A gunman who killed seven people in rural Missouri before turning the gun on himself was related to at least four of his victims, police have said.
Seven people were found dead in four different homes in the sleepy Bible Belt village of Tyrone, in the south-central Ozarks section of the Midwestern state.
The shooter, Joseph Jesse Aldridge, 36, was later found slumped over inside a pickup truck, apparently from a self-inflicted fatal handgun wound.
The US has strongly condemned the “brutal murder” of prominent American blogger and writer Avijit Roy in Bangladesh, terming the killing as an act of cowardice.
“The United States condemns in the strongest terms the brutal murder of Avijit Roy, which was horrific in its brutality and cowardice,” State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said yesterday.
“Avijit was a journalist, a humanist, a husband, and a friend, and we extend our condolences to his family and friends. He was taken from us in a shocking act of violence,” she said.
The US has hailed highest ranking Indian American in the Obama Administration, Raj Shah – who quit recently as Administrator of the country’s global development agency – for his admirable work in the face of adversity.
“Administrator Shah is somebody who performed admirably under very difficult circumstances,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said yesterday.
Shah left United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as its administrator last week, a position he held for five years.
Having lost two successive US presidential elections, the Republican Party has appointed an Indian-American and a well-known Hillary Clinton critic to a key post in the party’s research and communication department.
Raj Shah, who most recently served as co-founding partner and Managing Director of America Rising LLC, where he developed the organization’s Hillary Clinton opposition research book, has been appointed as new Research Director and Deputy Communications Director of the Republican National Committee (RNC).
The current momentum in India-US relationship, resulting after two high profile meetings between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, needs to be tapped and taken advantage of, according to top American lawmakers.
“To take advantage of the momentum and move forward especially in our economic partnership,” said Congressman Ami Bera, Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans at a luncheon organised jointly by the Indian embassy and the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Actor Dev Patel has praised Maggie Smith and Richard Gere, who are his co-stars in ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’.
Patel reprises his role as Sonny, the overeager young owner of a hotel for British retirees, while Smith stars as Muriel, Sonny’s new co-manager, reported Digital Spy.
Describing the on-screen partnership with Smith, the 24-year-old actor said, “It’s still an ensemble cast but Sonny is at the centre of it and I’d say Maggie is too. They run the hotel together. I mean talk about chemistry – it’s some of the best chemistry I’ve ever had in a movie.
Singer Adam Lambert has said his new album is pop.
The 33-year-old singer said that his third studio collection The Original High will incorporate house music, adding that the record is “for the audience, not myself”, reported Digital Spy.
Lambert also spoke about touring with Queen, saying fronting the band was “an honour”.
“It’s definitely pop and there’s some house on there, there’s some R&B flavours here and there, and I co-wrote the whole thing with… (Max Martin and Shellback) and I’m really excited for people to hear it,” said Lambert.
British pop band The Vamps have launched their very own record label.
The band have yet to decide on a name for the new business venture, but will run the label in partnership with EMI/Universal, reported Digital Spy.
The four-piece – consisting of Bradley Simpson, James McVey, Tristan Evans and Connor Ball – will be responsible for A&R at the new label, which will include discovering and developing new talent.
The group will help their artists produce new music, as well as taking them on tour and supporting them on social media.
Actress Meagan Good will star as the female lead in the new Fox ‘Minority Report’ pilot.
The 33-year-old actress, who has previously starred in NBC’s ‘Deception’as well as the 2013 film ‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’, will play Detective Lara Vega, Deadline reported.
The pilot is intended as a sequel to the Steven Spielberg-directed film released in 2002.
Set ten years after the end of the movie, Fox’s ‘Minority Report’ will tell the story of one of the three Precogs, named Dash, who struggles to lead a normal life as he is haunted by visions of the future.
Actor Jonathan Groff will return to ‘Glee’ in the show’s series finale.
The 29-year-old actor will be reprising his role as Jesse St James in March 20’s two-hour series ender, reported Entertainment Weekly.
Groff was a fixture of early seasons of ‘Glee’ as Jesse emerged as a love interest for Rachel Berry (Lea Michele).
He has gone on to voice Kristoff in Disney’s blockbuster animated movie ‘Frozen’, and currently stars in HBO’s ‘Looking’.
‘Glee’ has brought back several viewer-favourite characters for its finale season.
Hollywood star Will Smith performed a song while visiting a chat show to promote his new film ‘Focus’.
Following his performances on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ and ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ earlier this month, the 46-year-old actor/rapper stopped by ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ and treated the audience to his 1991 song ‘Summertime’ while DJ Jazzy Jeff danced in his seat as he appeared via video chat, reported Ace Showbiz.
‘Homeland’ star David Harewood and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ actress Chyler Leigh are joining the cast of CBS’s ‘Supergirl’ series.
The pilot will be based around Kryptonian Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist) embracing her superpowers after hiding most of her life, reported Entertainment Weekly.
Harewood will be playing DC Comics character Hank Henshaw, a former CIA agent who is put in charge of the US government’s Department of Extra-Normal Operations.
Leigh has been cast as Kara’s science-obsessed foster sister Alexandra ‘Alex’ Dancer.
‘Community’ actor Danny Pudi is to star in a new NBC pilot called ‘Strange Calls’.
