Coronavirus Cases Rising Rapidly In India Forcing The Country To Suspend Visas For Many Countries Till April 15

"All existing visas, except diplomatic, official, UN/International organisations, employment and project visas stand suspended till 15th April 2020. This will come into effect from 1200GMT on 13th Mar...

DISEASED SHIP: More Than 130 Indians On Coronavirus-Hit US Cruise Ship That Disembarked Monday

“We can confirm that there is one guest passenger and 131 team members from India aboard Grand Princess,” Princess Cruises, owner of the cruise-liner, said. The ship was carrying 2,421 passengers ...

BC Workers Facing Domestic Or Sexual Violence Will Be Able To Take Five Days Paid Leave From Work

With up to five days of paid leave from work per year, employees will be able to attend to their needs, or the needs of their dependent children or adults, without the worry of losing income from miss...

Indo-Canadian Man Returning To India after 22 Years Arrested For Immigration Fraud

Luck finally ran out for Roorh Ram, who was leading a comfortable life in Canada after migrating there in 1998 allegedly using fake documents to get a visa, as the CBI arrested him on his arrival at t...

BC Finance Minister Carole James Diagnosed With Parkinson’s Disease

“Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological disease. It’s not a disease that anyone wants. But it is not a terminal diagnosis. Symptoms generally develop slowly, and the progress of the disease v...

CRA Needs Volunteers To Lend A Hand At Tax Time

VANCOUVER - The Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) is celebrating 49 years of helping individuals prepare their income tax and benefit returns. CVITP volunt...

PRITI’S A BIG BULLY: Labour Calls For Britain’s Home Secretary Patel To Step Down As New “Bullying” Charges Emerge

The Cabinet Office inquiry was announced on Monday after the top civil servant in the Home Office, Philip Rutnam, resigned publicly, levelling a series of allegations against British home secretary Pr...

Women’s Day Exhibition To Honour Indo-British Spy Noor Inayat Khan

Noor Inayat Khan was the daught er of Indian Sufi saint Hazrat Inayat Khan and a descendant of the 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan.LONDON - A British Indian World War II spy, Noor Inayat Khan, h...

New BC Law To Ensure ICBC Surpluses Benefit Drivers And Not Be Used As General Revenue

"For many years, the old (Liberal) government treated ICBC like an ATM," said David Eby, Attorney General. "It raided ICBC's profits to the tune of $1.2 billion - seriously eroding ICBC's financial st...