News By Vancouver Desi

Tracing the history of B.C.’s love affair with Bollywood over the last 60 years (w/ VIDEO)

LARISSA CAHUTE VANCOUVER DESI [caption id="attachment_561341" align="alignright" width="402"] Avtar Bains stands outside the Rio theatre, which used to be a Bollywood movie hub, ...

Voluptuous Veena Malik celebrated in photos as Zindagi 50-50 opens (gallery)

In honour of the release of  "Zindagi 50-50," the latest film from Pakistani actress Veena Malik, here is a photo gallery ...

New Delhi’s Dhobi Ghat continues tradition of washing clothes by hand (gallery)

Who needs washing machines? In New Delhi, India, located amongst the high-rises of the city's commercial centre, Connaught Place, the Devi Prasad Sadan ...

Actor Vijay Verma recounts shooting in the rain as ‘Monsoon Shootout’ hits Cannes

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS [caption id="attachment_560647" align="alignright" width="300"] Actor Vijay Verma attends the 'Monsoon Shootout' photocall during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival ...

Coroner rules out drug, alcohol impairment in crash that killed five Surrey family members

JENNIFER SALTMAN VANCOUVER DESI [caption id="attachment_560069" align="alignright" width="300"] Daniel Mark Gore, 46, was driving a minivan that ran a red light and collided ...

Sufi devotees worship, self-flagellate during death anniversary of saint (gallery)

Devotees attend an Urs festival, or death anniversary of a Sufi saint, at the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti ...

Cyclists to spread message of cultural diversity from Victoria to Abbotsford

LARISSA CAHUTE VANCOUVER DESI [caption id="attachment_557626" align="alignright" width="300"] For the third year in a row, the Cycling 4 Diversity team will head out, ...

Couple from B.C. found killed in their new home in Punjab, India

VANCOUVER DESI [caption id="attachment_557622" align="alignright" width="300"] Policemen search a building in Amritsar, Punjab in this May 19, 2010 file photo. In Ludhiana, ...

Doctors operate on baby in India whose head swelled to double its size (gallery)

VANCOUVER DESI Doctors have successfully carried out life-saving surgery on a baby in India suffering from a rare disorder that caused her ...

Langley mayor Peter Fassbender not moving to Surrey despite winning Surrey-Fleetwood seat

JACOB ZINN POSTMEDIA NEWS [caption id="attachment_556979" align="alignright" width="300"] Liberal supporters hoist Peter Fassbender on shoulders following his victory in the Surrey-Fleetwood riding ...

Man from India visiting family in Vancouver goes missing

*Update: Vijay Pokarna was found in East Vancouver Wednesday night* STEPHANIE IP VANCOUVER DESI [caption id="attachment_556527" align="alignright" width="188"] A 65-year-old who just arrived from ...

Double-amputee Nepalese-Canadian man inspires as he takes on Everest

LARISSA CAHUTE VANCOUVER DESI [caption id="attachment_556460" align="alignright" width="300"] Once Sudarshan Gautam, who now lives in Calgary, came to terms with his disability he ...

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