York Regional Police say they’ve arrested four people after an altercation near a nightclub in Vaughan early Monday morning. York Regional Police’s District 4 staff sergeant said they were called to Sin on 7 nightclub, located at 2229 Highway 7 near Keele Street at about 2:30 a.m. Monday morning. SomeRead More

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday vowed to do “whatever necessary” in Turkey’s controversial fight against Kurdish militants, with no end in sight to a two-week cycle of violence. Ankara is waging a two-pronged cross border “anti-terror” offensive against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Kurdistan Workers PartyRead More

DOHA: US Secretary of State John Kerry meets his Gulf Arab counterparts for talks in Qatar today as he attempts to ease the concerns of key allies over the Iran nuclear deal. On the latest leg of a regional tour, Kerry is set to hold discussions with his six counterpartsRead More

MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman flashing a watch worth an alleged $620,000 on Monday sparked controversy in the crisis-hit country. Dmitry Peskov, who is given a broad remit to voice the views of the Kremlin strongman, was photographed wearing the pricey timepiece as he tied theRead More

New Delhi: Naga insurgency is the oldest insurgency in the world. It started with the departure of the British from India. The Naga leaders never wanted to join the Union of India and wanted Nagaland to become an independent state. It did not happen. Nagaland was ‘forced’ to join theRead More

New Delhi: As many as 34,941 solar water pumps have been installed so far in the country as against the 1,38,267 sanctioned , Parliament was informed on Monday. “A total of 1,38,267 solar pumps have been sanctioned throughout the country and 34,941 pumps have been installed,” New and Renewable EnergyRead More

Kolkata: With fresh discharge of water from the barrages and continuing high tide, the flood situation in south Bengal remained grim on Monday as the death toll mounted to 69 while 3.63 lakh people took shelter in 2,213 relief camps in 12 affected districts. Twenty-one fresh deaths were reported todayRead More

Jodhpur: Taking note of security concerns, a court has ordered that the trial of self-styled godman Asaram, who is lodged in the central jail here in connection with a rape case, will be held in jail premises from Wednesday. District and Session Court Judge Manoj Kumar Vyas said that consideringRead More

New Delhi: Only seven Indians are currently with ISIS in Iraq and Syria, just one in a combat role, while six from the country who had joined the dreaded terror network have gone down fighting. Official sources said of the seven Indians with ISIS — two are from Mumbai’s outskirtsRead More

New Delhi: To increase regional air connectivity, five small airports are being constructed in different states at an estimated cost of Rs 740 crore, the government said. Mahesh Sharma, who is the Minister of State for Civil Aviation, said the government has decided to develop small airports at Tier-II andRead More