Colombo, February 22 Sri Lanka has sought India’s support ahead of the March session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva during which Colombo’s record in human rights and related accountability will be probed. According to a report in Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa hasRead More

New Delhi, February 22 A Delhi court on Monday sent 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi, arrested in connection with allegedly being involved in sharing a “toolkit” on social media related to the farmers’ protest, to one day police custody. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma allowed custodial interrogation of Ravi afterRead More

Ottawa says it intends to guarantee the right to work in French in all federally regulated private businesses with more than 50 employees in Quebec, and in predominantly French-speaking communities across Canada. The measure is one of 56 proposals to modify the Official Languages Act that were introduced Friday byRead More

Chandigarh, February 19 With the strength of farmers thinning at Singhu and Tikri borders, Gurnam Singh Charuni, the leading farmer leader from the state, on Friday announced that there would be no more ‘mahapanchayats’ in Haryana and Punjab. Charuni said farmers from the two states would rather be asked toRead More

Chandigarh, February 19 The Captain Amarinder Singh government plans to unveil its budget for Punjab for 2021-22 on March 8. A Cabinet, meeting chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday, approved summoning of the 14th Session (Budget Session) of the 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha from March 1-10 andRead More

London, February 19 Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have made a final split with the British royal family, telling Queen Elizabeth that they will not be returning as working members of monarchy, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. Harry and Meghan sent shockwaves through the monarchy in January 2020 byRead More

New Delhi, February 19 Armed with evidence of physical verification of troops dis-engaging from along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladkah, Corps Commanders of the two countries are slated to meet on Saturday to discuss the next steps of the dis-engagement process. Photo for representation purposes. PTIRead More

A pub trivia contest held in the Fraser Health region is now at the centre of a growing COVID-19 outbreak, even though events like pub trivia nights are currently banned under public health orders. “While we are unable to confirm specific details involving individual businesses, we can confirm that anRead More

Chandigarh, February 18 A 34-year-old youth Congress leader Gurlal Singh Bhullar was allegedly shot dead in Punjab’s Faridkot on Thursday evening, said police. Two unidentified motorcycle-borne men fired around 12 shots at Bhullar near Jublee Chowk in Faridkot district, a police official said over the phone. He later died atRead More

Chandigarh, February 18 Farmers on Thursday sat on railway tracks at many places in Punjab and Haryana as part of the four-hour ‘rail roko’ protest against the Centre’s three farm laws, with officials saying trains were halted at stations as a precautionary measure. Normal movement of trains on various railRead More