The 35-year-old actor will play a police officer who is transferred to a coastal town where supernatural events begin occurring, reported Deadline.
His character Toby is harangued by wacky groundskeeper Patrick Brammall (Offspring) who is intent on being his partner.
‘Strange Calls’ is being written by ‘Mad Men’s Blake McCormick.
Former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, hospitalised since February 5, is in a “stable” condition and is being monitored closely, a minister has said.
“I understand that many people are concerned and anxious about Lee Kuan Yew’s condition. I have been informed that he is stable and that the doctors are monitoring him closely,” said Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim last night.
“In the meantime, let us continue to give him our well wishes and keep him in our prayers, said Yaacob in a Facebook post.
A 49-year-old Indian-origin lawyer has been appointed as a Judicial Commissioner to Singapore’s Supreme Court bench for two years.
Senior Counsel Kannan Ramesh, who was appointed to the bench yesterday, will assume the position from May 22, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office.
“It is a privilege and honour to be asked to serve. This is the beginning of a new and exciting chapter in an institution which I have always held in the highest regard,” said Ramesh who specializes in dispute resolution, insolvency and restructuring as well as international arbitration.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has declared the killing of three government troops by pro-Moscow rebels a “serious breach of the ceasefire”, during a telephone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her office said.
“The firing by separatists on Ukrainian troops who were withdrawing constitutes a serious breach of the ceasefire,” he was quoted as saying yesterday.
International monitors said earlier yesterday the conflict in Ukraine was at a “crossroads” as further losses among government forces rattle the two-week-old truce just as it had seemed to be gaining traction.
President Barack Obama has said that the world has made “extraordinary strides in driving back Ebola” because of the efforts of the US, Liberia and other partners but both he and Liberia’s leader said more must be done to combat the disease.
Addressing reporters before an Oval Office meeting with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf yesterday, Obama said reported Ebola cases in West Africa, the region hit hardest by the outbreak, are down 95 per cent from the peak of the crisis that panicked the world last year.
Mr. S.A. Raoof’s book “Telangana History: Concealed facts” was released by Prof. Kodandaram, Chairman of Telangana Joint Action Committee on 26th February at Press Club Basheer Bagh. Present on this occasion were Mr. Srinivas Reddy, Editor “Mana Telangana News Daily”, Mr. Chandrasekhara Goud, President of Telangana Group – I Officers Association and others.
Swine flu has tightened its grip over India, with the death toll reaching close to 1000. Fresh cases have been reported from across the country, including Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Nagaland and Bihar.
As per the latest figures released by Health Ministry, the fatal disease has claimed 965 lives so far, while total number of people tested positive till February 25, 2015 has also increased to 16,235. Rajasthan and Gujarat have been the worst-hit states so far with 234 and 231 deaths, respectively.
Before the construction of Shamsabad Airport, there used to be an old mosque which was demolished. Muslims are forced to offer Friday prayers in hot sunlight at the parking space of Shamsabad Airport. It was report that nearly 300 Muslims offer prayers on Fridays. Since there is no shed, it is very inconvenient for the Muslims to offer prayers in summer.
The talks between six world powers and Iran over its nuclear programme will resume in Switzerland’s Montreux on March 5, a press release from the EU delegation to Geneva said on Friday.
The talks, to be chaired by EU Political Director Helga Schmid, will be preceded by a series of bilateral meetings between Iran and the P5+1 group, namely the US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, starting on Monday.
The Syrian troops on Friday recaptured a key town in the southern province of Daraa, moving closer to a key hilltop in that province, a source said.
The Syrian government forces wrested back control over the village of Habariyeh, killing many fighters of the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, Xinhua quoted the source as saying on condition of anonymity.
The Syrian troops have also moved closer to strategic hilltop of Tal al-Hara, where a Syrian military observatory was stormed by the rebels late last year, the source added.
The US Friday slammed the killing of a Bangladeshi-American writer, offering help in the investigation.
“The United States condemns in the strongest terms the brutal murder of Avijit Roy, which was horrific in its brutality and cowardice,” State Department spokesperson Jennifer Psaki told reporters at a daily news briefing, Xinhua reported.
“Avijit was a journalist, a humanist, a husband, and a friend, and we extend our condolences to his family and friends,” she said, adding the US is ready to assist in the investigation, if asked.
First Addl. Metropolitan Magistrate of Nampally Criminal Court exonerated Shaik Abdul Khaja, alleged South India Commander of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba in fake Pakistani Passport and fake Indian Currency cases. Special Investigation Team had arrested him on 1st February, 2010 and had seized Pakistani Passport in the name of Mohammed Farhan, Pakistani ID Card and fake Indian currency. SIT filed a chargesheet on 17th June, 2010 in the court alleging that Khaja got training of operating weapons in Karachi and he had persuaded many youths for getting military training.
CM of Telangana State, Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao told that his government is very serious about economic and educational development of Minorities. The promises made during elections would be fulfilled. New schemes have been launched for the welfare of Minorities. He told this at a meeting held at Telangana Bhavan yesterday to welcome the induction of Mr. Sultan Ahmed, former Congress MLC from Adilabad and his son, Mr. Mohammed Zulfakhar Ahmed, Chairman of Agricultural Market Committee of Adilabad. He further told that justice will be done to Minorities in TRS party.