Category: What’s Happening
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Pakistan gurdwara turned into police station, then soap factory
The popular Pakistan gurdwara during the pre-Partition period lies in Azad Jammu and Kashmir Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), a region most famous for being at the core of India and Pakistan’s differences, has much more to offer the world than just the wars fought over it. A team of archaeologists and research…
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Canadian leaders support January as Tamil Heritage Month
News East West TORONTO: Top Canadian leaders joined the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) for its seventh annual Thai Pongal gala dinner at the Hilton Toronto Markham Suites Conference Centre here last weekend. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Prime Minister’s Parliamentary Assistant and MP Paul Calandra, Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti, Ontario…
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CGI Toronto plans 1,000 focal points in Indo-Canadian community
CGI Toronto says the focal points will catalyze and guide flow of trade and investment, both ways, between India and Canada News East West TORONTO: Indo-Canadian in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) celebrated 65th Republic Day with a flag-hoisting ceremony and the singing of the National Anthem at the Indian mission here. After reading President…
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Indian martyr Udham Singh called himself `Mohamed Singh Azad’, not `Ram Mohamed Singh Azad’
News East West NEW DELHI: Indian martyr Udham Singh, who killed Jallianwalla Bagh mastermind Michael O’Dwyer in London in 1940, changed his name to Mohamed Singh Azad, not Ram Mohamed Singh Azad, says a report. It is often mentioned that the great martyr changed his name to `Ram Mohamed Singh Azad’. But new evidence shows…