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IndiaApr 23, 2024

SC Morcha's vice president Robin Sampla joined AAP

Robin Sampla, a close relative and nephew of BJP leader Vijay Sampla in Punjab, joined the Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday. Robin Sampla is SC of Punjab BJP. There was also the vice president of the front. According to sources, Robin Sampla is seeking a ticket from Jalandhar West assembly constituency, from which former AAP MLA Sheetal Angural has resigned after joining the BJP. At the same time, Vijay Sampla is angry with the party for not getting a ticket for the Lok Sabha election from Hoshiarpur. Earlier, there was talk of him joining Shi
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IndiaApr 23, 2024

'AAP' government imposed a debt of 80 thousand crore rupees on Punjab in 2 years: Charanjit Singh Channi

Punjab Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Jalandhar, Charanjit Singh Channi, has accused the Aam Aadmi Party of imposing a debt of Rs 80 thousand crores on Punjab in two years. Meanwhile, he has also targeted the late Santokh Singh Chaudhary's wife Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary for joining the BJP. Channi said that people will teach them a lesson. It should be said that the Shiromani Akali Dal has nominated former Congress leader Mahinder Singh KP from Jalandhar, who is also related to Channi.
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IndiaApr 23, 2024

Congress can field former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in the election field from Ludhiana

Congress may field former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu from Ludhiana in Punjab, with which he will compete with his close friend Ravneet Singh Bittu on this seat. Bittu is contesting this time from BJP. It is learned from the sources that Ashu has got the green signal from the Congress High Command for the ticket and he has also started campaigning internally. Bittu and Bharat Bhushan Ashu have been partners of each other in politics for the last 10 years, who will now face each other on the same field.
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IndiaApr 23, 2024

Former Congress MLA Angad Saini seriously injured in a car accident, undergoing treatment at Max Hospital

Angad Singh Saini's former Congress MLA from Punjab's Nawanshahr met with an accident this morning. He has been admitted to Max Hospital in Mohali in critical condition, where his condition is said to be critical. The accident was so terrible that the front part of their vehicle was completely damaged. According to information, former MLA Angad Singh Saini was going to Chandigarh from Nawanshahr, when a stray animal suddenly came in the middle of the road near Taunsa village, while saving it, his vehicle collided with an ambulance standing on the roadside and hit the divider.
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IndiaApr 23, 2024

Chief Minister Kejriwal will remain in jail, court extends judicial custody till May 7

Delhi's Rouse Avenue court has extended the custody of Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal till May 7. After this order of the court, Kejriwal will now stay in Tihar jail during the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 26 and the third phase on May 7. ED had arrested Kejriwal in the liquor scam case on the night of March 21. On March 22, the court sent them to ED remand till March 28 and since April 1, they have been locked up in Tihar Jail. Kejriwal filed a petition in the Delhi High Court against his arrest and remand to the custody of the investigating agency, but it was dismiss
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IndiaApr 22, 2024

Kejriwal's supporters arrived at the cricket match, wearing yellow t-shirts and raising slogans

Yesterday IPL was played between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans at the Maharaja Yadwinder Singh Cricket Stadium built in Mullanpur, Punjab. During the match, Aam Aadmi Party supporters raised slogans of 'Main Vi Kejriwal' and 'Jail Da Awab Vote Naal' in protest against the arrest of the party's national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He demanded the release of Kejriwal and said that he has been wrongly arrested and kept in jail without any scam and evidence. Supporters wore yellow t-shirts with Kejriwal's picture showing him behind bars. Supporters of IPL It attracted th
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IndiaApr 22, 2024

Congress released the list of candidates, Amarjit Kaur Sahoke was fielded from Faridkot

Congress has announced candidates for two more Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab on Monday. Present MP from Faridkot Constituency. Mohammad Sadiq's ticket has been cut, Congress has fielded Amarjit Kaur Sahoke from Moga in his place. Bibi Amarjit Kaur Sahoke's political background is associated with Akali Dal. Meanwhile, the party has given ticket to Yamini Gomar from Hoshiarpur. Let us tell you that in 2014, Yamini Gomar contested the Lok Sabha elections from Hoshiarpur seat on behalf of Aam Aadmi Party and came third.
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IndiaApr 22, 2024

