TORONTO: While Indian and Canada governments are locked in a diplomatic row, the thousands of international students mainly from India have applied for asylum in Canada after their work permits were not renewed by the Canadian authorities. More than 14000 asylum applications have been received by the Canada Immigration which is highest number in a year.

OTTAWA: Some 55,000 postal workers represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) went on a nationwide strike on Friday.

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday said that it will follow up its request with Canada for the extradition of gangster Arsh Singh Gill alias Arsh Dalla, who has been designated a proclaimed offender and a terrorist in the country, following reports of his arrest there.

MANSA: Delivering yet another blow to the Gangster-turned-Terrorist Arsh Dalla’s network in the state, Counter Intelligence (CI) Bathinda in a joint operation with Mansa Police have solved the Mansa grenade attack case with the arrest of key accused identified as Shimla Singh, who hurled the grenade at petrol pump on the directions of the former, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.

TORONTO: Arsh Dalla, a Khlaistani terrorist and close aide of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, has been arrested in Canada, the sources said. Dalla, a resident of Punjab's Moga, was taken into custody over a shootout in Canada on October 28. Indian security agencies have also received information that a shootout took place in Canada on 28 October in which Arsh Dalla was also present and he has been taken into custody.

TORONTO: Dean Shukra CEO of the Toronto based crypto trading platform Wonderfi Technologies was reportedly kidnapped from downtown area during rush hours and later released after a $1 million ransom was paid, the media reports here said.

CHANDIGARH: In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police apprehended two key operatives of Canada-based gangster Arsh Dalla who is involved in the murder of Gurpreet Singh Hari Nau in Faridkot, DGP Gaurav Yadav said on Sunday.

NEW DELHI: In a significant development having far-reaching implications for Indian students, Canada has announced the discontinuation of its Student Direct Stream (SDS) visa programme. The SDS is a key pathway for international students seeking permits for studies. It is said that the decision has come as part of the country's attempts to address "ongoing housing shortages and resource strain".

CHANDIGARH:  Punjab Youth Congress president Mohit Mohindra today held BJP leadership responsible for rising acrimony between India and Canada, harming the interests of millions of NRI and students mainly from Punjab. He described it a big diplomatic failure of India.

NEW DELHI: In the wake of the Canadian government's decision to block the social media platforms of Australian news outlet Australia Today, the organisation issued a statement on Friday, reiterating its commitment to delivering critical news and diverse perspectives to the public.

BRAMPTON, Canada: The Peel region police in has arrested a Hindu leader Ranendra Lal Banerjee for inciting violence during the clash between Khalistani protestors and nationalist Hindus outside the Hindu Sabha temple in Brampton on November 3.

TORONTO: Amid ongoing tension between India and Canada, the government of Canada has taken yet another step to overhaul its Visa police and decided to end the ten year Visa for visitors. This is also called multiple Visa.

SRINAGAR: Expressing concern over the escalation of tension between India and Canada the All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has demanded that the issue should be tackled at the local level and no religion or community should be dragged into the matter.

INDORE: Condemning the recent attacks on a Hindu temple in Canada's Brampton by pro-Khalistani supporters, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said that anti-national forces tried to create division within the Hindu community in Canada which includes the involvement of international forces as well.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Working President Balwinder Singh Bhunder today condemned incidents of violence outside religious places in Canada and appealed to people of Indian origin to defeat the conspiracies to divide them on communal lines even as he called upon the Canadian government to ensure all places of religious worship were secure from such acts of violence.

BATHINDA: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday condemned the incidents of violence in Canada and urged the Government of India to take up this matter with Canadian national government.

BRAMPTON: Over a thousand Canadian Hindus assembled outside the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton, Canada, on Monday evening (local time) to protest against the repeated attacks on Hindu temples in the country, a day after the temple was attacked by Khalistani extremists.

CANBERRA: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Tuesday expressed concern over the recent attack on a Hindu temple in Brampton, Canada, calling it "deeply concerning" during a press conference with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong at Parliament House, Canberra.

