* To benefit number of allottees to the tune of crores Chandigarh, The Punjab government today announced a golden opportunity to all those allottees of immoveable properties (plots/houses etc) by the government or a public sector undertaking or local bodies to get their first conveyance deeds registered at rates mentionedRead More

*‘Kisan rally’ was nothing more than a ‘Political Gimmick’ * Bats for opening of hussainiwala and fazilka trade routes Ferozepur, Slamming the Congress party for ‘shedding crocodile tears’ on the issues of farmers, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that the ‘Kisan Rally’ organized by theRead More

Ottawa, Mike Duffy seemed a lot more interested in what the Internet thought of him than he was in the attitudes of the people he represented in the Senate, court heard Friday as the second week of the suspended senator’s trial came to a close. Long before 2009, when heRead More

Toronto:-Toronto’s next top cop could be named by the end of the weekend. According to a city hall source, Toronto police Chief Bill Blair’s successor – one of three currently on a shortlist – could be named Sunday. It’s thought the three finalists for the post are deputy chiefs PeterRead More

Toronto, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada has generated business worth more than 1.6 billion Canadian dollars, according to official figures released by the Harper government here. Sixteen commercial agreements and announcements were made by Canadian and Indian companies and organisations during Prime Minister Modi’s visit this week. TheRead More

Tehran, Iran’s military is purely for defence and should not be seen as a threat in the Middle East, President Hassan Rouhani said today amid rising tension with Saudi Arabia. With a Saudi-led air campaign against Huthi rebels in Yemen putting Tehran, the region’s dominant Shiite power, at odds withRead More

Beijing,The ties between China and Pakistan, often described as “all-weather friendship”, continues to resonate with the people of the two nations with a majority of them terming the relationship as “iron friends”, according to a new survey conducted ahead of President Xi Jinping’s visit. An online survey, jointly conducted byRead More

New York, India is walking the talk in its efforts to contribute to the success of the ambitious post-2015 Development Agenda through the national targets to eradicate poverty and provide access to basic sanitation and electricity to all, the country’s top diplomat at the UN said. India’s Permanent Representative toRead More

Moscow, Russia has key interests in common with the United States and needs to work with it on a common agenda, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday in a television interview. In his comments to the state-run Rossiya channel, Putin appeared to soften his anti-American rhetoric after being highlyRead More

Arbil, Iraq The Islamic State group claimed Saturday a bombing near the US consulate in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region a day earlier that killed two Turks. “Security detachments were able to… detonate a car bomb left at the American consulate building in the city that led to the killing andRead More