Toronto, An admission from Canada’s defence minister that he doesn’t know how an expanded ISIL mission into Syria will end is proof that Conservatives lack a clear exit strategy, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair suggested Wednesday. Speaking to reporters after the NDP caucus meeting, Mulcair zeroed in on comments Jason KenneyRead More

Ottawa, Stephen Poloz stood on an international stage Thursday and defended his surprise January decision to cut the Bank of Canada’s key interest rate. In prepared remarks of a speech delivered in London, the central bank governor said he had to react to the surprising speed and magnitude of theRead More

Ontario , The Ontario government has launched a sweeping review of its policies on the use of segregation in provincial jails, a move that comes amid a growing national debate about solitary confinement and its impact on prisoners with mental illness. “We are taking a hard look at our segregationRead More

Montreal, The mayors of Canada’s two biggest cities, Montreal’s Denis Coderre is the pursuer and Toronto’s John Tory (open John Tory’s policard) the pursued party. That’s because if there were a lonely hearts club for Canadian cities, Montreal would be its most prominent member. Among the country’s big cities, itRead More

Washington, Six US lawmakers along with leading advocacy groups have welcomed the inclusion of Sikh, Hindu, and Arab American communities in the Department of Justice’s hate crimes tracking effort. This is the final step in the long-fought effort to encourage the US federal government to finally begin tracking and quantifyingRead More

New Delhi, Amid talk that Rahul Gandhi will be anointed as the party chief, AICC today announced a new schedule for organisational elections in which the next Congress President will be elected by September 30. A highlight of the new schedule is that for the first time, party polls willRead More

Chandigarh, The World Bank (WB) approved a $248 million (Rs. 1540 crore) loan for the $354 million (Rs. 2200 crore) ‘Punjab Rural Water and Sanitation Sector Improvement Project’ in Washington on Tuesday to help the state significantly improve its delivery of water and sanitation services as well as reduce openRead More

Chandigarh, To showcase the rich legacy of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev and other unsung heroes of the national freedom struggle, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today approved Rs. 13.50 crore for the execution of various development projects at Hussainiwala in district Ferozepur. Disclosing this hereRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab government has sought a comprehensive relief package in terms of special central assistance of Rs.717 crore to compensate its hard working farmers for the losses incurred by them to their standing Rabi crops due to recent untimely rains and hailstorms. In the letter to the Secretary, DepartmentRead More

Moga, An MLA of ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab and his family members have been acquitted by a Sessions court here in an eight-year-old case of raising an unauthorised residential colony on agriculture land, less than a year after they were convicted by a lower court. Additional SessionsRead More