By Zile Singh First of all let me tell you that the column you are going to read is neither a religious discourse nor political and social research. On the contrary, it is a true story as well as a fiction. True in a sense that whatever I am going to narrate is […]
WSO Vice President for Quebec Amrit Kaur said today, “Bill 21 is in effect offensive to neutrality or secularism in the public sector, and does nothing to advance the cause of gender equality. We fear that it will result in a divided society that marginalizes certain visible religious minorities and create an atmosphere of intolerance […]
OTTAWA – World Sikh Organization of Canada President, Mukhbir Singh testified recently before the House of Commons Justice Committee on the issue of online hate. The WSO called on the government to play its role in countering the proliferation of online hate. Following a sharp rise in police-reported hate crimes between 2016 and 2017 many […]
OMAHA – Billionaire Warren Buffett on Saturday gave a clue on who might succeed him to run his Berkshire Hathaway empire, but did not completely reveal his hand. The world’s third-richest man also said at his company’s annual shareholder meeting that its recent investment in Amazon was not a shift in strategy to focus […]
By Shamir Singh Virk The lifespan (1469-1539 AD) of Guru Nanak Dev dawns into worldly light with his birth in the year April | May 1469; the early morning of 3rd of Vaisakh month at Rai Bhoe Ki Talwandi, now famous as Nankana Sahib in Sheikhupura district of Pakistan. His parents Kalu Bedi […]
The boyfriend of Bhavkiran “Kiran” Dhesi h has been charged with second degree murder after Dhesi’s body was found in a burnt out vehicle on August 2, 2017. On May 10, 21-year-old Harjot Deo was arrested by IHIT investigators and Crown Counsel has charged him with second degree murder in relation to Miss Dhesi’s death. […]
NEW YORK – An Indian-origin woman in the US has been convicted by a jury of killing her nine-year old stepdaughter in 2016 and faces up to life in prison at sentencing. Shamdai Arjun, 55, of Queens, New York was convicted Friday of second-degree murder by a jury that deliberated for less than one hour […]
Ramesh Kris Nathan, 37, a US national whose last known address is in Chennai, India, was indicted on charges related to the alleged investment fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney David Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John Bennett. Nathan is charged with six counts of wire fraud, two counts of […]
Hardeep Singh, 36, will be deported back to India at the end of his sentence. Singh, who pinned the woman passenger down on her seat during the flight, was sentenced to 12 months in jail at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester on Thursday. LONDON – An Indian travelling to the UK on a tourist […]
Shital Mahajan-Rane, her husband Vaibhav Rane, both professional skydivers, and their twins Vrushabh and Vaibhav. PUNE – An Indian family, including a set of 10-year old twin boys, have set a new record for family skydiving, as they jumped out of a plane over Amsterdam. They are Shital Mahajan-Rane, her husband Vaibhav Rane, both […]
