Southasian PULSE Radio Headlines – November 30

Patrick Brown talked to Y Media exclusively; among other things he talked about eliminating postal codes that increase auto insurance

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has called on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to resign

Scheer said Morneau unloaded shares in his family’s human resources company, Morneau Shepell

Scheer said this was done days before Liberal govt introduced legislation to raise taxes on the rich

Morneau: There are no secrets here … I did sell shares before I took office

Police has identified man as Leo Abrahim who died in accident on Brampoton-Caledon border

Trump sparked outrage in UK with tweet to UK prime minister May after sharing far-right videos

Trump’s retweeting of anti-Muslim videos initially posted by Jayda Fransen, is being condemned in Britain

British PM May said Trump sending anti-Muslim tweets was ‘wrong thing to do’

May said the group, Britain First, is “a hateful organization” that runs counter to “common British decency”

In an interview with Bloomberg, Pak PM Abbasi said India should pursue case against Hafiz Saeed internationally if it has proof

Abbasi said the court in Pakistan could not find any proofs against Saeed

On another question, he said Pakistan is not harbouring terrorists, it is fighting against them

Amid these developments American has cut its $2 billion to $300 million now

Pak apex court has called out military and ISI over their ‘questionable role’ in the Faizabad sit-in

The court also hit at media for adding fire to fury

Justice Munir Alam questioned why no representative from the military and ISI was present during the hearing

Justice Munir Alam also questioned if Rawalpindi and Islamabad are not safe, how safety of the whole how country can be ensured

India’s Q2 GDP growth rises to 6.3%, reverses 5 quarters’ slump; it grew at 6.3% in Q3, up from 5.7% in Q1

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said demonetisation, GST behind us; hopefully in coming quarters govt will be looking at upwards trajectory

Congress VP Rahul Gandhi promises loan waiver for Gujarat farmers adding BJP has done nothing for them and must be defeated

On Nepal-India border 7 died when a bus fell in a ditch, several got injured

Miss World 2017 Manushi Chillar meets with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi

Police has said at least 200 militants have been killed in Kashmir in 4 years; five militants were killed in two Valley gunfights

Kirron Kher stirred controversy with advice to gang rape victim

Today she clarified that the woman raped should not have taken taxi that had three males but media twisted her words

Kher added she has done a lot for Chandigarh’s cleanliness and development including a flyover

Akali leader Charanjit Singh Brar has hit hard at Sukhpal Khaira saying his allegations against Akali Dal is wrong

Brar said as Khaira is being probed for in drug cases, Sukhpal Khaira is baffled and giving confusing statements

Sukhpal Khaira missed court hearing, new summons were sent to him