COMMUNITY South Asian Heritage Day Celebrated At ROM

South Asian Heritage Day Celebrated At ROM »

Toronto: The South Asian Heritage Day Saturday May 11 was celebrated at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). As part of the month-long South Asian Heritage celebrations, the event branded Rung…

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MPP Amrit Mangat, Faisel Al Mowaiji, Sales Executive AFZA, Nader Eldesouky, Dy Director General AFZA, MPP Dr. Shafiq Quaddri and Rishi Somaiya, Director of Sales.

AFZA Meet Held In Mississauga »

  A delegation from Ajman Free Zone Authority (AFZA), UAE, visited Canada May 14 to promote Ajman as an investment  and business destination to Canadian investors. At a lunch with…

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Caption: Under 14 Boys Single's Winner Shayan Nandi with Chief Guest Ajay Kumar and Coach Fernando of Fernando's Youth Badminton Academy

Brampton Sees Growth In Youth Badminton »

More and more schoolkids and youngsters seem to be taking up badminton as a sport as was evident in the 6th annual badminton championship organized by Darshana ‘Coach’ Fernando at…

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Indian American Vivek Ranadive Buys US Basketball Team

Indian American Vivek Ranadive Buys US Basketball Team »

Washington: Indian American software magnate Vivek Ranadive, who has become the first person of Indian descent to become the owner of a major US basketball team, plans to build the…

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Four Indian Americans In Healthcare Fraud

Four Indian Americans In Healthcare Fraud »

  Chicago: Four Indian Americans are among 89 people charged with healthcare fraud running into about $233 million in false billing after a nationwide strike in eight cities, according to…

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Bank of Montreal Offers Western Union Money Transfer Transactions Online

Bank of Montreal Offers Western Union Money Transfer Transactions Online »

Toronto: BMO customers can now send money globally online to countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. BMO Personal Banking customers can conduct online Western Union Money Transfer transactions directly…

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Randeep Sandhu Laments Ontario's Rising Debt

Randeep Sandhu Laments Ontario’s Rising Debt »

Ontario Progressive Conservative Party’s MPP Candidate from Brampton West, Randeep Sandhu is not impressed, to say the least.  A family man, a successful businessman in logistics solutions, employing over a…

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Vinod Munshi, President IIT Alumni Canada, Paul Gilbert, Mrs Goteti and Khaliq Zaman at the IIT Alumni Canada lecture series

IIT Alumni Canada Hosts Annual Spring Lecture Series »

IIT Alumni Canada (IITAC), an association of 17 premium universities of India,  held their annual Spring Lecture series event on April 27th. Reza Moridi, Minister of Research and Innovation, Government…

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Harry Baweja at The offices of The weekly Voice

Harry Baweja’s Chaar Sahibzade A First In Indian Cinema »

Indian cinema has completed a hundred years, during which time it has showcased to the world, the best in Indian stories, music, songs, comedy, dances, drama and more. Millions have…

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Deepti Aurora Honoured At Asian Heritage Month Gala Dinner

Deepti Aurora Honoured At Asian Heritage Month Gala Dinner »

The Canadian Multicultural Council for Asians in Ontario hosted their annual Asian Heritage Month Gala Dinner on Sunday, May 5th at the Premier Ballroom and Convention Centre in Richmond Hill.…

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Clorox Marks100th Anniversary With $100,000 Donation »

Toronto: On Friday May 3, in a brief ceremony at its Canadian headquarters in Brampton, the Clorox Company of Canada marked its 100th anniversary by pledging a donation of $100,000…

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Amrit Mangat Defends Liberals' Balanced Approach At Post-Budget Breakfast

Amrit Mangat Defends Liberals’ Balanced Approach At Post-Budget Breakfast »

  Mississauga: Mississauga-Brampton South’s MPP Amrit Mangat held a post-budget breakfast at Versailles Convention Centre on the morning of Friday May 3rd. “This budget means more jobs for youth, more…

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Canada SC Won't Hear Indo-Canadian Killer Bhander's Appeal

Canada SC Won’t Hear Indo-Canadian Killer Bhander’s Appeal »

Toronto: Canada’s Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by convicted Indo-Canadian killer Raminder Bhander who claimed that his rights were violated by the police. Bhander had approached the…

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Indian American Launches Book On Billionaire Immigrants

Indian American Launches Book On Billionaire Immigrants »

New York: A book titled ‘How 12 Immigrants Made Billions: 12 Keys to Success’ by Indian American author and entrepreneur Dr. Harsimran Singh detailing stories of immigrants to the US…

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'My First Vaisakhi as Premier'

