Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will address non-resident Gujaratis in the US and Canada via video conferencing on Sunday. Indian Gujarati Association of America had given an invitation to Modi to address them to celebrate the Gujarat Day. The telecast will go to 12 important cities of the US and Canada, a release of the state government said. ...
10:13 AM, May 20, 2012
Washington: The United States on Monday again put Russia and China on its annual list of countries with the worst records of preventing the theft of copyrighted material and other intellectual property (IP), the US Trade Representative's office said. Argentina, Canada and India were also put on the "priority watch list," along with Algeria, Chile, Indonesia, Israel, Pakistan, Thailand, Ukraine and Venezuela. "This year's Special 301 Report is more significant...
09:59 AM, May 02, 2012
Chennai: A batch of 750 students from four schools in the city are set to leave for the United States and Canada on a study-cum-pleasure tour for a fortnight from May 1 on what's already being lauded as a once in a lifetime opportunity as the kids are going to NASA, Orlando, to see what they have learnt and learn what they will see. A ceremonial flagging-off function for this...
08:31 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Toronto: The Tibetans are not seeking outright independence from China but "enough autonomy" for the survival of their culture, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said. "Tibetans are seeking enough autonomy for Tibet to allow its culture to survive, rather than outright independence," the Dalai Lama said at a news conference in Ottawa that followed his public talk attended by over 7000 people on Saturday. The exiled Tibetan spiritual...
08:50 AM, Apr 29, 2012
Toronto: A sleepy Air Canada pilot who mistakenly believed his jet was about to crash into a US military plane forced a sudden dive that caused 16 injuries among passengers and crew on a transatlantic flight, a report says. The Transportation Safety Board report released on Monday describes the 46 seconds in which the plane dived and lurched back up during an overnight Air Canada flight from Toronto to Zurich...
02:35 PM, Apr 17, 2012
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03:44 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Burlington (Canada): The mayor of Burlington, Ontario says three people are dead after a Canadian Via Rail passenger train derailed in his town Mayor Rick Goldring says emergency crews are working to pull other passengers from the wreckage and at least one air ambulance is on standby. Via Rail spokeswoman Michelle Lamarche said 75 people were on board the train travelling from Niagara Falls to Toronto, when it derailed on...
08:34 AM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: Canada dished out a clinical display to thrash minnows Singapore 15-1 in a one-sided game, while Poland walloped Italy 7-2 in the men's hockey Olympic qualification tournament here on Tuesday. Stunned 2-3 by 19th-ranked Poland in their last match, Canada came out with purpose and scored goals at will against the hapless Singapore team, who came in as a late replacement for the USA in the event and...
07:04 PM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: Indian women's hockey coach CR Kumar feels "there is still room for improvement," even though his team beat Canada comprehensively 4-1 in their second Olympic qualifier here on Sunday. "It was a good performance from the girls. 4-1 is a good score-line for the team. I was particularly happy with the professionalism of the girls." "We played more passes and there was good penetration in their attacking third....
09:11 PM, Feb 19, 2012
New Delhi: Indian women hit the straps in their second game of the Olympic qualifiers for hockey by beating Canada with a comfortable margin of 4-1 here at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Sunday. The partisan crowd enjoyed an attacking display by the Indian team that scored three goals in the first half to deflate their opponents. The hosts scored another goal in the second half to secure...
07:47 PM, Feb 19, 2012
New Delhi: In more trouble for the UPA government, an India-born Canadian has claimed that he paid Union Minister Praful Patel $ 250,000 as bribe in 2007. Nazir Karigar claimed that the bribe was paid to help Canadian firm Crypto Metric strike a $100-million deal with Air India for a facial recognition security system. However, the deal never came through. Praful Patel, who was the Civil Aviation Minister then, has...
09:26 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Kingston: Three members of an Afghan Canadian family were found guilty of the 'honor killing' of three siblings and a fourth relative on Sunday after a high-profile trial that has fascinated Canadians. A jury in Kingston, Ontario, found the three -- husband and wife Mohammad Shafia and Tooba Mohammad Yahya, and their eldest son Hamed Mohammad Shafia -- guilty of four counts of first-degree murder. Their victims were three of...
11:12 AM, Jan 30, 2012
Ottawa: The Canadian government, bowing to the power of Twitter and Facebook, said on Friday it would end a ban on reporting early election results before polls close across the country. The ban was intended to prevent the results from Eastern Canada influencing voters in the West, where polling booths stay open later. But the plethora of new communications tools made the rule impossible to police, and Elections Canada officials...
11:46 AM, Jan 14, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A Canadian delegation of law makers and businessmen on Wednesday held a meeting with Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy and his senior cabinet colleagues here and expressed interest in a mutually beneficial business tie-up. The Canadian delegation was led by Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism (Deputy Minister) Chungsen Leung and parliament member Daniel Joe, both from the ruling Conservative Party, and included businessmen who came scouting for opportunities. Speaking to...
05:23 PM, Jan 11, 2012
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