OTTAWA – The Harper government may have “hit the reset button” on the purchase of F-35s, but planning for the stealth fighter continues — and Canada is facing a series of deadlines that will increase pressure to stick with the program.Eight Canadian military officers continue…
Parents whose children attend a Nova Scotia elementary school are upset they weren’t informed immediately after a child-care worker allegedly duct-taped the mouths of some students during an after-school program.Chris Procunier said his wife Jennifer noticed tape impressions on their seven-year-old’s mouth after the alleged…
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been dismissed from his long-time high school football coaching duties, but the Catholic school board says the decision has nothing to do with an alleged video reported to show the mayor using drugs.The Toronto Catholic District School Board thanked Ford…
The order to sanitize an audit of Sen. Mike Duffy’s expenses came from two key Conservatives on the Senate’s internal economy committee: chair David Tkachuk and Carolyn Stewart Olsen.The original version of the audit report said Duffy broke the rules when he declared a Prince…
LUCKNOW: BSP supremo Mayawati’s dream projects, including memorials and parks in the name of Dalit icons in the state capital, would now witness marriages and cultural events with the Akhilesh government deciding to use the space for public purposes.”Yes…the decision has been taken in this…
NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of a Nato withdrawal and fears of a Taliban resurgence, Afghan President said he had given the Indian government a ‘wish list’ for military equipment. The list, said sources, comes after considerable discussions with Afghanistan on what exactly they would…
NEW DELHI: AamAadmi Party (AAP) leader and Supreme Court lawyer PrashantBhushan flayed the appointment of defence secretary Shashikant Sharma as the new Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India terming it as illegal, unconstitutional and likely to be challenged in a court of law. Bhushan…
RIYADH: External affairs minister will be visiting Saudi Arabia this week for talks with the Saudi leadership on a range of issues, including the controversial ‘Nitaqat’ law relating to employment, energy security and counter-terrorism cooperation.Khurshid’s visit, from May 24-27, would be the first by an…
WASHINGTON: The political appointee who headed the IRS during the US tax agency’s abusive treatment of conservative groups insisted that he was not involved in the scandal. US senators grilled retired IRS boss Douglas Shulman about what he readily acknowledged was “inexcusable” behavior by agents…
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: Three former Ford Motor Co. executives were charged with crimes against humanity for allegedly targeting Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country’s 1976 military coup. All three men are now in their 80s. Their case is part of a…
WASHINGTON: The US has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn’t enough proof to…
OKLAHOMA: The people of central Oklahoma know all too well the destructive power of a tornado, but when a big one rolled toward the town of Moore again , residents had few basements and storm shelters to run to when the alarm sounded, officials said.Two…
ABUJA: Nigeria’s military says its offensive against insurgents in the country’s restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers. Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, said in a statement that one soldier also was missing as “forces have been…
TUNIS: Security forces and hardline Islamists fought street battles in Tunis , with one protester killed and 15 policemen wounded, after the authorities banned the Salafists from staging their annual congress.The confrontations infuriated moderate Islamist Prime Minister Ali Larayedh, who for the first time linked…
SITTWE, Myanmar: Myanmar’s victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away. Myanmar’s Rakhine state is pockmarked with makeshift settlements for up to 140,000 people…
Akhilesh govt to use Maya’s Dalit memorials for marriages, cultural events
LUCKNOW: BSP supremo Mayawati’s dream projects, including memorials and parks in the name of Dalit…
US Congress grills former IRS chief over tax scandal
WASHINGTON: The political appointee who headed the IRS during the US tax agency’s abusive treatment…
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