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Well, this loser won't get his 72 virgins in heaven, but he will be treated like a virgin 72 times in prison...
In 2006, Sher went to Pakistan as part of an aid group sent to help out after an earthquake in Kashmir.
The man, who was arrested Friday, has not been charged with terrorism-related offenses. Instead, he appeared in court Saturday on domestic violence charges, was released on bail, then immediately rearrested and detained on a separate charge of uttering threats, according to his lawyer.
The man cannot be identified under a court-imposed publication ban, a standard condition of domestic violence hearings in Canada.
Police say the group is linked to an international terrorist cell plotting to make bombs and aid anti-coalition forces in Afghanistan, including at least three suspects outside Canada who remain at large.
France, according to Dosanjh, is violating European Union law by deliberately targeting the Roma Gypsies, who are believed to have origins in India and other countries of South Asia, and should therefore be openly condemned by the Canadian government.
Some critics have described the upcoming meeting as an "anti-Roma" gathering.
The Roma are a nomadic people whose ancestors are thought to have left north-west India at the beginning of the 11th century and scattered across Europe.
There are at least 400,000 Roma - or travelling people - living in France, who are part of long-established communities.
In addition, there are about 12,000 Roma from Bulgaria and Romania, many of whom live in unauthorised camps in urban areas across the country, according the French Roma rights umbrella group FNASAT.
Unusually, the French have reached outside the EU by inviting Canada, which last year slapped visa restrictions on Czech nationals after a large number of Roma from the country applied for refugee status.
Glider threat in Canada daily
New Delhi, Sept. 2: Home secretary G.K. Pillai has said the Lashkar-e-Toiba has bought 150 paragliders from China and Gulf countries in recent months, which could be used to launch airborne attacks on Commonwealth Games venues and visiting athletes.
The home secretary’s comments to a Canadian newspaper, The Toronto Star, could not have come at a worse time for the Games Organising Committee, which is already swamped with questions from participating nations over the dengue situation in Delhi.
Pillai could not be contacted on Thursday to verify the statements attributed to him.
In its report, the newspaper has termed Pillai’s comments “remarkable”.
“A senior Indian official made the remarkable claim that Islamic militants from Pakistan have been buying up paragliders that could be used to launch airborne attacks on athletes, tourists and visiting politicians at the Games,” the report said.
“It’s very worrisome,” Pillai was quoted as telling the paper. Because paragliders don’t require a runway, “they could launch them from anywhere”.
Security forces are being advised of the threat and snipers would be prepared to shoot down unknown objects from the sky, Pillai said. He did not elaborate on what proof the government has about the glider purchases.
Yesterday, the US state department issued a travel advisory to its citizens, warning them about a possible terrorist strike in Delhi during the Games.
The travel alert that expires on November 15 has asked US citizens to monitor future travel alerts on safety and security issues in Delhi. However, the travel alert added: “The US government has no information on any specific threat of attack that any individual or group is planning to coincide with the Games.”
Australia had issued a similar advisory to its citizens on Tuesday.
But more than fears of a terror attack during the Games, most visiting athletes and tourists are concerned about the dengue scare.
At least 24 participating countries have inquired about the dengue situation, said sources in the organising committee. Some countries have asked their athletes not to take their families with them to India during the Games.
As many as 1,000 cases of dengue have been reported in the city.
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Canada's Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney Tuesday met Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi and sought India's cooperation to curb illegal migration by sharing information on "unscrupulous fraudsters" involved in the racket.
Mr Ravi intends to come forward with measures to put a check on the issue and we appreciate his approach," he said, adding that Canada "benefits" from the "large and growing" migration from India.
Kenney is on a three-day visit to India and as Punjab and Haryana are the states with maximum number of migrants to Canada, he will visit Chandigarh Thursday, the last day of his trip to India.
Huzoor for you LinkyCarl_T wrote:Has India ever built relations with Gypsy communities?
Indira Gandhiji wrote:Mr. Governor, Mr. Sait Balic, Mr. Rishi, distinguished guests and my Roma friends:
Welcome to the Roma people to Baro Than. Some of us have met before and some are new faces but all are here in the spirit of friendship. Why am I here? Because I feel a kinship with the Roma People. I have always admired their love of adventure, their closeness to nature and above all, their fortitude and resilience.
Eminent Roma from different countries are with us today and through this the festival will contribute to the strengthening of the already deep-rooted ties between Roma and their Indian fellow humans.
