Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee continued to be in a deep coma and on ventilator support, said the Army Hospital, Delhi Cantt on Thursday. "Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in deep coma and on ventilator support." "He is being treated for lung infection and renal dysfunction. He is haemodynamically stable," read the statement by the hospital. The former President had tested positive for COVID-19 and undergone surgery for a brain clot at Army Hospital on August 10.

Asserting that appointed Congress president may not have even one per cent support in the party, senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, one of the signatories to the "dissident" letter, on Thursday pitched for elections to the Congress Working Committee and key organisational posts of state chiefs, district presidents, block presidents and said that those opposing are afraid of losing their positions.While adding that prospects of the party would be better if elected body leads the party otherwise "Congress will continue to sit in the Opposition for the next 50 years.""When you contest the election a

British Columbia reported one new community outbreak of COVID-19 today at a construction site for a water treatment facility in the Interior Health region. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there are seven cases in the outbreak, and that six of the workers live in Alberta. Health officials also released a map showing the spread of the illness in the province, with most of the infections in the Lower Mainland. The province reported 68 additional cases of COVID-19 and one death, bringing the total number of fatalities to 204. B.C. now has 5,372 confirmed cases while 4,253 people h

The NHL has postponed all four of its playoff games scheduled for Thursday and Friday in the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin last weekend. The players requested the postponements and the league supported the decision, the NHL and NHL Players' Association said in a joint statement. The New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers were scheduled to play in Toronto and the Vancouver Canucks and Vegas Golden Knights were slated to square off in Edmonton on Thursday. Tonight's NBA playoff game between the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics has been postpone

A COVID-19 vaccine-development partnership between China's CanSino Biologics and Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia has been abandoned. The National Research Council of Canada said today in a statement the CanSino vaccine intended for phase one clinical trials has not been approved by Chinese customs for shipment to Canada. Because of that delay the NRC says the opportunity to conduct the trials is over.The NRC says the Canadian Center for Vaccinology had been ready to start clinical trials as early as June, after Health Canada approved CanSino's proposal.The Halifax lab was one of several i

A boat launch and the surrounding area in Kamloops is closed as police investigate the discovery of a plastic bag containing explosives. R-C-M-P say they got a call from a local angler who found the bag near the Lafarge Bridge yesterday evening.They say he put the bag back into the water just off the boat launch at the north end of the bridge. The R-C-M-P explosives disposal unit and dive team will be there today in hopes of finding and safely disposing of the bag.

Elections Canada has commissioned a poll that suggests 21.8 per cent of voters would prefer to cast their ballots by mail if there is a federal election this fall. The poll shows 58 per cent would prefer to vote in-person at advance or election-day polling stations. Fewer than 50-thousand people cast ballots by mail in last year's election, but research suggests that number could shoot up to about four-million. That's prompting Elections Canada to warn an increased volume of mail-in ballots could delay the release of election results.

The Conservatives are urging the speaking agency through which WE Charity paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to Justin Trudeau's family members to hand over documents about the arrangements.In a letter to Speakers' Spotlight, Conservative MP Michael Barrett notes the House of Commons ethics committee had asked the agency to produce the documents last month.The agency subsequently asked for an extension before the prime minister prorogued Parliament until Sept. 23, ending four committee investigations into the WE affair.Barrett says the committee agreed to extension in good faith, and that

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on August 26 urged state governments to reach out to the Supreme Court for the postponement of JEE, NEET exams. "This will be my request to all state governments, let us do it together, let us go to Supreme Court and postpone the exam for the time being until and unless the situation allows students to sit for exam (JEE/NEET)," said Banerjee. Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi interacted with the seven state chief ministers on various national issues. On the other hand, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey h