Canada

Biden to host first virtual meeting with PM Trudeau to unveil US-Canada partnership roadmap

4:51 pm February 23, 2021

Washington: US President Joe Biden will host his first-ever virtual bilateral summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday during which they will jointly unveil a new initiative, a roadmap for partnership between the two neighbours. The US and Canada are close allies, sharing the world’s longest land border and trading hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods and services annually. ASTRO ACCENT […]

3 held in Delhi over killing of Youth Cong leader in Punjab’s Faridkot

10:30 pm February 21, 2021

New Delhi: Three persons have been arrested in Delhi in connection with the killing of a 34-year-old Youth Congress leader in Punjab’s Faridkot on February 18, the Delhi Police said Sunday. The Punjab Police has been informed about the arrest of Faridkot-residents Gurvinder Pal (the 32-year-old key accused), Sukhwinder Singh (23) and Saurabh Verma (21) in the killing of Gurlal Singh Bhalwan, a Delhi Police officer said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Manishi Chandra also said two […]

President arrives in Odisha on a 3-day visit

Former cops, members of judiciary write to President; slam those criticising Disha’s arrest

7:32 pm February 19, 2021

New Delhi: Slamming those criticising the arrest of activist Disha Ravi in the toolkit case, a group of former members of the judiciary and law-enforcement agencies has written to President Ram Nath Kovind, alleging that those with ”vested interests” are doing so to hide their ”anti-national” activities and indulging in ”slander” against Delhi Police. Defending the police action, they said […]

Myanmar protests focus on junta’s economic support

11:57 pm February 18, 2021

Yangon: State railway workers in Myanmar continued to strike Thursday despite a police rampage the previous night targeting them in a sign of the military junta’s concern over growing civil disobedience by public workers protesting the coup. Three-quarters of the country’s civil servants are on strike, all private banks are closed and the protests have weakened the […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Toolkit case: Delhi Police to probe role of UK-based woman

11:59 pm February 17, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi Police will investigate the role of a woman based in the UK after its probe revealed that she, along with lawyer Nikita Jacob and engineer Shantanu Muluk, allegedly drafted the content of a ”twitter storm” campaign in February in support of the ongoing farmer agitation, officials said on Wednesday. The Delhi Police, probing the ”toolkit Google doc” […]