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BCJan 25, 2024

Surrey Police Service releases proposed $142M budget for 2024

Surrey Police Board administrator Mike Serr presented 2024 provincial budget on Thursday.He said that city council has still not approved the budget for the police transition, presented to mayor and council last November.Serr added that the transition from the Surrey RCMP to the Surrey Police Service will take approximately two-and-a-half years.Overall, the Surrey Police Service is asking for $141.5 million to eventually have 785 officers on the force.The service aims at adding 180 additional police officers this year, including 135 experienced officers recruited from across the country and 45
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IndiaJan 25, 2024

Jakhar demands an impartial inquiry from the governor against the minister on the objectionable video matter

The matter of objectionable video of another cabinet minister of the Punjab government has now started to gain momentum. After Shiromani Akali, now Punjab BJP state president Sunil Kumar Jakhar has demanded an impartial investigation from Governor Banwari Lal Purohit in this matter. Recently, the senior leader of Shiromani Akali Dal, Bikram Singh Majithia, has handed over the objectionable video of Punjab Cabinet Minister Balkar Singh to Banwari Lal Purohit and at the same time, in this case, he has asked Banwari Lal Purohit to dismiss the minister and to be central to this matter. A reques
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IndiaJan 25, 2024

Kaka Singh Sidhu, a close friend of Sidhu Musewala, got bail from the Ludhiana court

Sidhu Musewala's close friend Kaka Singh Sidhu alias Bhana Sidhu has got bail from Ludhiana court. The Punjab Police arrested him on the charge of threatening a female travel agent and demanding Rs 10,000 in exchange for holding a dharna. The woman said that she sends people abroad, if someone's visa is canceled, she returns the money, but there was a transaction with some people, over which Bhana Sidhu threatened her. Bhana Sidhu got bail after paying a bond of Rs 50,000.
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InternationalJan 25, 2024

Australia: 4 Indians died due to drowning in the sea of Phillip Island

4 Indians died after drowning in the sea of Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia. The Indian High Commission in Canberra confirmed this on Thursday. Among the deceased were three women, identified as Suhani Anand, Keerti Bedi and Reema Soandhi. There was a 23-year-old Jagjit Singh. The police said that they received a report of 4 persons drowning in the water last evening, the rescue team immediately reached the spot and pulled them out in an unconscious condition, out of which three died on the spot, while a 20-year-old The girl was airlifted to a hospital in Melbourne but she also died as
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IndiaJan 25, 2024

These police officers who encountered the killers of Musewala will get the President's Medal

DSP of Punjab Police's Anti-Gangster Task Force for showing bravery in the fight against Sidhu Moosewala's killers Mannu Kussa and Jagrup Rupa. Bikram Brar and four SPG. The jawans will be honored with the President's Bravery Medal. DSP This is Brar's fourth President's Medal. Bikram Brar has also received many other prestigious awards including the Chief Minister's Police Medal. Brar was also honored with the Chief Minister's Police Medal by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann during a state-level function held at Patiala on 15 August 2023.
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WorldJan 25, 2024

After Canada and America, Pakistan has also accused India of target killing

After Canada and America, now Pakistan has also accused India of target killing on its soil. Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Mohammad Cyrus Sajjad Qazi held a press conference on Thursday and claimed that there is strong evidence of a link between the killing of two Pakistani nationals on our soil and Indian agents. He referred to the deaths of two Pakistanis in 2023, identified as Shahid Latif and Mohammad Riaz. Latif was the mastermind of the 2016 attack on Pathankot Air Force Station in Punjab. At the same time, Mohammad Riaz was accused of conspiring to kill five Indian Army soldiers in Ka
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IndiaJan 25, 2024

A big relief to Cabinet Minister Aman Arora from the court

The Sangrur Court has stayed the two-year sentence awarded by Sunam's court to Punjab's AAP government minister Aman Arora till January 31, which has given him a big relief and he will hoist the tricolor on January 26 or No, Shashopanj is over on it. It is to be noted that on December 21, 9 people including Aman Arora and his mother were sentenced to two years imprisonment by Sunam court in a family dispute case, on which they got bail on the spot but the sentence was suspended. Arora's legislature was also in danger due to non-stay. Therefore, he had approached the District Sessions Court S
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WorldJan 25, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron on a two-day visit to India

