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IndiaMay 06, 2024

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann once again targeted Sukhbir Singh Badal

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has once again accused Sukhbir Singh Badal about his hotel. During the Bathinda rally, Bhagwant Mann said that during the government of the Badals, the electricity of their 7-star Sukhvilas hotel was free for 10-15 years, the tax was waived. The Chief Minister said that he has withdrawn its papers and will take firm action. It is to be noted that Harsimrat Kaur Badal is contesting for the fourth time from Bathinda Lok Sabha Constituency, while Gurmeet Singh Khudiya is an independent candidate from Aam Aadmi Party. Bhagwant Mann said that Harsimrat Badal ha
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IndiaMay 06, 2024

Sunita Kejriwal will campaign in Punjab

Sunita Kejriwal, wife of AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, will conduct an election campaign in three Lok Sabha constituencies of Punjab. These include Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar. According to sources, Sunita Kejriwal will visit Punjab on May 9 and 10 this week. However, these dates are not finalized as of now. This visit is being prepared by him at a time when the Aam Aadmi Party has been accused of taking funding from Khalistani organizations and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has recommended an NIA probe against Kejriwal. Sunita Kejriwal is prominently raising the issue of Arvind Kejriw
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IndiaMay 06, 2024

The Lt. Governor recommended an NIA probe against Arvind Kejriwal

NIA investigation is going to start against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the case of receiving funds from Sikhs for Justice. Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has given orders for this. According to the Lt Governor, Kejriwal has taken political funding from the banned Sikhs for Justice. The Lt Governor of Delhi received a complaint in this regard from Ashu Mongia, National General Secretary of the World Hindu Federation, which said that Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party had used Khalistani groups between 2014 and 2022 in the name of the release of Devinder Pal Bhullar. 1.6 crore
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IndiaMay 06, 2024

BJP's mentality of taking political advantage is reprehensible: Charanjit Singh Channi

Politics has heated up with former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi terming the terrorist attack on an Indian Air Force vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch as a 'stunt' by the BJP. However, the former CM clarified that I called it a stunt because every time such attacks are presented as a political stunt. At the same time, BJP leader Anurag Thakur retorted on this, he said that Charanjit Channi should tell whether the wars of 1962, 1965 and 1971 were fought to win elections? It is to be noted that an Indian Air Force soldier was martyred and four others were injured in a terror
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IndiaMay 06, 2024

Akali Dal candidate left the field, refused to contest the election, left the party too

Shiromani Akali Dal's Lok Sabha candidate from Chandigarh, Hardeep Singh Butrela, has resigned from the party, deciding not to contest the election. Hardeep Butrella said that he took this decision because he did not get any support from the party and was facing lack of funds to contest the elections. On Monday, he returned the ticket to party president Sukhbir Badal. It is to be noted that Hardeep Singh was the president of Chandigarh Akali Dal and the only councilor of the party in the municipal corporation.
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IndiaMay 03, 2024

Shiromani Akali Dal will never compromise with BJP: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who entered the election field to reach Parliament for the fourth consecutive time from Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency of Punjab, says that now she will never compromise with BJP. Harsmirat Kaur Badal said that after the attitude adopted by the BJP government of the Center with the farmers of Punjab, no compromise can be expected with the BJP. It is to be noted that the Akali Dal had formed an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1996 and in 2020 the BJP-led NDA. Had broken the relationship than alliance. Harsmirat Kaur Badal said
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IndiaMay 03, 2024

Bajwa wants to defeat Raja Waring: Ravneet Singh Bittu

BJP candidate from Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab Ravneet Singh Bittu says that his rival candidate Amarinder Singh Raja Waring has become a victim of internal politics of Congress. According to Bittu, Waring has been appointed to end his influence in the party so that he loses the presidency after losing the election. He said that there are many big sharks in the Congress who were looking for an opportunity to bring down Waring. He alleged that Pratap Singh Bajwa would be most happy to see Waring lose and all senior Congress leaders like Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Charanjit Si
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IndiaMay 03, 2024

