TAME YOUR DIWALI CELEBRATIONS: Bonnie Henry Says South Asian Community Hit Harder By COVID-19 And Must Take Precautions

B.C.'s top doctor says the province's South Asian community is getting COVID-19 at a higher rate than others and with Diwali hitting right in the centre of the second wave of rising cases, the communi...

South Asian Man Busted Trying To Drug Woman Companion In Mississauga Restaurant

Tariq Nawaz of Mississauga is now facing charges after he allegedly tried to drug a dinner partner at a restaurant last month. Nawaz was arrested and charged with administering a noxious substance and...

RAPE OF THE DALIT: Another Brutal Gang Rape Tears At The Soul Of India

By Jai Birdi, Chetna Association of CanadaThe tragic loss of Manisha, India’s daughter, a 19 year old teenager, has sent a shock wave across the globe. People had not yet forgotten the “Nirbhaya C...

Surrey Proclaims November 2020 As 1984 Sikh Genocide Remembrance Month

Councilor Jack Hundial Says Mayor Hogged The Proclamation Reading By Refusing To Let Sikh Councilors To Read It!The City of Surrey has declared the month of November as 1984 Sikh Genocide Remembrance ...

Biden Names Top Indo-American Doctor To Head His COVID-19 Taskforce

Vivek Murthy, who was the nation’s top doctor when Biden was vice president under President Barack Obama, was named as one of the co-chairs along with former Food and Drug Administration commissione...

COVIDIOT: Indo-Canadian Conspiracy Nut Mak Parhar Arrested For Breaking Quarantine Rules

On his Facebook page, Mak Parhar says he recently attended a flat-earth conference in South Carolina, an event called Flatoberfest 2020, and refused to self-isolate for two weeks once he returned home...

Sikh-Canadians Hold Vigil To Mark 36th Anniversary Of 1984 Massacre Of Sikhs

Members of the Sikh community held a vigil to mark the 36th anniversary of the 1984 massacre of Sikhs at Holland Park in Surrey in Canada on Sunday. They carried placards with slogans “1984 Never Fo...

Indo-American lawyer Becomes First South Asian Woman To Be Elected To New York State Assembly

Jennifer Rajkumar, a Stanford-educated lawyer and an immigrant rights advocate, will represent New York City in the New York State Assembly, representing the 38th Assembly district.NEW YORK - A 38-yea...

Punjabi Trucker Involved In Death Of Busload Of Hockey Players Fighting To Avoid Deportation To India

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to 29 counts of dangerous driving in the crash that killed 16 and injured 13 others. Sidhu’s i lawyer Michael Greene says Cana...