At 26, Kamal Khera — a first-time MP from Brahmpton West — is the youngest to have won in the recent elections in Canada. Khera, who represents Canada’s ruling Liberal party is on a private visit to Punjab. “Politics is a complete contrast in India and Canada. Though I am not much aware of the Indian system of politics, in […]
» Read moreUnidentified gunmen shot and wounded an Italian priest on Wednesday in northern Bangladesh, the latest in a spate of attacks on foreigners that have been blamed on hardline Islamists, police said. The priest, identified only as “Piero”, was riding his bicycle in the northern city of Dinajpur when gunmen on a motorbike shot him several times at close range before […]
» Read moreThe leaders of Taiwan and China shook hands Saturday at a historic meeting marking the first top-level contact between the formerly bitter Cold War foes since they split amid civil war 66 years ago. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou came together on neutral ground in the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore, walking toward each other in […]
» Read moreA Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the airport in South Sudan’s capital, killing dozens of people, witnesses said. An official said three people on board survived. The precise death toll was not immediately clear after the Antonov-12 B plane turbo prop plane crashed soon after take off, leaving chunks of wreckage, […]
» Read moreCAIRO: Egyptian military has spotted the wreckage of a Russian passenger plane that crashed today in the Sinai Peninsula with 224 people on board, the government said. “Military planes have discovered the wreckage of the plane… in a mountainous area, and 45 ambulances have been directed to the site to evacuate dead and wounded,” a cabinet statement said. A “Russian […]
» Read moreKathmandu: K P Sharma Oli was on Sunday elected as the next Prime Minister of Nepal defeating incumbent Sushil Koirala in a contest which became necessary after parties failed to forge a consensus amid violent protests over the country’s new Constitution. In voting held in Parliament here, CPN-UML chairman Oli garnered 338 votes, 39 more than the 299 that he […]
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