Help Sikh Youth Group Jakara Raise Funds For First Sikh Museum In North America
( 22-Jan-2010 ) Sikh history is about to be made in North America. In December, throughout the United States, 500,000 nonprofit charities competed on a competition on the popular internet website, Facebook, for the Chase Bank Community Giving contest. The top 100 groups advanced to the second round for a chance at ....
Conference in Montreal to commemorate 84 Sikh massacre victims
( 01-Jan-2010 )
A conference to commemorate and appeal to the world for recognition of yet another genocide in the world, is scheduled to take place in Montreal, Canada on Jan. 16.
"Sikhs For Justice" a US-based organization is facilitating the event in association with ....
Canadian university keen on research work with PAU
( 25-Dec-2009 )
McGill University, Montreal, Canada, is keen to have a collaborative tie-up with Punjab Agricultural University in the area of natural resource management, socio-economic research and awareness programmes about bio-resource conservation.
Prof Jaswinder Singh of t ....
WSO Canada expresses deep concern over Ludhiana violence
( 20-Dec-2009 )
The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) has expressed deep concern over the violence that occurred in Ludhiana earlier this month and the role of Punjab’s political leadership and the administration.
While the state administration is expected to keep a fing ....
South Asians among major counterfeiting ring busted
( 26-Nov-2009 )
A major forgery and fraud network specialising in forging documents and passports, with most of the suspects appearing to be from immigrant communities, has been busted.
While the investigations date back to 2006, a forgery lab was uncovered Wednesday morning in a ....
ID of informant in Virk-Basi trial to be protected
( 19-Nov-2009 )
Two former Indo-Canadian bureaucrats caught up in a political corruption trial in British Columbia have lost a court fight to attend a special closed-door hearing in their case.
The Supreme Court of Canada said on Thursday that lawyers for Dave Basi and Bobby Vir ....
Harper to visit Mumbai carnage site
( 10-Nov-2009 )
The Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, is scheduled to visit centre of the orthodox Jewish Chabad Lubavitch movement at Nariman House in Mumbai on November 17th to pay tribute to the victims of the worst ever terrorist attack in India. It is the first anniversary ....
Saxena handed over to Thai officials
( 30-Oct-2009 )
Rakesh Saxena, the fugitive banker, who lost his fight against extradition to Thailand from Canada, has finally been deported to face charges in Bangkok.
Saxena was handed over by RCMP to officials from Thailand at Vancouver International Airport for onward escort. ....
Saxena's appeal against extradition turned down
( 29-Oct-2009 )
by Eugene Correia
An Indo-Canadian financier, Rakesh Saxena, on Oct 29 lost his appeal against extradition to Thailand over embezzlement of funds. He had appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada against the extradition order by the British Columbia Court of Appeal.
A fo ....
Sikh Businessman on Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
( 22-Oct-2009 )
Well-known philanthropist and business tycoon Baljit S. Chadha has been appointed as a Distinguished Fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada).
As a Distinguished Fellow of the Foundation, Chadha will offer input and advice on the institution' ....
