27-year-old NRI Aishwarya Thatikonda was among nine people killed in the mass shooting at a mall in Dallas, Texas in the USA, authorities said.
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Texas mall shooting: Gunman identified; Biden renews call for ban on assault weapons
In the wake of the Texas mall shooting that killed nine people, US President Joe Biden has renewed the call for a ban on assault weapons in the hands of civilians. The shooter has been identified as Mauricio Garcia.
US gun violence: A trip to the store could mean bread, butter… bullets
“There is a special place in hell” for people who still opposed gun control, said Texas Senate member Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat, on Twitter, after nine were killed and seven were injured by a gunman at a mall in Dallas, Texas.
Indian defence research scientist arrested for giving information to Pakistani female spy
The DRDO scientist, identified as Pradeep Kurulkar, 59, is believed to have fallen for what is termed the “honey trap” tactic in espionage — an attractive woman seduces a man to acquire some classified information.
Violence at wrestlers protest in Jantar Mantar; cops restrict entry to site
Violence erupted at the wrestlers’ protest site at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, with the wrestlers alleging that a group of drunk Delhi Police personnel targeted them late last evening when they wanted to bring in mattresses and folding cots to sleep at night.
Delhi hit-and-run: Car hits scooter, one injured rider lands on car roof, gets carried for 3km, and then is left to die
In a shocking hit-and-run case in New Delhi, a car crashed into a scooter with two riders, and one rider landed on the roof of the speeding car. The victim was carried on the roof for about 3km, and then was thrown down on the road, left to die without treatment.
Singapore HSA fines 13 people for selling e-vapourisers illegally
Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has prosecuted and slapped SGD 102,000 worth of fines on 13 persons for selling electronic vapourisers (e-vapourisers) and related components.
Indian-origin man found guilty of murder in doorbell prank case in California
Anurag Chandra, an Indian-origin resident of Riverside, California, was last week found guilty of killing three teenage boys who played a doorbell-ringing prank at his house, according to local media reports.
CBI court acquits Sooraj Pancholi in Indian-American actress Jiah Khan suicide case
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mumbai today acquitted actor Sooraj Pancholi of abetment to suicide charges in the Jiah Khan case.
Singapore commutes death penalty for heroin dealer, right after hanging Tangaraju Suppiah in cannabis case
The Singapore Court of Appeal changed the death sentence of a heroin dealer to 10 years in prison on the same day that Singaporean Indian man Tangaraju Suppiah was executed in the 1kg cannabis case.