French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day visit to India. Their journey has started from Jaipur in Rajasthan. He reached Jaipur directly from Paris where he was welcomed in Rajasthani ways at Amer Fort. President Macron has arrived in India to attend the Republic Day Parade tomorrow as the chief guest. Prime Minister Modi and Macron also visited the Jantar Mantra established by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh in Jaipur today. They also had a road show program from here. Let us tell that Jaipur's Jantar Mantar was declared by UNESCO in July 2010. It was declared a World Heritage Site by Jaip
BCJan 25, 2024

Ali's lawyers fear dead girl's dad, as police probe claim he brought gun to court

The father of a murdered 13-year-old girl has been under police investigation for allegedly bringing a gun into a Vancouver courtroom on the day that Ibrahim Ali was convicted of the killing, the man's lawyer has told a hearing. Lawyers for Ali are refusing to show up to court for post-trial proceedings citing safety concerns about the man, who can't be named because of a publication ban on the identity of the murdered girl. McCullough and co-counsel Ben Lynskey are trying to have the father excluded from attending Ali's post-trial hearings in any way, and don't want a Mandarin court interpret

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BCNov 05, 2025

Fifteen arrested in Richmond RCMP retail theft crackdown

Richmond RCMP say 15 people were arrested during a single-day operation aimed at curbing retail theft in the city’s downtown core. The targeted enforcement took place on October 18 as part of the detachment’s ongoing “Boost and Bust” initiative. Police say most of those arrested were from outside the Richmond area, and one person was taken into custody twice at separate locations. Two of the suspects were youth. Officers recovered more than $5,000 worth of stolen goods during the operation. The “Boost and Bust” initiative is partly funded by the provincial Community Safety and Targ
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IndiaNov 05, 2025

SAD leader Vardev Noni Mann arrested in Fazilka panchayat poll violence case

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Vardev Singh Mann, widely known as Noni Mann, has been arrested in connection with a violent clash that broke out last year during the nomination process for panchayat elections in Jalalabad, Fazilka district. The incident took place outside the office of the Block Development and Panchayat Officer. Police said Mann, who has previously contested twice for the Punjab Assembly from the Guru Har Sahai constituency on an SAD ticket, was taken into custody from the Sangrur area on Wednesday morning. Jalalabad City Station House Officer Angrej Kumar confirmed the arr
WorldNov 05, 2025

Nine killed after UPS cargo plane crashes and explodes at Louisville airport

Emergency crews are combing through wreckage at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport after a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded during takeoff, killing at least nine people and leaving others unaccounted for. Authorities say the aircraft was bound for Honolulu when it caught fire shortly after lifting off the runway early Tuesday morning. Footage from witnesses showed flames erupting from the plane’s left wing and a thick trail of smoke moments before the aircraft plunged back to the ground, igniting a massive fireball. Part of a nearby building’s roof was torn apart by the
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BCNov 05, 2025

B.C. Premier and Coastal Nations urge Ottawa to keep North Coast oil tanker ban

British Columbia Premier David Eby has joined leaders from coastal First Nations in signing a declaration urging the federal government to uphold the moratorium on oil tankers along the province’s northern coastline. Eby said a single oil spill in the ecologically sensitive region could wipe out billions of dollars in coastal economic activity, warning that current technology cannot effectively clean up such a disaster. The call comes as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith renews her push to have the ban lifted as part of her government’s plan to pursue a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast. Chi
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BCNov 05, 2025

B.C. finance minister urges Ottawa to match auto-sector aid with support for forestry industry

British Columbia’s Finance Minister Brenda Bailey is urging the federal government to provide the same level of support for the province’s forestry sector as it does for Ontario’s automobile industry. Bailey said she welcomes the overall direction of the federal budget released today, which she believes aligns with several of B.C.’s priorities. However, she emphasized that the province’s softwood lumber industry continues to face “extraordinary” duties and tariffs of more than 45 per cent, putting workers and communities under significant pressure. Her remarks followed an emergen