought to focus once again. B ....
Indo-Canadian woman alleges molestation bid by cop in Punjab ( 27-Aug-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet An Indo-Canadian woman, pursuing a case against her husband for deserting her after she helped him get to Canada, has alleged that a police officer in the Indian pro ....
Man who faked his own ‘abduction’ gets bail ( 26-Aug-2009 )The 22-year-old University of Toronto student who faked his “abduction” was produced in a court and granted bail. He was charge with creating mischief. The man disappeared after saying he ....
Large Indo-Canadian community makes India ideal travel market ( 23-Aug-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet: The large Indo-Canadian community makes India a lucrative travel market for Canada. According to 2009 market analysis of India by Canadian Tourism Commission’ ....
Rani, Priyanka among guests at Toronto film fest ( 21-Aug-2009 )By Gurmukh Singh Bollywood directors Ashutosh Gowariker and Anurag Singh and stars Rani Mukherjee, Priyanka Chopra, Lisa Ray and Harman Baweja will rub shoulders with George Clooney, Demi Moore, Play ....
Sikh security guard seeking damages for discrimination ( 17-Aug-2009 ) The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal is hearing the charges of discrimination leveled by a Sikh Indo-Canadian, renewing once again debate on religious beliefs at odds with the majorit ....
Consulor access to Indo-Canadian arrested in India ( 16-Aug-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet The arrest of an Indo-Canadian in Indian province of Punjab has got the attention of Canada High Commission. Consulor access has been provided to Jagdev Sin ....
Freak accident of young woman stuns family, friends ( 14-Aug-2009 ) A freak accident that claimed the life of a 29 year old woman, Rehana Sheeraz Allidina in Calgary has the family and friends shocked. On Thursday Allidina was crushed to death after lean ....
Fraudulent visa for Canada lands four in jail ( 13-Aug-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet Yet another racket of sending people illegally to Canada from Punjab has surfaced with arrest of four persons. The four were arrested at the Indira Gandhi Internati ....
Net IP Conference to be held in Toronto in September ( 11-Aug-2009 )By Mala Kashyap - The 18th Annual Network of Indian Professionals (Net IP) Conference will be held in the heart of downtown Toronto at the Sheraton Centre this Labour Day Weekend from Sept 4th to S ....
Call for pardon to ex-communicated Sikhs stokes orthodox ire ( 10-Aug-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet Call for pardon to two Indo-Canadian Sikhs ex-communicated by Akal Takhat has evoked strong reactions among diaspora bringing spotlight once again on the Non Resid ....
Indo-Canadian family escapes crash, click rare photographs ( 09-Aug-2009 ) Pictures captured by an Indo- Canadian tourist of a mid-air collision of two aircraft in US, have become much sought after. A sightseeing helicopter and a small piper aircraft collid ....
Direct flight from Canada to Amritsar and Chandigarh likely ( 07-Aug-2009 ) There may be a direct Air Slovakia flight from Canada to Amritsar and Chandigarh soon. The airline is in talks for operating flights to Canada from Amritsar and Chandigarh, said CEO Riqb ....
'Militant' back from Canada arrested in Punjab ( 05-Aug-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet Canada has been one of the destinations for many of the Sikh militants and their sympathisers, who escaped abroad as terrorism was contained in Punjab. ....
Indo-Canadian Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Smuggling in US ( 04-Aug-2009 ) An Indo-Canadian professional kabaddi player and coach, arrested last year for his role in a cocaine-smuggling conspiracy in US, has pleaded guilty. He will be sentenced in October and fa ....
Toronto-based Elesh Parujanwala is Rakhi Sawant's life partner! ( 03-Aug-2009 )Mumbai, August 3: Toronto-based Elesh Parujanwala was selected by Item girl Rakhi Sawant as her life partner in India's first televised 'swayamvar' that concluded here late Sunday. ....
Holy book salvaged from blaze in school, suspected to be arson ( 31-Jul-2009 ) The devastating fire destroyed much of the Khalsa Elementary School in East Vancouver but the Sikh community took solace from the fact that emergency crews rescued the holy Granth. As membe ....
