Bibi (Dr.) Inderjit Kaur, president, All India Pingalwara Charitable Society, Amritsar, Punjab has been chosen for this year’s Padma Bhushan Awards by the Government of India.

Dhaliwal Hall, the expanded Communication Arts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, is still planned for construction, despite questions about donor Darshan Dhaliwal’s business practices.

Many Louisville-area gasoline stations that for years have operated under the BP label are being renamed following BP’s decision to terminate its franchise agreement with the stations’ owner, Bulk Petroleum Corp

The World Bank has said it has uncovered “serious incidents of fraud and corruption” in a review of five health projects it has backed in India. The multi-million dollar projects, some of which date back to 1997, involve HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis.

Punjab’s top cop promised improved sensitivity training for his officers after they allegedly beat a young boy who had snatched a purse belonging to an aide of Brampton Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla on tour in India.

CHICAGO - Statins — those hard-working, cholesterol-fighting drugs — may also cut the risk of developing cancer by as much as 25 percent, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

OTTAWA: Authorities backed off on Wednesday from deporting a paralysed Sikh refused refugee status in Canada after hundreds of supporters blocked a temple where he has sought sanctuary, Canadian media said.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan government minister died Tuesday in a roadside bombing blamed on the Tamil Tiger rebels, the first successful assassination of a top Sri Lankan official in 19 months.

Ambala, “Subhash Chander is a devil. He should be burnt alive.” Rajesh Kumar’s sisters made no attempt to hide their anger when speaking about the man who burnt their brother, his pregnant wife and three-year-old son alive.

An Oak Forest man set a fire that killed his pregnant daughter, son-in-law and young grandson Saturday because he was upset over his daughter’s marriage, prosecutors said this morning.