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IndiaMar 28, 2024

Chief Minister Kejriwal did not get relief, court extended ED remand

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested in Delhi's liquor scam, has received a shock from Rouse Avenue Court. The court has extended Kejriwal's ED custody till April 1. He was produced in the court today after his remand was over, where he personally pursued his arrest but could not get relief. ED said that Kejriwal needs to be interrogated face to face with some people related to this case. Because they are not cooperating in the investigation. Meanwhile, in a separate case, the Delhi High Court rejected a public interest petition seeking the removal of Arvind Kejriwal from the post of Chi
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CanadaMar 27, 2024

Police investigating after two bodies found in home northwest of Montreal

Quebec provincial police are investigating after two bodies were found in a home in the Laurentians region. The bodies were found about 9:15 a.m. inside a residence in Lac-Supérieur, Que., about 105 kilometres northwest of Montreal. Provincial police spokesperson Camille Savoie says the two people were transported to hospital where they were declared dead. Savoie says the deaths are considered suspicious. The crimes against persons unit has taken over the investigation. Police are not commending on the cause or circumstances surrounding the two deaths.
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IndiaMar 27, 2024

There may be an alliance between Shiromani Akali Dal and BSP in Punjab

There may be a re-alliance between Shiromani Akali Dal and BSP in Punjab. BSP state president Jasvir Garhi has said that an agreement with Shiromani Akali Dal is possible provided Sukhbir Singh Badal talks to BSP supremo Mayawati. On the other hand, the Akali leadership says that withdrawing from the alliance was a unilateral decision of the BSP. Senior Akali leader and former MP Prem Singh Chandumajra said Akali Dal never said no to BSP. At the same time, Akali leaders hope that the alliance with the BSP will improve the party's prospects in constituencies where Dalits have a large populati
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CanadaMar 27, 2024

Protection fund, bill of rights for renters coming; 'renters matter,' Trudeau says

The federal government wants to support those who rent their homes with a protection fund, a bill of rights and a plan to give reliable renters credit when they step up to by a home. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there's something fundamentally unfair about paying $2,000 a month for rent, while those paying the same for a mortgage get equity and build their credit score. The measures are part of next month's federal budget and include a $15-million Tenant Protection Fund, which would pay provincial legal aid groups to help tenants against unfairly rising rents, 'renovictions' or bad landl
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IndiaMar 27, 2024

AAP leaders who came to offer money to join the BJP made a claim

Three AAP MLAs from Punjab have claimed that they received calls offering money to join the BJP. AAP MLA from Jalalabad Jagdeep Kamboj Goldi said that he was offered to join BJP from an international number on Tuesday. Similar claims have been made by Balluana MLA Amandeep Singh and Ludhiana South MLA Rajinderpal Kaur Chhina. At the same time, BJP hit back, senior party leader Vineet Joshi said that Aam Aadmi Party is the government in the state, if their MLAs are making true allegations, then the government should investigate it. He said that they have been making false allegations before.
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IndiaMar 27, 2024

On joining BJP, Charanjit Singh Channi targeted Sushil Rinku

Former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who is considered a potential Lok Sabha candidate of the Congress from Jalandhar in Punjab, has targeted Sushil Rinku's joining the BJP. He said that he who does not have his own stand will take a stand behind the people. Channi said that a leader has to guide the society, but what will leaders like Rinku, who frequently change parties for their own political benefit, guide the society. It is to be noted that Sushil Rinku left the Congress and joined the Aam Aadmi Party and won the Jalandhar parliamentary by-election.
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IndiaMar 27, 2024

In Punjab, ED raided 22 places including Chandigarh, Mohali and Firozpur

Today in Punjab, ED raided 22 places including Chandigarh, Mohali and Firozpur. Meanwhile, the house of Punjab Excise Commissioner IAS Varun Ruzam was also searched. It has been learned from the sources that this raid was carried out in connection with a fraud of crores of rupees by showing a guava garden in a fake manner in the land to be acquired by the Punjab government. Firozpur Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Dhiman's wife is also an accused in this case, the ED team also knocked on her residence. The matter was that guava trees were planted in the land to be acquired by the government in M
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CanadaMar 27, 2024

CRA fires 232 people for falsely claiming $2,000 monthly pandemic benefit

The Canada Revenue Agency has now fired more than 200 people for falsely claiming a federal income benefit during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CRA says as of March 15, 232 employees "inappropriately applied for and received" the Canada Emergency Response Benefit and have been terminated, an increase of 47 since December. The benefit, known as CERB for short, provided $2,000 per month to Canadians whose jobs were lost as a result of public health restrictions during the pandemic. They must repay the CERB funds they received if they have not already done so. The agency launched an internal review
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CanadaMar 27, 2024

Trudeau says premiers complaining about carbon price didn't pitch better ideas

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him to cancel an upcoming increase to the federal carbon price, saying they have not proposed better ideas to fight climate change. Trudeau says in a letter to premiers today that the last time they discussed the issue in 2022, their governments either didn't propose alternative solutions or couldn't meet federal standards for reducing emissions. The premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have all asked to Trudeau to forgo the April 1

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BCSep 03, 2025

Phone services, including the 911 landline, down in northern Vancouver Island

Residents in parts of northern Vancouver Island are without landline and cellphone service due to what telecom provider Telus says was damage to infrastructure caused by vandalism. The company's service status map shows both Port McNeill and Port Hardy without home phone, mobile, internet and 911 landline service due to what it says is "damage inflicted upon Telus infrastructure." Other communities on Vancouver Island, including Alert Bay, Campbell River and Port Alice, have also been affected. Emergency Info B.C. says on social media that residents should still try to call 911 if they have an
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BCSep 03, 2025

Train cars leave the tracks in B.C.'s Kootenay region near Alberta's boundary

Federal investigators are looking into a train derailment in British Columbia's Kootenay region near the Alberta boundary. The Transportation Safety Board says in a statement that a team is being deployed to the site near Elko, B.C., where investigators will gather information and begin to assess what caused the derailment. A spokesman with rail operator Canadian Pacific Kansas City has confirmed the derailment at about 8 p.m. Tuesday, where multiple cars left the tracks. CPKC says the 12 cars involved were empty and no one was injured as a result of the derailment. It says its crews responded
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CanadaSep 03, 2025

Poilievre calls on Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program and to stop issuing visas under the program. Poilievre argues a jobs crisis among young people has been caused in part by corporations hiring foreigners who work for less than Canadian citizens. He is calling out specific fast-food chains he claims are hiring foreigners over locals, including through job postings that call specifically for temporary foreign workers. Poilievre accuses the government of creating conditions that frustrate the efforts of young people to start their working
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WorldSep 03, 2025

Putin meets North Korea's Kim in Beijing

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have met to begin bilateral talks in Beijing. The two leaders met formally at the Diaoyutai state guest house after attending a major military parade in the heart of the Chinese capital marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Putin and Kim traveled from a formal reception to the negotiations in the same car, the Kremlin said in a post on social media.
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CanadaSep 03, 2025

Carney cabinet meets to prepare for Parliament's return, debate trade war strategy

American tariffs and an upcoming review of the continental trade pact will headline discussions today as Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet begins its two-day retreat in Toronto. While previous governments referred to these sorts of gatherings as cabinet “retreats,” Carney’s office is rebranding the event as a “cabinet planning forum.” The meetings come two weeks before the House of Commons is to return for the fall sitting and about a month or so before Carney's new government presents its first federal budget. Ministers are expected to spend most of their time discussing U.S. Pre