Like Europe, the U.S. sees Canada as both a terror target and an incubator of terrorist threats. It considers it unacceptable that its northern neighbour serves as a logistical, financial and recruitment hub for Islamist groups. However, Canada, unlike Europe, appears determined to avoid the conversation altogether, despite CSIS warning in its latest public report…
Motihari: As part of its ongoing crackdown on organised crime, particularly land mafias in East Champaran, Motihari police on Wednesday raided the hideout of an alleged land mafia in Chhatauni and seized cash, weapons, Nepali currency and land documents worth crores of rupees.Police also arrested a person during the operation, while the prime accused managed…
If Australia does not ramp up fire ant eradication efforts, the invasive species will cause billion-dollar economic impacts and the death of dozens of people and thousands of pets, a study has found. An Australia Institute report warns a spike in stings could cause an extra 620,000 medical visits and kill more than 30 people…
Warning: This story contains details of alleged murders. When Lavanya Chappa was allegedly murdered by her husband, her two children, aged 13 and seven, were in the house. “The last thing the boy said [to his grandfather] was ‘please come and take me’… in our language,” family friend Sri Lakshmi Thukral said. “[The family] are…
It is a chill morning on the banks of the Murray River as the Friends of Nyah-Vinifera Park (FONVP) protest camp wakes to greet the day. Protesters have spent the past 40 days blocking river access at the Nyah-Vinifera flood plain, 20 kilometres north-west of Swan Hill in northern Victoria, and say they do not…
Former India captain Rohit Sharma has reached London early to begin preparations for the upcoming three-ODI series against England, starting July 14 in Birmingham. TimesofIndia.com has learnt that Rohit has already had a couple of full-fledged sessions at local clubs in and around London with his close friends and local club bowlers.Slough Cricket Club, located…
Donna Gorman has been through chemotherapy, radiation and a double mastectomy but says it was the day-long trips to hospital that were most taxing. “It was a big drain on myself and my family and friends to have to do that every day,” Ms Gorman said. The 55-year-old had memorised every stop sign and pothole…
NDRF team engages in search operation Madikeri: A team of rescuers led by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Sunday recovered the bodies of two villagers who went missing in the Hemavathi River near Neergund village in Shanivarasanthe hobli, close to Kodagu-Hassan district border.Nagaraj and Shivaraj, residents of Neergund village in Kodlipet hobli, went…
Svetlana Maksimovic and her husband, Ljubisa Karovic, had just settled into a Ryanair flight last week when they heard a deafening bang. Seconds later Ms Maksimovic turned to see her 61-year-old husband being sucked through a dislodged cabin window. Greek authorities have described Saturday’s incident as rare. Mr Karovic, who was seated by the window…
One of the grandmothers of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont says police have a theory that she buried her grandson after an accident — an allegation she describes as “ludicrous”. Speaking publicly for the first time, Josie Murray told Seven News’s Spotlight program that police should instead investigate the possibility her grandson was abducted from the…