‘My First Vaisakhi as Premier’ »

“This month we marked the 314th anniversary of the creation of Khalsa by Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Sikhs from across our province marked the holiest day in the Sikh calendar…

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Khalsa Day Parade Sweeps Downtown Toronto

Khalsa Day Parade Sweeps Downtown Toronto »

Toronto: On Sunday 28th April, the 28th annual Khalsa Day parade was held in downtown Toronto with over 75,000 Sikhs participating. The procession with floats showcasing cultural performances and traditional…

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HEADLINES

56,700 Indians Face Deportation From Saudi Arabia »

Salman-Khurshid

New Delhi:  As many as 56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia in the next one-and-half months and ten officials…

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Over 100 Kgs Explosives Used In Pakistan Bombing »

Over 100 Kgs Explosives Used In Pakistan Bombing

Islamabad: Twelve people were killed in Pakistan’s Quetta city Thursday when a car packed with 100 kg explosives blew up…

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Hunt On For Terror Clues In London Attack »

Hunt On For Terror Clues In London Attack

London: A Londoner of Nigerian descent was identified Thursday as one of the two suspects who decapitated a British soldier.…

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Tendulkar Out of IPL with Hand Injury »

Tendulkar Out of IPL with Hand Injury

New Delhi: - Sachin Tendulkar will not take further part in the Indian Premier League owing to an injury on…

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Latest

‘Sports Was Clean During Father’s Time’

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, daughter...

An Indian heart beats for Pakistani now

 Chennai:  An Indian’s heart is now beating...

56,700 Indians Face Deportation From Saudi Arabia

New Delhi:  As many as 56,700 Indians face deportation...

Over 100 Kgs Explosives Used In Pakistan Bombing

Islamabad: Twelve people were killed in Pakistan’s...

Hunt On For Terror Clues In London Attack

London: A Londoner of Nigerian descent was identified...

‘Sports Was Clean During Father’s Time’

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, daughter...

Tendulkar Out of IPL with Hand Injury

New Delhi: - Sachin Tendulkar will not take further...

One Killed, Two Injured In London Attack

London: Two men attacked a man near the Royal Artillery...

Sherlyn Chopra Grooves In Indian Attire At Cannes

Mumbai: Actress Sherlyn Chopra grabbed the paparazzi’s...

Sanjay Dutt Shifted To Pune’s Yerwada Jail

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was early Wednesday...

SOUTH ASIA

An Indian heart beats for Pakistani now »

Indian heart beats a Pakistani

 Chennai:  An Indian’s heart is now beating for 40-year-old Moulana Mohammed Zubair Ashmi, a Pakistani national, who has undergone a successful heart transplant surgery at the Fortis Malar Hospital here. Ashmi was suffering from a condition called dilated cardiomyopathy in which functioning of both the…

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Sanjay Dutt Shifted To Pune’s Yerwada Jail »

Sanjay Dutt

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was early Wednesday quietly shifted from Arthur Road jail to Pune’s high-security Yerwada Central Jail, officials said. The shift came as a surprise as state Additional Director General of Police (Prisons), Meeran Borwankar had Tuesday said the actor would not…

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Dec 16 Gang-rape Victim’s Mother Pleads For Justice »

Dec 16 Gang-rape Victim's Mother Pleads For Justice

New Delhi: The mother of Dec 16 gang rape victim Friday pleaded, with tears in her eyes and folded hands, to the fast-track court to “give justice to her daughter”. The mother of 23-year-old physiotherapy student, who was gang-raped by six men in a moving…

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Delhi Police Name Mumbai Underworld In Match-fixing »

Delhi Police Name Mumbai Underworld In Match-fixing

New Delhi: The Mumbai underworld is involved in spot-fixing in Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in which Indian fast bowler S. Sreesanth and two of his Rajasthan Royals teammates were arrested, Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar Thursday said. “We had information that Mumbai underworld is…

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Fearing Death Threats Dutt Seeks Surrender In Pune »

Fearing Death Threats Dutt Seeks Surrender In Pune

Mumbai: Apprehending death threats from fundamentalist groups, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted for the March 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, wants to surrender in Pune’s Yerawada Jail. Dutt moved an application Tuesday seeking permission to surrender in Yerawada Jail instead of giving himself up before…

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Ex-Haryana Minister Kanda Charged With Rape And Abetting Suicide »

Ex-Haryana Minister Kanda Charged With Rape And Abetting Suicide

New Delhi: A Delhi Court Friday framed charges against ex-Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda for raping and abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma. District Judge S.K. Sarvaria also framed charges of abetting rape and suicide of Geetika against Kanda’s employee Aruna Chadha.…

