In a shocking incident, Sugney Swami aka Neelkanth Patel of the Swaminarayan sect of Haridham Sokhada of Gujarat, has been accused of rape by a woman in Canada. Notably, following this accusation, Swami sacrificed his saffron attire and disappeared with his family. Swami is the saint of Sokhada Haridham, situated[Read More…]
Tag: Canada
Canada opens its doors for 1,200 Yezidi refugees
22 migrants flee to Canada after Trump’s travel ban
More than 22 migrants have bolted from the United States to Canada over the weekend. They sneaked through the border in Manitoba province to request asylum reported the authorities on Monday. Those fled are mostly from Africa who crossed the border overnight on Saturday. Eight others had arrived on Friday[Read More…]
Vikas Swarup appointed as Indian envoy to Canada
Canada and Britain to cooperate against radicalisation
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and Theresa May, leading Uk, have taken an oath to counter all forms of radicalisation, Indian Express reported. May offered her condolences through a phone call, over the mosque shooting tragedy which shook Quebec on January 29 killing six innocents, according to the Canadian[Read More…]
Canada calls Quebec mosque shooting an ‘act of terror’
Canada to provide temporary home to those made helpless by Trump’s new order
Canada will offer temporary shelter to people stranded in the country as an aftermath of US President Donald Trump’s new order which bans the arrival of all refugees to the US for at least 120 days and barred entry for 90 days to people from seven Muslim-majority countries: Iraq, Iraq, Libya,[Read More…]
Federal judge stays Trump’s Muslim country travel ban
A federal judge in Brooklyn put an hold on portions of US President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel for tens of millions of people from seven Muslim-majority countries. The temporary halt of the inhumane decision provided relief to scores of refugees and others who were trapped at airports across[Read More…]
Watch: Indian-origin men in Canada do the ‘Bhangra snow removal’ dance
Unfazed by the biting cold, a video of three Indian-origin men in Canada dancing to Bhangra tunes while shovelling snow in freezing temperatures has been viewed more than 1.6 million times on Facebook and more than 500,000 times on YouTube. The clip was uploaded last week by the Maritime Bhangra[Read More…]
Police bust organised theft ring, recovers a truckload of Nutella
Police in Canada’s Ontario have arrested an organised crime racket engaged in everything from stealing Nutella to importing drugs. York Police recently conducted a massive operation, dubbed as Operation Cyclone, which begun in March after two-high end cars were stolen from the York region driveway, Munchies reported. Police laid charges[Read More…]
Here’s all about Canada’s first hijab-clad news anchor!
Breaking the stereotypes, a Toronto-based television journalist Ginella Massa became Canada’s first anchor to don a Muslim head scarf at one of the city’s major news channel. Massa was asked to work on the anchor desk for CityNews’ 11 pm broadcast last week. But her appointment created a buzz after[Read More…]
Abortion: Whose choice is it anyway?
Ours is a young nation. Yes, our history goes back to the dawn of time but the story of the new generation is still being written. Our forefathers understood the importance of the opportunity that should be given to everyone without any discrimination to determine for themselves how they want[Read More…]
Canadian Prime Minister’s “gay” march, to introduce reforms
In a progressive move, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau created history by marching in the Toronto Gay Pride parade. By doing so, he becomes the country’s first ever sitting prime minister to participate. Dressed in a salmon shirt and white jeans, he was seen rejoicing in the streets waving a[Read More…]