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IndiaJun 20, 2024

Liquor scam case: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal got bail

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court has granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh in the money laundering case related to the liquor scam. He may be released from jail on Friday. On the other hand, ED sought 48 hours time to argue against the bail, the court said that these arguments can be presented before the duty judge tomorrow. It may be noted that earlier the Chief Minister of Delhi was allowed to come out of jail to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in May and was ordered to surrender in Tihar Jail as soon as the elections were over. Now he has got regular ba
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CanadaJun 19, 2024

Canada lists Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terror group

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. Members of Parliament voted unanimously in May to list the IRGC, a branch of Iran's Armed Forces, as a terrorist entity. The Liberals have said in the past that doing so could affect a number of people who had no choice but to be drafted into the organization. The federal government had already barred tens of thousands of prominent Iranian government officials from entering Canada, including top IRGC members. Can
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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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CanadaJun 19, 2024

Health minister says he aims to launch national pharmacare program by next April

Health Minister Mark Holland says he hopes to launch a national pharmacare program by April 1, 2025. A pharmacare bill drafted by the Liberals and the NDP has made its way through the House of Commons, but still needs to be studied by the Senate. The idea is to make birth control and diabetes medication available to anyone with a health card as part of a universal, single-payer program. The Liberals budgeted $1.5 billion for the program over five years. Once the bill receives royal assent, Holland can start negotiating deals with provinces and territories to administer the program. But he says
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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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CanadaJun 19, 2024

Canada's population grew to top 41 million in the first quarter: StatCan

Statistics Canada says the country's population topped 41 million people in the first quarter of this year as it grew by 0.6 per cent. The agency says the population reached 41,012,563 on April 1, a gain of 242,673 people in the first three months of the year. Statistics Canada said the increase came as the country welcomed 121,758 immigrants in the first quarter. Net emigration amounted to 12,613 people for the quarter. Canada also added 131,810 non-permanent residents to the population. Statistics Canada noted that for temporary immigration, most of the growth happened before an announcement
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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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AAP protests outside BJP offices in Punjab over ED action against Sanjeev Arora

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American cruise passenger tests positive for hantavirus after Canary Islands evacuation

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Bhagwant Mann’s cousin Gyan Singh Mann joins BJP

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