OTTAWA: The Peel Regional Police said on Monday that four people were arrested and a police officer was injured following several protests in Mississauga and Brampton last week, including one at a Hindu temple that turned violent.

OTTAWA: A Canadian police officer was suspended on Monday after a video went viral on social media showing him participating in a pro-Khalistan protest outside a Hindu temple in Brampton, media reports said, quoting authorities.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has strongly condemned the attack on a Hindu temple in Brampton, Canada, by members of a pro-Khalistani organization. AAP leader and Punjab government minister Aman Arora stated that the entire Punjab is shocked by this incident and that it deserves the utmost condemnation.

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday condemned the recent attack on Hindu devotees at a temple in Brampton by Khalistani extremists, saying that acts of violence are unacceptable in the country.

OTTAWA: A protest by Khalistani elements near the Hindu Sabha Temple in Brampton escalated into violence on Sunday, with attendees of the temple reportedly attacked.

CHANDIGARH: Union Minister of state Ravneet Singh Bittu today equated Canada with Pakistan and warned Canada that India has the capacity to hit back.

NEW DELHI: Terming it as "absurd and baseless", India on Saturday trashed allegations made by the Justin Trudeau-led government that linked Union Home Minister Amit Shah - the "latest Canadian target" - to the targeting of pro-Khalistan activists in Canada, emphasising that the "unfounded insinuations" are part of Ottawa's "conscious strategy" to discredit India.

NEW DELHI: Amid the diplomatic tiff between both nations, Canada has identified India as a threat to its cyber security for the first time. Canada said India is preparing a programme for espionage activities against other countries.

SEOUL: Defence ministers of South Korea and Canada condemned North Korea's troop deployment to Russia and discussed ways to enhance defence cooperation between their countries during a bilateral meeting in Ottawa, Seoul's defence ministry said on Saturday.

OTTAWA: More than half of human trafficking incidents in Canada were unsolved by police as the number of incidents increased since 2013.

BRAMPRON: The Peel Region Police in Ontario has arrested two doctors who worked together at a homeopathic clinic in Brampton. They are accused of sexually assaulting female patients several years ago.

VANCOUVER: Canadian Police have arrested one accused in the shooting case at singer AP Dhillon's residence in British Columbia, while another suspect remains at large.

CHANDIGARH: Amidst the India-Canada diplomatic rift, the Indian diaspora, mainly from Punjab, celebrated Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas across Canada in a traditional way.

OTTAWA: Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister David Morrison has confirmed that Indian Home Minister Amit Shah was one of those behind a campaign of intimidation and violence in Canada against Indo-Canadian citizens, viz Khalistan supporters. He disclosed to a committee of Canadian Parliament members that he was asked by a reporter of Washingtom Times about involvement of Amit Shah and he confirned the same to him.

OTTAWA: The speculations of early elections in Ontario are rife after the Premier Doug Ford today announced the Ontario government will be giving each taxpayer a $200 tax-free rebate.

OTTAWA: The Canadian federal government announced an immigration levels plan to pause population growth in the short term which will witness a population decline in 2025 and 2026.

OTTAWA: Canada PM Justin Trudeaou announced to lower immigration targets for next three year which may , future of Indian immigrants in jeopardy.

CHANDIGARH: Five persons were killed when a fast driven Fortuner SUV plunged into the canal after hitting protection wall near village Jageda (Dehlon) in Ludhiana district.

NEW DELHI: Canadian Minister of Trade and Export Development of the province of Saskatchewan Jeremy Harrison will be here from April 25-28, it was announced on Monday.

OTTAWA: Canadian Minister of National Defence, Anita Anand has announced that up to 150 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel could deploy to Poland on a humanitarian mission to support Ukrainian refugees.

OTTAWA: Canada has approved British drugmaker AstraZeneca's drug for the prevention of Covid-19 in immune compromised adults and children.

