Ottawa,  Deborah Coyne — Justin Trudeau’s erstwhile leadership rival and mother of his half-sister — has joined the Green party. Green party Leader Elizabeth May has appointed Coyne, a constitutional lawyer, to be her senior policy adviser. Coyne’s defection from the Liberals follows a series of unsuccessful attempts to become aRead More

Montreal , Montreal’s mayor is taking steps to try to maintain home mail delivery in light of Canada Post’s move to community mailboxes in cities. Denis Coderre will be asking his legal department to look into joining a legal challenge that’s been launched by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.Read More

MONTREAL — Reports claiming six young Quebecers left the country in mid-January and may have joined jihadist groups in the Middle East prompted a call from public safety officials urging families to contact authorities if they suspect relatives have been radicalized. Montreal police and other authorities are offering little informationRead More

New Delhi, PDP patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed will head a 25-member cabinet, half of it from BJP, in Jammu and Kashmir and the swearing-in ceremony on Sunday in Jammu will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With the PDP-BJP deal sealed after ironing out differences over contentions issues like ArticleRead More

New Delhi, Breaking his silence in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today denounced communalism and asserted that his government stood for unity wherein all religions prosper within the framework of the Constitution. “My government’s only religion is ‘India first’, my government’s only religious book is ‘Indian Constitution’, our only devotion isRead More

* ‘Double-digit growth possible, inflation easing’ New Delhi, India’s Economic Survey has projected growth at over 8 per cent for the next fiscal and said inflation was easing while setting the agenda for “big-bang” reforms to further drive expansion, prune wasteful expenditure and promote investments in a green way. Tabled inRead More

NEW DELHI: AAP today held its first national executive meeting following its landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls in which party leaders discussed its future course of action and expansion plans. However, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is AAP national convener, and his deputy Manish Sisodia did notRead More

Ludhiana, Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal today said that he is thankful to the people of Punjab for reposing faith and commitment in Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janta Party’s development oriented policies by voting for them in the recently held Municipal elections. The CM also hailed the Union Railway budgetRead More

Chandigarh,NABARD has sanctioned Rs.9320.49 lakh to Government of Punjab under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF). This includes Rs.7320.49 lakh for construction of eighteen 50 bedded primary rural rehabilitation centres for rehabilitating drug detoxified persons in 17 districts of Punjab. Sh. Naresh Gupta, CGM, Punjab RO told that these centres willRead More

Chandigarh, People’s Party of Punjab Chief Manpreet Singh Badal today castigated the S. Parkash Singh Badal government in the state for having failed to effectively present its case to the centre for special financial assistance. “It is shocking that Punjab has been excluded from the list of debt ridden statesRead More