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Sex scandals rock Canadian armed forces
Toronto, Feb 17 - Two sex scandals in two weeks involving top-ranking officers have shocked Canadians and tarnished the image of the country's armed forces.Col Russell Williams, top commander of the country's largest military base at Trenton not far from here, is behind bars after his arrest for allegedly murdering two women, including one under his command, and raping two others. Canadians were s ...
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5 days ago
Sanjay Jha to head Motorola's handset business
Chicago, Feb 12 - Bihar-born Sanjay Jha, currently the co-CEO of Motorola, will be the new chief executive officer of its handset and home businesses as the mobile phone maker Thursday announced it will split itself into two independent, publicly traded companies from early next year.One company will comprise Motorola's mobile handset and home - businesses and the other will include the enterprise ...
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6 days ago
Sex aborts dreams of another rising politician
Toronto, Feb 11 - Canadians were shocked Wednesday when they saw a young politician on their TV screens admitting to serial infidelities and abandoning his campaign for the country's dream job - the mayor of Toronto.Considered the second-most powerful political post in Canada, the job of the mayor of Toronto, the biggest city, is a stepping stone to the two top jobs in the country - the premier of ...
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7 days ago
'Ghosts' in Punjab posing big threat to Canadian immigration
Toronto, Feb 9 - Ghost immigration consultants have become a big threat to the immigration process in Canada which lets in more than 250,000 newcomers each year, a large number of them from Punjab.According to figures, there are about 2,000 ghost immigration consultants as against just 1,655 registered by the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants. Operating out of the purview of law, these ' ...
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8 days ago
'Ghosts' posing big threat to Canadian immigration
Toronto, Feb 9 - Ghost immigration consultants have become a big threat to the immigration process in Canada which lets in more than 250,000 newcomers each year, a large number of them from Punjab.According to figures, there are about 2,000 ghost immigration consultants as against just 1,655 registered by the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants. Operating out of the purview of law, these g ...
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8 days ago
Fonseka's arrest aimed to suppress war crimes: Tamil Canadians
Toronto, Feb 9 - Calling the arrest of former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka 'the murder of dissent'' by Colombo, Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada have sought immediate international trial of President Mahinda Rajapaksa for war crimes.'If Rajapaksa can do this to his former chief, what can Tamils expect from his government? These four brothers - will never give anything to Tamils,'' said Canadian ...
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15 days ago
Indo-Canadians annoint their first Idol
Toronto, Feb 2 - The huge Indian community here anointed their first-ever 'Indo-Canadian Idol' during belated celebrations of India's Republic Day Sunday.In sub-zero temperatures, over 10,000 people converged on the city's Pearson Convention Centre to enjoy the day-long extravaganza organized by Panorama India, a cultural body of the community in Canada. The high point of the celebrations was the ...
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18 days ago
Indian-born CEO appointed senator in Canada
Toronto, Jan 30 - Indo-Canadian businessman Vim Kochhar was Friday nominated to the Canadian senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. When he takes oath, 73-year-old Kochhar will become the first Indian-born senator in Canadian history.
Kochhar, who runs a furniture company in Toronto, is among five new members appointed to the upper chamber of the Canadian parliament Friday. The House of Common ...
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21 days ago
Indian Airlines hijacker deported to India
Toronto, Jan 27 - Canada Tuesday deported the mastermind of the 1984 Indian Airline hijacker to India.
Parminder Singh Saini, 46, who took refuge here 15 years ago and faced deportation to India, was put on the plane back to India earlier Tuesday, officials said. Saini was escorted by officials of the Canadian Border Security Agency - to Toronto airport to board a flight for India.
It was not k ...
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1 month ago
Canada paid millions to mole to crack Pakistani terror plot
Toronto, Jan 12 - Canadian agencies paid millions of dollars to a Muslim agent to unravel an al-Qaeda terror plot four years ago. Most plotters were of Pakistani origin and came from the Toronto suburb of Mississauga which has the biggest concentration of Muslims in the country.
Known as the Toronto-18 terror plot, the case was uncovered in June 2006 with the arrest of 18 Toronto-area Muslims wh ...
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