Ritika Rohatgi Agrawal is charged with the capital murder of her 4-year-old son, who was found dead in their home in Sugar Land in Texas on Saturday, according to the Sugar Land Police Department. A Fort Bend County magistrate on Tuesday set the bond for Agarwal at USD 950,000. HOUSTON – A 36-year-old Indian-American mother […]
By Dr. Sushil Kaur The earth is burdened with millions of liars, Whose embers hath heated the Mother Earth, And she cries out with lamenting shrieks. Oh! Honesty is dying a slow death, Only liars fetch the worldly honour, For they hath power of wealth to play. When truth and lie start combating , The […]
The US, Italy, Spain, China and Germany are now the five most affected countries in terms of number of confirmed cases. The coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday infected is nearing 1 million people all over the world, with the global death toll nearing 50,000. The twin developments came as the total number of deaths in the […]
VICTORIA – BC Premier John Horgan and Anne Kang, Minister of Citizens’ Services and responsible for Multiculturalism, observed the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The two put out a joint statement this week: “Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, a day to stand together against those who seek […]
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday further support for small business impacted by the financial disaster brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Government of Canada said Friday that it is focused on helping Canadians and businesses through this tough economic time and will continue to protect the health and safety of […]
SANGRUR – The police have booked an NRI from New Zealand for marrying on Sunday as he allegedly did not complete the quarantine period of 14 days. He had reached India on March 10. The NRI, a native of the district’s Bimbri village, is absconding. Ramandeep Singh, SHO, Bhawanigarh police station, said: “We had asked […]
New Democrats are calling on the government to follow the lead of other countries and provide direct assistance to all and increase its wage subsidy to keep workers in their jobs. OTTAWA – On Monday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on the Liberal government to cut the administrative burden by providing direct assistance to everyone […]
JALANDHAR – With the support of both the Congress and the SAD, US-based NRI Kirpal Singh Sahota was today elected NRI Sabha president. A total of 363 NRIs cast their votes, of whom 260 voted for Sahota. Former president Jasvir Singh Shergill got 100 votes. Another former chief Pritam Singh Narangpuri, who had backed out […]
Police have identified the victim as Theepa Seevaratnam, of Toronto. Following an autopsy on Saturday, the cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the chest. Seevaratnam was fatally shot in Scarborough on Friday, March 13. TORONTO – Toronto police have identified the 38-year-old Indo-Canadian woman as the person who was fatally […]
Arinjay Banerjee, who is a postdoctoral researcher at McMaster University’s Institute for Infectious Disease Research and specialises in coronaviruses and in bats, said: “Now that we have isolated the SARS-CoV-2 virus, we can share this with other researchers and continue this teamwork. The more viruses that are made available in this way, the more we […]
