New Delhi, Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal and 14 others, including former minister of state for coal Dasari Narayan Rao and ex-Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, were summoned on Wednesday as accused by a Special court in the Jharkhand’s Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block allocation scam case. Special CBI JudgeRead More

New Delhi, Claiming that its Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014, has a “child-friendly approach”, the NDA government Wednesday said this bill became necessary because several issues had constrained the implementation of the existing legislation, even as some parties opposed the proposal to treat children aged 16Read More

Mumbai, From a humble beginning as a tailor’s assistant to a bandana-ponytail and chunky gold chain sporting biker to the owner of 11 flashy cars, including a Hummer, the only thing that managed to shift the spotlight from former Goa minister Francisco Mickky Pacheco’s flamboyant lifestyle is his controversial politicalRead More

Toronto — Progressive Conservatives across Ontario have a second and final chance today to vote for their new party leader, with the winner to be announced on Saturday. It’s a two-person battle between deputy PC leader Christine Elliott, the widow of former finance minister Jim Flaherty, and Barrie MP PatrickRead More

Toronto- Ontario’s elementary school teachers say they’re acting within the law by waiting until Friday to tell parents whether there will be a full strike next week — and the education minister wants to look at changing the rules. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario is planning a province-wide strikeRead More

Ottawa- There’s a two-step dance that parliamentarians learn so they can piggyback political events onto taxpayer-paid trips — were Sen. Mike Duffy’s waltzes across the country at the behest of his colleagues any different? That’s one of the questions crystallizing now that Duffy’s trial has begun to hear from hisRead More

Ottawa, The Conservative caucus room was described as a morgue Wednesday as federal MPs grappled with political mortality after the New Democrats effectively killed the conservative movement’s four-decade grip on Alberta politics. While they sought to downplay the notion that the NDP’s upset in Alberta is an omen for thisRead More

Chandigarh, A team of the SC/ST Commission is likely to visit Punjab during the next two weeks to have on the spot assessment of the situation and the steps having been taken by the state government for their welfare. Commission vice chairman Raj Kumar Verka said that atrocities on theRead More

Chandigarh, The schedule of unique initiative of Punjab government and SGPC – Dharmik Darshan Yatra – started from Patiala has changed respecting the people’s devotion. Displaying the relics of three Guru Sahibans the yatra has witnessed unprecedented rush leading to the Punjab government changing its scheduled programme. The Education MinisterRead More

Chandigarh, May 7- Exhorting the industrialists to play a proactive role in promoting Technical education by setting up ‘Integrated Skill Centers’ in the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that these were mandatory for safeguarding the interests of youth, state and even the entrepreneurs. AddressingRead More