By Lachman Balani
TORONTO: I was jumping with joy as I watched Norah Jones and Anoushka receive the Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award for their late father Ravi Shankar who died in December.
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By Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI: ‘Al vida’, said Afzal Guru to his executioner, who had himself bid him goodbye with the same words a few seconds earlier. And then as the executioner pulled the lever, Afzal’s frame hung from the gallows. “He was dead in a minute, though”, as per the jail norms, the […]
News East-West NEW DELHI: Afzal Guru’s wife Tabassum, in a letter to Tihar Jail director general Vimla Mehra, has sought permission to perform last rites. Guru, executed on Saturday for his role in the December 2001 attack on the Indian parliament, was buried in the jail complex. “We are writing you to please permit the […]
News East-West NEW DELHI: Reacting to Guru’s execution, Gujarat chief minister, the mascot of Hindutva forces, tweeted, “Der aaye, durust aaye!’’ It is believed the UPA government was forced to take this decision as the Gujarat chief minister carves out a bigger role for himself at the national level before the 2014 parliament elections. “In […]
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TORONTO: Former Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal from British Columbia has resigned as the Liberal candidate in the provincial Surrey-Panorama Ridge riding as he faces charges of tax evasion.