21 injured, 26 still missing; four referred to PGI Chandigarh, 24 July Eight pilgrims, including four women, were killed and 21 others were injured when a bus in which they were travelling in plunged into a swollen Parbati river in Manikaran valley of Kullu district at Sarsari, 18 km fromRead More

Jalandhar, July 24 After veteran BJP leader Shanta Kumar’s letter to national party president Amit Shah on setting up Lokpal within the party in view of reported scams by leaders, former BJP minister Manoranjan Kalia today levelled serious allegations against the former. He accused Shanta Kumar, former Punjab affairs inRead More

Chandigarh, July 24 Hopes of the early completion of the six-laning of the Amritsar-Delhi national highway have been generated with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) fixing targets to relocate the boundary wall and shifting of certain Army structures in Jalandhar cantonment within six months. The six-laning of theRead More

Chandigarh, July 24 None of the 65 Sikh convicts, for whose release Surat Singh Khalsa is on hunger strike for almost 190 days, is eligible for remission of sentence after today’s order by the Supreme Court, vacating stay over the power of the state governments to remit sentences. Though theRead More

TORONTO:Mayor John Tory says he left a meeting with several Toronto-area NDP Members of Parliament on Thursday morning “satisfied” that the party will provide funding for SmartTrack if elected in the fall. Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged to provide up to $2.6 billion in funding for the rapid transit projectRead More

BARRIE, Ont. — Premier Kathleen Wynne is dismissing a request from Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown to call an immediate byelection so he can seek a seat in the legislature before the fall session begins. Wynne says she’s “eager to let Brown have his shot” at getting a seat, butRead More

SMITHERS, B.C. — The New Democrats will look to form a coalition government with the federal Liberals if it means ousting Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives from power, says a prominent NDP MP. Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen said that while winning a majority in this fall’s federal election isRead More

BRAMPTON, Ont. – Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) says it plans to shut down 52 unprofitable stores in its chain of various retail outlets in a move that will cut sales but boost its operating profit. The company says the closures will take place over the next 12 months and reduceRead More

TORONTO – Residents in several southwestern Ontario communities can start using Uber on Thursday, and the ride-hailing service is offering them free rides to try it out. Uber Canada says its uberX service will be available in London, Waterloo Region, Hamilton and Guelph, and customers can ride up to fourRead More

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry mounted a furious counterattack against critics of the Iran nuclear deal today, telling skeptical lawmakers that rejection of the accord would give Tehran “a great big green light” to swiftly accelerate its atomic program. Testifying before Congress for the first time since IranRead More