Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday laid foundation stones/inaugurated a slew of development projects, worth Rs 265.15 crores, to spruce up Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts.While inaugurating/laying the foundation stones of these projects...

Senior Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik believes no team is favourite to win the upcoming World Cup slated to be held in England and Wales from May 30."All the teams at the World Cup are strong and no team is favourite. Everyone has to struggle under the English...

Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari has said that Blue Economy is very crucial for India’s economic development. The Minister left for Nairobi today to attend the...

At least four people were killed in a shooting on Friday in the Canadian city of Fredericton, the police said. A suspect was later arrested.In a post on Twitter, police officials in Fredericton -- the capital of the province of New Brunswick -- confirmed...

At least 17 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,400 injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers during protests at the Gaza border, Palestinian representative to the UN Riyad Mansour said.Israeli officials estimated tens of thousands of Palestinian...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Donald Trump have discussed the current expulsion of Russian diplomats and the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) during a phone call, the Canadian Prime Minister's Office said on Tuesday.In their...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday called US President Donald Trump's plan for tariffs on steel and aluminum imports "absolutely unacceptable" and warned of serious disruption.Trudeau said Trump's plan will have "significant and serious" economic...

A NASA satellite has captured a dazzling infrared image of northern lights that appeared as swirls of glowing clouds over northern Canada on the night of December 22.In a statement, NASA's Earth Observatory said that the night after the winter solstice,...

At least three persons, including a woman, were killed in Toronto in a crossbow attack. A 35-year-old man is in custody, police said.The arrested man was believed to have used a crossbow to kill the three people on Thursday in the garage of an east Toronto...

At least 33 persons were killed on Saturday when a passenger bus collided with a semi-trailer truck in Algeria's Laghouat province, officials said.The accident occurred at 1.50 a.m., Xinhua news agency reported.Rescue officials said 22 others were injured...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he will offer a full apology for a government decision in 1914 to deny entry of Sikhs in the country."As a nation, we should never forget the prejudice suffered by the Sikh community at the hands...

Pope Francis held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi at the Vatican which centred on the rights of Christians and ethnic minorities in the Middle Eastern country, inter-faith dialogue and national reconciliation.An official statement called the...

The Punjabi community in Canada made history on Wednesday when two turbaned Sikhs were sworn in as cabinet ministers, as 42-year-old Justin Trudeau took oath as the country's 23rd prime minister at a grand public ceremony here.While 42-year-old Indian Canadian...

Canada Post on Wednesday issued a stamp to honour a royal milestone Queen Elizabeth II has made as the longest reigning Sovereign in Canada's modern era, more than 63 years, nearing the reign of her grandmother Queen Victoria (1837-1901)."Our stamps not only...

In a first, a Sikh soldier has been appointed to watch over the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" at the National War Memorial here in Canada, a media report said.The tomb refers to a monument in dedication to the services of an unknown soldier and to the common...

Spending more than two hours daily on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram can put your kids at the risk of developing poor mental health, high psychological distress and even suicidal thoughts, new research shows."The findings send an important message to parents...

Starting antiretroviral therapy early is highly effective in preventing sexual transmission of the virus in heterosexual couples where one person is HIV-infected and the other is not, according to results of a decade-long clinical trial involving participants...

A research has found that young adults who use social media to quit smoking are twice as successful in their efforts as those who use a more traditional method.The study, published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, compared the success of...

Weight loss can improve asthma severity, asthma control, lung function, and quality of life of obese adults with asthma, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin.The researchers found that weight loss reduced asthma severity as measured by airway hyperresponsiveness...

Germany beat Cote d'Ivoire 10-0 in the women's football World Cup here.The twice winner of women's World Cup did not show any mercy to the African team which participated in this game for the first time on Sunday, reports Xinhua.The score of 10-0 is the second-most...

Brief behavioural training sessions can help prevent, reduce or delay cannabis use among some at-risk teenagers, new research says."The students voluntarily participated in two 90-minute cognitive behavioural sessions that were adapted to their specific personality...

If you are too sensitive to the emotionally relevant things in the world, it could just be in your genes, a new research has found.The gene in question is ADRA2b and carriers of a deletion variant of this gene are likely to be more sensitive to emotional...

Researchers have found that a tiny molecule can act like a "can opener" to force the "sealed tin" of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to open up and to expose its vulnerable parts, allowing the body's immune system cells to then kill the infected cells.The findings...

Noroviruses, a group of viruses responsible for over half of global gastroenteritis cases, can spread by air up to several metres from an infected person, warns a new study.Gastroenteritis or infectious diarrhoea is a common condition where the stomach and intestines...

An 800-year-old Khajuraho sandstone sculpture of a scantily clad woman holding a parrot will return to India after Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday handed it over to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The sculpture dates back to the 12th century....

India and Canada agreed to elevate their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper and both underscored the considerable potential for mutually-beneficial civil nuclear...