London, Canada will continue to keep a tight lid on defence spending, but remains committed to military missions aimed at curbing radicalism abroad, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told an audience in London Wednesday. Harper made the comments during a discussion at Mansion House in London ahead of a NATO summitRead More

Ottawa, The Bank of Canada held its trend-setting interest rate at one per cent on Wednesday as it said there needs to be continued growth in Canada’s exports before companies increase their investment and hiring. The central bank also noted activity in the housing market is stronger than previously thought.Read More

British Columbia,  British Columbia families hoping for a quick end to the teachers strike will not be pleased to hear of a new expert warning that the labour disruption could drag on for weeks. The province’s public school teachers were on the picket lines Tuesday, on what should have beenRead More

Chandigarh, President Shiromani Akali Dal and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister S. Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced the organizational structure of Shiromani Akali Dal by releasing the names of Senior Vice Presidents, Secretary Generals, General Secretaries, Vice Presidents, Joint Secretaries, District Jathedars, President of party units in other states and president ofRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his personal intervention for immediate financial restructuring of the outstanding loans of the financially ailing NAFED to bail out this apex organization of marketing cooperatives in India. In a letter to Modi, the Chief Minister saidRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today lambasted the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, for the pitiable condition of the government schools even in towns like Ludhiana which mocked at the very model of development touted by this government which was totally divorced from the grassrootsRead More

Chandigarh,  My husband is being falsely framed by the criminal gang supported by local police said Sukhmani cheema Wife of Ig Gautam Cheema to media  in a press meet at chandigarh press club.  In connection with the case registered against my husband Sh. Gautam Cheema IPS, Inspector General of Police atRead More

Chandigarh, The ossification test report of Jyoti Meer, one of the two Nooran sisters, popular Sufi singers from Jalandhar, has revealed that she is a minor. The test report from Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sector 16, Chandigarh, was submitted on Monday in the court headed by justice TPS Mann during the resumedRead More

Chandigarh,  Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was indiscriminately trying to copy the US President Barack Obama in almost everything he does. He said, the latest example was his proposed September 5 address to the students across the country onRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Revenue Department took a giant leap towards implementing e-stamping system for registration deeds with the Punjab Cabinet approving “Punjab e-Stamp Rules 2014”. Disclosing this here today Revenue Minister Mr. Bikram Singh Majithia said that this path breaking people friendly initiative has been taken by the Revenue Department in which effortsRead More