The Canadian Parvasi - Issue 03

The International News Weekly COMMUNITY
July 14, 2017 | Toronto 02
NEWS
Two Indo-Canadian youths
arrested for robbing taxi
driver in Brampton
The Canadian Parvasi
BRAMPTON: Two Indo-Canadian young men have
been arrested for robbing a taxi driver.
Gurjit Sohal, 19, and Parwinder Sohal, 21, both of
Brampton have been charged with robbing the taxi
driver of his cell phone.
The incident happened in the area of Airport Road
and Queen
Street East
in the early
hours on Sunday
when the
two accused
hired a taxi
to drop them
home from
a local banquet hall. The accused reportedly asked
the 40-year-old taxi driver to give them his cell phone
so that they could make a call. When they refused to
return the cell phone, the driver stopped the vehicle
and three of them got out of the taxi. The two accused
punched the driver multiple times and fled with his
cell phone. Police later arrested them and the victim
was taken to hospital.
Gujarati man visiting
Canada killed in road
accident in Mississauga
Over 2,000 attend Liberals’
Community Appreciation Barbeque
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BRAMPTON: Over 2,000
residents joined Liberal
leaders for the Second
Annual Community Appreciation
Barbeque in
Chinguacousy Park on
July 8.
Hosted by four Brampton
Liberal associations to
reconnect with community
members, the barbeque
was attended by Minister
Navdeep Bains as special
guest and MPs Sonia Sidhu,
Kamal Khera, Ruby
Sahota and Raj Grewal.
Minister Bains and
MPs thanked theirsupporters,
volunteers, staff
and their respective
Brampton Liberal riding
associations for their
time and energy to keep
the Liberal flag waving in
Brampton.
The MPs told community
members that while
they represent different
parts of Brampton, they
work as one team to serve
the people of the city.
They urged the residents
to reach out to them for
their problems.
Coming just a week after
July 1 celebrations of
Canada's 150th anniversary,
the barbeque continued
the festivities also
to celebrate the 35th anniversary
of the Charter of
Rights and Freedoms.
Reception for former Indian Consul General Preeti Saran
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TORONTO: The Indo-
Canada Chamber of Commerce
(ICCC) and the Indian
Consulate General
here jointly hosted a reception
for Preeti Saran,
Secretary (East) in the
Ministry of External Affairs
in New Delhi, on her
visit to Canada on July 10.
Preeti, who served
as India’s consul general
in Toronto for five years
from 2008 onwards before
she was appointed India's
ambassador to Vietnam,
was accompanied by
Munu Mahawar, Joint
Secretary (Americas Division)
in the Ministry of
External Affairs.
Welcoming Preeti Saran,
Indian Consul General
Dinesh Bhatia said
the Indian government
is committed to strengthening
bilateral economic
ties with Canada.
ICCC board members
- Devika Penekelapati,
Pappur Shankar, Kanwar
Dhanjal, and Abu Becker
- were present at the reception
along with some
past presidents, advisory
board members and members
of the ICCC.
ICCC president Arun
Srivastava welcomed the
guests and said the chamber
is working very closely
with the Indian Consulate
General to promote
Canada-India ties.
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MISSISSAUGA: An elderly Gujarati man from India
visiting his family here was killed in a road accident
on Sunday.
According to police, Harshadrai Patel, 64, who was
visiting his relatives here, was killed when a Toyota
Sienna in which he was travelling with others was hit
by a Jeep Cherokee in the early hours of Sunday.
The collision happened in the city’s intersection of
Torbram Road and Reena Road.
Patel was rushed to hospital where he succumbed
to his injuries. Two other persons who were travelling
with Patel suffered injuries.
The driver of the Jeep sped away from the scene,
but he lost control of his vehicle and hit a street light
pole at some distance from the scene. He was arrested
when he tried to flee. Police found that he was driving
under the influence of liquor. Some drugs were also
found from his possession.
The accused has been identified as Justin Edwin,
26, from Caledon.
He has been slapped with multiple charges, including
causing death due to criminal negligence, excess
blood alcohol, and failing to remain at the scene of the
accident.
Over 200 golfers to
participate in Royal
Punjabi Cup on July 25
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MILTON: The Punjabi
Golfers Association will
host its annual Royal Punjabi
Cup at the Glencairn
Golf Club on July 25.
The Punjabi Golfers
Association has organized
both competitive and recreational
tournaments for
more than a decade with a
view to promoting the game
in the Punjabi community
in the spirit of `seva.’
Thanks to the golfers,
sponsors and its supporters,
the Royal Punjabi Cup
last year raised more than
$50,000 for charities, with
$35,000 going to the Seva
Food Bank in Malton.
With the participation
of over 200 high-profile
golfers, the Royal Punjabi
Cup this year will be even
bigger, with all 27 holes at
the Glencairn Golf Course
in use throughout the day.
You can register for this
event at www.punjabigolfers.com.
2 Brampton Sikh students
achieve rare distinction
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BRAMPTON: Two Brampton
Sikh students are among
four Indian-origin graduates
to pass out of Central
Peel Secondary School with
100 percent marks.
Aman Brar and Gurleen
Kaloty, along with Vishvam
Mazumdar and Vishwa
Sheth, have achieved this
rare distinction. They all
will now join the University
of Waterloo for engineering
courses.
While Kaloty will pursue
mechanical engineering,
Brar has opted for computer
engineering.
All the four were together
at Central Peel Secondary
School.
Though friends, they
were very competitive and
took math, computer science,
physics and chemistry
classes together.
"Now that we're heading
to Waterloo, it's just
amazing to see that we'll
be able to be friends for another
five or more years,"
Gurleen told the Brampton
Guardian.
Gurleen Kaloty
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