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OUR NORTH AMERICA |
| ‘Canada concealed
key Kanishka report’ |
IN an apparent bid to limit civil damages, Canada
had concealed a key report from the Indian government
on the 1985 Kanishka bombing, which suggested
that the plot was “planned and orchestrated”
entirely in the country, official documents showed.
The documents, produced by the Federal Department
of Justice for the Kanishka bombing inquiry, suggests
that the former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s
office, in 1985 and 1986.More
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| How progressive is the
NDP? |
Gurpreet
Singh
THE New Democrats
are often considered as a progressive alternative
to the Liberals and the Conservatives in Canadian
politics. That’s the reason why die hard
leftists with a limited choice in the political
spectrum of British Columbia would vote for the
NDP in the May 12 assembly election. However,
as the election date nears, leftists within the
South Asian community and the mainstream must
look into the range of issues that need to be
seriously addressed by the NDP.More |
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| Liberals win in British
Columbia elections |
FORMER West Vancouver police chief turned Liberal
Kash Heed is among is among six Liberals elected
in 11 Vancouver ridings. Five New Democrats won
the rest. Heed defeated New Democrat Gabriel Yiu
by more than 800 votes in the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview.
The riding had been held by Attorney-General Wally
Oppal, who left to run in Delta, where he resides.More |
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| Seven Indian candidates
in British Columbia parliament |
SEVEN Indian Canadians were elected to the 79-member
assembly in Canada's British Columbia province
Wednesday. The outgoing assembly had the same
number of Indian-origin legislators and most of
them retained their seats. Among those who were
elected was Wally Oppal, provincial attorney-general
and virtually number two in the cabinet.More |
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| American war mongering
and countless deaths in Iraq |
AMERICAN president Barak Hussein Obama is said
to be keen to withdraw from the war torn country
called Iraq. In the last six years, America and
its allies have brought ruin and destroyed the
social political and cultural fabric of once a
secular republic. It was all on false pretext.
It now occupies that country and exploits its
oil wealth.More |
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| ANALYSIS |
| The
curse of child labour and the world of economics |
Vinod Anand
ECONOMIC and social prescriptions are linked
both with micro and macro levels. The micro level
prescriptions include serious consideration of ecological,
feminist, and social concerns. They are linked not
only with markets and efficiency, but also with
the question of human well-being and how economic
and social activities can contribute to, or detract
from, well-being.More |
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| Afghanistan: NATO should
‘Come Clean’ on white phosphorus |
NATO forces in Afghanistan should immediately
release the results of their investigation into
a March 14, 2009, incident in which an 8-year-old
girl in Kapisa province was burned by white phosphorus
munitions, Human Rights Watch said today.More |
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| Sant Sujan Singh, the
classical musician |
Harjap
Singh Aujla
 BEFORE
I touch the subject of Sant Sujan Singh, a reference
to his spiritual guide and philosopher Sant Baba
Nand Singh will be essential who was a Sikh preacher
in a similar mode as Sant Isher Singh of Rarewala
was. Some other “Sants” had founded
parallel sects like “Nirankari” group,
but Sant Nand Singh always remained a Sikh preacher.More |
| Sri Lanka: it is hell
with media freedom |
AS the latest round of Asia’s longest-running
guerrilla war winds down, scores of journalists
here are experiencing intimidation and harassment
for being critical of the military campaign against
the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE).s.More |
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Supreme Court orders revoking of NSA against Varun
| 'US attacks thwarting peace efforts in Pak'
| Drugs worth Rs. 70 crore seized in Punjab at
Indo-Pak border | Sensex slumps on election outcome
uncertainty | Barca crush Bilbao to lift Kings
Cup
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| Supreme Court orders revoking
of NSA against Varun |
| In
what has come as a major embarrassment for the Mayawati
government, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the
revoking of the National Security Act (NSA) slapped
against BJP leader Varun Gandhi. The Supreme Court passed
the order, applicable with immediate effect, on the
petition moved by Varun seeking withdrawal of NSA against
him.More
Updated on May 15, 2009 at 01:00 p.m.
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- 'US attacks thwarting peace
efforts in Pak'More
- Drugs worth Rs. 70 crore
seized in Punjab at Indo-Pak borderMore
- Sensex slumps on election
outcome uncertaintyMore
- Barca crush Bilbao to lift
Kings CupMore
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| E D I T O R I
A L |
| The great Indian political
bazaar |
|  INDIA,
a multi cultural, multi national and multi lingual
reality is a multi political party reality also.
The election results would clearly demonstrate
this. This may make a stable government formation
at the national level a tough task. Television
networks came out with their exist polls [banned
till now] and projections on the last day of voting
on May 13. They talked about a fractured polity.More
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| FOCUS |
| India’s not so shining
democracy
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Gobind
Thukral
 A
group of 25 BBC journalists now on a cross-country
tour of India on a special train to cover the Lok
Sabha polls has an interesting graffiti “Will
Indian Voters Revive Voters’ Fortunes”.
