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5 Indian-origin people arrested in Canada on extortion charges

February 9, 2024

A specialised Canadian police task force has arrested five people, including two women, of Indian-origin for alleged extortion and firearm-related offences targeting the South Asian business community in the Greater Toronto area. The Peel Regional Police Extortion Investigative Task Force (EITF), with the support of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP),...

Karzai emphasises importance of Doha meeting amid ongoing crisis under Taliban rule

February 9, 2024

At a time when people in Afghanistan are grappling with economic woes under Taliban rule, the former President of the country, Hamid Karzai, has underscored the importance of the Doha meeting for Afghanistan and expressed hope for positive steps from global powers during the event, according to Khaama Press. Karzai...

‘Voting more important than internet’, says Commonwealth observer group head on Pakistan electoral process

February 9, 2024

As authorities in Pakistan suspended mobile services across the country on the polling day, Commonwealth Observers’ Group head Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Thursday said casting votes was more important than internet services. Pakistan on Thursday suspended cellular and internet services in several parts of the country, including major cities...

Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan casts vote through postal ballot

February 9, 2024

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and other political leaders who are currently incarcerated have cast their votes through a postal ballot from Adiala Jail, Pakistan-based Dawn reported, citing sources. People in Pakistan began voting on Thursday, with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and other leaders of the party,...

PTI-backed independents and PML(N) neck and neck in Pak polls

February 9, 2024

Jailed ex-premier Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party-backed independents were Thursday posing a tough challenge to candidates from three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s party in the crucial Punjab province, according to initial trends of the general elections marred by sporadic violence. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had deprived jailed...

Kenyan cult leader charged with killing 191 children

February 8, 2024

Kenyan Christian cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, along with 29 other suspects have been charged with murdering 191 children by the Malindi High Court, as reported by CNN. The bodies were exhumed from Shakahola forest in eastern Kenya last year where Mackenzie and his associates are accused of running a...

‘None of these candidates’ trounces Nikki Haley in Nevada

February 8, 2024

Indian-American presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has suffered an embarrassing defeat in Nevada’s nonbinding Republican primary to “none of these candidates,” in a contest that did not feature former US president and front-runner Donald Trump on the ballot. The primary carried little weight, because state Republicans opted to award their delegates...

Search underway for missing helicopter, 5 Marines en route to San Diego

February 8, 2024

Rescue teams are actively searching for a military helicopter with five Marines onboard after it was “reported overdue” en route from a base near Las Vegas to one in San Diego, CNN reported, citing a US Marine Corps spokesperson. “The Marines were flying a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Creech...

British Indian peer Baroness Shreela Flather passes away

February 8, 2024

Prominent British-Indian peer Shreela Flather passed away after a short illness in the UK on Tuesday. She was 89. Known for her elegant sarees in the House of Lords, the teacher and politician was a life peer as Baroness Flather of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire. As the Lifetime President...

Kazakhstan appoints Olzhas Bektenov new PM amid government reshuffle

February 8, 2024

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree appointing Olzhas Bektenov as the new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, The Astana Times reported, citing the Akorda press service. Bektenov, formerly the head of the President’s Executive Office since April of the previous year, assumed his new role following his relief from the...

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