Gurdaspur, August 3:  All the four accused in the Gikki Sekhon murder case of Jalandhar were today sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court. They include Prince Makkar, nephew of former Akali leader Sarbjit Singh Makkar, Jasdeep, Amardeep Singh and Amarpreet Singh Prince Narula. They have also been finedRead More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he has asked Governor General David Johnston to dissolve Parliament, touching off an 11-week campaign in advance of an election Oct. 19. Harper made the announcement today outside Rideau Hall, square in the middle of the August holiday weekend, ending months of speculationRead More

GATINEAU, Que. — Stephen Harper is off and running — and Tom Mulcair is right behind him. The NDP leader kicked off his party’s election campaign — the “Campaign for Change” — across the river from Parliament Hill just moments after his Conservative rival asked Governor General David Johnson toRead More

OTTAWA — If Stephen Harper’s rivals want to do some game analysis of what they’re up against on the campaign trail, they should review the footage of his late May visit to Nova Scotia. Here was the consummate politician — relaxed, funny, and self-assured as he paid tribute to JusticeRead More

CAIRO: US Secretary of State John Kerry sought to assure Middle East allies that the Iran nuclear deal would make them safer, as he began a regional tour in the Egyptian capital today. Kerry met his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry to patch up troubled relations between the two countries withRead More

KARACHI: Pakistan today released 163 Indian fishermen from a jail here as goodwill gesture following a recent understanding between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Russia. Those freed today include an 11-year boy among and 162 adults, an official added. They are being taken toRead More

Paris, August 2 Ending the crisis that has seen thousands of attempts by migrants to reach England from Calais in recent weeks is a “top priority”, the interior ministers of France and Britain wrote in a joint statement today. Both countries are committed to tackling the problem together and haveRead More

President Barack Obama will tomorrow unveil what he called the “biggest, most important step we’ve ever taken” to fight 9climate change, a sensitive issue central to his legacy. The White House will release the final version of America’s Clean Power Plan, a set of environmental rules and regulations that willRead More

WASHINGTON: Vice President Joe Biden is actively exploring a possible presidential run, a move which would jolt the Democratic field and its frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Traditionally, a Democrat would not take on a fellow party member who was leading the field decisively – and Biden has not done so officially.Read More

SAINT-ANDRE, FRANCE: Investigators probing missing flight MH370 collected more metallic debris on an Indian Ocean island today as Malaysia urged authorities in the region to be on alert for wreckage washing up on their shores. Locals on La Reunion island have been combing the shores since a Boeing 777 wingRead More