OTTAWA: Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly announced that Canada is imposing new sanctions on Russian defence sector.

NEW DELHI: Thanks to the successful negotiations between an Indian agency and the Canadian government, Indian banana and baby corn can now be exported there, officials said on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Thanks to the successful negotiations between an Indian agency and the Canadian government, Indian banana and baby corn can now be exported there, officials said on Saturday.

OTTAWA: Canada's unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 5.3 per cent in March, the lowest rate on record since comparable data became available in 1976, Statistics Canada has said.

AMRITSAR: Recognising the mutual benefits to be gained through a cooperative programme promoting scholarly activities and international understanding, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and the IC-IMPACTS (the India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Community Transformation and Sustainability) Canada, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here on Wednesday.

GURUGRAM: A fake call centre duping the US and Canada citizens was busted and 17 people were arrested in this connection from Udyog Vihar in Gurugram on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.

OTTAWA: The Canadian government on Wednesday formally gave the green light to the development of the Bay du Nord offshore oilfield, the first deep water mega project in the country.

OTTAWA: The National Advisory Committee on Immunisation (NACI) of Canada has recommended that the provinces and territories prepare for rapid deployment of second Covid-19 booster doses in the coming weeks.

OTTAWA: Canada's trade surplus with the US widened from 9.7 billion Canadian dollars ($7.8 billion) in January to 10.3 billion Canadian dollars ($8.3 billion) in February, the largest trade surplus with the US since December 2005 despite the trucker convoy blockages at some key border crossings, Statistics Canada said.

OTTAWA: Border measures eased in Canada on Friday as fully vaccinated travellers no longer need pre-arrival Covid-19 testing to enter the country either by land or air.

MUMBAI: Actors Tabu and Ali Fazal have headed to Canada for the final schedule of filmmaker Vishal Bharadwaj's upcoming film 'Khufiya'.

OTTAWA: The Canadian real gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.2 per cent in January, up for the eighth month in a row, and is expected to see a 0.8 per cent surge in February, Statistics Canada revealed.

TORONTO: Canada, which plans to admit a record 432,000 new immigrants in 2022, is on target to hit this mark as the country welcomed 108,000 newcomers in the first three months of the year.

OTTAWA: Canada is entering into the finalisation phase to purchase 88 F-35 fighter jets from the US government and Lockheed Martin, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced.

OTTAWA: Canada's four provinces have agreed to a joint plan for advancing small modular reactors (SMR) to reduce green house gas (GHG) emission, local media reported.

TORONTO: Canada men's football team qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals for only the second time ever with a 4-0 rout of Jamaica. The nation's only previous appearance in the tournament was 1986 in Mexico.

OTTAWA: The Canadian federal government announced it would provide an additional C$2 billion ($1.6 billion) one-time top-up to provinces and territories to reduce the backlog accumulated during the Covid-19 pandemic.

GURUGRAM: A team from the chief minister's flying squad, DLF Phase-2 police station and cyber crime police busted a fake call centre and arrested 24 people, including 10 women and the owner, during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has announced that it is bringing the new Apple Maps experience with detailed 3D buildings and enhanced navigation to Canada.

OTTAWA: Trade officials of Canada and the UK have announced they will proceed with negotiations toward a comprehensive bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).

OTTAWA: Canada has issued its inaugural 7.5-year green bond worth C$5 billion ($3 billion) this week, the Department of Finance announced.

OTTAWA: Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, has called for more people to get the booster dose against Covid-19 as the country has started easing restrictions, such as limits on social gatherings and mask mandates.

OTTAWA: Canadian Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino has announced that a new federal fund of 250 million Canadian dollars ($197 million) was set up to help stop gun violence.

OTTAWA: Employment and Social Development Canada announced the federal minimum wage will increase from C$15 to $15.55 per hour on April 1 in line with inflation hike.

TORONTO: Five Indian students in Canada have been killed in a highway collision in Canada's Ontario province.

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday mourned the demise of five Indian students who were killed in a road accident near Toronto, Canada.

