The Parkash-SinghBadal-led Akali-BJP government is yet to provide “sanctioned staff” to Punjab Claims Commission four years after the Punjab and Haryana high court formed the panel. On Wednesday, the commission headed by chief justice VK Bali (retired) wrote to chief minister Badal about how officials of the home department looked …

Even before the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announces its first list of 20 candidates for the assembly polls, bush fire of protests against the ‘finalised’ candidates have erupted at many places in the state. Former bureaucrat Hardip Singh Kingra, a ticket hopeful from Faridkot, quit the party on Wednesday in …

Four of nine elevators are out of service in what a condo board member says is latest stint of lift trouble. Jim McNally lives 77 storeys above Yonge St. Through his floor-to-ceiling windows he looks down on Queen’s Park and the University of Toronto, and on a clear day he …

It took the horsepower of seven men from the Mississauga fire department to pull the animal to freedom. A 4-year-old horse named Bodacious Heart had to be rescued on Tuesday morning after falling into a shallow gully in Norval, Ont. It took the horsepower of seven men from the Mississauga …

The officer only stopped a car because his ‘concerns for the safety of the young white female were based on the fact that she was seen in the company of a black male,’ the judge ruled. Drug-trafficking charges against two people in Whitby, Ont., have been dismissed after a judge …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – A medium-range ballistic missile fired Wednesday by North Korea flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and landed near Japan’s territorial waters, Seoul and Tokyo officials said, one of the longest flights by a North Korean missile. The U.S. Strategic Command said North Korea fired two …

Dubai: An Emirates Airline flight EK251 from Thiruvananthapuram crash landed at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. 275 passengers were on board. As per initial reports, the plane landed on its belly after suspected failure of the landing gear. The Boeing 777-300 had left Thiruvananthapuram airport at 10:20 am today. …

Srinagar: Here’s a new shocker from Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti on the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. Mehbooba Mufti has instructed the police to apologise to the Kashmiri youth for the killing of Burhan Wani. Reportedly, Mehbooba Mufti also instructed policemen to remain invisible from the …

New Delhi: BJP may fare badly and lose Gujarat if elections are held in state in the present circumstances, a fresh internal survey conducted by party’s ideological mentor RSS has concluded. According to reports, the BJP is likely to win nearly 60 to 65 seats out of the total 182 …

Mumbai: A British era bridge on the Mumbai-Goa National Highway collapsed in the wee hours of Wednesday due to excessive rains in the Konkan region in Maharashtra. The rescuers have recovered two dead bodies from the overflowing Savitri river and a massive search is on for others who are missing, …