Shabana Azmi injured in a car accident on Mumbai-Pune Expressway
Actor Shabana Azmi suffered several injuries after her car met with an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Saturday afternoon. According to the Khalapur police, the incident occurred around 4 p.m. when Ms. Azmi was heading to Khandala, just before the toll plaza in Khalapur, Raigad. The police said her husband, writer and poet Javed […]
Snow cancels hundreds of flights
Snow moved into the Chicago area Friday afternoon, leading to potentially slick roads during the evening rush hour. Accumulating snow, freezing rain, sleet and more snow were all expected in different parts of the region, but where you live will determine what you see and when. A winter weather advisory was issued for several Chicago-area counties as […]
Nirbhaya Case: Feb 1 Hanging Unlikely If Convicts File Curative, Mercy Petition
Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora on Friday issued fresh death warrants against the four convicts in the case after being informed by Tihar Jail authorities that the mercy plea of convict Mukesh has been dismissed by India’s president. Public Prosecutor Irfan Ahmed had earlier in the day moved a fresh application seeking issuance of […]
Days before Grammys, academy shakes up leadership over ‘allegation of misconduct’
The organizers of the Grammy Awards have placed their president and chief executive, Deborah Dugan, on leave because of an “allegation of misconduct” they said in a statement, noting that the Jan. 26 show would go on as planned with an interim head. The Recording Academy, whose members choose the annual winners of the esteemed […]
Rosie Gabrielle to perform Hajj next year after conversion to Islam
Canadian traveler Rosie Gabrielle, who converted to Islam last week has announced that she will perform Hajj/Umra next year. Responding to fan questions pouring in since she publicly announced her conversion, the vlogger said she was not going to change her name and also won’t stop touring on her bike. She added: “I will not […]
U.S. indicts 5 men suspected of aiding Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program
Washington: Five men have been indicted in the United States for allegedly running an international network that purchased US products for Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme. The five, who live outside the United States and have not been apprehended, were indicted by a grand jury in October, the Justice Department said. The indictment was unsealed on […]
Russia to get new prime minister after government resigns
MOSCOW: The Russian government has resigned after President Vladimir Putin’s annual State of the Nation address in which he suggested certain constitutional reforms, Prime Minister Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev announced on Wednesday. Medvedev added that the proposals would lead to significant revisions in the country’s balance of power and, therefore, “the government in its current form has […]
Canada to get access to recorders from downed plane in Iran
OTTAWA: Canadian investigators flying to Tehran on Monday will access the wreckage and black boxes from a Ukranian jetliner downed by a missile strike last week, officials said. “We don´t fully know what the scope of our investigation will be,” Transportation Safety Board (TSB) chair Kathy Fox told a press conference. However, she added, “there […]
Canada wants ´full clarity´ on shootdown: PM Justin Trudeau tells Iran
OTTAWA: A “furious” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau demanded Saturday that Iran provide Canada with “full clarity” on the shootdown near Tehran of a Ukrainian airliner that killed all 176 aboard, including dozens of Canadian citizens. Trudeau said he made the demand in a call with Iran´s President Hassan Rouhani, who admitted earlier Saturday that the […]
Knife attack by inmates wearing fake suicide vests treated as terrorism
LONDON: An assault on prison officers by two inmates wearing fake suicide belts at a maximum security jail is being treated as a terror attack, police said. One officer suffered stab wounds to his head, chest and face after he was attacked from behind by the prisoners armed with improvised bladed weapons. He and four […]