OTTAWA: Canada's unemployment rate fell to 5.5 per cent in February 2022, lower than 5.7 per cent in February 2020 and similar to the record low of 5.4 per cent observed in May 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said.

NEW DELHI: The International Campaign for Tibet joined Tibetans and Tibet supporters at rallies and events around the world on Tibetan Uprising Day 2022.

OTTAWA: Covid-19 public health restrictions, including mask mandates, will continue being lifted across Canada in the coming weeks as Ontario's chief medical officer of health has confirmed that the province will drop its mask mandate on March 21.

AMRITSAR: FlyAmritsar Initiative has expressed gratitude to Canadian Member of Parliament Brad Vis (representing constituency of Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon in British Columbia) and Shadow Minister of Pacific Economic Development for tabling a petition in the Canadian parliament requesting the Government for proactively advocating about direct flights between Vancouver/Toronto to Amritsar in India.

OTTAWA: Canada's inflation rate surpassed 5 per cent for the first time since September 1991, rising 5.1 per cent on a year-over-year basis and up from a 4.8 per cent gain in December 2021, Statistics Canada said.

MOHALI: The Rayat Bahra University has tied up with Eton College in Canada to start courses where the students would spend two years at the Rayat Bahra University and two years at the university in Canada.

OTTAWA: Canadian Health Minister Patty Hajdu announced that the country is looking to ease some Covid-19 restrictions in stages, starting in early July.

TORONTO: Despite a ban on direct international flights from India by Canada to check the spread of the new Delta variant of Coronavirus, Indian passengers and students are still landing in Toronto and other airports.

TORONTO: A 64-year-old Punjabi man has been arrested for the alleged murder of his wife in Brampton city in the Toronto suburbs.

OTTAWA: The Canadian government lowered flags at half-mast to commemorate the deaths of 215 Indigenous children whose remains were found in a former residential school in Kamloops city last week.

OTTAWA: The remains of 215 indigenous children were discovered at a former residential school in Kamloops in western Canada, authorities said, adding an investigation into the matter has been launched.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police has arrested two activists of the Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), allegedly involved in several heinous crimes in the past less than one year, including the murder of a Dera Premi and firing on a priest. The two were acting on the directions of KTF’s Canada based chief, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose name incidentally figured in the list of Khalistani operatives that was handed over by Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, to Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, during the latter’s visit to India in 2018.

OTTAWA:The Canadian government has announced the extension of restrictions on inbound flights from India and Pakistan for another month until June 21.
Today, the Government of Canada is extending the temporary travel measures restricting entry into Canada by foreign nationals until June 21," said the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) in a statement on Friday.

OTTAWA: Canada reported 3,346 new cases of Covid-19 as of Friday afternoon, bringing the cumulative total to 1,350,785, including 25,152 deaths, according to CTV.
The Covid-19 activity is steadily declining in Canada. Compared to last week, there has been a 10 percent decrease in the number of people with Covid-19 being treated in hospitals each day, for a daily average of under 3,500, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.

OTTAWA:Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that restrictions along the country's border with the US against non-essential travel has been extended another month until June 21 to stem the spread of Covid-19.

TORONTO: The Government of Canada will invest approximately Canadian $1.3 million for two studies on vaccine safety and effectiveness in pregnant women.

TORONTO: The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC), along with 80-odd community bodies, launched its 'Oxygen for India marathon fundraiser to collect $2 million to send oxygen equipment to India, even as Ontario announced to send 2,000 more ventilators to the Covid-battered country.

OTTAWA: With the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic having devastating impacts in India, Canada has announced that it is sending up to 25,000 vials of Remdesivir and up to 350 ventilators from its National Emergency Strategic Stockpile to help respond to the critical situation across India.

OTTAWA: With the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic having devastating impacts in India, Canada has announced that it is sending up to 25,000 vials of Remdesivir and up to 350 ventilators from its National Emergency Strategic Stockpile to help respond to the critical situation across India.