2 Indo-Canadians charged with murder of Sri Lankan youth ( 30-Jul-2009 ) Two Indo-Canadian young men have been charged with the murder of 19-year-old Tamil youth Annushath Indrakanthan on July 20. The group of youth armed with multiple weapons had attack ....
Kanishka bombing inquiry report ready, says Canadian panel ( 29-Jul-2009 )Toronto, July 29: The Canadian public probe into the 1985 Air India bombing that claimed 329 lives is finally complete, the commission of inquiry has said. Headed by former Canadian chief justice John ....
India Requests for Details on Kidney Scamster from Canada ( 27-Jul-2009 ) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Indian agency investigating into international kidney transplant racket allegedly led by Dr Amit Kumar, has requested details of his property, ....
Kabaddi Player found involved in traficking drugs to Canada ( 23-Jul-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet Ludhiana: Another Kabaddi player from Punjab in India, found involved in trafficking drugs to Canada, has brought the issue of drug-peddling by Canadians and Ame ....
Indo-Canadian Man Missing from Surrey ( 22-Jul-2009 ) Surrey: A 40 year old Indo-Canadian man, Yashpal Mehay is missing from last seven days. He was last seen by his family on June 14. Mehay left for Clinton in BC’s Cariboo region from h ....
Another Young Tamil Man Killed ( 21-Jul-2009 ) Toronto: Tamil community from a wider group of South Asians in Canada, orginially from India or Sri Lanka, is concerned over rising violent incidents involving community youth, ....
Children's Fundraiser Run Crosses Ottawa ( 20-Jul-2009 ) Ottawa: On its 18th day the fundraiser run, for collecting money for children, finished its first leg as East Team completed its section around Pickering, Ontario. Central Team took o ....
'South-Asians Discriminated Against in Renting Out Accomodations' ( 17-Jul-2009 )Toronto: There is a 23% rate of discriminations against South-Asians in Toronto in renting out accomodations, if a report by the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation is to be believed. The rat ....
25,000 Reward Offer for Missing Indo-Canadian Mom ( 16-Jul-2009 ) Brampton: Mysterious disappearance of an Indo-Canadian mom from last five months has the police clueless and the family distraught. Now the husband of woman has offered a $25,000 re ....
Voting Rights for NRIs under consideration ( 15-Jul-2009 ) New Delhi: The law ministry is examining a bill proposing to accord voting rights to non-resident Indians (NRI), Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi told parliament Wednesday. ....
Indo-Canadian Man Shot in Surrey ( 15-Jul-2009 ) Surrey: An Indo-Canadian man was shot in an auto body shop on Monday night here. However, no details were forthcoming about the victim, the extent of his injuries, and the circumstances s ....
Play against Femicide aimed at Canadian Punjabis ( 13-Jul-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet Mansa, Punjab: Renowned theatre personality based in this small town of Indian Punjab, Ajmer Singh Aulakh, is going to address the issue of female foeticide in Canada through his ch ....
Pakistani family fears split as parents face Deportation ( 12-Jul-2009 )Montreal: Federal court has refused to stay a deportation order of a Pakistani couple while giving one to their four children. Sabir Mohammed Sheikh, 52 and his wife Seema, 46 were taken away from the ....
No Canadian citizenship without language skills, says minister ( 11-Jul-2009 )By Gurmukh Singh Toronto: Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Friday that newcomers to the country should learn one of the two official languages - English and French - before they are giv ....
Canada's jobless rate jumps to 8.6 percent ( 11-Jul-2009 )Toronto, July 11 (IANS) The unemployment rate in Canada, the most robust of all G8 economies during the current global crisis, has jumped to 8.6 percent, a national report here has said. Releasing the ....
Indian-Canadian victim of medical negligence gets $5 mn ( 10-Jul-2009 )Vancouver: An Indian-Canadian man has been awarded $5 million (Rs.20 crore) by a court for medical negligence by a local hospital that left him incapacitated for life. Shawn Kahlon, 41, and his wife M ....
2 Indo-Canadian Young Men Killed in Street Car Racing ( 08-Jul-2009 ) Toronto: Two Indo-Canadian young men were killed and a female companion injured in a car accident, apparently due to street racing, on a busy inner-city highway here Mond ....