There are 15 million Roma spread the world over. Their history is one of sorrow and suffering. But it is also the story of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. the persecution which the Roma have faced so gallantly for nearly a thousand years, marked in our own days by Hitler's genocidal frenzy, makes them an example of courage and endurance. These qualities are associated with India, which they regard as their original home.
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It is apt that the Congress is being held here, for the Roma people have an affinity with the Punjab. Roma culture has imbibed and absorbed features of many lands and peoples and it retains memories of elements of Indian civilization. This internationalism has a particular value in our times.
India has also suffered the ignominy of servitude and the myriad ills which attend it but is now independent and resurgent. Its vast treasure of ancient wisdom is open to the world, a part of the common heritage of humankind. The roma represent some of this treasure. They are a living example of humankind's ability to overcome travail. We in India have always been proud of our great and unbroken cultural tradition. Can it now withstand the tremendous onslaught?
The Indian people support the effort of the Roma in enriching human culture. Theirs is an example of nationalism within internationalism, beyond prejudice where large heartedless thinks of all people as one big family, living in harmony, trust and peace.
My good wishes to your festival and for your stay in India.
Upre Roma! Roma Zindabad!! Sastipe!!
Colombo?Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010
TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating a break-in at the office of the Canadian Tamil Congress and the apparent theft of the names of the 492 Sri Lankan migrants smuggled to Canada last month aboard the MV Sun Sea.
India and Argentina have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in agriculture and allied sectors.
The MoU was signed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and his Argentine counterpart Julian Andres Dominguez at Buenos Aires during Pawar's recent visit to Argentina.
There are 14 Indian companies, which have invested about one billion dollars in IT, agrochemicals, steel, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics in Argentina. United Phosphorus and Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Ltd have invested 100 million dollars in Argentina in the production and export of agrochemicals and seeds.
Agricultural machinery is emerging as a new area of trade and collaboration. Mahindra, TAFE and Sonalika from India have started exporting their tractors to India. Sonalika plans to assemble their tractors in Argentina.
It would be appropriate for India to take up the Roma cause. One reason for this would be moral - they are after all descendants of our own. On a pragmatic level, they offer the opportunity for greater leverage in large parts of Europe.munna wrote:Huzoor for you LinkyCarl_T wrote:Has India ever built relations with Gypsy communities?
PM Indira Gandhi's address to second international Romani Conference in Chandigarh, 1983 (first one was also held in Chandigarh, I guess in 1978).Indira Gandhiji wrote:Mr. Governor, Mr. Sait Balic, Mr. Rishi, distinguished guests and my Roma friends:
Welcome to the Roma people to Baro Than. Some of us have met before and some are new faces but all are here in the spirit of friendship. Why am I here? Because I feel a kinship with the Roma People. I have always admired their love of adventure, their closeness to nature and above all, their fortitude and resilience.
Eminent Roma from different countries are with us today and through this the festival will contribute to the strengthening of the already deep-rooted ties between Roma and their Indian fellow humans.
There are 15 million Roma spread the world over. Their history is one of sorrow and suffering. But it is also the story of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. the persecution which the Roma have faced so gallantly for nearly a thousand years, marked in our own days by Hitler's genocidal frenzy, makes them an example of courage and endurance. These qualities are associated with India, which they regard as their original home.
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It is apt that the Congress is being held here, for the Roma people have an affinity with the Punjab. Roma culture has imbibed and absorbed features of many lands and peoples and it retains memories of elements of Indian civilization. This internationalism has a particular value in our times.
India has also suffered the ignominy of servitude and the myriad ills which attend it but is now independent and resurgent. Its vast treasure of ancient wisdom is open to the world, a part of the common heritage of humankind. The roma represent some of this treasure. They are a living example of humankind's ability to overcome travail. We in India have always been proud of our great and unbroken cultural tradition. Can it now withstand the tremendous onslaught?
The Indian people support the effort of the Roma in enriching human culture. Theirs is an example of nationalism within internationalism, beyond prejudice where large heartedless thinks of all people as one big family, living in harmony, trust and peace.
My good wishes to your festival and for your stay in India.
Upre Roma! Roma Zindabad!! Sastipe!!
India on Friday said it was ready to provide all possible assistance to filmmaker Vijay Kumar and clarified that Canada had said he had been questioned for want of documentation but not detained.
The ministry said the Consulate General of India in Vancouver was in touch with CBSA and Baldev Singh Sandhu, the attorney of Vijay Kumar.
