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Brampton feels like a gamble now: As Canada dream gets costlier, Punjab youth look to UK, NZ, Dubai

A tighter Canadian policy on student visas has impacted immigration companies and agents as well even as the Punjab Police continue to crack down on agents over widespread fraud.

Secret tokens, semi trucks: How ‘king’ Guramrit Sidhu moved $17mn worth of cocaine, meth into Canada

Guramrit Sidhu trafficked $17mn worth of drugs from Mexico to Canada via the US. On Thursday, he pled guilty in a US federal court.

Canada intel ‘still working’ on interference issue with India even as Ottawa indicates easing concerns

Canada’s intelligence agency stopped short of contradicting Ottawa’s position ahead of PM Mark Carney’s visit, that India was not engaging in such activities. 

‘Not a random act of violence’—Canada Police probe YouTuber’s murder, threats & videos under scanner

Hailing from Punjab, Nancy Grewal, 45, was stabbed Tuesday night at her residence in Windsor, Ontario. She was a vocal critic of Sikh separatists.

‘No Indian role in extortion cases,’ says British Columbia premier as India-Canada thaw pushes ahead

David Eby, Premier of the Canadian province,was one of the first to call for the Bishnoi gang to be designated as a terrorist entity last year.

Canada moves to revoke 26/11 ‘mastermind’ Tahawwur Rana’s citizenship ahead of PM Carney’s India visit

As PM Carney prepares to visit, immigration officials have begun process of revoking Tahawwur Rana's citizenship for making false claims while applying for citizenship in 2000.

OpenAI flagged & banned Canada suspect 8 months before mass shooting, didn’t alert police

The AI company said suspected killer Jesse Van Rootselaar’s account was flagged about 8 months earlier by systems that scan for misuse, including potential furthering of violent activities.

To win over Asia, Canada needs more than nice speeches

Ottawa is stepping up its courtship of the region. The campaign was readily apparent in Singapore last week with a conference devoted to stronger ties with Southeast Asia.

Alberta’s separatist movement is back. Why Canada is worried over its US outreach

Representatives of Alberta Prosperity Project that advocates for independence have reportedly met with Trump administration officials, sparking alarm in Ottawa.

Rules-based world order is fading—Canada PM Carney’s full speech in Davos amid Trump’s Greenland push

'There is a strong tendency for countries to go along to get along, to accommodate, to avoid trouble, to hope that compliance will buy safety. Well, it won’t’, the Canadian PM said.

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.