Contract killing of a Man in India 'ordered' by Indo-Canadians ( 07-Jul-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet Moga, Punjab: The police investigations into the murder of a 25 year old resident of Khosa village near here, has pointed towards the involvement of two Indo-Canadians. ....
Anything to Leave India! ( 05-Jul-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet Ludhiana: That the Indians, more so, Punjabis, employ every trick in the trade to get away from here is no secret. But the scale of ingenuity and the sheer effort employ ....
Indo-Canadian Border Guard accused of aiding Traffickers ( 04-Jul-2009 ) Vancouver: An Indo-Canadian employee of the Canada Border Services Agency has been accused of misusing his position to help international drug traffickers smuggle cocaine into B.C. The US ....
Candle-light Vigil for Indo-Canadian Teen killed in Car Crash ( 02-Jul-2009 ) Surrey: Friends and family gathered at an elementary school here on Tuesday night to a candle light vigil to remember an Indo-Canadian teen killed in a car accident Monday. 15 year old Sa ....
One Pleads Guilty in Drugs Case involving Indo-Canadians ( 01-Jul-2009 ) Bakersfield: A Canadian of Vietnamese origin has entered guilty plea in federal court in a drug related case involving three others - two Indo-Canadians and a man of Thai origin. The four ....
Sikh Militants Abroad Trying to Revive Terror in Punjab? ( 30-Jun-2009 ) By JATINDER PREET Ludhiana (Punjab): With arrest of three persons, the Police in Punjab province of India have once again sought to put the blame of trying to revive terrorism ....
All Punjabi Gang Convicted for Cocaine Smuggling in US ( 26-Jun-2009 ) South Asian Observer Fresno, Calif.(US) With the conviction of three Indian immigrants originally from Punjab, has come a rude reminder of the increasing involvement of Punjabi ....
Canada may open visa office in Mumbai ( 25-Jun-2009 ) South Asian Observer Toronto Canada is actively considering to open a visa office in Mumbai to cater to the needs of the Indian community. The visa office in Mumbai is likely to be fun ....
Canada, Indian Community Remember Air-India Bombing Victims ( 24-Jun-2009 ) South Asian Observer Toronto The risk from terrorism came in for renewed discussion once again as Canada remembered the bombing of Boeing 747, widely believed to have been carried out by Si ....
Indo-Canadian Man Charged with Double Murder ( 23-Jun-2009 ) South Asian Observer Surrey, BC The elderly Indo-Canadian man arrested from the house that saw killing of two teenagers and life-threatening injury to their mothe ....
Two Dead, One Injured in a shootout at Indo-Canadian Family's Home ( 22-Jun-2009 ) South Asian Observer Surrey, BC A shockwave went through the Indo-Canadian community here on Sunday morning as reports came in of what appeared to be a triple shooting. Two people were repo ....
Amendment in Old Age Security Act to help Indian Senior Citizens ( 21-Jun-2009 ) South Asian Observer Toronto Putting the nanny controversy behind her, the Brampton MP, Ruby Dhalla has got back to work with introduction of a bill to amend the old age security act. It ....
Sikh preacher faces protest in Gurdwara ( 19-Jun-2009 ) South Asian Observer British Columbia The controversial Sikh preacher Maan Singh Pehowa, visiting Canada from India was faced with a vehement protest in BC. About 500 placard waving ....
South Asian Festival in the spotlight this weekend ( 18-Jun-2009 ) By Amit Gossai The fourth annual Telus Mosaic 2009 South Asian festival takes centre stage this weekend at Mississauga's City Centre at the Square One complex. The festival, whi ....
Parliamentary committee clears Dhalla’s name ( 17-Jun-2009 ) South Asian Observer Toronto MP Ruby Dhalla is off the hook. For now at least. The Canadian Parliamentary Committee has cleared the Indo-Canadian MP of charges of exp ....
Popular Hindu Pundit dies ( 16-Jun-2009 ) By Amit Gossai Well-known Hindu pundit Shri Prakash Gossai passed away early Monday morning after heart failure in a Miami hospital. He had been on tour promoting his message of lo ....