Pargat Singh attacked Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary

Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary, wife of the late Santokh Singh Chaudhary, who was a Member of Parliament from Jalandhar of the Punjab Congress, joined the BJP recently. Santokh Singh Chowdhury's family was angry over the nomination of Charanjit Singh Channi as a candidate from Jalandhar. However, his son Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary, who is an MLA from Phillaur, has not yet left the Congress to save his Vidhan Sabha membership, for which Pargat Singh, the Congress MLA from Jalandhar Cantt constituency, has attacked him. Pargat Singh said that if Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary had so much displeasure with t
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IndiaApr 22, 2024

The Shiromani Akali Dal released the second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections

The Shiromani Akali Dal on Monday released the second list of Lok Sabha candidates, in which candidates have been announced from 5 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and one in Chandigarh. Mahinder Singh KP joined the Akali Dal after leaving the Congress. The party has given a ticket from Jalandhar, while Harsimrat Kaur Badal's name is also in this list, who is again going to the election battle from Bathinda. Ticket has been given to Nardev Singh Bobby Mann from Ferozepur, last time Sukhbir Singh Badal himself became MP from this seat. won the election as Shiromani Akali Dal from Ludhiana Ranjit Sin

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BCMay 30, 2025

Charges laid in Vancouver's Crab Park homicide

A Vancouver Police homicide investigation has led to the arrest of a suspect in the murder of a man in Crab Park in March. Brett MacDonald, 51, was shot on the north-west side of Crab Park along the gravel path just before 8:30 a.m. on March 22. He was found by a passerby who called police. Jason Hnatyshyn, 47, was arrested on April 10 in Red Deer, Alberta, by VPD homicide detectives. The BC Prosecution Service has approved one count of first-degree murder against Hnatyshyn. He remains in custody until his next court appearance.
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BCMay 30, 2025

Stranger arrested, charged for attack on teen girl in public bathroom

A suspect has been arrested by Vancouver Police and charged with the sexual assault of a teenaged girl in a public bathroom – part of an alleged crime spree that included a bank robbery and the assault of a second woman who escaped serious harm Wednesday afternoon. The series of violent incidents began around 5:15 p.m. on May 28, and occurred inside an office building at Cambie Street and West 41st Avenue, near Oakridge Centre. A 58-year-old woman was leaving a medical appointment when she was grabbed in the hallway and assaulted by a stranger. She screamed and managed to get away without se
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CanadaMay 30, 2025

Pierre Poilievre to vote against Carney government's spending bill

Canada's main opposition leader Pierre Poilievre has announced that he will vote against the Carney government's spending bill. This will be the first test for Prime Minister Mark Carney's minority government. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said that his party will vote against the Liberals' $486.9-billion spending bill on government programs and transfers. Poilievre said that the additional spending the government has sought approval from Parliament is not for investment, so his party is not going to support it. It is worth noting that the Liberals have 169 seats in the House of Com
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BCMay 30, 2025

Province strengthens response to combat downtown street crime, disorder

The BC government is launching a new Community Safety and Targeted Enforcement program. It aims to increase police capacity to tackle street crimes that affect businesses and communities, such as robberies, shoplifting and property damage. The province is providing up to $5 million in funding for the initiative, which will help police increase their resources. The government says it has seen the Vancouver Police Department see its biggest two-year reduction in violent and property crime in Hastings Crossing in January 2025, thanks to a special investigation and targeted enforcement program.
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AlbertaMay 30, 2025

Alberta government extends deadline for judge's investigation into contract scandal

Alberta's government says it's extending the deadline for a former judge to investigate allegations of high-level conflict of interest and arm-twisting in health care contracts. Former Manitoba provincial court chief judge Raymond Wyant was expected to submit an interim report to the government today, followed by a full report next month. The government employee facilitating the investigation says the number of documents provided and interviews requested by the former judge means that initial time frame is no longer feasible. Deputy minister of jobs Chris McPherson says Wyant wil