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Surrey Mayor calls for terror tag on Indian based Lawrence Bishnoi gang Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke has formally urged the Canadian federal government to designate the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and other violent transnational networks as terrorist organisations under Canadian law. In her statement, Locke described the Bishnoi gang as a transnational crime syndicate based in India but operating in Canada through local proxies. She said the gang is involved in murders, extortion, and threats targeting South Asian businesses in cities like Surrey, Brampton, and Calgary. Top Indian intelligence sources, while welcoming the move, told CNN-News18 that the Bishnoi gang has a global network of over 700 operatives. “The group uses encrypted messaging apps, cryptocurrency
laundering, and social media to coordinate threats and extortion. A number of businesses in Canada have reportedly paid money under fear of violence, with 10 major extortion cases reported in Surrey alone in the last six months," they said. Continued on Page 10...
Canada signs new security and defence partnership with Europe
Canada and the European Union opened a new era of transatlantic co-operation Monday by signing a security and defence partnership at a joint summit in Brussels. The agreement commits Canada and Europe to collaborating on defence and is a step toward Canada participating in the continent’s massive new defence procurement program, known as ReArm Europe. Prime Minister Mark Carney, who travelled to Brussels for the EU-Canada summit, is pursuing more options for defence procurement as Canada seeks to reduce its trade and security reliance on the United States. “We are going to build trading relationships with like-minded partners, reliable partners,” Carney told a news conference after the summit. “The future of trade does have this defence cooperation,” Carney added, saying that some NATO allies are pursuing “an allied industrial policy that will make us stronger. That’s the future of the trade, not a narrow discussion on tariffs.” Continued on Page 6...
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Filmmaker Mira Nair's son Zohran Mamdani wins New york primary Mamdani, son of renowned Indian filmmaker Mira Nair and Mahmood Mamdani, a Ugandan author of Indian ancestry, was declared victorious in the Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday night. “In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it's done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honoured to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City,” Mamdani said in a post on X. Mamdani was born in Kampla, Uganda, on October 18, 1991, and raised in New York City. He moved to New York with his parents when he was seven. His mother Mira Nair has won applause for films like ‘Monsoon Wedding’ and ‘Salaam Bombay!’. Mamdani, a state assemblyman from Queens and a democratic socialist running for Mayor, is married to Brooklyn- based Syrian-born artist Rama Duwaji.
Ottawa's foreign aid chief, Randeep Sarai, eyes red tape, visibility as Canada resists cutbacks The MP overseeing foreign aid says Canada Sarai, secretary of state for international must take a more efficient, more visible development, in his first major interview since approach to development and humanitarian taking on the role. Sarai said his top assistance to make the case for maintaining aid priorities in the job are to ensure Canadian aid dollars spending as the United States pulls back. are being spent efficiently and to give Canadians and "Those that are staying aid recipients a better idea the course need to be more of where the money goes. nimble and need to be more versatile," said Randeep Sarai (left) being sworn in Parliament Continued on Page 10...
Ceremonies held in major Canadian cities to mark 40th anniversary of Air India terrorist bombing A ceremony was held Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Air India attack, the
worst terrorist attack in Canadian history. On June 23, 1985, 329 people including 268 Canadian citizens, were killed by a terrorist bomb aboard an Air India Flight from Montreal. The wreckage landed 190 kilometres offshore of Cork, Ireland. An annual commemoration ceremony was held at the Air India monument at Dow’s Lake on Monday to mark the tragedy with victim’s families, friends and other community members remembering those lost. Continued on Page 6...
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