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IndiaMay 24, 2024

Today is the second day of Prime Minister Modi's visit to Punjab, election rally held in Gurdaspur and Jalandhar

On the second day of his visit to Punjab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed election rallies in Gurdaspur and Jalandhar today. On this occasion, targeting the alliance of the opposition parties, PM Modi said that it was the India alliance that gave Punjab the most wounds, the wound of division after independence, the wound of instability due to selfishness, the long period of unrest in Punjab and Punjab. An attack on the community of He alleged that Congress divided Punjab in 1947 to give power to his family. The Prime Minister said that people with brooms and claws are fooling people, t
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IndiaMay 24, 2024

Vigilance posted a notice outside Barjinder Singh Hamdard's office, ordering him to appear

The owner of the well-known newspaper Ajit Publishing Group of Punjab. Barjinder Singh Hamdard's troubles do not seem to be reducing. Jatinder Jeet Singh, DSP of Punjab Vigilance Bureau's Jalandhar unit, reached his office today along with his team in the case of irregularities in the funds for the construction of the Jang-e-Azadi Memorial in Kartarpur, where they pasted a notice outside his office and issued 7 Ordered to appear before vigilance within days. Vigilance says that evidence of money manipulation has been found in the fund released for the construction of the memorial. In the not
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IndiaMay 23, 2024

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann held a road show in favor of Pawan Kumar Tinu

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today held a road show at Jalandhar Cantt and Adampur in favor of candidate Pawan Kumar Tinu from Jalandhar, during which he targeted former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi. Bhagwant Mann said that when Channi was the Chief Minister, he did a lot of harm to the poor. Crores of rupees were found from the house of his nephew. Attacking Sukhbir Badal, he said that the condition of Sukhbir is that no one is walking with him now, he walks alone with an umbrella on the jeep and only goes to closed shops waving his hand. At the same time, Sukhbir Badal while
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CanadaMay 23, 2024

Ottawa police charge 74-year-old woman after woman's hijab removed at Israel protest

The Ottawa police hate-crime unit has charged an unnamed older woman with assault, harassment by threatening conduct and mischief after a woman's hijab was pulled off at a recent protest. Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups gathered last week outside city hall after the Israeli flag was raised to mark 76 years since that country's establishment. Police say a woman wearing a hijab was attending a lawful demonstration when someone approached and removed the headscarf "while making lewd gestures." They say they identified that person as a 74-year-old woman, but won't share her name or when she
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BCMay 23, 2024

B.C. mayor hopes wildfire evacuees can return to Fort Nelson early next week

The mayor of the regional municipality that includes Fort Nelson, B.C., that was evacuated due to a threatening wildfire says local officials are pushing for a Monday or Tuesday deadline to start allowing about 4,700 residents home after nearly two weeks. Rob Fraser says the "imminent risk" posed by the Parker Lake fire has been reduced, and officials are focused on rolling out a phased approach to residents' return. He says in a video posted late Wednesday that some doctors had returned to the community along with grocery staff who were restocking shelves. Fraser says water, hydro and hydroel
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IndiaMay 23, 2024

Sidhu Moosewala murder case: 12 members arrested by UP Police

12 members of a gang allegedly associated with those who supplied arms to the killers of Sidhu Moosewale have been arrested by the UP Police. According to reports, a huge amount of ammunition-cartridges, cash and mobile phones have been recovered from their possession. Based on a tip-off, the Kotwali Police of UP's Bulandshahr arrested 6 accused with arms, cartridges and cash near a mosque with a graveyard. Its connection has come to light with the Sidhu Musa Wala murder case. Police said that 6 more accused were arrested near Badnaura bridge along with illegal ammunition and cartridges. The
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IndiaMay 23, 2024

Congress divided the country in such a way that Kartarpur Sahib remained in Pakistan - Prime Minister Modi

In his first election rally in Punjab today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned India-Pakistan partition and said that for 70 years we had to see Sri Kartar Sahib through binoculars. During the address, PM Modi alleged that the Congress divided the country in the greed for power. He said that the Congress made such a division that India's (Punjab) Sri Kartarpur Sahib remained in Pakistan. He said that in 1971 there was an Indo-Pakistani war, in which more than 90,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered and if they were in power, they would have taken Kartarpur Sahib before leaving the Pakistan
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IndiaMay 23, 2024

