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WorldMar 21, 2024

Changes will be made in the Anand karj Marriage Act 2018: Ramesh Singh Arora

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
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IndiaMar 21, 2024

ED arrested Arvind Kejriwal in liquor scam case

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
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IndiaMar 21, 2024

Liquor scam case: ED continues interrogation of Arvind Kejriwal

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
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WorldMar 21, 2024

Weeping, weak and soaked, dozens of Rohingya refugees rescued after night on hull of capsized boat

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.
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IndiaMar 21, 2024

The ED team reached Kejriwal's house, there may be a big action

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
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IndiaMar 21, 2024

The Shiromani Akali Dal will implement the policy of 'one family-one ticket' in the Lok Sabha elections this time

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
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WorldMar 21, 2024

Ukraine's capital Kyiv attacked by Russia for first time in 44 days with 13 people hurt

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
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IndiaMar 20, 2024

Pratap Singh Bajwa demanded a CBI investigation against Dr. Raj Kumar Chabewal

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.
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WorldMar 20, 2024

Toddler gets behind wheel of truck idling at a gas pump, killing a 2-year-old

A toddler climbed out of a car seat and got behind the wheel of a truck idling at a gas pump in Northern California, rolling toward a taco stand and killing a 2-year-old child, police said. The owner of the truck was inside the gas station store at the time of the tragedy over the weekend in the city of Woodland, northwest of Sacramento, the Woodland Police Department said in a statement. The child died after being taken to a hospital by family members. Police did not reveal any identities of those involved but said everyone has cooperated and there has been no arrest. Police said the results

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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-