- Wednesday, April 30, 2025
THE ELECTIONS for Canada's House of Commons saw over 65 Indian origin candidates enter the fray, and 20 candidates from the Liberal and Conservative parties got elected. The prominent winners include Liberal Party's Anita Anand from Oakville East, Bardish Chagger (Waterloo), Anju Dhillon (Dorval-Lachine), Randeep Sarai (Surrey Centre); while the…
THE DAUGHTER of a Punjab politician, who went missing three days ago in Canada, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Ottawa. The Indian High Commission in Ottawa on Monday (28) confirmed the death of Vanshika Saini (21), the daughter of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Davinder Saini from Punjab's…
US president Donald Trump has made it mandatory for truck drivers in America to be proficient in English, but a Sikh advocacy groups feels it will adversely impact the future of Sikh commercial vehicle drivers. The executive order ‘Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America's Truck Drivers' says that…
DONALD TRUMP ally Laura Loomer has criticized Lockheed Martin's F-35 program, calling it "woke, dysfunctional, and an enormous waste of taxpayer dollars." In a lengthy post on X over on Saturday, Loomer suggested Lockheed Martin is delivering F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters that "are simply not ready for combat."…
INDIA-BORN Shri Thanedar of the Democratic Party on Monday (28) has moved to impeach president Donald Trump, claiming that he is 'unfit' to rule the US. The Michigan Congressman, who hails from Karnataka, has introduced seven articles accusing Trump of obstruction of justice, abuse of power, usurpation of power, bribery…
THE TRAVEL curbs after the April 22 Pahalgam attack have come as a bolt from the blue for Indians travelling to Pakistan and vice versa, as they were forced to cut short their visits because of the cancellation of visas. More than 1,000 Indians have left Pakistan via the Wagah…
CANADIAN prime minister Mark Carney's Liberals are leading the country's general elections on Monday (28), but it is not yet clear whether they may garner a majority. The Liberals were leading or elected in 167 electoral districts, followed by the Conservatives with 145, with votes still being counted. They need…
RAJASTHAN ROYALS' wonder-kid Vaibhav Suryavanshi on Monday said he only watches the ball and not the bowler, after he took some big names to cleaners to become IPL's youngest centurion at 14 years and 32 days. The left-handed Suryavanshi reached his century milestone off 35 balls against Gujarat Titans in…
A MASSIVE blaze broke out at the Enforcement Directorate's office building in Mumbai early Sunday, and the firefighters could extinguish it only after 12 hours, officials said. According to Mumbai Fire Brigade the fire at Kaiser-I-Hind building in Ballard Estate area was doused around 2:10pm after a sustained operation of…
THE TRUMP administration has provided a breather for hundreds of foreign students whose legal statuses were terminated for minor offenses. During a court hearing before a federal judge in Boston on Friday (25), it announced that it is restoring the previously terminated legal statuses and is working on a policy…
