* ASKS YAD TO PLAY A PROACTIVE ROLE FOR WEEDING OUT THE VARIOUS SOCIAL MALADIES PREVALENT IN THE SOCIETY * HOPES THAT THE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE OF YAD WOULD PROVIDE FRESH VIGOR TO IT * LAUNCHES MEMBERSHIP DRIVE OF YAD IN MALWA II ZONE Sangrur, May 15- Terming that Youth AkaliRead More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont.-  The practice of starting Mississauga city council meetings with the Lord’s Prayer will end on Wednesday. Council recently passed a motion to stop opening meetings with the prayer and has decided to observe 30 seconds of silence instead. The motion passed unanimously. Mayor Bonnie Crombie says a silentRead More

TORONTO – Rob Ford called in from his hospital bed to thank people for their support after his recent cancer surgery. The former Toronto mayor also thanked those who attended a fundraiser Thursday night, as his brother Doug played the call from his cellphone. Doug Ford ran unsuccessfully for mayorRead More

OTTAWA — Buyers in Toronto and Montreal pushed home sales higher last month as Canadians continued to take advantage of low interest rates. The Canadian Real Estate Association said Friday home sales in April through its MLS system were up 2.3 per cent compared with the previous month. The increaseRead More

Washington: President Barack Obama will seek to convince Gulf allies including Saudi Arabia on Thursday that the United States is committed to their security despite deep concern among Arab leaders about US efforts to broker a nuclear deal with Iran. During a rare, high-profile summit at the Camp David presidentialRead More

London: The contest to lead Britain’s defeated opposition Labour Party widened on Thursday after two senior lawmakers added their names to the slate of contenders following the party’s decisive drubbing in a national election last week. Ed Miliband, the previous leader, quit on Friday, saying he took responsibility for theRead More

KABUL: The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the seven-hour overnight siege on a Kabul guest house on Wednesday in which 14 people, including four Indians and an American, were killed. “The attack was planned carefully to target the party in which important people and Americans were attending,” the militants saidRead More

MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA: The Nigeria army Thursday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the restive northeastern town of Maiduguri in the aftermath of a Boko Haram attack on the city, a military statement said. “In view of the recent development within Maiduguri metropolis a 24-hour curfew is hereby imposed in the city,”Read More

Kabul,Gunmen attacked a government compound in southern Afghanistan today, setting off hours of clashes in which at least 10 people, including four police, were killed, officials said. Another 12 people were wounded in the attack in the city of Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province, according to Deputy Gov MohammedRead More

Seoul, North Korea executed its defence chief by putting him in front of an anti-aircraft gun at a firing range, Seoul’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) told lawmakers, which would be the latest in a series of high-level purges since Kim Jong Un took charge. Hyon Yong Chol, who headed theRead More