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Canada Accuses Indian Prisoner Of Orchestrating Global Terror

Canada Accuses Indian Prisoner Of Orchestrating Global Terror

October 7, 2025 7:31 am

From a high-security Indian prison, Lawrence Bishnoi is accused of commanding a criminal network that stretches across continents — and now, of orchestrating terror acts from behind bars.

The 32-year-old, already notorious in India for extortion, murder, and gang violence, is serving time in Gujarat’s Sabarmati Jail. Yet authorities allege that Bishnoi continues to run his syndicate through smuggled smartphones and encrypted communication.

Once a feared gangster, Bishnoi has now been branded the face of a designated terrorist organization in Canada. Ottawa’s Public Safety Minister, Gary Anandasangaree, said on Monday that Bishnoi’s gang had targeted “specific communities for terror, violence …

Pakistan Deploys Army As India Warns Of Major Flood Risk

Pakistan Deploys Army As India Warns Of Major Flood Risk

August 27, 2025 1:08 pm

Pakistani authorities have deployed the army in northeastern Punjab province to aid in rescue and relief operations as the region grapples with a flood emergency triggered by heavy monsoon rains and the release of water from overflowing Indian dams.

New Delhi has already warned Islamabad of high inflows expected in the Sutlej, Ravi, and Chenab rivers, raising fears of worsening conditions in the days ahead.

According to an official notification, the deployment was made at the request of the Punjab government to assist the civil administration in evacuation and emergency measures. Troops have been stationed in Lahore, Okara, Faisalabad, Sialkot, …

30 migrant workers killed in India lockdown crashes

30 Migrant Workers Killed In India Lockdown Crashes

May 16, 2020 1:41 pm

At least 30 Indian migrant workers were killed Saturday in road accidents as they tried to return to their home villages during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, officials said.

The accidents, in central and northern India, were the latest involving some of the millions of labourers left stranded and jobless by the seven-week shutdown.

Scores have died in road and rail accidents and even from exhaustion walking home.

In the most deadly incident, a truck carrying about 40 labourers struck another vehicle also carrying workers and their families that was parked at a roadside cafe in Uttar Pradesh, local magistrate Abishek …

Indian Police Kill Rape-Murder Suspects

December 6, 2019 2:35 pm

Indian police on Friday shot dead four gang-rape and murder suspects, prompting celebrations but also accusations that they were extrajudicial executions.

The men, who had been in custody for a week over the latest rape case to shock India, were shot in the early hours during a re-enactment of the crime organised by police in Shadnagar, outside the southern city of Hyderabad.

“The police brought the accused to the crime spot as part of the investigation. The accused then started attacking the police with stones and sticks and then snatched the weapons and started firing,” police commissioner V.C. Sajjanar said.

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City

Indian Club Added To Manchester City Football Empire

November 28, 2019 4:22 pm

The owners of English Premier League champions Manchester City on Thursday made Mumbai City FC of India the eighth club in their global football empire.

Abu Dhabi-controlled City Football Group announced the takeover of the Indian side the day after a US equity fund pumped $500 million in new cash into CFG, taking its value to $4.8 billion.

On top of the English champions, CFG also own New York City FC, Melbourne City in Australia, Yokohama F Marinos in Japan, Sichuan Jiuniu in China, Spanish second division side Girona and Club Atletico Torque in Uruguay.

Analysts say the 65 percent …

DRDB

Nigeria, Indian Sign MoU To Produce IED Detectors

November 23, 2019 5:28 am

The Defence Research and Development Bureau (DRDB) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), India, to produce the Ramon Improvised Explosive Device (IED) materials detector with standoff at distance.

With the agreement, the DRDB is free to make use of the DRDO’s photonics laboratory in India to produce the IED detector, which in turn will be deployed to troops fighting the counter-insurgency war in the Northeast. The MoU was signed on behalf of the Federal government by the Director General, of the bureau, Air Vice Marshall Onyemaechi Osahor, and the Indian …

Fraud

6 Indian Students Jailed In U.S. Over Immigration Fraud

November 11, 2019 1:10 pm
A U.S. court has sentenced six of the eight Indians arrested in the Farmington University immigration fraud case, as per U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regulations.

The Indian students were arrested on charges of running a “Pay to Stay” visa racket wherein they were assisted hundreds of immigrants in illegally prolonging their stays in the US.

Six were arrested in Detroit, one in Florida and one in Virginia on orders of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division.

All eight defendants, from the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in India, pleaded guilty, Khaalid …

Indian Town Anxiously Awaits Landmark Babri Mosque Verdict

November 7, 2019 3:36 pm

Ayodhya, India – Ayodhya and its twin city Faizabad in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) are in a state of heightened anxiety as the country’s top court is expected to deliver its verdict in the seven decades old legal dispute over a spot of land that Muslims and Hindus both claim as theirs.

The Supreme Court, which concluded its hearings in the case last month, will decide by mid-November whether a Hindu temple should be built in place of the medieval era Babri mosque, which was demolished by Hindu mobs in 1992.

Hindu groups claim the site

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Court to rule on Sowore’s detention order August 8

Indian in-laws stab man for marrying their daughter

June 14, 2019 8:40 am

Four Indian in-laws were arrested in Hyderabad on Sunday, June 9, 2019, after they allegedly stabbed a man for marrying their daughter.

The victim was identified as 21-year-old Imtiaz and he got married to Fatima, aged 19.

The in-laws allegedly attacked the man after he got married to Fatima without informing her relatives before. The reason for the attack was also due to Imtiaz “maligning” their family name.

Imtiaz, Fatima and his family were returning home on June 7, 2019, when the incident took place.

Police officers explained that the couple had got married on June 5 after the woman …

Indian Airforce plane missing with 13 on board

Indian Airforce plane missing with 13 on board

June 3, 2019 1:44 pm

An Indian plane with 13 people on board went missing on Monday in the country’s remote north-east, prompting authorities to launch search operations.

The Antonov An-32, took off from the Jorhat airbase in the Assam state for the Mechuka military landing strip, in Arunachal Pradesh state.

It was carrying eight crew members and five passengers, official sources told broadcaster NDTV.

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“I Spoke to vice chief of Indian Airforce (IAF) Air Marshal Rakesh Singh Bhadauria, regarding the missing aircraft which is overdue for some hours,’’ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Twitter.

“He has …

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