Human Resources Minister Diane Finley said unemployed workers who are receiving employment insurance benefits will not be forced to take jobs that don’t match their skills or be forced to relocate for a job. Finley made the statement a day after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty…
QUEBEC — The Quebec government has tabled a bill to expand the powers of the inquiry into organized crime influence in the province’s construction industry. The legislation follows a request by inquiry chairwoman France Charbonneau for more independence in the gathering of evidence. The bill…
OTTAWA — Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney has ordered a ban on international travel for members of an arm’s-length agency that reviews the claims of veterans. The order follows growing controversy over expense claims from John Larlee, chairman of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board…
WASHINGTON — Brian McNamee testified that Roger Clemens’ lawyers pushed him from reluctant turncoat to angry accuser when they allowed details of McNamee’s oldest son’s illness to be revealed during a nationally. “I was furious,” McNamee told the jury in Clemens’ perjury trial. As soon…
TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog releases its on policing during the G20 summit in Toronto two years ago. The report by the Office of the Independent Police Review Director is expected to be critical of the poor communication among the various police agencies handling summit…
MONTREAL — A federal move to regulate mask-wearing at large gatherings could face a litmus test as early as this week, as events in Montreal help foreshadow whether such a plan will do more good or harm. A local bylaw under discussion might offer an…
NEW DELHI: Over 600 sophisticated weapons procured by the government for paramilitary forces have been found to be defective, the government said. All these weapons had been supplied by two companies based in Bulgaria and Italy. Between 2010 and 2012, M/s Arsenal JSCo, Bulgaria, supplied…
NEW DELHI: With the mammoth aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya slated to reach Indian shores early next year, the government is scrambling to launch the long-delayed expansion of the strategic Karwar naval base in coastal Karnataka at a cost of around Rs 13,000 crore. The Phase-IIA…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court refused to restrain cricketer Sachin Tendulkar from taking oath as a Rajya Sabha member on a PIL seeking quashing of his nomination to the Upper House. The court, however, asked the Centre to respond to the PIL by July…
WASHINGTON: The United States said it was partially resuming sales of military supplies to Gulf Arab ally Bahrain after having frozen most shipments last year amid a bloody crackdown on protests. But in a nod to concerns over ongoing pro-democracy demonstrations, State Department spokeswoman Victoria…
WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of powerful US lawmakers has asked secretary of state Hillary Clinton to “immediately designate” the Pakistan-based dreaded Haqqani network as a foreign terrorist organization. The lawmakers, who have written a letter to Clinton in this regard, include senate intelligence committee chairman…
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama’s camp unleashed a fierce assault on his Republican foe Mitt Romney, lambasting the former venture capitalist as a “vampire” who got rich by gutting ailing firms. A new ad, relating the way Romney’s firm Bain Capital took over and ultimately…
SEOUL: Six leaders from South Korea’s biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker , drinking and smoking. The scandal erupted just days before Koreans observe a national holiday to celebrate the birth of…
SANAA: Yemeni military officials say 42 people have been killed in heavy clashes between the army and al-Qaida-linked militants in the country’s south. The officials say the military used warplanes and heavy artillery in its assault this morning on the town of al-Hurur in Abyan…
MONTERREY, Mexico: Mexican investigators searched for perpetrators of a heinous drug-war massacre in which 49 people were killed, decapitated, dismembered and left in plastic bags on the side of a rural highway. The mutilated corpses, whose hands had been cut off to prevent fingerprint identification,…
600 arms supplied by Bulgarian, Italian arms found to be defective
NEW DELHI: Over 600 sophisticated weapons procured by the government for paramilitary forces have been…
United States partially resumes military supplies to Bahrain
WASHINGTON: The United States said it was partially resuming sales of military supplies to Gulf…
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