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'Punjabis will never allow Khalistan in Punjab'

'Amritpal is the creation of journalists and the inaction of the government in Punjab.' IMAGE: Amritpal Singh (in orange shawl) surrounded by his followers. Photograph: PTI Photo "Almost half of......

Punjab CM to meet Canada's Trudeau; red carpet roll out for dignitary

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hold a meeting in Amritsar on February 21, officials said on Monday ending long-standing uncertainty. Chief......

Trudeau apologises for Canada's rejection of Komagata Maru migrant ship in 1914

Almost 102 years after Canada turned away over 376 migrants, mostly Sikhs from India, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has formally apologised in Parliament for the "great injustice" that happened due......

Canada to formally apologise for 1914 Komagata Maru tragedy

IMAGE: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in Baisakhi celebrations at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday. Photograph: Chris Wattie/Reuters Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on......

More ships with SL Tamils heading to Canada?

In the wake of the arrival of MV Sun Sea in Canada on August 12 with 492 Sri Lankan Tamils -- including 63 women, and 49 children, about half-a-dozen of them unaccompanied -- there are reports that......

The end of the immigration boom

The relatively free movement of labour across borders for the last few decades has generally had a positive impact on many countries because of the large remittances sent home by expatriates. In......

Why Deepa Mehta may not call Padma Lakshmi

Padma Lakshmi is back to alluring television watchers, now that the sixth season of Bravo's hit food reality show Top Chef is on air. But while the model, chef and bestselling cookbook writer is......

Re-living the Komagata Maru tragedy

Deepa Mehta's forthcoming feature film, Komagata Maru, starring Akshay Kumar, will also star newcomer Vinay Virmani, 23. A graduate of theLee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute of New York,......

Get ready to watch Midnight's Children

After having eluded half a dozen efforts over last two decades to make it into a film, Salman Rushdie's acclaimed novel Midnight's Children is getting a big push. Deepa Mehta will produce and......

Akshay in Deepa Mehta's next?

Deepa Mehta plans to make anambitious film on the 1914 Komagata Maru tragedy thatdemonstrated the racist policies of the then Canadian Government.Toronto-based Hamilton-Mehta Productions announced......

The Bapsi Sidhwa-Deepa Mehta connection

Eight years after Deepa Mehta turned Bapsi Sidhwa's novel Cracking India into an acclaimed film called Fire, and a few weeks after Sidhwa published the novel Water based on Mehta's award-winning......

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'Punjabis will never allow Khalistan in Punjab'

Punjab CM to meet Canada's Trudeau; red carpet roll out for dignitary

Trudeau apologises for Canada's rejection of Komagata Maru migrant ship in 1914

Canada to formally apologise for 1914 Komagata Maru tragedy

More ships with SL Tamils heading to Canada?

The end of the immigration boom

Why Deepa Mehta may not call Padma Lakshmi

Re-living the Komagata Maru tragedy

Get ready to watch Midnight's Children

Akshay in Deepa Mehta's next?

The Bapsi Sidhwa-Deepa Mehta connection

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