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IndiaJun 19, 2024

SA vs USA: In the first match of Super-8. Africa defeated America

In the first match of the Super-8 round of the T20 World Cup 2024, South Africa defeated the USA by 18 runs at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua today. Batting first, the South African team scored 194 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. In response, the American team was limited to 176 runs with six wickets. Team USA captain Aaron Jones could not even open an account. South African team player Kagiso Rabada turned the match by taking the wicket of Harmeet Singh in the 19th over. In the last two overs, USA needed 28 runs, then Harmeet Singh and Andries Gau were at the crease. Harmeet got
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IndiaJun 19, 2024

Congress has announced the candidate for the Jalandhar West by-election

Congress has announced former Deputy Mayor Surinder Kaur as its candidate for the by-election in Jalandhar West Vidhan Sabha constituency of Punjab. Surinder Kaur has considerable influence in the western constituency. She is the first ever woman councilor who has not lost any election. Aam Aadmi Party and BJP have already announced the names of their candidates for this seat, while Shiromani Akali Dal is still churning for it. The state's Aam Aadmi Party has declared Mahendra Bhagat, who came from the BJP, as its candidate, while the BJP has given ticket to Sheetal Angural, who left the Aam
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IndiaJun 19, 2024

Akali Dal has demanded a high-level central inquiry into the phone calls made by Lawrence Bishnoi from jail

The Shiromani Akali Dal has urged the central government to order a high-level inquiry into the activities of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. Bikram Singh Majithia said that having a video call with Pakistani gangster Shehzad Bhatti while he was incarcerated in Gujarat Jail in Lawrence is a violation of national security. Majithia said that the series of such incidents that have been happening for the past several years shows that the gangster has a free rein in jail, whether he is incarcerated in Delhi or in Punjab or in Gujarat. A senior leader of Shiromani Akali Dal said that this needs
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IndiaJun 19, 2024

Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi is running entire network from jail: Balkaur Singh

Balkaur Singh, father of Sidhu Moosewala, has accused the government of saving Bishnoi after the video of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi talking to a Pakistani gangster on a video call went viral on social media. He said that the Center and the Punjab government have failed to break Bishnoi's network and he is running the entire network from jail. Bishnoi is currently lodged in Gujarat Jail. Balkaur Singh said that Bishnoi gave two interviews to a news channel in March 2023, which Punjab Police F. I. R. registered but that too against unknowns, no one's name is registered in it which suggests that
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IndiaJun 18, 2024

Gurmeet Singh Meet Hair resigned from the post of MLA

Gurmeet Singh Meet Hare, who won the Lok Sabha elections from Sangrur in Punjab, became MLA from Barnala Vidhan Sabha seat. has resigned, along with this, the seats of 4 MLAs who won the Lok Sabha elections in the state have become vacant and by-elections may be announced soon. It is to be noted that Dera Baba Nanak, Giddarbaha, Chabewal Constituency of Hoshiarpur and Barnala were the Vidhan Sabha constituencies, from where MLAs are now MPs. have reached the Lok Sabha as per the rules and it was mandatory for them to give up one seat. Gurmeet Singh Meet Hair was a minister in Bhagwant Mann's
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IndiaJun 18, 2024

Rahul Gandhi resigned from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has resigned from Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday. Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued a notification in this regard. Rahul Gandhi gave a formal notice to the Lok Sabha Speaker's office about retaining the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat and leaving the Wayanad seat. Earlier on Monday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had announced the candidature of Priyanka Gandhi from Wayanad. If Priyanka Gandhi wins the election from Wayanad, then three members of the Gandhi family will be in Parliament. Sonia Gandhi will be seen in the Rajya Sabha and Rahul Gandhi and
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IndiaJun 18, 2024

Big relief to Bikram Singh Majithia in the drug case

Bikram Majithia, who is facing investigation in Punjab's multi-crore drug racket case, had challenged the summons of the Special Investigation Team in the Punjab-Haryana High Court, which the court accepted and exempted him from appearing before the court till July 8. has given Majithia had argued that SIT was harassing him by repeatedly sending summons. SIT has questioned him three to four times in the drug case. The drug case against Majithia was registered in December 2021 during the Congress government. He also had to spend 5 months in jail and currently he is on bail. Bikram Majithia sa
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IndiaJun 18, 2024

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann transferred more than 10 thousand officials

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann says that drugs are coming to Punjab from Gujarat but the state is being defamed in this matter. He also said that the election code in the state has now ended and the government is ready to take action against the alliance between police officers and smugglers. The Chief Minister today told reporters after a meeting with the SSPs and other senior police officers of all the districts that I am the DGP. Punjab has been asked to immediately transfer the lower level officers in each police station. He said that more than 10,000 such officers have been transfe
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IndiaJun 18, 2024

The new video call of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, the mastermind of Sidhu Moosewala's murder, has surfaced

A new 17-second video call of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, the mastermind of Sidhu Moosewala's murder, has come out. In it, he is seen talking to Pakistani gangster Shehzad Bhatti. Wishing Lawrence-Bhatti a happy Eid. This video is believed to be from June 16. Lawrence is currently in jail in Gujarat. However, Sabarmati Central Jail Officer Paresh Solanki has denied that the video is from his jail. He said that Lawrence is locked here in tight security, no suspicious thing has been received from him. Earlier, Lawrence has given two interviews while in Punjab jail. The DGP of Punjab had given s

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CanadaJun 30, 2025

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