Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau celebrated the Hindu festival of lights Diwali with the Indian community in Ottawa on Monday.

Attired in a black Sherwani, Trudeau lit the ceremonial lamp and wished the Indian Diaspora a happy Diwali.

Indian High Commissioner to Canada Vikas Swarup was also pres

London: US author George Saunders became only the second American writer to win Britain’s renowned Man Booker Prize, which was awarded for his first full-length novel “Lincoln in the Bardo”.

Judges for the prestigious English-language literary award praised as “utterly original” the book t

Washington: India can help the US keep an eye on Pakistan as President Donald Trump has “taken tougher approach to Islamabad harbouring terrorists”, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said.

Noting that Trump recently announced a new strategy for combating terrorism in Afghanistan and South Asia, Haley

Nairobi: One of Kenya’s eight election commissioners quit Wednesday in a searing statement accusing her colleagues of political bias and saying an upcoming presdential election cannot be credible.

“The commission in its current state can surely not guarantee a credible election on 26 October 2017. I do not

Chinese President Xi Jingping told a Communist Party congress on Wednesday to “resolutely oppose” any actions that undermine its leadership.

“We must do more to protect our people’s interest and firmly oppose all moves that damage their interest or put distance between the party and the people,” Xi said at

Quetta: At least six people were killed and many wounded in an apparent suicide blast targeting a police vehicle during the morning rush hour in Pakistan’s restive southwest early Wednesday, officials said.

The group of elite police were targeted on the Sariab road in the outskirts of Quetta, capital of Balochist

Washington: After a string of sexual harassment allegations on him, studio mogul Harvey Weinstein has finally resigned from The Weinstein Company’s board of directors, just a week after he was sacked from the company.

The 65-year-old producer was told to resign or be kicked out, according