VANCOUVER — A man working as a VIP host at several Vancouver nightclubs has been charged with sexual assault. Bafeh Peter Sheriff, also known “Prince” or “Vancity Prince,” is scheduled to be in court on Friday. Posts about a man in the Vancouver club scene are being circulated on social media. VPD’s sex crimes unit […]
LONDON – The UK Government on Friday stepped in to decide the future of Ambedkar House in north London, threatened with closure due to an alleged breach of local planning rules. Robert Jenrick, UK Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, “recovered” the appeal in the case, which means the government will […]
Trump also spoke with Modi during their bilateral meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly about the need to address barriers to free, fair, and reciprocal trade, according to a readout of the meet from the White House. NEW YORK – US President Donald Trump has encouraged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve […]
VANCOUVER – The Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia has released the Participants Application Ruling. Twenty applications were submitted. The Commissioner has granted standing to 16 of the applicants: British Columbia Ministry of Finance; Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch of the British Columbia Ministry of the Attorney General; Government of Canada; The […]
LUDHIANA – Dr Khem Singh Gill, former vice chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) who is credited with catalysing the Green Revolution in Punjab with his research in plant breeding, passed away early this morning. He was 89 years old and is survived by a daughter and two sons. An academician, geneticist and plant breeder, […]
LONDON – Two Indian-origin restaurateurs have been banned from the formation, promotion or management of a company without permission of the court over tax evasion, which caused the UK tax department losses of more than 4 million pounds. Sukdev Gill, 55, signed a “disqualification undertaking” with the UK’s Insolvency Service for eight years after admitting […]
AUCKLAND – Thirteen people have been arrested and police are actively searching for others following an investigation into an ongoing phone scam which has seen New Zealanders across the country lose millions of dollars. Police have arrested 12 men and one woman, aged between 21 and 33, since July for money laundering, police said. […]
NEW YORK – A 28-year-old Indian national was refused entry into the US after the border authorities found that he was travelling with a fraudulent German passport. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted the Indian national on Monday at the Washington Dulles International Airport. Authorities declined to prosecute the Indian man, […]
UNITED NATIONS – India was the leading country of origin of international migrants in 2019 with a 17.5 million strong diaspora, according to new estimates released by the United Nations, which said the number of migrants globally reached an estimated 272 million. The International Migrant Stock 2019, a dataset released by the Population Division […]
TORONTO – A new report from RBC Economics says the growing wage gap between immigrants and Canadian-born workers is costing the country $50 billion each year. The study finds that new Canadians earn 10 per cent less on average than workers born on Canadian soil, a gulf that spans age, gender, region and occupation, […]
