The celebrations began the moment tears ran down Sherab Ronge’s face. Not the moment the final whistle blew, but the moment Portugal’s Eder scored in overtime, giving his country its first ever European Championship — and first major tournament win. In the Euro Sports Bar & Café at the corner …
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Police investigating after stray bullet comes through Port Union home
Police say one person was injured after a shot was fired into a home in Port Union last Sunday night. It happened on Andona Cresc., near Sheppard Avenue and Kingston Road, at around 11 p.m. Police say a stray bullet came through a home in the area and the homeowner …
Read More »Portraits of loss: Victims of the Baghdad bombing
BAGHDAD (AP) — Taha Abbas recites the names of the dead– Hassan, Ali, Issa, Mustafa — and flips through pictures on his phone of smartly dressed young men with coiffed hair striking poses. Nearly a dozen of his friends were killed last Sunday when the Islamic State group carried out …
Read More »Carter: US will use Iraq city as base to retake Mosul
BAGHDAD (AP) – U.S. and coalition forces will use the newly retaken air base in Qayara as a staging hub, as Iraqi security forces move forward in the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul from Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday as he arrived in Iraq. Carter, who …
Read More »As Kashmir remains tense, JuD, Hizbul vow to avenge ‘martyr’ Burhan Wani’s killing
Jammu: As Kashmir continues to remain tense over the killing of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani, Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen founder Sayeed Salahuddin have vowed to avenge his killing. Reports on Monday said that a small prayer meeting was held in the memory of Burhan Wani at Hizbul’s …
Read More »Unemployed youths being roped in by ISIS, JMB in West Bengal border districts: Report
Kolkata: Unemployed youths preferably from Muslim community are being roped in by handlers of terror groups like ISIS and JMB to expand their networks in border districts of West Bengal. Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has been targeting unemployed youths and ISIS too could be following its tactics. The recent arrest of …
Read More »AAP’s Ashish Khetan skips first public meeting after manifesto row
Accused of comparing a manifesto to the Sikh holy book, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesman Ashish Khetan skipped the first public meeting after being caught in the controversy. It was the ‘Bolda Punjab’ dialogue with farmers at Panchat village on Sunday near here. Police have charged him with hurting Sikh …
Read More »In Chandigarh, elderly use 2007 law to cancel property transfer to children
In a sign of times, the UT administration received 150 requests from senior citizens to revoke property they transferred to children or for issuing eviction orders in financial year 2015-16. Sources said previously around 100 complaints were received in a year. Deputy commissioner Ajit Balaji Joshi has disposed of 50 …
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