President Obama’s special assistant Peter Lavoy said recently that he empathized with the perception that India should respond militarily to terror attacks. It is not clear if he explicitly backed surgical strikes against Pakistan, as some in India claim he did. But Islamabad got a firm reminder how close India-US
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‘Irrational’ 10-year home price spike transforms Vancouver
Bring the Dallas murderers to justice. And the killers of black people too- Garry Younge
In a country where it’s easier to obtain a semi-automatic gun than to obtain healthcare, a fragile mind can wreak havoc on a fragile political culture. So it was on Thursday night when a shooter opened fire on police at a Black Lives Matter demonstration killing five officers and wounding at least seven
US Presidential election: Battle between America’s most unwanted – Anirudh Bhattacharyya
Indians are accustomed to a political landscape dotted with parties that flourish in the fertile soil of fissures – be those of the regional, religious, caste or class variety. For those following the results from the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections last week, for instance, each alliance appeared to consist of
Canada in good books of IMF
Not every country appreciates the International Monetary Fund’s tutelage. Canada, however, is the teacher’s pet. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau invoked the IMF’s new thinking on deficits to justify their decision to borrow heavily to finance tax cuts and infrastructure spending. The fund’s managing director, Christine
US elections: No safe zones anymore- Anirudh Bhattacharyya
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” Karl Marx said that in the 19th century and over more repetitions than Seinfeld reruns, this has turned into one of those saws most have seen enough of. Hillary Clinton, the presumptive nominee for president on behalf of the Democratic Party
Nirankari Chief Baba Hardev Singh dies in Montreal car crash
India’s prime minister offered his condolences after spiritual leader Baba Hardev Singh, 62, died when the car he was travelling in on Thursday- 12th May 2016 overturned on Highway 30 in Beauharnois, just west of Montreal. Hardev Singh was the chief of the Sant Nirankari Mission, which has 2,000 centres around the world, including one in
Student in hijab wrongly named ‘Isis’ in California school year book
Fort McMurray: Eye-stinging smoke, scorched earth and the non-uniformed are arrested on sight
Justin Trudeau commits $840M for TTC upgrades
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to Toronto on Friday to visit a TTC subway yard, and announced $840 million in funding for upgrades to the city's transit system.. Trudeau was joined at the Greenwood subway facility by Mayor John Tory and Ontario Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca. The Liberal government’s