At the behest of RSS, BJP started breaking Sikh institutions: Bibi Jagir Kaur

Bibi Jagir Kaur, the former president of the Shiromani Committee, has accused the Congress and the BJP of breaking Sikh institutions. He made this comment while campaigning in favor of Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Mahinder Singh KP in village Pandori Nizhran of Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency. On this occasion, he said that at the behest of RSS, BJP is destroying Sikh institutions and encroaching on Sikh institutions. He said that if the Congress passed the resolution to form a separate Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee in Haryana, the Khattar government of the BJP played a big role in pu
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IndiaMay 03, 2024

The Supreme Court will hear Arvind Kejriwal's interim bail on May 7

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the interim bail of Arvind Kejriwal, who is lodged in Tihar Jail in the Delhi liquor scam case. Due to the elections, the Supreme Court is going to hear on May 7. A bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta said that Kejriwal's interim bail can be considered in view of the Lok Sabha elections, so that he can participate in the election campaign. However, the apex court said Kejriwal's challenge to his arrest and remand, which is a main case, may take time. Interim bail will be considered only for participating in their election campaign.

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Surrey driver loses Lamborghini after alleged 197 km/h speed on Alex Fraser Bridge

A Surrey man is facing steep fines, a vehicle impound, and long-term insurance penalties after police allege he was travelling at nearly three times the posted speed limit on the Alex Fraser Bridge earlier this week. BC Highway Patrol says officers observed a Lamborghini SUV moving significantly faster than surrounding traffic just after 8:00 p.m. on February 4. Using a laser speed reader, police clocked the vehicle at 197 kilometres per hour in a 70 kilometre per hour zone while it was heading northbound over the Delta span. Police say the 51-year-old driver was issued multiple violation tick
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Federal government tightens return-to-office rules for public servants

The federal government under Prime Minister Mark Carney has issued updated return-to-office requirements that will see most public servants spending more time working on-site each week. According to a notice from the Treasury Board, the changes will be introduced in phases. Executives will be required to work from the office five days a week starting May 4, while all other federal employees must report to the workplace at least four days per week beginning July 6. At present, most federal workers are required to be in the office three days a week under a hybrid work policy that came into effec
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Canada records job losses in January as labour market shows new signs of strain

Canada’s economy took a step backward in January as the country recorded a net loss of about 25,000 jobs, according to the latest Labour Force Survey released by Statistics Canada. The decline marks the first monthly drop in employment since late summer and signals renewed pressure in key sectors tied to trade and construction. The manufacturing and construction industries experienced the sharpest losses, with economists pointing to ongoing trade uncertainty and U.S. tariff pressures as contributing factors. Private-sector employment and part-time work were particularly affected, while women
AlbertaFeb 06, 2026

TSB sending investigators after CN train derailment west of Edmonton

Federal transportation investigators are heading to central Alberta to examine a Canadian National Railway derailment that sent dozens of rail cars off the tracks west of Edmonton. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada confirmed it is deploying a team after 37 loaded train cars derailed Thursday near the hamlet of Wildwood, roughly 110 kilometres west of the provincial capital. The site is along a CN main line that carries a mix of freight through rural communities in the region. CN spokesperson Ashley Michnowski said preliminary information indicates the cars were loaded, but the company
AlbertaFeb 06, 2026

Airdrie youth hockey team honours junior players killed in Alberta highway crash

A youth hockey team from Airdrie is paying tribute to three junior players who died in a highway collision in southern Alberta by wearing and sharing memorial stickers during an upcoming tournament. The under-13 AA Airdrie Lightning team will place the stickers on their helmets and hand them out to opposing teams while competing in Regina this week. The stickers feature the jersey numbers of the players and the logo of the Southern Alberta Mustangs, the junior team the victims played for. The initiative was organized by a Lightning parent who ordered close to 100 stickers with the goal of keep