The consulate has offered to provide all possible assistance to Vijay Kumar, the ministry said.
At least canadian consulate has come forward to help him. WTF was Indian consulate doing in US.'I have a valid visa and I got the option of voluntary departure from the US. I have a valid visa and hence I told them (Canadians) that you cannot deport me, I do not want to be deported,' he said.
'They told me I was under examination and they did not put me in jail. I was allowed to go to the hotel. They have seized my identity card and other legal documents. They told me that it would take another 2-3 days. I have been called every day and they have interrogated me in detail.'
Asked why he did not return to India immediately after his release from the Houston prison, he said he was afraid to return home.
Canadian trade minister Peter Van Loan yesterday exposed BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion's (RIM) deception that it does not possess access to BlackBerry's encrypted data.
Money talks clearly. we will have to make sure all berries in the world confirm to Indian standards or else the juice will be squeezed out of them.Loan said that in Canada, law enforcement agencies can intercept telephone calls, emails and text messages sent by BlackBerry smartphones after obtaining a warrant from the judge.
"My understanding is that India is seeking the same thing, and we believe RIM can arrive at a resolution on that basis," Loan said.
His statement however blows the veil of secrecy and web of deception in the Ontario-based RIM's claims to regulators in certain countries for years.
Now the two countries can't get enough of each other, Canada needing India more than India needing Canada. Which is why the Star is exploring India in every section of the paper today.
India, an emerging economic and geopolitical giant, might overtake China economically within two decades.Wooed by the world, it does need Canadian natural resources as well as capital and expertise for infrastructure.
Canada — besides recruiting skilled Indians as immigrants and using India for outsourced call centres — is keen to tap into India's booming $1.3 trillion economy (about the same as Canada's).
Canadian politicians and corporate leaders, who never used to return a phone call from India, now go on pilgrimages there and attend Indo-Canadian events to troll for votes and business.
Canada complains about CWG opening ceremonies
IANS, Oct 3, 2010, 09.20am IST
TORONTO: Having complained about every aspect of the Commonwealth Games and taking their reservations about India's ability to hold the show to ridiculous levels, Canada reportedly even expressed reluctance to join the opening ceremonies on Sunday. ………………
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India will join China in filling up Canadian stores with cheaper goods once New Delhi and Ottawa sign a free trade agreement to do away with many taxes and duties.
The prime ministers of the two countries announced the start of talks for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Seoul on Friday.
The two countries aim to push their trade more than three-fold from the current $4.2 billion in the next five years. While main Canadian exports to India include machinery, fertilizers, wood pulp and vegetables, Indian exports comprise garments, metals, precious stones and jewellery, and electrical equipment.
No wonder canada is keen to have India enagagedA free trade agreement is expected to add about $6 billion each to the economies of the two countries.
But more than anything,Canadian banks and insurance companies will benefit immensely from a free trade pact with one of the fastest growing economies in the world. as they want access to the south Asian market.
After the global meltdown triggered by the US which is Canada's main buyer, Ottawa is trying to lessen dependence on its big neighbour by signing free trade agreements with many other nations.
After Canada's ban on India after its 1974 and 1998 nuclear blasts, India-Canada relations have picked up after Ottawa reversed this policy by ending India's nuclear isolation at the Nucelar Suppliers' Group in 2008.
Apart from the nuke deal signed in June, Ottawa has also inked major agreements with India in mining, science and education and other fields.
http://content.cricketnirvana.com/news/ ... 8-312.htmlNew Delhi: The Canada Cricket Board (CCB) said the Indian High Commission is sitting on the visa applications of its four Pakistan-origin cricketers and it has affected their World Cup preparations.
CCB President Ranjit Saini said the application is lying with the Indian authorities for the last four months and due to non-clearance, these four cricketers could not go to India in November for a preparatory tour ahead of World Cup.
Saini said the other team members were issued visas but no decision has been taken yet on the applications of batsman Rizwan Cheema, all-rounder Umar Bhatti, paceman Khurran Chauhan and stumper Hamza Tareek.
Canada has pleaded with the International Cricket Council to help its three Pakistanborn players obtain visas to enter India for the World Cup, which gets underway Feb. 19.
Vice-captain Rizwan Cheema, Khurram Chohan and Hamza Tariq are still awaiting visas.
The delay has prompted Cricket Canada to demand the schedule, which has the team playing four of its six group games in India, be altered so matches are switched to co-hosts Bangladesh and Sri Lanka if the problem persists.
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