Toronto : A man convicted of sexually assaulting a female student under the age of 14 and banned from ever teaching in a publicly-funded school is still leading a private tutoring program in Scarborough, according to a media report. A report in the Toronto Star says the principal of DhakaRead More

WASHINGTON: The United States and China must be ‘honest and direct’ about future ties, US Vice President Joe Biden said today, warning Beijing that the world’s seaways must remain open for trade. Welcoming a top delegation of Chinese officials to Washington for annual strategic and economic talks, Biden said BeijingRead More

LONDON: A prominent Pakistani Islamic cleric launched a ‘counter-terrorism’ curriculum in London today, to rebut the message of militant groups such as Islamic State (ISIS) and stop young people becoming radicalized and heading to Syria. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri, a politician, scholar and fiery orator, said he wanted his 900-page curriculum,Read More

KARACHI: Nearly 700 people have died in a severe three-day heatwave in Pakistan, officials said today, with medics battling to treat patients as a state of emergency was declared in hospitals. The majority of people died in government-run hospitals in the port city of Karachi, Pakistan’s economic hub of aroundRead More

PESHAWAR: The UN’s top official for refugees has urged the world not to ‘forget’ the millions of Afghans forced to live for decades in Pakistan because of war in their homeland. Pakistan has the world’s second-largest refugee population, 1.5 million, most of them Afghans living for years in poor conditionsRead More

New Delhi, June 23: Some members of the Sangh Parivar, it seems, are slowly becoming synonymous with controversy. Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Sadhvi Prachi today triggered shock waves with her remarks that those who are opposed to yoga should go to Pakistan and that they have “no right” to stayRead More

New Delhi: BJP MP R K Singh on Tuesday struck a discordant note over party leaders Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje extending help to former IPL boss Lalit Modi, saying “any help to a fugitive is legally and morally wrong”. He urged the government to take all measures to bringRead More

NEW DELHI: J Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was wrongly found innocent in a corruption case, the Karnataka government said today in the Supreme Court, where it has challenged her acquittal, describing it as a “farce.” Ms Jayalalithaa returned to office as Chief Minister in May after sheRead More

  Patna: Scotching rumours about his ambition to become Bihar Chief Minister and friction within NDA over it, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday categorically stated that he was not a CM candidate nor anybody from his party would be so. “I amRead More

Panaji: In the wake of a row over Goa minister Sudin Dhavalikar’s alleged fake degree, state Governor Mridula Sinha on Tuesday said there was a need to keep “bad things” away from society. “There are lot of bad things in the world. But just as a woman separates stones fromRead More