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
Jaipur: With recession affecting the world economy, people of Indian origin settled abroad are now evincing interest in returning to India where they feel the growth story lies. "I come from Canada where the recession has really affected the economy. A few of my friends are planning to make investment in the country," Kamal Singh, a real estate specialist in Canada attending the annual diaspora meet Pravasi Bharatiya Divas which...
11:29 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Toronto: A Canadian man who realised he forgot his passport as he approached the US border found a new way to gain entry - his iPad. Martin Reisch said Tuesday a slightly annoyed US border officer let him cross into the United States from Quebec after he presented a scanned copy of his passport on his Apple iPad. Reisch was a half hour from the border when he decided to...
01:49 PM, Jan 04, 2012
Pune: The Manchester Police have claimed a breakthrough in the murder of 23-year-old student Anuj Bidve with the arrest of one British national. A team of Manchester Police officials on Tuesday met Bidve's family in Pune. They also discussed details of the family's travel to Manchester. The family was briefed on the second post mortem that took place on Tuesday and also about the procedures involved in repatriating Bidve's body....
05:08 PM, Jan 03, 2012
New Delhi: It has been more than a week since Indian student Anuj Bidve was shot dead in the UK. One suspect who claims to be mentally unstable was charged with Bidve's murder, while four others were released on bail. On Monday, hundreds of locals joined Bidve's friend in a candle light vigil at the site where the 23-year old was killed. An impromptu memorial was also held at India...
10:01 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Toronto: An Indian student, working part time at a convenience store, was shot dead in the western Canadian city of Surrey, in a shocking Christmas Day attack. Alok Gupta, 27, had volunteered to work the afternoon shift to allow the store owners celebrate Christmas together, and was killed by an unidentified gunman. It is not yet clear whether Gupta was shot during a robbery attempt. Police is yet to make...
09:02 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Toronto: New Canadian citizens must remove any face coverings, such as the Islamic niqab or burqa, while they take the oath of citizenship, the country's immigration minister said on Monday. Jason Kenney said most Canadians have misgivings about Islamic face coverings and said new Canadians should take the oath in view of their fellow citizens. He said he has received complaints from lawmakers and citizenship judges who say it's difficult...
08:06 AM, Dec 13, 2011
Toronto: Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change on Monday, saying the accord won't help solve the climate crisis. It dealt a blow to the anti-global warming treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country. Environment Minister Peter Kent said that Canada is invoking its legal right to withdraw and said Kyoto doesn't represent the way forward for Canada or the world. Canada, joined...
07:51 AM, Dec 13, 2011
Ottawa: Canada will pull out of the Kyoto protocol on climate change, Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Monday, dealing a symbolic blow to the troubled global treaty. Canada will become the first country to formally withdraw from Kyoto, which it says is badly flawed because it does not cover all major emitters of greenhouse gasses, notably the United States and China. The news came as little surprise, especially since...
05:30 AM, Dec 13, 2011
It's not quite the Planet of the Apes. A painting monkey in Ontario is taking the Canadian art world by storm. ...
05:16 PM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: Central banks from six developed nations had to resort to coordinated action on November 30 to ensure that the European debt crisis did not fundamentally destablise the global financial system. Europe's rolling debt crisis continues to trouble economies and markets. To prevent a lack of liquidity in the global financial system, The US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the central banks of Canada, Britain, Japan and...
08:37 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Tehran: Iran dismissed a new wave of sanctions on Tuesday, saying the West's attempts to isolate its economy would only serve to unite Iranians behind their government's nuclear programme. The United States, Britain and Canada announced new measures against Iran's energy and financial sectors on Monday and France proposed "unprecedented" new sanctions, including freezing the assets of its central bank and suspending purchases of its oil. The news pushed benchmark...
12:27 AM, Nov 23, 2011
A Canadian urologist saw an image of a face in an ultrasound image of a testicular tumor. ...
10:02 AM, Nov 07, 2011
Perth: Bollywood seems to be slowly growing in popularity among world leaders and this was again evident today as Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird banged on Akshay Kumar to soothe nerves of India over travel advisories. Baird, who met with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on the sidelines of the CHOGM Foreign Ministers Meeting here, invoked the name of the film star to explain that the Canadian government had...
03:03 PM, Oct 27, 2011
The MEA has downplayed the travel warnings issued by the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, reassuring everyone that India's safe. ...
06:08 PM, Oct 25, 2011
New Delhi: The Government has decided to protest after five countries - The US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - have issued advisories against travel to India during the festive season for security reasons. The Government has protested saying such advisories are done to defame India. Minister of State for Tourism Subodh Kant Sahay said the matter will be taken up with appropriate authorities. The ostensible reason for the...
09:13 AM, Oct 25, 2011
The reason behind the disruption in the BlackBerry services in the last four days was a switch failure in the UK centre. ...
10:53 AM, Oct 13, 2011
Toronto: India offers huge scope for Canadian firms to participate in its $ 1 trillion infrastructure development plan, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said. "India expects 50 per cent of this investment to come from the private sector. These developments create major opportunities for both Canadian and Indian companies," Tharoor said while addressing the Canada-India Business Council (C-IBC) Diwali gala dinner attended by scores of corporates from two countries in...
09:16 AM, Oct 08, 2011