TV-Desi offers new choices for South Asians ( 15-Jun-2009 ) By Amit Gossai Imagine watching South Asian channels anytime you want and anywhere you are. Well, with TV-Desi, subscribers can do just that. Using advanced IPTV (Internet Protocol T ....
Indo-Canadian kills Wife, Self back Home in India ( 14-Jun-2009 ) By Jatinder Preet Ludhiana: A 65-year-old Indo-Canadian Sardool Singh Gill shot dead his wife Paramjit Kaur and later killed himself at his native village Jaspal Bangar near here in ....
Demand for apology on Komagata raised again ( 12-Jun-2009 ) Toronto: The demand for apology to Indians on the 1914 Komagata Maru episode has been raised once again but this time by a Canadian parliamentarian. Raising the issue in the House of Co ....
Indo-Canadian stabbed, dies in hospital ( 11-Jun-2009 ) By Amit Gossai A 45-year-old Indo-Canadian was killed Wednesday as he went to do repairs for tenants living in his basement, according to Peel Regional Police. Mustaeen Siddiqi, a ....
Sketch released of South Asian man wanted in sex assault ( 10-Jun-2009 ) By Amit Gossai Peel Regional Police have released a composite sketch they hope will help them nab a man who sexually assaulted a woman last month near Mississauga’s City Centre. &nb ....
South Asian man granted bail in Indo-Canadian murder trial ( 09-Jun-2009 )By Amit Gossai Sujenthan Ramanathan is out on bail. The 20-year-old Oakville man was granted bail on Monday, more than two years after his arrest in connection with the murder of Indo-Canadian Amrinde ....
Racially-tinged attack on Six Indo-Canadian Men ( 09-Jun-2009 ) Abbotsford: An evening game of tennis for six Indo-Canadian men, all in their 20s, turned ugly after an unprovoked, racially tinged attack here in Aldergrove, a suburb southeast of Vanc ....
Family and friends mourn death of Indo-Canadian cabbie ( 08-Jun-2009 ) By Amit Gossai A day after he was struck and killed by an alleged teen drunk driver, family and friends gathered at Balwinder Gill’s Brampton home to mourn the loss of a hard ....
Gov't partnership stimulates Peel's economy ( 07-Jun-2009 ) By Amit Gossai Peel Region has received $140 million under a federal-provincial initiative intended to create jobs and boost Peel’s economy. The announcement was made this weeken ....
Indian doctoral students awarded Canadian scholarships ( 05-Jun-2009 )Observer News Service Toronto: Two Indian doctoral students are among 37 international researchers who have been awarded Canadian scholarships. The two Indian recipients for the Vanier Canada Graduate ....
Minorities just not climbing the ladder ( 04-Jun-2009 ) By Amit Gossai A new report has found that only 13 per cent of today’s top leaders are of visible minority across the GTA. “These results are a wake-up call,” said Ratna ....
Tamils Protest on Parliament Hill ( 03-Jun-2009 ) By Amit Gossai Thousands of Tamil protesters gathered on Parliament Hill on Wednesday, calling for intervention in Sri Lankan refugee camps. The crowd, mostly from Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa, are ....
Indo-Canadian walks for awareness ( 02-Jun-2009 ) By Amit Gossai Jagjeet Singh left Thunder Bay on May 3 with one thought on his mind. To promote health and fitness. And after 1,500 kilometers and 29 days, Singh, 46, was cheered on by more than 100 ....
World’s largest plane lands at Pearson ( 01-Jun-2009 ) By Amit Gossai Monday afternoon, the world’s largest jet, the Airbus A380, made its first ever landing at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. The lux ....
DesiFEST draws thousands despite rain ( 31-May-2009 ) By Amit Gossai The rain didn't stop thousands of visitors Saturday at Yonge and Dundas Square for the third annual RBC desiFEST. More than 10,000 people visited to popular Toronto interse ....
Tamils hit the streets yet again ( 29-May-2009 ) By Amit Gossai Just days after hundreds of Sri Lankans protested outside the Canadian High Commission in Colombo, accusing Ottawa of supporting Tamil Tiger rebels, Toronto was faced wi ....
