Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man convicted in the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people, was sentenced in Vancouver to nine years in prison for perjury during the trial of two men acquitted in the attacks.
Bell Canada plans to outsource these projects via fixed payouts as part of a deal worth approximately $25 million to $30 million a year, said a Financial Chronicle news report attributing the news to market sources.
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, numbers two and three in the world, suffered surprise defeats to Mardy Fish and Tomas Berdych respectively in an entertaining quarter-finals day at the Cincinnati Open on Friday.
France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga suffered a surprise defeat to qualifier Alex Bogomolov while Spain's Rafa Nadal and world number one Novak Djokovic passed their second-round tests at the Cincinnati Open on Wednesday.
World number one Novak Djokovic advanced to the final of the Montreal Masters when Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga retired trailing 6-4, 3-0 on Saturday, leaving the sensational Serb on the brink of a record-smashing title.
Andy Murray's North American hard court seasons have had blazing starts the last two years winning back-to-back Canadian titles only to see his play cool off at the US Open.
The United States-based Apple's latest iPhone4, which was launched in China five days ago, contains censored maps depicting Arunachal Pradesh as part of the Chinese territory.
Civilian Aviation Minister Praful Patel did not ask for an apology when he met United States Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in Montreal for being questioned by immigration authorities at the Chicago airport. "He (Patel) didn't ask for an apology, but we did talk about what is needed in both countries to make sure that air travel remains safe," Napolitano said.
The US Homeland Security has apologised to Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel who was questioned by the immigration authorities in Chicago as his name and date of birth happened to match with that of a person on America's watch-list.
Union Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel on Tuesday got the experience very few Patels have been able to escape in the United States of America.
Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki chalked up her US Open semi-finals loss Friday to Russia's Vera Zvonareva as a bad day at the office - one that may have cost her the number one ranking and a million-dollar bonus.
Caroline Wozniacki finished off her preparations for next week's US Open by capturing her second title in less than a week on Saturday.
Caroline Wozniacki's New Haven Open title defence and final warmup for the US Open opened smoothly on Wednesday with a clinical 6-4, 6-1 second round win over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.
Maria Sharapova, who has shot back up the rankings after a shoulder injury that almost ended her career, feels she is hitting her stride and has a chance to capture her second US Open title in four years.
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki was named top seed of a grand slam tournament for the first time on Tuesday for the US Open starting next Monday.
World number one Rafael Nadal was installed as the top men's seed for the US Open on Monday as the Spaniard bids to complete a career grand slam.
Serena Williams has pulled out of the US Open because she is still recovering from surgery on her right foot, the American world number one said on Friday. Williams, who won her 13th Grand Slam at Wimbledon earlier this year, cut her foot on broken glass at a restaurant in July and has not played since.
Over the past 10 weeks Rafael Nadal had little choice but to put his feet up and relax at home in Majorca while his rivals chased after the biggest prizes in the sport. Following his enforced break, the six-times Grand Slam champion made his comeback earlier this month in Montreal, discusses his rehabilitation, the crammed ATP schedule and his hopes for the US Open, which begins at Flushing Meadows on Monday.
The US Open is the only Grand Slam that world number one Rafa Nadal has yet to win and the Spaniard admits he has found it tough physically to raise himself at the end of the season.
Kim Clijsters survived three match points before a rain break then produced a remarkable comeback after the weather cleared to beat Maria Sharapova 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 and win the Cincinnati Open on Sunday.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
Canada said on Saturday that terrorist groups would not be given any quarter in the nation even as it stepped up security at airports and other vital installation as recommended by the Kanishka inquiry commission.
Both the Force India cars finished among points for only the second time since its inception, while Hispania driver Karun Chandhok came 18th in the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday.
A quarter-century after Canada's worst terrorist attack killed 329 people, an inquiry commission will make its report into the 1985 Kanishka bombing public this week, outlining recommendations about how to prevent such tragedies in future.
Lewis Hamilton drove a superb tactical race to hold off his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button and win Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix from pole position and jump to the top of the Formula One drivers' championship.
Red Bull are pinning their hopes that a calculated gamble that may have ended the team's run of pole positions will deliver them victory in Sunday's Canadian Formula One Grand Prix.
Vitantonio Liuzzi shrugged off his recent setbacks and will start Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix sixth on the grid, while team-mate Adrian Sutil will start ninth after both the Force India cars made it to the third qualifying session (Q3) in Montreal on Sunday.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton timed his final run to perfection to snatch pole position for the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday and shatter Red Bull's run of supremacy.
The final report of the Public Inquiry Commission, probing into the Air India bombing and Canada's failure to prosecute those responsible for the terror attack, will be released on June 17, officials said on Friday.
Sebastian Vettel put his Red Bull on pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday and ended Mercedes' hopes of a fifth successive start from the top slot.
The scholars recalled Prahalad's contribution to the management field and his recognition as a top management thinker across the world.
Williams will revert to older versions of their front wing in Turkey this weekend after both of the Formula One team's cars crashed at the last race in Monaco.
Families of each of those killed in the Mangalore plane crash will get up to Rs 76 lakh as compensation.
Sports Minister M S Gill on Monday wondered why the IOA and sports bosses were objecting to his tenure limiting guideline after it was approved by the Parliament and directed implementation by Delhi High Court.
Juan Antonio Samaranch, who steered the Olympic movement through two turbulent decades marked by political boycotts, bribery and drug scandals plus a greater emphasis on commercialism, died at the age of 89.
Prita Chhabra was invited by the National Basketball Association to sing the Canadian and American national anthems at the Air Canada Center in Toronto.
Bombardier Transportation has completed the production of its 100th Movia metro car for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation at its railway vehicle manufacturing plant in Vadodara.
Canada's French-speaking Quebec province's legislature has unanimously voted to ban the kirpan from assembly premises, weeks after four Sikhs were denied entry for a parliamentary hearing for refusing to surrender their ceremonial daggers.
Olympic silver medallists Spain ended their hockey World Cup campaign on a high, defeating Asian champions Korea 2-0 to finish fifth in the mega-event and qualify for this year's Champions Trophy. With Friday's victory, Spain kept their slate clean in the fifth-sixth classification match in the World Cup, having won four in as many appearances.
A Canadian court has dismissed a jury in the perjury trial of Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only person convicted in the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 passengers.
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