Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held a road show in Haryana's Sirsa district on Tuesday. Meanwhile, he strongly attacked the BJP and alleged that he was arrested and sent to jail to prove that he was corrupt. Kejriwal said that even his "hardest" enemy knows that he is honest. Addressing the people, Kejriwal said that he had to spend five and a half months in jail without any reason. He said that my fault was that I made electricity free in Delhi and Punjab. It is to be noted that the polls for the Haryana Assembly elections are to be held on October 5, for which Kejriwal is holdi

An Alberta doctors' group says even though a new pay deal with the province is ready to be implemented, the government isn't putting its money where its mouth is. Dr. Shelley Duggan, the Alberta Medical Association's new president, says doctors are worried the province's health-care system is on the verge of collapse, and the pay deal is still waiting on approval from the province's Treasury Board. Former association president Dr. Paul Parks says Premier Danielle Smith promised the deal by September and the delay is hurting the struggling health-care system. Parks says the government's work to

The matter of police custody interview of Sidhu Moosewala murder mastermind Lawrence Bishnoi was heard in the Punjab-Haryana High Court today. The Punjab government told the court that it has initiated action against the accused officials in this case. According to the government, show cause notices have been issued to the SSP, SP, DSP and CIA in-charge present at the time of Bishnoi's interview. Lawrence Bishnoi's first interview took place in the custody of the CIA unit of the Punjab Police in Kharar. The High Court specifically asked about the CIA in-charge of Kharar, Shiv Kumar, where he

The House of Commons is set to debate a Conservative non-confidence motion today, as the Tories try to take down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government. It's the first test for the minority government since the NDP ended its supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals earlier this month. The Bloc Québécois and NDP have already said they will not support the motion, which will be voted on Wednesday. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been criticizing NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh for his refusal to bring down the Liberals. That all but eliminates the possibility of a snap election thi

The Punjab Police recently filed a response in the court regarding the reimposition of NSA on Amritpal Singh and his associates, who have been imprisoned in Dibrugarh Jail for almost one and a half years, claiming that the accused have not only threatened the law and order of the state but also the life of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. There are also threats to So it was decided to increase NSA on them. In the information given to the High Court, the Punjab Police referred to some video clips of Amritpal. It is to be noted that Amritpal Singh and his colleagues had challenged the imposition

First patient of Mpox virulent strain clade-1 has been found in India. This is the same strain that WHO has declared as a global health agency. According to the health department, the patient had returned to Kerala from the UAE last week. The victim is 38 years old. On September 17, he self-quarantined after showing symptoms of Mpox. There are 32 laboratories for Mpox testing in India. Notably, the Clade 1 variant of Mpox is a fast-spreading strain, first identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo, from where it spread to other countries.

Some MPs are demanding more discipline from House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus after an exchange between two party leaders last week got so heated one MP thought it may actually come to physical blows. In Question Period on Thursday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh had a shouting match after Poilievre called Singh a phoney and a fraud for his refusal to vote to bring down the Liberal government. The Conservatives insist Singh challenged Poilievre to a fight, while NDP House leader Peter Julian says Singh was merely standing up to bullying from the Tory leade

Pope Francis cancelled his audiences Monday because of a “slight flu-like state” just days before he is to embark on a trip to Belgium and Luxembourg, the Vatican said. The move was described as a “precaution” in a statement from the Vatican. Francis is due to visit Luxembourg on Thursday and then spend the rest of the week in Belgium, ending with a Mass in Brussels on Sunday. Francis, 87, who has battled a series of health problems in recent years, has had a packed schedule of audiences since returning from afour-nation, 11-day journeythrough Asia on Sept. 13. It was the longest and f

The union representing grain workers at terminals in Metro Vancouver says it has served the employer with a 72-hour strike notice. The Grain Workers Union Local 333 says in a notice posted to Facebook that it served the notice at 7 a.m. Saturday, with job action to start Tuesday. It says the union's bargaining committee made the decision after the Vancouver Terminal Elevators Association "invested very little effort" during negotiations last week, and it's now up to the employer to present a proposal for a new contract. The union says it provided the employer with a "comprehensive package" las