Indo-Canadians named top immigrant ( 28-May-2009 ) By Amit Gossai Eleven Indo-Canadians including a former premier, a noted filmmaker and a RCMP sergeant were selected for 'Canadian Immigration Awards 2009' fo ....
Brampton Sri Lankan restaurant deliberately set on fire ( 27-May-2009 ) By Amit Gossai After further investigation, Brampton fire investigators have confirmed that an early-morning fire at a small Sri Lankan restaurant was deliberately set. Earlier Peel police and Bramp ....
Mississauga, new home to Sheridan College ( 25-May-2009 ) By Amit Gossai Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion finally got her wish. A college in the City. Today at Sheridan College’s Davis Campus in Brampton, Bob Dechert, MP for Miss ....
Carassauga concludes today- Record crowds at India Pavilion ( 24-May-2009 )By Amit Gossai Today is the final day for the 24th annual Carassauga festival. Since Friday, record crowds have been passing through the Hershey Centre to experience the authentic culture of In ....
India will have stable economy, say Indo-Canadians ( 23-May-2009 ) By Amit Gossai India’s new ministry was sworn in on Friday after the United Progressive Alliance coalition staked its claim to form a new Indian government that is believed to ....
Family of slain Indo-Canadian appeals for help ( 22-May-2009 ) By Amit Gossai A tearful Harjinder Sandhu, the wife of murder victim Harjinder Singh Sandhu, is appealing to the public to help bring those responsible to justice. "He wa ....
Top Toronto police officials to visit India ( 08-Feb-2010 )Toronto: Toronto Service Police Board Chairman Aloke Mukherjee informed this newspaper that he and Police Chief William Blair will visit India from Feb 9. The two officials will meet with police perso ....
Indo-Canadian Kochchar gets Senate seat ( 04-Feb-2010 ) Toronto: The Harper government appointed Vim (Vimal) Kochchar, one among five, to the Senate. The Indo-Canadian businessman has been an influential member of the Progressive Conserv ....
Quebec lures Indian students with citizenship offer ( 04-Feb-2010 )Mumbai: Quebec Premier Jean Charest has assured Indian students that if they come to the province and graduate from a local college or university they would automaticvally get certification of selecti ....
ATN broadcasts live from Canadian Sikh Temple ( 04-Feb-2010 )Toronto: Canada's largest South Asian broadcaster Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) has announced that it is now broadcasting live twice daily from the Sri Guru Singh Sabha temp ....
Goan Archives Project collects valuable material ( 27-Jan-2010 )Mississauga: The Goan Archives Project organised an Open House for people to donate any printed material relating to their own presence in Canada or elsewhere. The project was initiated by Cecil D`Cru ....
B.C. Sikh community raises $1.5M for Haiti ( 26-Jan-2010 )Vancouver: A Sikh temple and three South Asian radio stations in the Metro Vancouver area say they've raised $1.5 million in donations and pledges for victims of the Haitian earthquake. At a joint ....
Vancouver most expensive place to own house ( 26-Jan-2010 )Vancouver: Vancouver is the most expensive city in the world to own a house today, says a report on worldwide housing markets released Monday. The annual report on housing affordability around the wor ....
United Sikhs' Start Serving Langar for Haiti Earthquake survivors ( 25-Jan-2010 )Brampton: United Sikhs' second volunteer team arrived at Port-au-Prince on Sunday and started serving langar (the Sikh tradition of serving hot meals cooked in a community kitchen) to survivors of ....
Canadian envoy spied for CIA during 1979 Iran revolution ( 24-Jan-2010 )Toronto: A former Canadian ambassador in Iran has revealed that he spied for the CIA after Iranian students took the US embassy hostage in 1979. Ken Taylor, who served as Canada's envoy in Tehran ....
Indo-Canadian Senior Gets Two Years In US Jail For Smuggling Drugs ( 23-Jan-2010 )An Indo-Canadian senior who claimed that he smuggled half a million dollars worth of drugs for “little excitement” and to fulfill a dream of becoming financially successful, has been sente ....
