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Maharashtra Cabinet Approves Rs. 100 Crore For Bal Thackeray Memorial
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday approved Rs. 100 crore for the construction of a memorial for late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray. After the Cabinet meeting, state Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar told reporters in Mumbai that…
Bihar Man Tries To Set Wife Ablaze For Not Being Able To Bear Child: Cops
PATNA: A woman from a Bihar village was rescued as her husband and in-laws were trying to set her ablaze for "not being able to bear a child," the police have said. The woman's husband has been arrested. The woman, who lives in Bhojpur…
‘Roma,’ ‘The Favourite’ lead Oscar nomination with 10 nods
NEW YORK — Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" and Yorgos Lanthimos' "The Favourite" led all films with 10 nominations each to the 91st Academy Awards, while Netflix and Marvel each scored their first best picture nomination. The nominees for…
‘Bao,’ ‘Animal Behaviour,’ ‘Weekends’ among Canadian Oscar…
LOS ANGELES — Several Canadians have landed Oscar nominations. The category for best animated short includes the Pixar production "Bao" by Toronto-raised Domee Shi. Also on that list is "Animal Behaviour" by Vancouver's David Fine…
3 groups, many videos, many interpretations of DC encounter
\ A group of five black men shouting vulgar insults while protesting centuries of oppression. Dozens of white Catholic high school students visiting Washington for a rally to end abortion. And Native Americans marching to end injustice for…
China demands U.S. withdraw request for Canada to extradite Huawei executive
BEIJING — China issued fresh demands Tuesday that the U.S. abandon its request that Canada extradite a senior telecom executive who was detained in Vancouver last month, turning its attention to the States in the ongoing diplomatic…
Trump’s shutdown proposal faces uncertain fate in Senate
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's proposal to reopen the government, sweetened with immigration provisions aimed at mollifying Democrats but which have alienated some conservatives, is headed for Senate action, its prospects…
Health Canada ready to unveil newly revamped Canada Food Guide
OTTAWA — Canadians will finally see Health Canada's modern spin on healthy eating today. Health Minister Ginette Petipas Taylor will unveil an overhauled Canada Food Guide in Montreal this morning. The guide is expected to have a…
Yellow vests in Canada bear no resemblance to protesters in France: ambassador
OTTAWA — Canada's ambassador to France says this country's yellow-vest protest movement bears little resemblance to the "gilets jaunes" who started it all in France. Isabelle Hudon says the movement in Canada appears to have been…
NDP, Liberals pitch for urban votes with competing affordable housing plans
OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh is proposing three measures he says will help build 500,000 new affordable housing units across Canada over the next 10 years. The NDP leader says the federal government should stop applying GST to the cost of…