1 year ago
Canada unveils Kanishka Project to honour Air India victims
Ottawa, June 24 - To mark the 26th anniversary of the Air India bombing Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled a new memorial to the 329 victims and announced a project after the ill-fated plane Kanishka to fight terrorism.To be called the Kanishka Project, it will form the crux of Canada's new strategy to fight terrorism.The Kanishka - was blown off near Ireland June 23, 1985, ... read more

Vancouver | 2 years ago
Air India victims echo judge's remarks on Sikh radicals
Vancouver, May 12 - Reacting to remarks of a Canadian judge, who headed the 1985 Air India bombing inquiry, in Chandigarh Tuesday that Sikh radicals were more active in Canada than India, victims of the 1985 bombing say he is 'telling the truth'.Speaking at a media conference in Chandigarh, former Canadian chief justice John C. Major, who last year submitted his inquiry into the 1985 bombing of th ... read more

Vancouver | 2 years ago
Kanishka bombing: Dosanjh to challenge acquitted suspect in civil trial
Vancouver, May 7 - In an interesting twist to the Air India Kanishka bombing case Friday, former Canadian health minister Ujjal Dosanjh said he will challenge acquitted suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik in court to answer direct questions about his role in the plot that killed 329 people.Malik was accused in the bombing of the Air India flight 182 from Canada to Delhi near the Irish coast June 23, 198 ... read more

Toronto | 2 years ago
Man acquitted in Air India bombing not welcome in party: Canada PM
Toronto, April 25 - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has denied that his Conservative party has any links with Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted in the Air India bombing case.Malik was tried for the bombing of the Air India Kanishka flight from Canada to India in June 1985 that killed all 329 people on board, and acquitted in 2005. Last week, he created ripples when Indo-Canadian cand ... read more

Shillong | 2 years ago
Now, a 'Star Wars' theory for Kanishka bombing
Shillong, March 2 - Even as the mystery over the Air India Kanishka bombing continues, a report released Wednesday by a rights activist in Meghalaya suggested that the plane could have been the victim of a 'Star Wars' experiment by the US.'The plane - could have been the victim of the Strategic Defence Initiative or the so called 'Star Wars' experiment,' said Michael N. Syiem in his report titled ... read more

Toronto | 2 years ago
Kanishka crew families write to PM for memorial in Delhi
Toronto/New Delhi, Jan 18 - With India yet to raise a memorial to the Air India bombing victims, families of the perished crew have urged the government to commemorate the 1985 tragedy.In a letter to the Indian prime minister, the families want the Indian government to bring back parts of the wreckage of the plane and use them in raising a memorial in New Delhi.Air India Kanishka Flight 182 from M ... read more

Los Angeles | 2 years ago
Padma Shri for Air India Kanishka inquiry judge demanded
Los Angeles, Dec 9 - The Indian Oversees Congress in the US has urged the Indian government to confer Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, on Air India Kanishka inquiry head who has made far-reaching recommendations in his report.Former Canadian chief justice John Major, who headed the public inquiry into the lapses that led to the bombing of the Kanishka flight 25 years ago that ki ... read more

Toronto | 2 years ago
No ex-gratia for Kanishka victims in action plan
Toronto, Dec 7 - Canada Tuesday unveiled an action plan to implement the recommendations of the Air India bombing inquiry commission, which submitted its report in June. But there was no announcement of ex-gratia payments to the victim families as recommended by the panel headed by former Canadian chief justice John Major.Negotiations on the ex-gratia are being made with the victims, Immigration M ... read more

Toronto | 2 years ago
No ex-gratia for Kanishka victims in action plan
Toronto, Dec 7 - Canada is set to unveil an action plan to implement the recommendations of the Air India bombing inquiry commission which submitted its report in June. But there will be no announcement of ex-gratia payments to the victim families as recommended by the panel headed former Canadian chief justice John Major.All 329 passengers were killed when the Air India Kanishka Flight 182 from T ... read more

Vancouver | 2 years ago
Kanishka bomber sheds tears, apologizes to victim families
Vancouver, Nov 19 - Kanishka bomber Inderjit Singh Reyat finally shed tears and issued a heart-felt apology Thursday to the families of 329 victims who perished in the Air India bombing 25 years ago.Reyat, the only man to spend 15 years in jail for the 1985 bombing, issued the apology during his on-going perjury trial here in which he faces another 14 years behind bars.Kanishka flight 182 from Mon ... read more