Hundreds of brave Torontonians took an icy dip into Lake Ontario to kick off the new year as the country remains locked in a deep freezen Wednesday. The event in Toronto is just one of many dips taking place across the country. One of the oldest and most established Polar Bear Dips takes place on […]
A severe deterioration in the condition of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since 2006, was reported by Israeli media outlets Wednesday. The 85-year-old leader has been kept on life support in a hospital in central Israel for the past eight years and apparently suffered kidney failure now which […]
As many as 8,868 people were killed due to widespread violence in Iraq in 2013, of them 759 dying in December alone, the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has revealed. A total of 661 civilians, including civilian police personnel, and 98 members of the Iraqi security forces, were killed in terrorist and violent acts […]
The body of a young engineer, who had gone missing from his village in Haryana’s Karnal district Dec 13, has been recovered from an irrigation canal and the death is suspected to be a case of “honour killing”, police said Wednesday. Police officials said that the family members of a girl from the same village […]
A former leader of the banned Babbar Khalsa terrorist group has been ordered to appear at an immigration hearing to decide whether he should be admissible into Canada. Gurmej Singh Gill arrived in Vancouver to visit relatives in late November and was to return to his home in the British city of Birmingham Dec 22. […]
India and Pakistan Wednesday exchanged lists of their nuclear installations and facilities as also one listing the names of their nationals in each others’ jails. The list of nuclear installations and facilities is simultaneously exchanged by both countries on Jan 1 every year as part of the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear […]
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf Wednesday again failed to appear before a special court for a hearing in a high treason case against him, with his lawyers citing security threats. A three-member bench had summoned Musharraf to formally frame charges of high treason against him. However, his defence lawyers told the court that the former […]
IIT alumnus Arvind Kejriwal has shown the right intent. Now people have to wait and see if he can deliver on his promises, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, also an IIT graduate, said Wednesday. “He has shown the right intent. Let us see if he can deliver,” Parrikar told reporters at the Bharatiya Janata Party […]
New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson struck the fastest ODI century in 36 balls to guide the Black Caps to a massive 159-run win over the West Indies in the rain-curtailed third game of the five-match series against the West Indies at the Queenstown Events Centre here Wednesday. It took some time for the rain to […]
As a New Year gift to poor women in Kerala, the state government Wednesday launched a special lottery where the revenue will go to a fund that will provide a marriage aid of Rs.30,000 each to families of weaker sections. “This programme was announced in the last state budget and the entire revenue generated through […]