Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is dropping its visa requirement for Mexican visitors as of December 2016, while Mexico has agreed to open its markets to Canadian beef. OTTAWA—The leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico will talk up continental co-operation when they meet Wednesday, a message standing …
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One dead, dozens displaced after explosion rocks Mississauga neighbourhood
More than a dozen homes are under a strict evacuation order and hundreds of others remain inside a restricted perimeter after an explosion leveled a Mississauga home Tuesday, leaving one person dead and several others injured. The Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Team arrived at the scene late Tuesday and …
Read More »Suicide blasts kill dozens at Istanbul airport
ISTANBUL (AP) – Suicide attackers killed dozens and wounded more than 140 at Istanbul’s busy Ataturk Airport, the latest in a series of bombings to strike Turkey in recent months. Turkish officials said the massacre was most likely the work of the Islamic State group. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim …
Read More »Drug pusher deaths jump as Philippine leader takes office
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – The bodies of dozens of suspected drug peddlers have turned up in the Philippines in recent weeks, providing an eerie backdrop to the swearing-in on Thursday of Rodrigo Duterte, who has warned of a bloody presidency in his bid to eradicate crime. Some of the dead …
Read More »7th Pay Commission: Cabinet clears final payout; government employees to get 23.55% hike in salary
New Delhi: Bringing cheers to over 1 crore government employees and pensioners, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the final report made by the secretaries panel on 7th Pay Commission recommendations. Shortly after the meeting of the Cabinet, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley congratulated the central government officers, employees and pensioners. …
Read More »Political parties in Goa encourage sex tourism: Kejriwal
Panaji: The tourism of sex, drugs and prostitution in Goa is backed by political patronage and is defaming Goa, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday. He was speaking at an interaction with small hoteliers and tourism industry stakeholders in the coastal state. “Tourism in Goa …
Read More »Motihari gang-rape: Doctors in Bihar continue to use two-finger test, says NCW report
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) will on Wednesday submit to the Prime Minister’s Office its report on the alleged gang-rape of a 21-year-old in Bihar’s Motihari. The NCW had announced an inquiry into the incident and one of its members had visited the town in Bihar’s East …
Read More »After health minister, now CM Badal downplays drug issue in Punjab
The CM told the media on the sidelines of his sangat darshan (public contact) programme at Lopoke village in Raja Sansi constituency that in Punjab “the opposition parties, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) mainly, are just busy defaming the country’s sword arm and food bowl”. “The state …
Read More »Punjab govt complete failure on drugs, says Dharamvira Gandhi
Member of Parliament Dharamvira Gandhi on Wednesday condemned the statement of health minister Surjit Kumar Jyani who had said that the drug taint on Punjab was a deliberate attempt to tarnish the state’s image. On the International Day Against Drug Abuse at Amritsar recently, Jyani had said, “There is a …
Read More »Defence minister announces $36M in funding for bomb disposal training
Harjit Sajjan was at the Gagetown base in New Brunswick on Monday to announce the new facilities. OROMOCTO, N.B.—The Department of National Defence is spending $36 million in New Brunswick on new training facilities for identifying and disposing of improvised explosive devices and other explosive ordinance. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan …
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