Open burning will be banned across much of northern British Columbia starting next week after officials warned dry conditions could mean early wildfire activity this spring. The ban in the Prince George Fire Centre is earlier than usual, a move the BC Wildfire Service says is aimed at preventing human-caused wildfires, while protecting public safety from a "high grass fire hazard." An update posted to the service's web page says the ban will start next Thursday and is scheduled to remain in effect until mid-October. It prohibits any fires larger than half a metre high by half a metre wide in a

The Sikh Anand karj Marriage Act 2018 of the Punjab province of Pakistan will be amended. This information was given by Ramesh Singh Arora, the first Sikh minister in the Maryam Nawaz government. He said that through this, marriage under the age of 18 will be banned in the Sikh community. While presiding over the meeting of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, Arora said that the new amendments in Pakistan's Sikh Act are going to be in favor of the minority community. Arora is the Cabinet Minister for Minority Affairs in Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz's government. He said that Punj

ED in Delhi's liquor scam case. Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested. After two hours of interrogation, the ED took this action. Despite sending summons 9 times, Kejriwal did not appear before the ED for questioning and today after the Delhi High Court rejected the petition to avoid arrest on behalf of Kejriwal, the ED reached Kejriwal's house with the 10th summon and two hours from 7 pm. Inquiries were made. Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal's legal team also filed an urgent petition in the Supreme Court to stay the arrest, but the Supreme Court refused to hear immediately and

Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal is being interrogated by the ED in the Delhi liquor scam case and may be arrested. Amidst the ED proceedings, the Supreme Court has also rejected Kejriwal's plea to avoid immediate arrest. After not getting relief from the High Court, his legal team filed an urgent petition in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court said that the case will be heard in the morning. It is to be noted that despite ED sending summons 9 times, Kejriwal did not appear for questioning and today ED brought home the 10th summon and the questioning of him has been going on since 7

An Indonesian search and rescue ship located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees, and began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety Thursday. An AP photographer aboard the rescue ship said 10 people had been taken aboard local fishing boats and another 59 were being saved by the Indonesian craft. Men, women and children, weak and soaked from the night’s rain, wept as the rescue operation got underway and people were taken aboard a rubber dinghy to the rescue boat.

Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal's difficulty has increased in Delhi's liquor scam case. The Delhi High Court has dismissed the petition filed by them to stay the possible arrest and along with this the ED has knocked at their house. The ED team has reached Kejriwal's house to issue the 10th summons at 7 pm and there is also news of a search operation at the house and interrogation of Kejriwal. Amid this turmoil, Kejriwal's legal team has reached the Supreme Court to stay the arrest. Kejriwal had sought assurance from the Delhi High Court that if he takes ED for questioning. But the

In Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal will implement the 'one family-one ticket' policy in the Lok Sabha elections this time, which means that only one member of the Badal family will contest the Lok Sabha elections. In 2019, Harsimrat Kaur Badal from Bathinda and Sukhbir Badal from Ferozepur contested the election and both were winners, but this time only one of them will contest the Lok Sabha elections. This policy will be discussed in the core committee meeting of Akali Dal to be held on Friday. It is being discussed that Harsimrat Kaur will contest from Bathinda seat this time too. If Akali

Ukraine's capital was attacked by Russia for the first time in 44 days Thursday as Kyiv residents woke early to loud explosions. Ukraine's Emergency Service said 13 people were wounded, including one child, and that dozens of people were evacuated from their homes. Around 30 cruise and ballistic missiles were shot down over the city, said Serhii Popko, the head of Kyiv City Administration. In the Shevchenkivskyi district in western Kyiv, an apartment in a multistory building and cars were set on fire as a result of the Russian attack, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The attack comes after Ukraine

The leader of the opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Pratap Singh Bajwa left the Congress and joined the AAP MLA Dr. Raj Kumar Chabewal CBI inquiry has been demanded against on the charge of forging government documents. Bajwa said that Chabewal had committed a fraud of crores of rupees and in this case he was on bail, which was to expire on March 18. Chabewal knew he could be arrested so he joined AAP two days before his bail expired. Bajwa said that he will take this matter to the High Court.