Sushma SwarajGoa BJP MP Narendra Savoikar on Wednesday asked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to secure release of Ryan de Souza, who was earlier this month sentenced to 517 years imprisonment by a Dubai court for alleged involvement in a $200 million ponzi scam."I would urge that the concerned officials may be directed to examine the case and take appropriate steps for the release of Ryan D'Souza," Savoikar said in his letter to Sushma Swaraj. On April 11, de Souza, 27, along with his e

Shatrughan SinhaAfter choreographer Saroj Khan and senior Congress leader Renuka Chowdhary, actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha says sexual favours are demanded in and given in both the entertainment and the political world. "Neither Saroj Khan nor Renuka Chowdhary is wrong. Sexual favours are demanded and given in both the entertainment world and in politics. It's an old and time-tested way of getting ahead in life. 'You please me I'll please you'."This has been happening since time immemorial.

Representational pictureTech giant Google announced the launch of a new standalone app called Google Tasks, which will enable users to create their own to-do lists, thereby improving productivity. Alongside the rollout of the new version of Gmail, Google¿s web service, the company announced the introduction of a dedicated place to create, view and edit one's task list, including those created from within the new Gmail or from Google Calendar, reported TechCrunch.Within the new app, users

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4) – Grand Junction police and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation upgraded their search for a 12-year-old girl.
Raeanna Rosencrans is now the subject of an Amber Alert. She was last seen on the 400 block of Larry’s Meadow Drive possibly in an older model green sedan.
Raeanna Rosencrans (credit: Grand Junction Police)
Authorities didn’t have any more information about the car.
Rosencrans was last seen wearing black jeans, black top with white emb

A man whose leg was “nearly severed” was in critical condition Wednesday night after reportedly kicking an LRT train, say police. 
Northeast division Staff Sgt. Paul Czerwonka said police officers at the Belvedere LRT station for an unrelated complaint were called over by witnesses and found a young man in his late teens or early 20s lying on the platform with his leg “nearly severed.” The incident happened just after 8 p.m. 
Officers heard the man had become &l

Devashish MakhijaFilmmaker Devashish Makhija is happy about his film Ajji travelling to different films festivals. "A niche genre film like 'Ajji' gets most of its traction and strength from film festival programmers, organisers, critics and audiences without whom such a film might never have been made even," Makhija said in a statement to IANS.Backed by Yoodlee Films, Ajji is a dark take on the classic fairytale, Red Riding Hood. It tells the story of a nine-year-old girl, who is denied justic

A CCTV grab showing the train running over Deepak Patwa at Mulund stationTwo-fold help in the case - a tip-off by an RPF constable and technical assistance - is what enabled the GRP to track Manisha Khakdiya down and arrest her.Step by step
When the Kurla GRP began the probe, they first circulated the CCTV footage to all station personnel, canteen employees, and RPF and GRP men, in case they had seen or heard something. An RPF constable then told investigators that the woman had approached him,

An Alberta man does not have grounds to force his estranged wife to pay into a trust part of her share of a record-setting lottery win, a Court of Queen’s Bench justice ruled Tuesday. 
Lonnie Darrel Roth applied to have $15 million paid into a trust and $200,000 in advance costs from Robin Nicole Walker, according to a written decision from Justice D.A. Sulyma, released Wednesday. 
Roth and Walker’s marriage broke up in 2009. In 2015, Walker began a relationship with Brett

Er is een opvolger voor Rimpelrock, al wordt het nieuwe seniorenfestival pakken kleinschaliger. Op zondag 17 juni vindt in en achter het PXL Congresgebouw in de Elfde Liniestraat het eerste Zilverfestival plaats. “Echt op maat van de senioren, vergelijkbaar met We R Young voor onze jongeren”, zegt schepen Gerald Corthouts (CD&V). Hoofdact wordt Willy Sommers, met verder onder meer Roel Vanderstukken & De Corsari’s en Barbara Dex.

Saskatchewan’s largest trade school will be down more than 40 employees by the end of June after issuing layoff notices and accepting buyouts, part of what its provost and vice-president academic calls an attempt to “rightsize” program offerings.
Saskatchewan Polytechnic last week issued 22 pink slips, 17 of which were handed to academics, and took another 20 faculty members up on their decision to accept voluntary severances, Anne Neufeld confirmed Wednesday.
“We look at

Pal op de grens tussen de Braziliaanse deelstaten Rio de Janeiro en São Paulo heeft Sven Mouton uit Hechtel-Eksel zijn tweede thuis gevonden in het dorpje Picinguaba. Samen met zijn gezin woont hij op de top van een berg in het oerwoud, met aan de flank ervan het strand en de Atlantische Oceaan. Het dorpje is met 400 inwoners net iets groter dan Herstappe. “Het is een klein vissersdorpje. Als je hier een scheet laat, weten ze het binnen de kortste keren allemaal.” (lacht) &ldq