The family of a seven-year-old boy from Deer Lake First Nation who was denied medical transportation coverage because he didn’t yet have an Indian status card is calling for changes to Ottawa’s Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program. Jordan Harper was seriously injured, and his grandmother died, in January in a head-on collision with another …
Read More »Bots and Indian TV push fake news about Canada in wake of Hindu temple clashes
A wave of misinformation about Canadian institutions is being amplified by suspected bot accounts on social media and by pro-Modi news outlets in India, raising concerns it could imperil relations between Sikhs and Hindus in Canada. CBC News reviewed hundreds of posts on X and dozens of hours of footage streamed …
Read More »Agents of Indian government interfered in Patrick Brown’s Conservative leadership campaign: sources
Agents of the Indian government allegedly attempted to derail Patrick Brown’s campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 2022, according to sources who spoke to Radio-Canada. Brown’s national campaign co-chair, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner, allegedly was pressured to withdraw her support for Brown in the 2022 Conservative …
Read More »Indian billionaire Adani, 3 former executives of Canadian pension fund charged in fraud scheme
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, one of Asia’s richest men, may be facing his biggest challenge yet with an indictment by U.S. prosecutors for alleged fraud and bribery. But it’s unclear just how the case will affect his businesses and own future — as well as the Indian economy and government. …
Read More »Apology long overdue for U.S. Indian boarding schools, says former student
WARNING: This story contains details of experiences at residential schools. A former student of assimilationist federal Indian boarding schools in the U.S. says Friday’s presidential apology was long overdue. “They should have done it years ago,” said Rosie Yellowhair, 74, a member of the Navajo Nation originally from Steamboat, Ariz.. “I’m glad he did …
Read More »Expelling Indian diplomats 'just a starting point,' says alleged assassination target
Expelling Indian diplomats ‘won’t decimate’ India’s spy network, says Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, subject of an alleged assassination attempt foiled by the FBI. News Source link
Read More »Ratan Tata, former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Group, has died at age 86
Thousands of people paid their last respects on Thursday to Ratan Tata, former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Group, in India’s financial capital ahead of a state funeral later in the day. The veteran industrialist, hailed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a visionary business leader, died at a …
Read More »Sikh group urges protests outside Indian embassies in Canada over Nijjar murder
A Canadian Sikh group has called on its members to protest outside the Indian diplomatic missions of main Canadian cities on Monday, a week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the prospect of New Delhi’s involvement in the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia. Trudeau said last …
Read More »Indian Railways: अब ट्रेनों में VIP कोटा लगाना नहीं होगा आसान, धांधली रोकने के लिए रेलवे ने उठाया ये कदम
देश में गणेश चतुर्थी से त्योहारों के मौसम की शुरुआत होने जा रही है। ऐसे में ट्रेनों में यात्रियों की भीड़ बढ़ने वाली है। ट्रेनों में सफर करने वाले लोगों को कंफर्म टिकट मिल सके, इसके लिए रेलवे अब कई अहम कदम उठाने जा रहा है। Source link
Read More »Family of Indian migrants who died in Quebec shocked by river crossing attempt
An Indian national who died with his family last week when a boat capsized in the St. Lawrence River during an attempt to enter the United States was “mortally afraid of water,” says his cousin. Pravinbhai Chaudhari, 49, was found in a marshy area in Akwesasne, Que., with his wife …
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