Ferozepur, Guruharsahai legislator Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi today accused the state government of neglecting the constituencies represented by Congress MLAs. The legislator visited various rain-affected villages in his constituency. Sodhi said the people hit by floods last year had not been compensated yet. Sodhi said the residents of Basti Karam SinghRead More

Ludhiana, A Khanna police team allegedly gunned down two brothers wanted in an attempt to murder case at a house in Jamalpur area on the Chandigarh Road here today. Three policemen are among four persons booked in the case. The deceased, Harinder Singh (25) and Jatinder Singh (24), were residents ofRead More

Toronto, Olivia Chow used a noon-hour debate hosted by the Empire Club of Canada to press John Tory for answers on how he would pay for his SmartTrack proposal while Tory accused Chow of giving up too easily when it comes to building new rapid transit. Chow came out onRead More

Ottawa, Canada doesn’t sit on the sidelines while its allies shoulder the burden of tackling global threats, Stephen Harper said Friday as he insisted that it’s a U.S. request for help in Iraq that has him contemplating a bigger role. Whatever jobs Canada does end up doing in the current crisisRead More

Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Haider’ with Vishal Bhardwaj is ready to come out, but that is not enough for the actor. His wish is that the filmmaker should make ‘Kaminey 2′ with him. While reports are doing the round that Shahid is, in fact, already a part of ‘Kaminey 2′, the actorRead More

Ottawa, European Union leaders said Friday their major trade agreement with Canada has the backing of all 28 EU countries as they firmly dismissed concerns that some European countries might scuttle the deal. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy gave those unequivocal assurancesRead More

Toronto, Mayoral candidate Doug Ford pulled out of a debate hosted by the Empire Club of Canada 90 minutes before it was scheduled to start. In a statement sent to the media at 11:15 a.m., Ford blamed the $80 ticket cost ($800 for a table) for his last-minute withdrawal fromRead More

Actress Vidya Balan, who considers Kolkata as her second home, today said she makes it to the city every Durga Puja. “I somehow make it to Kolkata during Durga Puja every year. I have always said that Kolkata is my second home,” Balan told reporters here after launching a jewellery showroom. Recalling her memories of the festival during the shooting ofRead More

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi, who began her film career in 1974 with ‘Ankur’, completed 40 years in the industry. The 64-year-old actress took to twitter to thank director Shyam Benegal, who launched her in the film industry with ‘Ankur’, which won Azmi her first National award for best actress. “MyRead More

Though Varun Dhawan is busy shooting for two films currently, the actor has decided to take up yet another project which is none other than the remake of the popular Hollywood film and an adaptation of one of the international bestsellers, ‘The Fault In Our Stars’. Also the film willRead More