Police say no one was injured after shots were fired at two separate locations in the west-end overnight. Investigators were first called to the intersection of Seaforth and O’Hara avenues, in the area of Queen Street and Lansdowne Avenue, shortly before 11 p.m. after receiving calls about the sound of …
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Toronto may join growing number of American cities with 911 texting
A Toronto councillor is urging the city to adopt emergency texting. A city council vote this week could set Toronto on the path to becoming the first jurisdiction in Canada where all residents can send text messages to 911 operators instead of calling them. Councillor Norm Kelly is calling on …
Read More »TTC to require Presto cards from age 6
Older kids will need photo ID as well to ride for free on the post-token TTC, possibly as early as this fall. The TTC board has endorsed a policy that would require kids as young as 6 to carry Presto cards. At a meeting Monday, TTC commissioners voted to approve …
Read More »Life on the line in Venezuela as economic crisis worsens
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – The people waiting for hours in front of the drugstore were dazed with heat and boredom when the gunmen arrived. The robbers demanded a cellphone from a 25-year-old in black shorts. Instead of handing it over, Junior Perez took off toward the entrance to the pharmacy. …
Read More »Major breakthrough – NIA arrests Hyderabad ISIS chief Yasir Niamatullah and Athaullah Rehman, who raised funds
New Delhi: In a major breakthrough, National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials on Tuesday arrested Hyderabad ISIS module chief Yasir Niamatullah. Also, NIA has arrested Athaullah Rehman, who raised funds for the dreaded terror outfit, ISIS. “Yasir Niamatullah, chief of Hyderabad module, and Athaullah Rehman, a motivator who raised funds, have …
Read More »Kashmir violence: PM Modi appeals for calm, says no innocent lives must be harmed in Valley
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir and urged for maintaining peace and calm in the Kashmir Valley. Talking to reporters after the conclusion of the meeting at 7, Race Course Road, Minister of …
Read More »Lucky that AAP MLAs are only being sent to jail: Arvind Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that he is lucky to have not met the fate of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya, who was shot dead way back in 2003. Speaking at an Eid-Milan function in Babarpur here on Monday evening, Kejriwal said someone has told …
Read More »BSF guns down three Pakistani intruders in Ajnala near Amritsar
Border Security Force (BSF) shot down three Pakistani intruders in the Ajnala sector, approximately 26 kms from Amritsar, on Tuesday. The incident took place in the wee hours of the day. A BSF official said a night patrol party of the force spotted the three Pakistani intruders entering Indian territory …
Read More »Parkash Singh Badal compares AAP’s manifesto gaffe with 1984 riots, Operation Bluestar
Upping the ante ahead of the assembly polls, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal compared AAP’s manifesto controversy to the killing of innocent Sikhs during Operation Blue Star in 1984. Badal said Aam Aadmi Party’s leadership was ignorant of the issues in Punjab and disregarded the emotions of its people. Badal …
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