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Siddaramaiah New Karnataka Chief Minister »

Siddaramaiah New Karnataka Chief Minister

Bangalore: The Congress High Command Friday named 64-year-old Siddaramaiah as Karnataka’s new chief minister. “Siddaramaiah is the choice of the party’s high command for the chief minister’s post,” the party’s central observer, Defence Minister A.K. Antony, told reporters at the party’s office in the city…

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WORLD NEWS

Oklahoma Tornado Spanned Length Of 22 Soccer Fields »

Oklahoma Tornado Spanned Length Of 22 Soccer Fields

Washington: Residents of suburban Oklahoma were returning home as rescue workers neared the end of the search for survivors and the dead after a mammoth…

May 22 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

Dutch Queen Beatrix Abdicates, Willem-Alexander New King »

Dutch Queen Beatrix Abdicates, Willem-Alexander New King

Amsterdam: After 33 years on the throne, Dutch Queen Beatrix Tuesday abdicated in favour of her son Willem-Alexander. After the Queen gave a short address…

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One WTC To Be Western Hemisphere’ S Tallest Building »

OneWTC To Be Western Hemisphere' S Tallest Building

New York: Construction crews at the 9/11 site will raise the final two sections of a 408-foot spire to the top of the One World…

Apr 29 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

Hamid New Bangladesh President »

Abdul Hamid

Dhaka: Abdul Hamid was Monday elected unopposed the president of Bangladesh which has been reeling under a violent political stand-off between the ruling and the…

Apr 22 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

Criminal Hand Not Ruled Out In Texas Fertiliser Plant Blast »

Criminal Hand Not Ruled Out  In Texas Fertiliser Plant Blast

Washington: A massive blast at a fertiliser plant in central Texas Wednesday night killed 15 people, wounded more than 160, and damaged 50 to 60…

Apr 18 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
SPORTS 10 including bookie nabbed in Kolkata for IPL betting

10 including bookie nabbed in Kolkata for IPL betting

Kolkata:  A bookie, who had produced a Bengali film, and nine of his associates were arrested in Kolkata, police said Thursday, adding that they were investigating if the culprits had links with the ongoing IPL spot…

May 23 2013 / Read More »
Dipika Pallikal

Pallikal In Pre-quarters Of British Open Squash

Hull (England): Dipika Pallikal reached the pre-quarterfinals at the Allam British Open Squash Championships after edging out Denmark’s Line Hansen in the longest match of the tournament so far. World No.15 Pallikal and her Danish opponent…

May 22 2013 / Read More »
AUTO The Greatest Driving Experience

The Greatest Driving Experience

By Nauman Farooq If you like cars and are into driving them properly on a closed circuit, I have found the perfect experience for you. ExoticCarTours.ca out of Oakville, ON., have been offering many types of…

May 17 2013 / Read More »
Ford Set To Top Its Own Yearly Hybrid Sales

Ford Set To Top Its Own Yearly Hybrid Sales

Despite accusations of not being honest about how efficient their hybrids really are, Ford is announcing excellent sales numbers for the first part of the year, and they expect to surpass their 2010 hybrid sales record,…

May 17 2013 / Read More »
BUSINESS Yahoo To Buy Tumblr In $1.1 Bn Deal?

Yahoo To Buy Tumblr In $1.1 Bn Deal?

Washington: The board of web pioneer Yahoo has reportedly approved a deal to buy popular blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, according to various media reports. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Tumblr CEO David…

May 22 2013 / Read More »
Microsoft Unveils New All-in-one XBox Console

Microsoft Unveils New All-in-one XBox Console

Washington: Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox console Tuesday that represents a major upgrade on the US-market-leading Xbox 360 model. The president of the IT giant’s Interactive Entertainment Business, Don Mattrick, revealed the hi-tech Xbox One entertainment…

May 22 2013 / Read More »
OPINION Nawaz Sharif

Sharif Must Use ‘Third Chance’ To Break Cycle Of Revenge

By Ravi M. Khanna The fledgling democratic process in Pakistan has churned out a leader, who now has the rare opportunity to chart a new positive and peaceful course, not only for his own country but…

May 17 2013 / Read More »
Muslims Must Stop Playing Loathsome Politics With Vande Mataram

Muslims Must Stop Playing Loathsome Politics With Vande Mataram

By Firoz Bakht Ahmed  As a law abiding Muslim of India, my head hung deep down in shame as I had read the news of Shafique-ur-Rehman Barq, BSP member parliament, leaving the hall while Vande Mataram,…

May 17 2013 / Read More »

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