PARIS, Qatar has agreed to buy 24 Dassault Aviation-built Rafale fighter jets in a 6.3-billion-euro ($7 billion) deal, the French government said on Thursday, as the Gulf Arab state looks to boost its military firepower in an increasingly unstable region.Tensions in the Middle East with conflicts in Yemen, Syria and Libya,Read More

Montreal, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has paid tribute to Pierre Claude Nolin as one of the most distinguished, devoted and courageous parliamentarians of his generation. Harper is one of several past and present politicians attending a funeral in Montreal this afternoon for the late Senate Speaker. The prime minister toldRead More

Ottawa — A pause has been called in the Ottawa trial of Senator Mike Duffy on breach of trust, fraud and bribery charges. Justice Charles Vaillancourt will hear arguments Monday in what is called a voir dire, which is basically a mini-trial within the main event. Lawyers will argue overRead More

Ottawa,  Former newspaper baron Conrad Black has lost his last effort to shield million of dollars from the Canadian taxman. The Supreme Court of Canada, without giving reasons, has turned down Black’s bid to appeal a 2014 ruling from the Tax Court. That decision found Black to be a resident ofRead More

* Orders disbursement of Rs 96 crore to the farmers within a week Chandigarh, April 30- In a major reprieve to the farmers worst affected by the unseasonal rains and hailstorm, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today announced to enhance the compensation from Rs.5000 to Rs 8000Read More

Chandigarh /New Delhi, April 30:  The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today demanded immediate resignation of the Union Food Processing Minister Mrs Harsimrat Kaur Badal for misleading the House yesterday on the issue of procurement of wheat in Punjab. “She should know that actual procurement is not moreRead More

* Orbit transport should be taken off roads immediately Chandigarh, Condemning the Moga incident, S Raja Amrinder Singh Warring, MLA Gidderbaha and President IYC today said it is most unfortunate. Raja said that Minor Dalit girl Arshdeep Kaur aged 13 was molested by the staff of Orbit Bus and herRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government has achieved major breakthrough by disposing off nearly 70% cases related to NRI’s in a limited time frame. It was disclosed by Punjab NRI’s Affairs Minister Jathedar Tota singh while reviewing the status of the pending NRI complaints. He was amused at the working of theRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress today demanded compensation at the rate of Rs 20,000 per acre for the damage to the crops in the state due to inclement in addition to o Rs.4880 per acre compensation under state disaster relief fund. The memorandum to this effect was submitted to Chief MinisterRead More

Chandigrah, April 30: Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today condemned the incident of molestation that forced a mother and her daughter to jump form a running bus leading to death of the girl. He said, it was reflective of the deteriorating law and order situationRead More