New Delhi : India has cancelled the registration of nearly 9,000 charities for failing to declare details of donations from abroad, as New Delhi tightens surveillance on foreign-funded non-governmental organisations in the country.The crackdown comes days after the government suspended the licence of Greenpeace India and put U.S.-based Ford Foundation on a security watch list, […]
Chandigarh : At a time when farmer suicides have caught national attention, a minister in Haryana has said that farmers who commit suicide are “cowards” and implied that they don’t deserve the government’s support.”Suicide is a crime. According to Indian law, suicide is a crime. A person who commits suicide runs away from his responsibilities. […]
TORONTO, Canada (April 29, 2015)—Dressed in a plain black suit, blue shirt and striped tie, retired Toronto police chief Bill Blair stepped outside his comfort zone Sunday on his first day as a civilian and aspiring federal Liberal candidate.“Public safety was easy. Locking up the bad guys is a piece of cake,” he quipped after […]
SURREY, April 29 : Members of the Sikh community held a public forum Sunday to discuss the recent gun violence that has gripped Surrey and Delta for nearly two months.The Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib Society asked residents to voice their concerns and discuss ways to combat what has been described as a low-level gang war.The […]
SAN JOSE, California (April 29, 2015)—A California resident, Nirban Singh Bhatia has placed 8th in the nationwide Invest Write contest sponsored by SIFMA (Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association). Nirban Singh is a freshman at the Harker School in San Jose, California.The contest, as described by the Invest Write website is “an innovative national writing […]