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PCs To Introduce Public Sector Wage Freeze Bill

PCs To Introduce Public Sector Wage Freeze Bill

Queen’s Park: Ontario’s Opposition Leader Tim Hudak believes that unless there is a wage freeze in the public sector, there is no way that McGuinty can balance the Provinces budget. “The number one thing we can do to create jobs and grow the economy is to balance the budget and pay down debt,” Hudak said. [...]

PCs To Introduce Public Sector Wage Freeze Bill

PCs To Introduce Public Sector Wage Freeze Bill

Queen’s Park: Ontario’s Opposition Leader Tim Hudak believes that unless there is a wage freeze in the public sectory, there is no way that McGuinty can balance the Provinces budget. “The number one thing we can do to create jobs and grow the economy is to balance the budget and pay down debt,” Hudak said. [...]

’640 Million People Want To Settle In The West’

'640 Million People Want To Settle In The West'

  Washington: Around 13 percent of the world’s adults — or over 640 million people — would like to emigrate with roughly 150 million, including ten million Indians wishing to settle in America. So suggests a new Gallup survey giving the US an undisputed title as the globe’s most desired destination for would-be migrants since [...]

Indian Navy Goes Nuclear

Russian-origin nuclear submarine, INS Chakra,

    Visakhapatnam: The Indian Navy Wednesday inducted a Russian-origin nuclear submarine, INS Chakra, into its fleet, giving its underwater combat capabilities much-needed muscle and becoming the sixth navy in the world to operate such a vessel. The Akula-II class submarine “K-152 Nerpa” renamed INS Chakra-II is on a 10-year lease from Russia at a [...]

Unadkat To Receive Trailblazer Award

Unadkat To Receive Trailblazer Award

    Toronto: The ReelWorld festival will honor Tushar Unadkat as the Trailblazer at their 12th Annual Film Festival to be held April 11-15, 2012, in Toronto. Created in 2002, the Trailblazer Award recognizes the accomplishments of ethnically diverse Canadian entertainment industry professionals whose work has broadened our horizons. Over the past ten years ReelWorld [...]

Singh Livid At Greece Flip-flop

Singh Livid At Greece Flip-flop

    Cannes:  With non-member Greece throwing the G20 Summit here into a tailspin, India Thursday called for urgent steps to resolve the Eurozone crisis and said emerging economies cannot be made to suffer its spillover effects. India also made a strong plea for tackling the issue of illicit money stashed away in tax havens [...]

Muslims Barred From Praying On The Streets

Muslims Barred From Praying On The Streets

    Paris: A ban on praying in French streets came into effect on last Friday, with thousands of the nation’s Muslim faithful being moved to temporary alternative spaces for their day of prayer. From Paris to Marseille, Friday’s midday prayers will be led from disused barracks or other temporary buildings, after the question of [...]

Court Fines Women Wearing Niqab

Court Fines Women Wearing Niqab

    Meaux, France: A French police court on Thursday issued its first fines against two women charged in May with wearing the full-face covering Islamic niqab, according to a report. Police have issued several on-the-spot fines since the ban came into effect in April but these are the first court-issued fines, with the women [...]

Toronto Imam Held On Sexual Offence Charges

Toronto Imam Held On Sexual Offence Charges

            Toronto: An imam who worked at a Toronto mosque has been arrested and faces 13 charges in connection with a sexual assault investigation. Mohammad Masroor, 48, of Toronto, was apprehended August 10 for sexual offences allegedly committed between November 1, 2008 and July 28 of this year. Masroor worked [...]

Province To Give Seed Money For Electric Car Charging Stations

Province To Give Seed Money For Electric Car Charging Stations

Queen’s Park: Ontario is going to kick-start the widespread availability of electric car charging stations to make it more convenient for families to choose electric cars.   Premier Dalton McGuinty demonstrated his commitment to the idea when during an outing in Markham recently, he charged an electric car at the PowerStream electrical utility operations centre [...]

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