Category: What’s Happening
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Washington Sikhs clean up river to mark 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak
WASHINGTON DC: Volunteers of EcoSikh from all over the Washington area cleaned the Kingman Island’s trash and harmful waste on March 30. The clean-up effort was part of Sikh Environment Day and celebrations of the 550th birth-anniversary of Sikh founder Guru Nanak. They collected over 50 bags of trash which included plastic bags, bottles, lids, covers,…
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Man who changed India by unleashing Hindu right-wing nationalism bows out
It’s curtains for India’s senior-most politician Lal Krishna Advani, who changed the contours of the country’s politics by undertaking his Ram Rath Yatra in 1990. The 91-year-old Advani, who has become the senior-most MP ever in India’s history, will not be contesting the upcoming general election. Advani, who served as India’s deputy prime minister under…
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Czech model Tereza Hluskova jailed in Pakistan for working as `heroin mule’
A Czech model, who was probably working as a `heroin mule’ for some international gangs and caught at Pakistan’s Lahore airport with nine kg of heroin last year, has been jailed for almost nine years by a court in Lahore. Sentencing her to eight years and eight months, the judge also fined her Pakistani rupees…
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Kuldeep Sharma-owned Crown Group of Hotels acquires Holiday Inn in Ottawa
MISSISSAUGA: Mississauga-based Crown Group of Hotels, which owns and operates top global brands such as Marriott, Hilton, Choice, etc., has now expanded into Ottawa with the acquisition of Holiday Inn Ottawa East located at 1199 Joseph Cyr Street in the national capital. The Crown Group of Hotels is run by Mr Kuldeep Sharma, as its President…