Category: What’s Happening
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Hindus get first real temple in Arab world as Indian PM witnesses groundbreaking ceremony in Abu Dhabi
News East West Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday led the groundbreaking ceremony of the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi at an Indian community event at the Dubai Opera House. Though there are three Hindu temples in Dubai, they operate from rented commercial properties. This one will be the real temple with stone…
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Ritesh Batra to direct Elisabeth Moss in film on JFK’s sister
News East West Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra, whose debut feature film The Lunchbox featuring Nimrat Kaur and Irrfan Khan, received TIFF’s Film Circuit People’s Choice Award, will now direct A Letter From Rosemary Kennedy. The film’s powerful script tells the life of the elder sister of President John F Kennedy. In the tragic Kennedy family,…
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Female teacher charged for sexual relations with teen student in York school
The Canadian Bazaar TORONTO: A 28-year-old woman teacher in a York Region Catholic School has been charged with involvement in sexual relations with a male teenage student. York Regional Police received information on January 26 that Marianna Riossi from Vaughan, who is an occasional supply teacher, had developed sexual relations with a male student at…
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#Metoo engulfs rising Indian poetry star Shamir Reuben as he is accused of seeking nude photos from underage girls
News East West MUMBAI: The #Metoo movement has engulfed India’s up-and-coming poetry star Shamir Reuben. The 23-year-old poet has been accused by multiple women of graphic sexual texting. He has been accused of asking underage girls to send him nude photos. The latest to level allegations of sexual misconduct is Mumbai student Sakina Bootwala, 19,…