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After paying CAD$32,000 in tuition for 2 years, Indian students in Canada were told they were not eligible for a post-graduation work permit

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After paying CAD$32,000 in tuition for 2 years, Indian students in Canada were told they were not eligible for a post-graduation work permit

Indian students protest in front of their university in Calgary, Canada after being denied a work permit by the government. Thousands of students, mostly Indians, enrolled in business management diploma courses offered by Portage College and the Canadian Institute of Osteopathic Medicine in Calgary are left in limbo because they did not obtain post-graduation work … Read more

Indian man who opened fire on AP Dhillon’s home tells Canadian immigration authorities: ‘Bishno gangs would kill me if I…’

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Indian man who opened fire on AP Dhillon's home tells Canadian immigration authorities: 'Bishno gangs would kill me if I...'

AP Dhillon’s house in Canada was attacked by Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang in 2024. Indian citizen Abjeet Singh Kingra convicted of ransom attack on Punjabi singer’s Victoria home AP Dylantold Canadian immigration authorities that he would be killed if he was sent back to India. Kingla said in his testimony that he did not know he … Read more

‘Where do you think I’m from?’ Indian man hits back at racist bullying in Canada, says everyone should talk back

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'Where do you think I'm from?' Indian man hits back at racist bullying in Canada, says everyone should talk back

Lovepreet Singh, an Indian-origin man, posted a video of how a Canadian woman asked him to “go back to India”. A video of an Indian man in Nova Scotia, Canada, violently resisting a racist attack by a woman has gone viral. The woman driving the car asked the man who recorded the video to return … Read more

Tim Hortons says it will hire 10,000 locals in Canada, resisting ‘Singh Hortons’ moniker

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Tim Hortons says it will hire 10,000 locals in Canada, resisting 'Singh Hortons' moniker

Tim Hortons says it will hire 10,000 locals in Canada after years of backlash for its reliance on foreign workers. Tim Hortons, which is nicknamed “Singh Hortons” and has relied primarily on a temporary foreign worker program for years, announced Monday that it has decided to scale back its foreign hires and pledged to hire … Read more

Four Indians in Canada were arrested for extortion and kidnapping. The police said they had never seen such a case.

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Four Indians in Canada were arrested for extortion and kidnapping. The police said they had never seen such a case.

Calgary police are looking for a fifth suspect, Gagandeep Singh, and have released his photo. A man is kidnapped, but he is not the target. The kidnappers took the man to his friend’s house, who was the real target. The first man was just a decoy to get the second man to come out of … Read more

‘I couldn’t see her’: Gulsimran Kaur’s mother burned to death in Canadian Walmart oven, glitch investigated

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'I couldn't see her': Gulsimran Kaur's mother burned to death in Canadian Walmart oven, glitch investigated

Eighteen months after the horrific accident shocked an Indian family in Canada, Mandip Kaur became the mother of a 19-year-old Gulsimran Kaur The woman who was burned to death in a Walmart oven breaks her silence to express displeasure with the investigation. Shortly after the tragedy, Halifax police ruled out anything suspicious. Now the Nova … Read more

‘No country gets a pass’: Anita Anand on whether Indian gangs are behind Canada’s extortion threat

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'No country gets a pass': Anita Anand on whether Indian gangs are behind Canada's extortion threat

No country will be given a pass, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand said after being asked if she believed Indian criminal gangs were behind the extortion threat in Canada. “I want to focus on the fact that no country has a pass when it comes to Canada’s internal safety and security,” the Indian-origin minister said. … Read more

Canadian academic Hamza Ahmed Khan reported missing in Pakistan; later arrested for social media posts

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Canadian academic Hamza Ahmed Khan reported missing in Pakistan; later arrested for social media posts

Hamza Ahmad Khan, a Pakistani-Canadian citizen and doctoral scholar at the University of Toronto, disappeared in Lahore on February 19. He had been living with friends since traveling to Pakistan on February 13. Subsequently, Pakistani media reports confirmed that Khan was arrested and appeared in court for a preliminary hearing and was sentenced to 14 … Read more

Indian-origin family plans to leave Canada after blackmail threats, firings; police yet to confirm Lawrence Bishnoi’s connection

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Indian-origin family plans to leave Canada after blackmail threats, firings; police yet to confirm Lawrence Bishnoi's connection

Extortion threats are driving Peel Region families to leave Canada as police services continue to work to better handle cases that cross provincial and international borders, Toronto City News reports. Damjit, an Indian man who was targeted by an extortion gang late last year, said police did not have enough resources to fight criminals. Dharmjit … Read more