It tells many stories about Indian democracy and
it’s relevant. These BBC reporters - representing
12 languages across 14 services include representatives
of BBC’s English, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali,
Chinese, Vietnamese, Burmese, Somali, Swahili, World
News, Arabic Television, Persian TV services as
well as BBC Internet.More |
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| America
and Europe dealing differently with recession |
| Sawraj
Singh writes from Washington
 THE
way America and Europe are dealing with the recession
is very different. Europe has not been affected as badly
as America has been. It is becoming quite clear that
in the long run the concepts of a utilitarian capitalist
system, a social well fare state and capitalism with
human face are superior to the American cut and dry
consumerist capitalism.More |
| Unstable Nepal heading
to a civil war |
| Dr Sawraj
Singh writes from Washington
 THE
Prime Minister Parchanda of Nepal has just resigned
and has decided to sit in the opposition. The Nepali
congress party and the United Communist Marxist Leninist
party have welcomed the resignation and are in the process
of forming a new government. Without naming India and
America, Parchanda left little doubt that this situation
was precipitated by their intervention “Foreign
intervention”.More |
| The cursed colonialism
continue |
| Professor
Vinod Anand
COLONIZATION is the act or the process of establishing
a colony or colonies like what had happened in the past.
It has two distinct connotations: de facto and de jure.
The first one means ‘concerning the fact’
or in practice by not necessarily obtained by law. The
second means ‘following the decree’ and
is created or developed without or contrary to regulation.More |
| FEATURES |
| Power of silence
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| Sonia
G Handa
 SILENCE
is being in the now of the moment. It is different
from just keeping quiet. A person may be sitting
quietly but his mind may be all cluttered up.
That is not silence. To relax ones mind and make
one’s thought process clearer, one has to
do some inward thinking, reflecting on life and
thoughts.More
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| India: Criminalisation
deters women candidates |
| Ranjit
Devraj
WHILE India's major political parties are pledged
to increase the space for women in the electoral process,
a major deterrent to female participation is the steady
criminalisation of politics in this country. ''Crime
and corruption are bigger deterrents to the entry of
women into politics than patriarchal attitudes or any
other factor,'' Madhu Kishwar, founder of Manushi Sangathan,
an organisation that works for women's rights, told
IPS in an interview.More |
| India
outsources consular services in Canada |
| IN order to make visa services
work faster, hassle-free and efficient, the Indian Consulate
in Canada has decided to outsource its consular services
under a new visa regime which will become functional
from May 22. “The government has decided to outsource
consular services in Canada.More |
| Wheat
brings glow to Punjab |
| Gobind
Thukral
 IN
Punjab, this year till May 12, a record total of 108.38
lakh tones of wheat had arrived and another record of
procuring 108.18 lakh tones were also established. Procurement
began from April 1 and continues smoothly.More
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| LAW & JUSTICE |
| Reservation in appointments
serve little purpose |
|  Joginder
Singh Toor
WHAT led to the insertion of sub clause 4 to Article
16 which provides equality in matters of employment
to all citizens, to any office under the State and prohibits
discrimination on the grounds of religion, race, caste,
sex, descent and place of birth?More |
| COMMENT |
| TAX havens and the business
lobby
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| LAST week, President Obama
announced a major offensive against businesses and wealthy
individuals who avoid U.S. taxes by parking cash overseas.
He plans to prevent corporations from claiming tax deductions
on overseas investments until they pay U.S. taxes on
their profits.More
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| 'Steep
rise' in Sri Lanka deaths |
|  ALTHOUGH
it is true that the claims and counter claims in any
war are difficult to verify, yet the information tickling
from Sri Lanka tells a horrible tale of death and destruction.
BBC last week quoted health officials At least 378 people
have been killed by fierce shelling from the Sri Lankan
army in just one day.More
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| GPS
innovator & educator receives top honour |
|  A
noted educator and internationally recognized authority
on satellite global positioning has been named Cal State
Fullerton's Outstanding Professor for 2009. Mohinder
Singh Grewal, Professor of Electrical Engineering and
a faculty member since 1975, was stunned on Wednesday,
May 6, 2009, when faculty members and administrators
led by California State University Fullerton (CSUF)
President, Milton A. Gordon, walked into a meeting about
satellite communications to present him with the award.More |
| Supreme
Court shows concern visa Vis genetically modified crops |
| INDIA'S apex court on April
30 directed the government to respond to the proposals
for setting up of an independent laboratory for carrying
out relevant health and bio-safety tests of genetically
modified (GM) crops and formation of a committee to
address the problems of regulation for ensuring safety
of GM crops.More |
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