A 19-year-old student who was fatally stabbed at an Etobicoke high school was trying to defuse a confrontation between two other students, police said Wednesday morning. A 17-year-old male suspect has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing. Investigators say he turned himself in to police withRead More

Boston, Three Afghanistan National Army officers who vanished during training in Massachusetts were placed in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday after being detained on the Canadian border, authorities said. The agency said the officers faced removal proceedings after being charged with administrative immigration violations. A spokesmanRead More

Ottawa, The Transportation Safety Board says the city bus which collided with a train last year was travelling above the speed limit at the time of the fatal crash. The board estimates that the OCTranspo bus was doing 67.6 kilometres an hour, just over the posted 60-kilometre limit. The crash killedRead More

New Delhi, India’s only individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra was re-elected as one of the seven members of the International Shooting Sport Federation’s (ISSF) Athlete Commission. Bindra, who was first elected during the 2010 World Shooting Championships in Munich, was re-elected during the just concluded Worlds in Granada, Spain.Read More

Kingstown: Still recovering from a hamstring injury, swashbuckling batsman Chris Gayle was on Wednesday left out of the West Indies’ 15-member squad for the one-day series against India scheduled next month. The 35-year-old Gayle was the most notable omission from the squad to be led by Dwayne Bravo in theRead More

Rower Dushyant Chauhan was the lone bright spot after the shooters drew a blank as India managed just one bronze medal to slip to the 14th position in overall standings on the fifth day of competitions in the 17th Asian Games here today. Dushyant was the only athlete to manageRead More

New Delhi, Former India captain Rahul Dravid paid rich tributes to West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul stating that the “sheer weight of runs and duration of international career” makes left-hander an exceptional batsman. The Guyanese batsman has so far played 158 Test matches having scored 11,684 runs with 30 centuries.Read More

London: England great Geoffrey Boycott believes an international recall for Kevin Pietersen won`t happen because captain Alastair Cook “can`t handle” him. Following England`s 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia, February saw the England and Wales Cricket Board effectively end the 34-year-old Pietersen`s international career — even though he is England`s all-timeRead More

Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowling coach Wasim Akram today said that captain Gautam Gambhir’s leadership and the team bonding is responsible for its success in the IPL and the ongoing Oppo Champions League T20. “The credit for the success of any team goes to the captain first, the way he hasRead More

Mumbai, Khoobsurat may not have performed as expected at the box office but the film was received quite well. Sonam in particular was charming in the Disney film and the little fashionista almost looked like the perfect Disney princess. Apparently, even Disney seems impressed by Sonam’s Khoobsurat performance and haveRead More