LINDSAY, Ont. – A lawyer for Dean Del Mastro says the former Conservative MP should face nothing more than a fine for having been found guilty of violating the Canada Elections Act. Leo Adler says his client was never charged with corruption, but was instead found guilty of overspending duringRead More

Ottawa, An NDP private member’s bill meant to formally recognize Remembrance Day as a “legal” holiday appears to be dying a slow, silent death as the sun begins to set on the current session of Parliament. The Harper government recently asked for more time to study the straightforward, single-clause bill,Read More

Sydney, The earthquake that devastated Nepal and left thousands of people dead shifted the earth beneath Kathmandu by up to several metres south, but the height of Mount Everest likely stayed the same, experts said today. The massive 7.8-magnitude quake on Saturday was the Himalayan nation’s deadliest disaster in moreRead More

Baltimore, Rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers hours after thousands mourned the man who died from a severe spinal injury he suffered in police custody. The governor declared a state of emergency and called in the NationalRead More

Colombo, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today moved a key amendment bill in Parliament to restore a two-term limit on presidents and ensure independence of the judiciary, reversing changes made by his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa. The 19A amendment was introduced after last week’s aborted attempt caused due to disruption byRead More

Kathmandu: Some 50,000 pregnant women were likely affected by the devastating earthquake in Nepal, a UN agency said on Tuesday. Initial estimates by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) indicate that some 50,000 pregnant women and girls could be among the survivors in quake-affected Nepal where at least 4,347 livesRead More

Peshawar, A ‘mini-cyclone’ coupled with torrential rains tore through northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar Valley, killing at least 45 people and injuring 200 others, half of them children, and bringing down houses and electric poles, officials said today. The freak storm that hit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and adjoining areas late yesterday collapsed buildings, andRead More

United Nations: With the election of a secretary-general looming next year amid rising major global challenges, India has called for making the selection of a successor to Ban Ki-moon an open, democratic process where all member nations have a greater say. Permanent Representative Asoke Kumar Mukerji told a panel consideringRead More

Kolkata, In a major boost to the party ahead of next year’s Assembly polls, the Trinamool Congress today scored a landslide victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation bagging 114 of the 144 wards, and also won 69 of the 91 civic bodies in districts across West Bengal. The victory in theRead More

New Delhi, Members from Opposition and treasury benches had a heated exchange of words in Rajya Sabha today over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on foreign soil that he wanted to clean the dirt of 60 years forcing three adjournments in the pre-lunch session. Rejecting the Opposition charge that Modi wasRead More