TORONTO: A 22-year-old Indo-Canadian has been missing and police believe he may have been killed and his body encased in concrete slab and dumped or buried on some rural property in the country’s southern Ontario. Shawn Kapadia from Mississauga may have been killed on July 5 and investigators believe his body was moved from Toronto to a home on O’Reilly’s Road South in Ontario. He was reported missing by his […]
Amidst launching slew of economic and infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Patna might well have kicked of BJP’s poll campaign in the state. At a gathering in Bihar’s capital city where he shared the stage with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he said that developmental needs in Bihar required a significantly larger package than the Rs 50,000 crore he had promised ahead of the elections last year. […]
It’s easy to become obsessed with the unsolved mysteries of this Earth. Most people like to think that anything can be figured out or solved… but that’s just not true. Take these 10 mysteries, for example -they have been mysteries for decades (if not longer). No matter how many experts have examined the cases, they are still shrouded in mystery. All things that cannot be explained remain an intriguing conversation […]
At the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, in the Bronx, Helen Moses, 90, had news. “There’s not going to be a wedding,” she said. It was an afternoon in June, just one month since Ms. Moses had announced her plans to marry Howie Zeimer, the man down the hall. She spoke, as always, with absolute finality. “I’d first like to live together for a while,” she said. “I don’t want to […]
China is frantically giving finishing touches to world’s largest radio telescope designed to find signs of alien life following NASA’s recent discovery of ‘Earth 2.0’ with the planet-hunting Kepler space telescope. While NASA basked in the success of discovering an earth-like planet around 1,400 light years away with Kepler 452b, China announced that it has started assembling the world’s largest radio telescope, which is the size of 30 football fields […]
The trailer of director Kabir Khan’s political thriller “Phantom”, featuring Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif in a combative avatar, has been unveiled. The 2 minutes and 41 seconds video begins with the visuals of the dreaded 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks of 2008, which shook the nation for 60 hours and claimed several lives. The film is about the post-26/11 attacks in Mumbai and global terrorism. The screenplay of “Phantom” […]
A heart-stopping public service advisory by American communications company AT&T is winning rave reviews and scorching the charts on video-sharing sites worldwide. Discouraging people from using phones while driving, the ad tells a deeply personal story of four protagonists – a young child riding a bike, a man who is trying to his family back on their feet, a mom who is taking her daughter to her first day of […]
According to a new study, freshwater prawns can help prevent the spread of schistosomiasis, a potentially deadly parasitic disease that can cause anaemia, stunted growth, infertility, liver failure, bladder cancer and lasting cognitive impairment. “Where drugs, alone, fail to control schistosomiasis due to rapid reinfection, prawns may offer a complementary strategy for controlling the disease,” the study said. The prawns prey on parasite-infected snails, while providing a source of […]
The way actor-director Rajat Kapoor found a producer for his critically acclaimed film Ankhon Dekhi is now a Bollywood lore. Frustrated with producers not accepting his script on which he had worked for three years, he sent out a tweet, stating his anger and disillusionment. He said he had had enough and will now make a play instead. Manish Mundra, once a soft drink seller in Deoghar, Bihar, and then […]
Jaljeera, a refreshing and natural drink, can help to fight intestinal gas and poor digestion, says an expert. benefits of drinking Jaljeera: * Good for digestion: Jaljeera contains black salt, which is good for digestion. It helps in heartburns, relieves from intestinal gas and rehydrates the body. * Prevents anaemia: Cumin content helps in preventing and treating anaemia as it is the excellent source of iron. It even improves immunity […]