Mayawati will hold an election rally for Jasvir Singh Garhi from Sri Anandpur Sahib seat

BSP supremo Kumari Mayawati will hold an election rally for BSP candidate and party state president Jasvir Singh Garhi from Sri Anandpur Sahib seat in Nawanshahr of Punjab tomorrow. This will be his 6th visit to the new city. Before this, he had come to New City in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections and 2012, 2016, 2022 assembly elections. There are many reasons behind Mayawati giving priority to Nawanshahr every time, including the party's mass base in Doaba and one of the reasons is that at present the only MLA of BSP in Punjab is from Nawanshahr.
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CanadaMay 23, 2024

Minister expected to table bill to extend citizenship rights to children born abroad

Immigration Minister Marc Miller is expected to table legislation today that would extend citizenship to some children born outside of the country. In 2009, the Conservative government changed the law so that Canadian parents who were born abroad could not pass down their citizenship unless their child was born in Canada. Amendments to the Citizenship Act in 1977 and 2009 also stripped thousands of people who were born abroad of their Canadian citizenship. Those who've not had access to citizenship rights as a result of the amendments are known as "Lost Canadians." Last year, the Ontario Super

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CanadaAug 08, 2025

Canadian Victoria Mboko is the National Bank Open champion

Canadian lawn tennis player Victoria Mboko has won the National Bank Open title. The 18-year-old Mboko defeated four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final. After losing the first set, Victoria Mboko made a strong comeback in the match, winning the second and third sets in an almost one-sided fashion and taking the match and the title. The spectators also became extremely excited during the second and third set comebacks of the Canadian player, who was playing in front of the home crowd, and the umpire had to repeatedly ask the spectators to be quiet and not make noise b
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BCAug 07, 2025

Surrey: Shots fired for the second time on Kap's Cafe

Shots were fired again this morning at Kap’s Cafe, the target of a shooting incident in Surrey on July 10. No one was injured during the incident, but the windows on one side of the business were fully damaged and glass could be seen scattered inside the business and on the sidewalk. The incident occurred at around 4:40 a.m.The cafe reopened about 10 days after the July 10 incident, but now, after another shooting, the cafe, located at 85 Avenue and 120 Street, has been closed again. In addition to the side of the cafe, a hole could also be seen in the entrance area of the cafe due to gunfir
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WorldAug 07, 2025

Russian President to visit India, Modi-Putin meeting may happen by year-end

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India in the last week of this year. This information was given by India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who was in Moscow. Doval said that we have a special and old relationship with Russia, he described the relations between Russia and India as high-level and said that we are very excited about President Putin's visit to India. The announcement of this visit has come amid increasing tensions between New Delhi and Washington over India's trade relations with Russia. At the same time, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an address, al
CanadaAug 07, 2025

Canada Border Services Agency arrests Punjabi truck driver with large cocaine haul

The Canada Border Services Agency has reported the arrest of a Punjabi truck driver with a large cocaine haul at Blue Water Bridge, Ontario. The agency said that on July 23, a commercial truck entering from the United States was stopped for inspection at the Blue Water Bridge Port of Entry, during which officers searched the trailer and seized 197 kilograms of suspected cocaine, concealed in seven bags in the form of bricks. According to the Border Services Agency, this had an estimated street value of $24.6 million. The CBSA arrested 29-year-old truck driver Onkar Kalsi of Caledon, Ontario
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BCAug 07, 2025

B.C.'s 2024 deficit comes in under forecast at $7.3B

British Columbia's final deficit for the fiscal year has come in at $7.3 billion, $564 million lower than the original projected number in Budget 2024. The final deficit is also about $1.8 billion lower than the most recent third-quarter forecast. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says B.C. was able to report a lower-than-projected deficit largely due to revenue from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Total revenue was about $2.5 billion higher than expected in the budget. B.C.'s GDP grew by 1.2 per cent, lower than the Canadian average of 1.6 per cent. The taxpayer-supported debt-to-