Ludhiana, Simarjit Singh Bains and Balwinder Singh Bains, both MLAs, were detained by the police today while they were agitating along with their supporters against the sand mafia. They have launched the campaign against Akali government’s alleged misrule under the banner of Team Insaaf.

Dhuri (Sangrur), April 10Congress candidate for Dhuri Assembly byelection Simar Pratap Singh Barnala today filed a complaint with Chief Election Commissioner against the election observers appointed by the commission in the constituency.Simar alleged that despite various types of violations of the code of conduct by the ruling party, the electionRead More

Panama City, Prime Minister Stephen Harper held a one-on-one discussion on Saturday with U.S President Barack Obama as part of a busy day at the Summit of the Americas in Panama. Obama and Harper had a brief conversation while they went for a walk together inside the convention centre whereRead More

Toronto, The chief executive of McEwen Mining is beefing up security at the Canadian company’s mine refinery in Mexico to make it as “impenetrable” as Fort Knox after a band of masked gunmen made off with $8.5 million in gold. “Everybody’s a bit rattled by this,” said Rob McEwen, recallingRead More

Ottawa, As much as Mike Duffy’s personal journal depicts a social butterfly who relished rubbing shoulders with politicians and power brokers, it also shines a spotlight on the gossip-fuelled, glad-handing circles in which he moved. The journal — entered as evidence this week as part of Duffy’s criminal trial onRead More

Toronto — The last two candidates for leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives, and the province’s Official Opposition, square off today in their first head-to-head debate. Barrie MP Patrick Brown and Deputy PC leader Christine Elliott are holding their first debate since the field was narrowed to just the two ofRead More

Washington, Hillary Clinton will announce her second run for the presidency on Sunday, starting her campaign as the Democrats’ best hope of fending off a crowded field of lesser-known Republican rivals and retaining the White House. The announcement will mark Clinton’s return to the campaign trail seven years after losingRead More

Washington, An asteroid discovered by a US astronomer has been named after Pakistan’s teenage education activist and the world youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.Amy Mainzer, an astronomer at NASA in California, discovered an asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter and chose to name it after Malala.“ItRead More

Beijing | A nun set herself on fire while crying out for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet in the latest in dozens of self-immolations in recent years by Tibetans protesting Beijing’s controls over the region, overseas rights groups said. Yeshi Khando, 47, of Ngangang Nunnery circled Kardze MonasteryRead More

Lahore, Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, who guided 10 LeT gunmen from a control room during the 26/11 Mumbai attack, today walked free after being under detention for six years, a day after a Pakistani court ordered his release. Lakhvi (55), mastermind of the nearly 60-hour siege, was released from Adiala JailRead More