Sikh woman's murder in Canada still a mysteryOctober 12th, 2009 TORONTO - The murder of a young Sikh woman and three kids in a basement suite in Calgary last week remains a mystery. Twenty-seven-year-old Harsimrat Kahlon was found dead by her boyfriend Harnek Mahal.
Sikh woman, three kids found dead in Canadian cityOctober 8th, 2009 TORONTO - A young Sikh woman and three children were found dead under mysterious circumstances inside their apartment in Calgary city, police said Thursday. Calgary in Alberta province has the third largest concentration of the Punjabi community in Canada.
UK Sikh cop wins discrimination caseOctober 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A Brit Sikh police officer, who was told to remove his turban during training, has won his discrimination case. Police constable Gurmeal Singh, 31, is in line for a payout after being made to do the riot course while off work with stress, reports the Daily Express.
Sikh pilgrims in Lahore for Guru Nanak's death annivesarySeptember 22nd, 2009 LAHORE - A group of 379 Sikh devotees from India have arrived here for ceremonies to mark the 470th death anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, the world's youngest religion. The 'jatha', under the aegis of Sikh apex body Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC), will visit Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib situated in Narowal district of Pakistan's Punjab province, Geo TV reported.
Seven charged over Sikh landlord's murder in EnglandAugust 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Six men and a woman are being questioned for allegedly murdering a Sikh landlord, police said. Swinder Singh Batth, 47, was shot in the chest outside Gavin's Bar in Bilston, West Midlands on Tuesday night, the Daily Star reports.
Canada's Sikh woman MP faces accuser nanniesMay 13th, 2009 TORONTO - It was Indian-Canadian MP Ruby Dhalla versus her two accuser nannies before a parliamentary committee Tuesday. Dhalla's two former nannies, who have alleged exploitation at the Indian-origin MP's home in 2008, Tuesday said they were hired by Dhalla, not by her brother Neil, as claimed by the MP last week.
Nannygate: Indian Canadian MP wants to appear before House panelMay 12th, 2009 TORONTO - Indian-origin Canadian MP Ruby Dhalla, who is battling charges of exploitation by her three nannies, Monday sought permission from a parliamentary panel to appear before it even as her lawyer said 'she is just the victim'. The three Filipino nannies have publicly alleged that the family of the 35-year-old Sikh MP from the Indian-dominant Brampton-Springdale constituency here underpaid them and took away their passports.
No plot against Sikh woman MP: Canadian ministerMay 11th, 2009 TORONTO - Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney denied Sunday any political plot against Sikh woman MP Ruby Dhalla who has been accused of mistreatment by her three former nannies. Thirty-five-year-old former beauty queen, Dhalla has been the MP for the opposition Liberal Party from the Punjabi-dominated constituency of Brampton-Springdale on the outskirts of Toronto since 2004.
Canada confirms first flu deathMay 9th, 2009 TORONTO - Canada Friday confirmed its first death from the influenza H1N1 flu. Health officials said the swine flu was the cause of the death of a woman in Alberta province Thursday.
Police: Canadian woman kidnapped in Nigeria still believed heldApril 29th, 2009 Canadian woman kidnapped still being heldLAGOS, Nigeria — Security forces in Nigeria arrested a man for taking a Canadian woman hostage this month, but other kidnappers were still believed to be holding her, police said Wednesday. National police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu erroneously told The Associated Press earlier that the woman had been freed.
Police: Canadian woman kidnapped in Nigeria releasedApril 29th, 2009 Canadian woman kidnapped in Nigeria freedLAGOS, Nigeria — Police in Nigeria say a Canadian woman kidnapped this month in northern Nigeria has been released unharmed. National police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu says the woman was freed Wednesday in the northern city of Kaduna and no ransom was paid.
Canadian Sikh boy taken to court on kirpan assault chargeFebruary 9th, 2009 TORONTO - A 13-year-old Sikh boy, who is accused of 'assault' on his two classmates with his kirpan last September, has appeared in a Montreal court to face charges. The teen had allegedly taken out his kirpan and long hairpin during arguments with two white classmates during lunch hour outside their school in the town of LaSalle near Montreal last Sep 11.
Indian Canadian held drugging, raping woman in Toronto clubFebruary 7th, 2009 TORONTO - An Indian Canadian man surrendered before police Saturday after he was charged with drugging and raping a woman at a city nightclub two weeks ago. Thirty-two-year-old Jagdeep Chahal, a resident of Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto, had sexually assaulted the woman in the bathroom of the nightclub Jan 22.
Sikh woman at 60 becomes Canada's oldest motherFebruary 5th, 2009 TORONTO - A 60-year-old Sikh woman has become the oldest mother in Canada by giving birth to twin boys in Calgary city this week. Ranjit Hayer and her husband Jagir Hayer, who have been trying to have a baby for the past 40 years, finally became proud parents of the twins delivered Tuesday in a city hospital.
Canadian Sikh's killers still at large, search widenedDecember 22nd, 2008 TORONTO - Having failed to nab the killers of an elderly Sikh man near Calgary early this year, Canadian police have now widened their search for clues. The badly beaten and decapitated body of 70-year-old Pargat Singh Kahlon was found in February.
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