A man charged in the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old in the parking lot of a Metro Vancouver high school two years ago has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Homicide investigators say the man, who cannot be identified because he was 17 at the time of the attack, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in provincial court in Surrey.
Diwali, the festival of lights, has undergone a profound transformation in Canada in the last few decades. Once celebrated more intimately within the South Asian community, the festival today has blossomed into a grand, inclusive event embracing a multicultural spirit. This evolution is reflective of the shifting demographics, cultural integration, and vibrant South Asian diaspora that has made Canada home.
Workers in Metro Vancouver have chiselled away about 50 tonnes of so-called "fatbergs" that have clogged the sewer system and prompted a reminder to residents not to dump grease down the drain.
When the Chief Minister, at the meeting, questioned how the college council of R.G. Kar could suspend so many doctors without the consent of the state health department, Mahato countered her and said that the disciplinary committee suspended these doctors after a proper and thorough investigation.
Activists of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a farmer outfit, on Friday blocked roads across Punjab for four hours to protest the tardy paddy procurement, leading to traffic disruptions and inconvenience to tens of thousands of commuters at many places. However, there was no report of violence from anywhere in both the state.
With the arrest of an African national, the Narcotics Control Unit of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) in Bengaluru has busted a drug racket. The police have seized 1.3 kgs of MDMA drugs worth Rs 1.5 crore in Bengaluru.
