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Rain Fury in North India; 24 Dead in Himachal, Delhi On Alert
Monsoon rains continue to hammer several states in north India after at least 30 people were killed in floods and landslides on Sunday. In Himachal Pradesh, one of the worst-hit states, at least 24 people have died and multiple incidents of…
“Congress Has Lost Its Way”: Haryana’s BS Hooda Backs BJP On Kashmir
Congress's Haryana stalwart Bhupinder Singh Hooda raised eyebrows today by declaring support for the government's move to end special status for Jammu and Kashmir - deviating widely from the party line ahead of the coming election sin the…
“He Has Gone Mad”: Danish MPs On Trump’s Reported Plan to Buy Greenland
Danish politicians on Friday poured scorn on the notion of selling Greenland to the United States following reports that President Donald Trump had privately discussed the idea of buying the world's biggest island with his advisers. Trump…
Putting smiles on the faces of Etobicoke General Hospital’s youngest patients
ETOBICOKE – Some of Etobicoke General Hospital’s youngest patients have been given a new reason to smile. On Thursday, August 15, William Osler Health System (Osler) officially opened a new Smilezone in the Mother/Baby Unit of its Etobicoke…
Delhi Man Injured By Kite String In Area Where Another Got Throat Slit
A 35-year-old man was injured after his throat was slit by glass-coated kite string in Paschim Vihar while he was returning home with his wife and daughter on a scooter, police said on Sunday. After celebrating Raksha Bandhan on Thursday,…
Madhya Pradesh Man Runs 100 Meters In 11 Seconds, Gets Government Support
A man from Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, has got government support after a video of him running barefoot for 100 metres in 11 seconds on the road went viral over the internet. Rameshwar Gurjar has been called by the sports minister of Madhya…
NDP turfs MP Pierre Nantel for considering election run with Green party
OTTAWA — The New Democrats booted Quebec MP Pierre Nantel out of the party's federal election fold Friday after confirming with him that he is in discussions to run for the Green party instead. Nantel has been a New Democrat MP for the…
Liberals unveil $3B sole-source deal for armoured vehicles ahead of election
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government says it plans to award a multibillion-dollar contract for hundreds of light armoured vehicles to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada without holding a competition, while also giving the company in…
Andrew Scheer calls on Liberal MPs to further probe SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA — Federal ethics commissioner Mario Dion says he's willing to testify about his scathing report on Trudeau's handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair — if he's invited to do so by the House of Commons ethics committee. But there's the…
Canada ‘disappointed’ terror suspect’s British citizenship revoked
OTTAWA — The United Kingdom is shirking its share of the international community's duty to help keep the world safe from terrorism, the federal government suggested Sunday after the British Home Office revoked the citizenship of a …