North America

VANCOUVER: The victim in the gang war shooting at Cactus Club has been identified as 23-year-old Jaskeerat Kalkat.

TORONTO: Canada’s immigration levels are starting to recover. The country landed 22,425 new permanent residents in the first three months of 2021.

SURREY: A 100-year-old Surrey resident Harbhajan Kaur has gotten her first dose of the vaccine, saying she hopes to encourage others to do the same.

WASHINGTON: Indian-American Neera Tanden will serve as a senior adviser to US President Joe Biden.

ALBERTA: A GoFundMe campaign is underway to get the body of a Punjab youth slain in Sherwood Park last week back to his family in India.

WASHINGTON:  As US officials scramble to convince citizens to get vaccinated against Covid-19, one state is putting its money where its mouth is — offering millions in lottery prizes for those who have received an injection.

WASHINGTON: A top State Department official in the US said that the country is working closely with India on its continued and emerging needs during the unprecedented second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON: COVID-19 vaccines finally are headed for more kids as US regulators on Monday expanded use of Pfizer’s shot to those as young as 12, sparking a race to protect middle and high school students before they head back to class in the fall.

WASHINGTON: The US Customs and Border Protection agents discovered cow dung cakes in a leftover suitcase of a passenger from India at an international airport in the suburb of Washington DC, according to officials.

NEW YORK: An Indian-origin man has been charged with killing and sexually assaulting his 65-year-old mother at their home in New York on the eve of Mother’s Day, according to media reports.