The Senate will on Tuesday commence the screening of the seven new ministerial nominees. Basheer Lado, the special adviser to the President on Senate Matters, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Mr Lado, a former senator who represented Kano Central Senatorial District between 2011 and 2015, said the nominees have started submitting their credentials … Read more
Tensions flared between NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre during a raucous Thursday question period, with Singh at one point walking into the aisle to yell at the Conservative leader. Poilievre used his first round of questions to criticize the Bloc Québécois and NDP after both parties announced they wouldn’t support a … Read more
Alberta is putting itself in the race for a slice of the soaring growth of data centres in North America. A pair of Alberta cabinet ministers set off for Silicon Valley last week with the sole focus of promoting the province as a “prime location” to build the physical structures that store and process our digital information. Major … Read more
Delayed air passengers, disgruntled phone customers and even hungry people craving a slice of pizza increasingly find their pleas to private companies being answered by artificial intelligence. Soon Canadians who need to reach out to the federal government could also find themselves talking to an employee who’s been helped by non-human assistants. Ottawa is working … Read more
Guwahati: Pema Khandu took oath as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister for the third straight term on Thursday. Soon after taking over he signed the first file approving release of funds to the tune of Rs 100 crore under the Chief Minister’s Social Security Scheme (CMSSS) benefitting about 80000 beneficiaries across the state. Governor Lt-Gen (Retd), … Read more
Last Updated: June 11, 2024, 15:42 IST George Kurian (Left), a Christian from Kerala and Ravneet Singh Bittu (Right), a Sikh from Punjab have been made Ministers though they are members of neither house of the Parliament. Modi 3.0 accommodates minority community members Ravneet Singh Bittu and George Kurian as Ministers, highlighting BJP’s outreach strategy … Read more
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and other state ministers on Saturday rubbished allegations about their role in the circulation of pen drives containing explicit videos involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna. BJP leader and advocate G Devaraje Gowda, who is in custody after being arrested in a sexual abuse case and is also facing … Read more
Jewish university students told a parliamentary committee Thursday their universities have failed to protect them from antisemitic incidents on campus since the start of Israel’s war on Hamas. “The consistent failure of our universities to take action against the hate taking place on our campuses has emboldened anti-Israel activists to become more radical,” said Nicole Nashen, … Read more
The assembly session of the Manipur assembly started on Wednesday amid tight security. A total of 10 Kuki-Zomi-Hmar MLAs of Manipur including two ministers did not attend the session. One of the MLA among the 10, Haokholet Kipgen from Saitu constituency in Kangpokpi had sought a leave of absence from the session beginning Wednesday. The … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre defended Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her approach to transgender issues Tuesday, saying the Liberal government and the media have demonized her for policies that would give parents more say over their kids. Speaking to reporters at a press conference on car theft in Montreal, Poilievre said the Liberal government is … Read more
