gun violence
- India
Punjab: Cong leader shot dead, Canada-based gangster claims responsibility
Chandigarh: An unidentified man barged into the house of a local Congress leader in Punjab’s Moga district on Monday and shot him dead, police said. A CCTV footage, purported to be of…
- India
Journalist shot dead in Bihar; CM expresses concern, Oppn flays govt
Araria: A journalist was shot dead by unidentified people in the Araria district of Bihar early on Friday, police said. Vimal Kumar Yadav (35), who worked for a Hindi daily, was killed…
- World
Family of slain Indian-American woman raise money to fight gun violence
New York: The family members of a 33 year-old Indian-American woman, who was allegedly shot at and killed by her husband last month, are raising money to help prevent gun violence. Nabaruna…
- Pakistan
Seven teachers shot dead in Pakistan school
Islamabad: At least seven teachers were shot at a school on Thursday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Upper Kurram Tehsil, law enforcers said, with emergency being imposed in all the hospitals of the area…
- World
3 killed, 3 wounded in bar shooting in US state of Oklahoma
Washington: Three people were killed on the scene and three others wounded at a bar shooting on in Oklahoma City, the capital city of midwestern US state Oklahoma, authorities said. Police responded…
- World
Biden attends gun violence vigil
Washington: Just a week before the 10th anniversary of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting that claimed the lives of 20 children and six teachers, US President Joe Biden attended a national…
- World
Congress sends landmark gun violence compromise to Biden
Washington: The House sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades on Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and…
- World
US: Biden urges Congress to act on gun violence amid tensions
Washington: US President Joe Biden has urged Congress to take action on gun violence in a prime-time address from the White House. In his address on Thursday night, he urged Congress to ban…
- World
2021 ends as Chicago’s deadliest year in a quarter century
Chicago: The year of 2021 ended as one of the most violent on record in Chicago, as a rise in the number of shootings left more people dead than in any single…
- World
Shootings across US continue to rise
Washington: People in the US are living with gun violence, as shootings across the country continue to rise, according to the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). In Philadelphia, there were 1,500 people shot…
- Entertainment
PB, singer Moosewala booked for promoting gun culture in song ‘Sanju’
Chandigarh: Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala has been booked on charges of promoting violence and gun culture in his latest song ‘Sanju’, which was released on social media a couple of days ago,…
- Syria
Cradle of Syria’s uprising turns into ‘chaotic’ south
Bombings, Gun Violence & Mysterious Assassinations: In Syria‘s southern province of Daraa, an experiment to use surrendering rebels as regime proxies has seen the area descend into lawlessness. Unlike other parts of Syria retaken…
