An Indian national was among the two killed in a commercial survey plane crash in Canada’s Newfoundland province, the Consulate General of India in Toronto confirmed on Tuesday. The deceased Indian citizen, Gautam Santhosh, was a resident of Kerala. Both men were aboard a Piper Navajo twin-engine plane which crashed last Saturday evening near the…
A shooting at comedian-actor Kapil Sharma’s newly opened Kap’s Cafe in British Columbia (BC), Canada, late on Wednesday night has left the residents, including those of Indian-origin, deeply shaken and anxious. The incident has sparked growing calls for swift government action to prevent similar attacks. Reports of extortion attempts targeting the South Asian community in…
Well-known Indian-origin news anchor Travis Dhanraj has resigned from Canada’s national broadcaster, CBC News, accusing the channel of sidelining and silencing him, and of editorial imbalance. He plans to sue CBC, which has denied all the allegations. The 42-year-old said he was left with no option but to resign after raising concerns about limited diversity…
Canada has taken a U-turn on its welcome all policy in the past year. Now, it has seen a sharp rise in hate crimes against South Asian communities. The use of hate-filled slurs directed mainly against Indian-origin people rose by 1,350% between 2019 and 2023, according to a UK-based think tank. According to The Institute…
India-born Professor Mahesh Chandra Sharma, who lost four family members in the Kanishka tragedy in 1985, was among 83 people who were given the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours in the country. Among the 329 lives lost in what is still considered the deadliest terrorist attack in Canadian history were…
Gunshots were fired at a trucking business in Surrey, British Columbia, linked to slain Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The business owner, Raghbir Singh Nijjar, Nijjar’s cousin, alleged that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was behind the attack. There were two rounds of firing at Raghbir’s business within a day. Earlier on Wednesday, suspects tried to…
Several Indo-Canadians were arrested by Canada’s Peel Regional Police (PRP) on June 6 in connection with the seizure of 479 kg of cocaine worth CAD $50 million (approximately Rs 299.3 crore). A total of nine people, which included several individuals of Indian descent, were arrested while they were trying to smuggle cocaine into the Greater…
Two 21-year-old Indian-origin men were arrested in connection with the murder of a 51-year-old Indo-Canadian businessman, Harjeet Dhadda, who was shot multiple times in a parking area in Mississauga, Ontario, on May 14. Dhadda, originally from Uttarakhand, had received multiple extortion threats, and his daughter blamed authorities for failing to prevent his killing. Peel Regional…
The mysterious death of a 21-year-old Indian student, Vanshika Saini, in Canada has left her family devastated and the Indian community shattered. Vanshika, who had left her accomodation on Friday, April 25, was found dead on a beach near her college in Ottawa on Monday. Her family in Punjab suspects foul play and is seeking…