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Montreal,Canada| Members of the Concertation haïtienne pour les migrants gathered at the restaurant of Paul Toussaint, left, to try to get Premier François Legault to reconsider the decision to withdraw from a federal humanitarian program aimed at family reunification. (Valérie Gassien/La Maison d'Haïti) Paul Toussaint was hopeful that Canada's new humanitarian program aimed at reuniting Haitians, among others, with Canadian family members would mean his mother and two sisters would finally be able to join him in Montreal. That is, until he learned Quebec would not be taking part. `How [can] you work that much for society and that society…

Gandhinagar| The 11th convocation ceremony of Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) was graced by Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, and ISRO Chairman S. Somanath on Saturday. A total of 1,714 students were bestowed with their degree certificates in the presence of Dr Hasmukh Adhia, the Vice Chairman of the PDEU Board of Governors, Prof (Dr) S. Sundar Manoharan, the Director General of PDEU, and Col (Dr) Rakesh Kumar Shrivastawa, the Registrar of PDEU. Somanath, who was the chief guest, shared his wisdom on embracing failures as stepping stones to success. Sharing his ISRO's experiences, he said: “Failures are important in…

Philippines| An explosion occurred inside a gym of Mindanao State University in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur province, in the southern Philippines, killing at least three and injuring seven, local media reported on Sunday. The blast occurred past 7 a.m. local time when students and teachers gathered for a Catholic mass inside the gym, according to local police, Xinhua news agency reported. Police were investigating the type of explosive device used in the blast. Marawi City is the capital and the largest city of Lanao del Sur on Mindanao island.

Bollywood star Ranveer Singh, who is set to essay the role of Hindi cinema’s iconic character of Don in his upcoming film ‘Don 3’, has spoken up on the criticism that he received even before he started working on the film. Ranveer, who was recently honoured at the Red Sea Film Festival, was subjected to online criticism for stepping into the role which was portrayed by Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan in Farhan Akhtar directed ‘Don’ franchise, a role which was originally portrayed by the veteran megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the 1978 film which was penned by Farhan’s father Javed…

Abu Dhabi| Riding on quick-fire knocks by Andre Fletcher, Nicholas Pooran and Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Deccan Gladiators trounced struggling Team Abu Dhabi by 63 runs in the 12th match of the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium here on Saturday. Andre Fletcher top-scored with 41, Pooran 30 and Kohler-Cadmore 35 as Gladiators posted 141 for 6 in 10 overs. Team Abu Dhabi could muster only 78 for 5 in 10 overs and crashed to their fourth defeat in four matches. Leus du Plooy (25) and Colin Ingram (19) put on a 41-run partnership for the fourth wicket to give…

UP| A government teacher and his 24-year-old son died within a span of a week due to rabies infection, after they were bitten and scratched by their pet cat in Akbarpur town of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur Dehat district, officials said. Officials added the cat had been bitten by a stray dog, which was infected by rabies, sometime in September. Kanpur Dehat District Magistrate Alok Singh said that a Health department team had been sent to the locality and all precautionary measures were being taken. Health officials said that Imtiazuddin, 58, a headmaster in a basic school, had a pet cat which…

  CHANDIGARH| The 4th Onshore Security Coordination Committee (OSCC) meeting for the State of Punjab was organised under the Chairmanship of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Security SS Srivastava on Thursday. The ADGP Security was attending the meeting on behalf of DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav. ADGP Counter Intelligence Amit Prasad, GAIL’s working Advisor (Security) Saurabh Tolumbia and representatives from various organisations including representatives from  GAIL, IOCL, HPCL, BPCL, HMEL, Think Gas and Torrent Gas along with representatives from Intelligence Bureau, BSF, CRPF, Fire department and Mining department of Punjab.   During the exchange of information and suggestions, the stakeholders also…

  Chandigarh| Punjab Public Works Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO on Saturday said that the PWD department has saved Rs 35 crores under NABARD-28 scheme, Rs 87 crore under 5054 RB 10 roads, and Rs.36 crore under CRIF due to the transparent online tendering process adopted by the Punjab government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. He said that as per the budget provision of Rs 1000 crore for 5054 RB 10 roads, administrative approval of Rs 776 crore has been issued, and the remaining approvals were also directed to be issued this week so that the works can…

 Gurdaspur|Sea of humanity on Saturday gave verdict in favor of pro-people and development oriented policies of the state government by participating in the ‘Vikas Kranti’ rally addressed by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.  Addressing the gathering after inaugurating/ announcing/ laying foundation stone of development projects worth Rs 1854 crore for giving fillip to the border districts of Gurdaspur and Pathankot, the Punjab Chief Minister said that the huge participation of people from all sections of life have filled him with more humility and dedication to serve the state and its people. He said…

 Chandigarh| Haryana Chief Minister, Sh Manohar Lal said that Sant Nirankari Mission is playing an important role in the state government's ongoing endeavors to completely eradicate the social menace of drug addiction. He said that Haryana government is constantly engaged in dismantling the networks of drug smugglers.  The Chief Minister made these remarks while addressing the people, particularly the youth, during a program organized as part of the drug de-addiction campaign at the spiritual center of Sant Nirankari Mission near village Bhodwal Majri in district Panipat today. Satguru Sudiksha Ji Maharaj, the head of the mission, was also present on this…