Arvind Kejriwal, who came to campaign for Aam Aadmi Party candidates in Punjab, reached Amritsar on the first day today and paid obeisance at Sri Darbar Sahib and Durgiana Temple. After this, he did a road show for Kuldeep Dhaliwal, the party's candidate from Amritsar and a minister in the Punjab government. Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was also with him. This is his first visit to Punjab after being granted temporary bail in the Delhi liquor scam. They will stay in Punjab for two days. During the road show, Kejriwal told people to get emotional that they were not given ins

A fourth man accused in the murder of British Columbia Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar will next appear at provincial court on May 21, the same day the other three accused are scheduled for a hearing. The BC Prosecution Service says 22-year-old Amandeep Singh appeared via video link for his first appearance in a Surrey, B.C., court on Wednesday, and the matter has been put forward to next week. The three other men accused in Nijjar's murder Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh will all appear in Surrey court on the same date. Amandeep Singh was charged with first-degree murder

Congress candidate from Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi has targeted Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal. Channi while talking to reporters said that he heard that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is coming to Punjab tomorrow, what war has he won? Former Chief Minister of Punjab and Congress candidate from Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat Charanjit Singh Channi said that Kejriwal has committed a scam of Rs 1,000 crore and is on bail for only 15 days. Channi said that now in Punjab his dal is not wasted, people are wise. It is to be noted that Charanjit Singh Channi has

A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused McGill University's request for an injunction to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment on its downtown Montreal campus. Lawyers for the university had asked the court on Monday to order the protesters to stop occupying its grounds and to authorize Montreal police to assist the school in dismantling the encampment, which they say poses a health and safety risk.

Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal has targeted Amritpal Singh, who is in Dibrugarh Jail. Badal, who reached various constituencies for campaigning in favor of the candidate Virsa Singh Valtoha from Khadur Sahib, said that Amritpal was contesting the election not to fight the captive Sikhs but to free himself. He said that the person who used to say that he does not believe in the Indian Constitution has now started believing in the Constitution to fight the elections. Badal said that where was Amritpal a year ago, he said that he suddenly created all the drama. Sukhbir Badal f

Media reports say Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was injured in a shooting and taken to hospital. The incident took place in the town of Handlova, some 150 kilometers northeast of the capital, according to the news television station TA3. A suspect has been detained, it said.

A former British Columbia forests minister says the province is on the right track as it responds to worsening wildfires, but the scale of the challenge is so great, it's falling behind and needs to prioritize a "whole-of-society" approach. Doug Donaldson says the place to start should be a dedicated provincial wildfire strategy that lays out responsibilities for each government ministry, while supporting the participation of local communities, civil society and the forest industry. The former member of the legislature for Stikine, who served as forests minister from 2017 to 2020, says the BC

Arvind Kejriwal himself is reaching to campaign for the candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party, which is fighting the election without an alliance with the Congress in Punjab. This is his first visit to Punjab after being granted temporary bail by the Supreme Court in the Delhi liquor scam. Sources said that Kejriwal will hold a road show with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in Amritsar on Thursday and Mr. Harminder Sahib will also pay homage. The Supreme Court has granted bail to Kejriwal for the election campaign till June 1, on June 2 he will go back to jail. It is to be noted that in Punjab AAP

Thousands of people in Western Canada remain displaced from their homes as wildfires threaten their communities, triggering evacuation orders and alerts. In British Columbia, a widening area around the northeastern community of Fort Nelson is under evacuation, with the Parker Lake wildfire burning close by and the larger Patry Creek wildfire raging to the northwest. Both blazes are listed with the B.C. Wildfire Service as "wildfires of note," with Parker Lake measuring 84 square kilometres in size and the Patry Creek blaze covering a whopping 464 square kilometres. In Alberta, a 209 square kil