TORONTO: Health Canada is set to pause the first batch of 300,000 Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 jabs after learning that a part of the vaccine was made in the same US plant where millions of doses were spoiled, the media reported.

OTTAWA: Canada has reported 7,145 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the cumulative total to 1,234,181 cases, including 24,300 deaths, according to CTV.Coronavirus variants now make up the majority of Canada's new Covid-19 cases, Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, said on Sunday, Xinhua reported

OTTAWA:The Canadian government has announced to provide help of 10 million Canadian dollars (About Rs 60 crore) to India to fight the situation that emerged following the outbreak of the worst Covid-19 wave.

OTTAWA: Canada's government said that it would temporarily bar passenger flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days starting on Thursday as part of stricter measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

TORONTO: An Indo-Canadian drug racket with links to the US and India has been busted with the arrest of over 30 persons.
Ten kg of cocaine, 8 kg of ketamine, 3 kg of heroin, 2.5 kg of opium, 48 firearms and $730,000 in Canadian currency have been seized under the 'Operation Cheetah'.

OTTAWA: Canada's cumulative Covid-19 cases surpassed 1,100,000 as of Friday, with the total hitting 1,103,067, including 22,532 deaths, according to CTV.

OTTAWA: Over the past week, there has been an increase of 33 per cent in daily case counts with an average of almost 8,100 new cases reported per day, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada on Tuesday.

OTTAWA: The rapid spread of more contagious Covid-19 variants is believed to have driven a devastating third wave in Canada.  As of Saturday afternoon, a total of 30,108 variant of concern cases have been reported across Canada, including 28,624 B.1.1.7 variants, 1,133 P.1 variants and 351 B.1.351 variants, according to CTV.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police in a joint operation with Himachal Pradesh Police arrested a close aide of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who played the prime role in the planning, execution as well as providing shelter to killers of Youth Congress leader “Gurlal Singh Bhalwan” on the directions of Lawrence Bishnoi and Canada based Goldy Brar.

OTTAWA: Covid-19 activity has been steadily increasing for several weeks, with a rising number and proportion of more contagious variants driving epidemic growth in many areas in Canada, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

OTTAWA: Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has recommended that the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine should not be used in adults under 55 years of age at this time, while rare cases of serious blood clots were being further probed.

NEW YORK: In a joint Trans-Atlantic operation, the US, Canada, Britain and the European Union have imposed sanctions against Chinese officials they say are responsible for the human rights abuses against the Uighur people and Beijing retaliated with counter-sanctions.

OTTAWA: Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam announced that the country is witnessing a steady increase in the number of new cases of Covid-19 variants.

RORONTO: Flights from New Delhi to Toronto are bringing in the largest number of international passengers testing positive for the novel coronavirus, according to data issued by Health Canada.

TORONTO: A Canadian public health authority has ordered retail and e-commerce behemoth Amazon to shut one of its fulfilment centres owing to an increase in Covid-19 caseloads.

OTTAWA: Canada's unemployment rate fell 1.2 percentage points to 8.2 per cent in February 2021, the lowest rate since March 2020, it was revealed.

OTTAWA: Canada's cumulative Covid-19 cases has surpassed 900,000, with the total hitting 901,129, including 22,389 deaths, according to CTV.Ontario, the most populous province with a population of more than 14 million, reported 1,371 new Covid-19 cases and 18 deaths on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the country still does not have a target date for first deliveries of the Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine because of manufacturing problems.

YUKON: A Canadian Sikh has gone viral, and not surprisingly it is bhangra that has made him a darling of social media.Gurdeep Pandhar, a native of Yukon, Canada, has been regularly posting videos of himself, dancing outdoors in the snow, amidst temperatures ranging between �20 and �25 degrees Celsius. His videos have inspired many, especially those who don't like excessive cold weather.

OTTAWA: Canada's tourism economy suffered unprecedented losses in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and is by far the most threatened sector in the country's economy, it was revealed.