Lahore,/Amritsar, A Pakistani court on Wednesday summoned prosecution witnesses in the murder case of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh who was killed in a brutal assault by other inmates in a high-security jail here last year. The case proceedings resumed after a considerable delay of several months owing to the transferRead More

Ludhiana, Amid reports about the BJP hardening its stand towards its coalition partner Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is camping at Doraha, 24 km from Ludhiana, where a five-day training camp of the Sangh is being held. This is Bhagwat’s second visitRead More

  Chandigarh, Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan has nominated Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal as a member of the committee of presiding officers of the Lok Sabha, along with speakers of various other assemblies. Atwal has also been nominated as a regional representative from India on the executive committeeRead More

Mansa, The Mansa police have claimed that the woman who alleged gangrape by four men here on Monday has given fake details in the FIR. The 33-year-old woman had earlier complained that she was a nurse working in Safdarjung hospital in Delhi and had come here to treat a patient knownRead More

Ottawa, Canada’s multiculturalism minister says he and his wife were victims of a racist remark uttered by a player at a tennis court in Ottawa. Minister of State for Multiculturalism Tim Uppal tweeted about the remark, recounting an incident he says occurred at an unnamed tennis club in the city earlierRead More

Toronto, A second consecutive poll has affirmed John Tory’s position in Toronto’s mayoral race as he opens up an 11-point lead ahead of incumbent mayor Rob Ford, while Olivia Chow’s support continues to drop. The telephone survey by Forum Research shows that Tory came in at 41 per cent, Ford atRead More

Calgary,As most Canadians ease into autumn, residents of southern Alberta are contending with massive power outages and slippery roads after yet another early blast of winter snow. A snowfall warning remained in effect for Calgary and nearby regions Wednesday morning, as more snow continued to fall, just days after aRead More

Ontario, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says she’ll fight against the privatization of electricity agencies and the “fire sale” of public assets in Ontario. Earlier this year the Liberal government set up an advisory council, chaired by TD Bank Group CEO Ed Clark, to find ways to “optimize” the value of OntarioRead More

New Delhi, Messing up the process of government formation in Delhi, a delegation of Aam Aadmi Party leaders on Wednesday met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and urged him to “revise” his September 4 letter to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking permission to invite the Bharatiya Janata Party to form a “stableRead More

New Delhi, The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party met under the Presidentship of Shri Amit Shah . Meeting was attended by Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, Minister of Home Affairs, Smt. Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs and all the members of the Central ElectionRead More