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IndiaMay 13, 2024

Lok Sabha Elections: Bains brothers joined Congress from Ludhiana

Ahead of the voting for the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab on June 1, the former MLA from Ludhiana, the Bains brothers have joined the Congress. Devendra Yadav, who is in charge of Punjab Affairs of Congress yesterday, meet former MLAs Balwinder Singh Bains and Simarjit Singh Bains with Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, during which Lok Insaf Party was formally merged with Congress. The Bains brothers said that they have joined the Congress party unconditionally. Both will now campaign for Congress candidate from Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat and Punjab Pradesh Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Wari
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IndiaMay 10, 2024

Pargat Singh targeted AAP party supremo Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann

Punjab Congress leader from Jalandhar Pargat Singh has targeted Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal and state Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the promises made by them before the assembly elections. Pargat Singh said that the Aam Aadmi Party had promised to earn 20,000 crores from mining in a year but only 472 crores was collected in the state exchequer in two years. Referring to the CAG report, he said that no arrangement has been made to stop illegal mining in Punjab and no crusher policy has been made yet. It is to be noted that in Punjab, both Congress and AAP are fighting separate
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IndiaMay 10, 2024

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann meet Dera Beas chief Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has meet the head of Dera Radha Swami Beas, Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon. This meeting is being seen in connection with the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Bhagwant Mann reached Dera Beas with a large caravan at 11 am and left after staying there for about two hours. This is the first meeting of Bhagwant Mann with Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon after becoming the Chief Minister. Leaders of almost all parties are attending Dera Radha Swami Beas because this Dera has a large vote bank all over India. In the last few days, Manish Tiwari, Kulbir Singh Jira, Laljit Si
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WorldMay 10, 2024

Putin reappoints Mishustin as Russia's prime minister

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister for the lower house’s approval. Parliament Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said the house, the State Duma, will hold a session later Friday to consider Mishustin’s candidacy. Mishustin’s approval is a mere proforma in the Kremlin-controlled parliament. In line with Russian law, Mishustin, 58, who held the job for the past four years, submitted his Cabinet’s resignation on Tuesday when Putin began his fifth presidential term at a glittering Kremlin inauguration. Mishustin’s reappointment was widely expecte
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IndiaMay 10, 2024

Sukhpal Singh Khaira besieged the Shiromani Akali Dal and AAP government for not getting justice for the insults

Sukhpal Singh Khaira, the Congress candidate from the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab, has attacked the Shiromani Akali and the Aam Aadmi Party for not getting justice for the insults. Khaira said that the Badals who call themselves Panthak Party and the Aam Aadmi Party leaders Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann have always stabbed the Sikhs in the back by politics in the name of blasphemy, Behbal Kalan shootings and the release of Bandi Singhs. He said that due to their nefarious conspiracies, our Bandi Singhs are still behind the bars and these people have not been able to catch those who insulte
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IndiaMay 10, 2024

Amritpal Singh asked for 7 days release to fill the nomination

The nomination paper of Amritpal Singh, head of Waris Punjab organization, who is contesting the election as an independent candidate from the Khadur Sahib Lok Sabha seat of Punjab, has been filed. This information was given by the Punjab government in the High Court today. A petition was filed by Amritpal Singh for 7 days' release to file papers related to contesting the election. The state government said that Amritpal was given the facility to file papers and his nomination forms were filled on May 9. In this Lok Sabha constituency, apart from Amritpal, candidates from five main political
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CanadaMay 10, 2024

Immigration ministers to meet in Montreal over cuts to temporary visas

Federal and provincial ministers are meeting in Montreal Friday to hash out how to shrink the number of temporary residents in Canada. Immigration Minister Marc Miller is expected to meet with his provincial and territorial counterparts in person for the first time since he announced an unprecedented plan to set limits on the number of new temporary residents. The aim is to rein in Canada's runaway growth by decreasing the number of temporary residents, from 6.2 per cent of Canada's population in 2023, to five per cent over the next three years. The new targets will be developed over the summe
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IndiaMay 10, 2024

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came out of jail after 39 days

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by the Supreme Court today for the election campaign. He came out of Tihar jail on Friday evening after 39 days.The Supreme Court has granted him interim bail till June 1 and asked him to surrender on June 2 under any circumstances. As soon as he came out of jail, Kejriwal targeted the Modi government, telling his supporters that the country has to be saved from dictatorship.It is to be noted that Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 in the liquor scam. The Supreme Court did not grant him full bail, the court said that if ther
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IndiaMay 09, 2024

Many veterans will come to Punjab to campaign for BJP

In addition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, many film makers are participating in the election campaign of the candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is contesting the elections alone for the first time in the 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab. The stars will also be in Punjab. According to the information, the election campaign has been prepared in seats like Ludhiana, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Patiala, Jalandhar. Film stars and MPs Hema Malini, Akshay Kumar, Smriti

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