India says it is easing a visa ban imposed on Canadian nationals more than a month ago after Canada alleged that India was involved in the assassination of a Sikh separatist in Canada. India says it will resume services for entry, business, medical and conference visas starting Thursday, a press release issued by the Indian High Commission in Ottawa on Wednesday said.
For the same reason people started using South Asian.sanjaykumar wrote: ↑27 Oct 2023 00:40 Why do Indians use the word Panjabi in reference to such reports? If you don’t want to use jatt Sikh, use non-Hindu panjabis.
Khalistanis derive their wealth and power from their land holdings and separatists like Akalis in India. Once you cut off their umbilical cord in the form of OCI cards and tourist visas expect the movement to die out in a generation. This step should've been taken a long time ago, India is too soft.Cyrano wrote: ↑25 Oct 2023 23:09 But the larger issue of Khalistani separatists and terrorists is still very much out there, not just in CA, but also in US, UK, AU etc and they aren't really affected by the current turn of events. And getting those identified terrorists jailed in those countries or here in Bharat and stamping out this movement altogether is the complete objective for GoI. This was a festering, somewhat low priority issue for a while, but Trudeau has given it enough blow up, and GoB must not take its foot off the neck.
https://people.com/all-about-matthew-pe ... on-7963901Matthew’s mother worked in journalism as a TV anchor in Canada and as a press secretary for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Matthew attended grade school with Pierre’s son, current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
In his memoir, Matthew recalled his frustration with being a “latchkey kid" during his mother's "stressful" tenure with the prime minister. “That's when the bad behavior started,” he wrote. “I got s----- grades, I started smoking, I beat up Pierre's son.”
The actor had previously recalled the time when he and his friends "beat up" Justin Trudeau during a 2017 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. "I think he was excelling in a sport that we weren't, so it was pure jealousy. And, you know, we beat him up," he told host Jimmy Kimmel.
FYI, my browser also doesn't allow me to connect to that newsportal article saying that the content at the URL is unsafe.The United States is aware of an online report blocked in Bangladesh that says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been asked by Washington to step down by November 3 or face the music.
“We are aware of this report by an online outlet that is blocked in Bangladesh," US Embassy spokesperson Bryan Schiller told journalists on Wednesday in a WhatsApp response.
He reiterated that the US was not taking sides or did not prefer one political party over others in Bangladesh.
"As Deputy Assistant Secretary Afreen Akhter said yesterday (Tuesday), the United States supports free, fair and peaceful elections in Bangladesh. Elections are not just about how they are conducted on election day, but about allowing space for civil society, the media and other stakeholders to engage freely in the democratic process.
"Additionally, as the State Department spokesperson, Ambassador Haas and others have said many times, we do not take sides or prefer one political party over others in Bangladesh. We want the people of Bangladesh to be able to choose their own leaders," read his statement when asked for comment.
The online news portal news.in, which is published from outside Bangladesh, disseminated a report headlined–according to its URL, since the report cannot be opened–"US ultimatum to Hasina, exit constitutionally by Nov 3 or face the music.”
IMO, exaggerated sense of self-importance.Months after a pro-Khalistan activist was shot and killed in Surrey, B.C., a Sikh activist was allegedly warned by law enforcement about threats to his life, according to a newly disclosed document.
The document, titled "duty to warn," is addressed to Gurmeet Singh Toor and was made public by pro-Khalistan activist group Sikhs For Justice.
Speaking through a translator, Toor confirmed to CBC News that Surrey RCMP and the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) came to his home and issued the warning at around 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 24. CBC News is working to confirm the veracity of the document with RCMP, but has not yet received a response.
"Police have determined by way of one or more investigative avenues that your life may be in peril," the document reads in part.
"At this time we are unable to provide you with specific details of the threat."
After a brief hiatus, Khalistani separatists in Canada have again put a price on the head of a senior Indian diplomat for his alleged complicity in the murder of terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. At the end of the second phase of the so-called Khalistan referendum on October 29, the banned Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) had declared $100,000 for the arrest of India’s High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma.
At the end of the “voting”, the gathering passed two resolutions calling for the arrest and prosecution of Verma for “conspiring and directing Nijjar’s assassination”. The SFJ also released a new map of “Khalistan”, which does not lay claim to any land in Pakistan and marks Delhi as the “national capital”.
Told ya so moment. They are like the dog's tail which cannot be straigtened.A_Gupta wrote: ↑01 Nov 2023 06:43 A respectable source:
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india ... ada-557964
After a brief hiatus, Khalistani separatists in Canada have again put a price on the head of a senior Indian diplomat for his alleged complicity in the murder of terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. At the end of the second phase of the so-called Khalistan referendum on October 29, the banned Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) had declared $100,000 for the arrest of India’s High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma.
At the end of the “voting”, the gathering passed two resolutions calling for the arrest and prosecution of Verma for “conspiring and directing Nijjar’s assassination”. The SFJ also released a new map of “Khalistan”, which does not lay claim to any land in Pakistan and marks Delhi as the “national capital”.
<link>Thank you ..for presenting e4507 to recognize #Hinduphobia in @OurCommons
and asking for Govt response. We look forward for Govt to give equal protection to all Canadian Hindus so that we feel safe and practice our faith. Please add #Hinduphobia in Anti-racism policy.
The OHRC's announcement itself seems to say the exact opposite:Amber G. wrote: ↑03 Nov 2023 06:25 ^^^
First
Ont Human Rights declined to add “caste” as a separate category and now this Hinduphobia petition is tabled too. Canadian Hindus setting an example in advocacy!<link>Thank you ..for presenting e4507 to recognize #Hinduphobia in @OurCommons
and asking for Govt response. We look forward for Govt to give equal protection to all Canadian Hindus so that we feel safe and practice our faith. Please add #Hinduphobia in Anti-racism policy.
The KEY part is (per lawyers) OHRC declined to add “caste” as a separate category.sanman wrote: ↑04 Nov 2023 16:28The OHRC's announcement itself seems to say the exact opposite:
https://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/news_centre/o ... rimination
(Like SB403 which was vetoed by California governor - No need to add "cast" as it is already covered under categories (like 'decent' social hierarchy etc)The OHRC believes that existing grounds in Ontario’s Code provide for the necessary protections to deal with any potential form of discrimination related to a person’s caste or descent.
...Caste is not a prescribed Code ground, and only the legislature can recognize a new ground...
not when it is crowd funded .. new toolkit !.. ostensibly from visa seeking punjabis facilitated by canadian intelligence ..it does look like Indian money routed around
(No ugly reference to Hindus and cast system as defined by likes of equality labs etc)...Caste is not a prescribed Code ground, and only the legislature can recognize a new ground. ... Human rights tribunals have found that caste-based discrimination is covered by human rights laws and can be challenged under one or more existing grounds. [ IOW //no new category needed ]
The OHRC takes the position that caste-based discrimination is an intersectional system of discrimination that can be covered under any combination of ancestry, creed, colour, race, ethnic origin, place of origin, family status, or possibly other grounds, under Ontario’s Code.