London UK Home Secretary Priti Patel, who has previously issued a formal apology for the Windrush immigration scandal which wrongly denied citizenship rights to thousands of Commonwealth nationals, on Thursday unveiled a new campaign to ensure those affected can access government support and compensation. The Indian-origin Cabinet minister said sheRead More

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the embodiment of a new India where family name does not make one’s destiny in a letter to the two-time World Cup-winning former India captain, who retired from international cricket last week. A thankful Dhoni shared the letterRead More

The proposed Ram Temple at Ayodhya would be constructed out of stone. Iron would not be used to build any part of the building, instead, copper would be used to support the construction of 12,000 pillars—which would be built out of stone. The reason behind using cooper is, that theRead More

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to hit the reset button on his Liberal government that is now mired in an ethics controversy by seeking to prorogue Parliament until October, CBC News has learned from multiple sources. Trudeau must seek permission from Gov. Gen. Julie Payette to prorogue, but it isRead More

Chandigarh A day ahead of his meeting with his Punjab counterpart over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, convened by the Centre, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said he was hopeful that Capt Amarinder Singh would agree to completion of the canal in accordance with the Supreme Court order. TalkingRead More

Chandigarh Punjab reported an astonishing 1,704 coronavirus cases within a span of 24 hours, the state’s COVID bulletin showed on Tuesday—the highest spike the state has so far reported—with Ludhiana and Patiala together accounting for more than half of the cases. Ludhiana reported 483 cases—the highest it has reported yetRead More

Minsk Alexander Lukashenko, the leader of Belarus, awarded medals “for impeccable service” on Tuesday to law enforcement officials who have helped him crack down on protesters demanding he step down in the 10 days since an election they say was stolen. In an effort to clamp down on strikes thatRead More

Washington The Senate intelligence committee concluded that the Kremlin launched an aggressive effort to meddle in the 2016 presidential contest on behalf of Donald Trump as the Republican-led panel on Tuesday released its fifth and final report in its investigation into election interference. The Senate panel described its report, totalingRead More

New Delhi The government on Tuesday said reassuring signals were emerging in the fight against COVID-19 but this was no time to lower the guard. The Health Ministry today said despite record rise in testing over the past days, average weekly positivity rate of the infection has declined from 10.03Read More

New Delhi India is negotiating with 13 countries, including Australia, Japan and Singapore, to establish separate bilateral air bubble arrangements for international flight operations, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday. Under a bilateral air bubble pact, airlines of both countries can operate international flights with certain restrictions.Read More