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IndiaMay 23, 2024

Mayawati will hold an election rally for Jasvir Singh Garhi from Sri Anandpur Sahib seat

BSP supremo Kumari Mayawati will hold an election rally for BSP candidate and party state president Jasvir Singh Garhi from Sri Anandpur Sahib seat in Nawanshahr of Punjab tomorrow. This will be his 6th visit to the new city. Before this, he had come to New City in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections and 2012, 2016, 2022 assembly elections. There are many reasons behind Mayawati giving priority to Nawanshahr every time, including the party's mass base in Doaba and one of the reasons is that at present the only MLA of BSP in Punjab is from Nawanshahr.
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IndiaMay 23, 2024

Prime Minister Modi held an election rally in Patiala, targeting Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held an election rally in Patiala, Punjab today. Meanwhile, he targeted Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and called him a paper Chief Minister. He said that the corrupt Aam Aadmi Party of Delhi and the Congress responsible for the attack on Sikhs are pretending to fight each other in Punjab, but the truth is that these two parties have the same shop. He said that Modi is giving citizenship to the Dalit and Sikh brothers and sisters who suffered from the partition of the country, while the Congress and its partner parties played politics of incitement in the nam
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IndiaMay 23, 2024

Election Commission warns Charanjit Singh Channi

The Election Commission has issued a strong warning on the statement made by Charanjit Singh Channi, the Congress candidate from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat of Punjab, about the army. The Election Commission said that such statements are a violation of the code of conduct and should be avoided. During a public meeting on May 5, Channi had remarked that the terrorist attack on an Air Force convoy on May 4 was an election stunt by the BJP. The Commission said that it had issued a notice to Channi to give an explanation to the District Election Officer and DC of Jalandhar but the Commission was
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IndiaMay 22, 2024

Pratap Singh Bajwa's reaction to Sukhpal Singh Khaira's statement

On the statement made by Sukhpal Singh Khaira, who is contesting from Sangrur Lok Sabha seat of Punjab, that the migrant workers should be thrown out of the state, the leaders of his party have opposed it. Pratap Singh Bajwa said that if Khaira has given any such statement, then it is Khaira's own view, there is no view of the party in it. Earlier, Punjab Congress president Raja Waring also separated the party from Khaira's statement and said that all the immigrants coming from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and other states are our own brother. agree with and neither agree with such an ideology that
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IndiaMay 22, 2024

Captain Amarinder Singh will not attend Prime Minister Modi's rally tomorrow

Former Chief Minister of the state and BJP leader Captain Amarinder Singh will not participate in the rally to be held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 23 for the Patiala Lok Sabha seat of Punjab. Regarding this, Maharani Praneet Kaur while talking to the media said that Captain Amarinder Singh's health is still unwell, due to which he cannot participate in the program. It is to be noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold rallies in Patiala, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur.
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IndiaMay 21, 2024

A big blow to Manish Sisodia, the High Court made a strong comment while rejecting the bail petition

Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia did not get relief from the High Court and Rouse Avenue Court in the money laundering case related to the liquor scam. The Delhi High Court canceled his bail. They had approached the High Court against the decision of the Rouse Avenue court. The trial court had denied him bail on April 30. The High Court said that Sisodia is an influential person. Many people have given statements against him. So the possibility cannot be ruled out that they can go out on bail and ask those people to change their statements. However, the high court allowed Sis
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IndiaMay 21, 2024

Lok Sabha Elections: Prime Minister Modi will hold rallies in Punjab on May 23, 24

Before voting for the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold rallies in the state on May 23 and 24. They are planning to hold three rallies in Patiala, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, many BJP leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Yogi Adityanath, JP Nadda, Smriti Irani will hold rallies in Punjab in the last week of May. It is to be noted that ticket has been given to Maharani Parneet Kaur from Patiala, Sushil Rinku from Jalandhar and Dinesh Singh Babbu from Gurdaspur are BJP candidates. At the same time,
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IndiaMay 21, 2024

Sidhu Moosewala murder case hearing was held in Mansa court

In the first appearance after the charges were filed against the accused in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case, two key government witnesses did not appear in the lower court of Mansa to record their statements on Monday. On this, the court adjourned the hearing of the case and issued summons to the witnesses again for July 5. It is to be noted that the Special Investigation Team investigating the murder of Moosewala has filed four charge sheets against 32 accused including gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldie Brar and Jaggu Bhagwanpuria.
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IndiaMay 17, 2024

Sunil Jakhar invited Yogi Adityanath to come to Punjab

In Punjab, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath can hold an election rally at three places. These include Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Batala. Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar has written a letter to Yogi Adityanath asking for time in this regard, in which it has been said that some time should be given to Punjab so that the party's election campaign can be accelerated. For the first time in Punjab, the BJP is contesting the 13 Lok Sabha seats alone without the Sromani Akali Dal. Prime Minister Modi will also visit Punjab. Preparations are being made in regard to which programs will be held by the p

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A U.S. passenger evacuated from a cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak in the Canary Islands has tested positive for the virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC said a second American passenger who was onboard the ship is also being monitored after showing mild symptoms. Both individuals returned to the United States overnight and are being observed at the U.S. National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska. Health officials have not released additional details about the patients or confirmed how many total cases have been linked to the cruise ship outbrea
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s cousin, Gyan Singh Mann, has officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party after leaving the Aam Aadmi Party. Gyan Singh Mann was inducted into the BJP in Chandigarh in the presence of Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar and Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini. Speaking after joining the party, Gyan Singh Mann said he had joined the Aam Aadmi Party in 2014 but claimed the party changed after forming the government in Punjab in 2022. He alleged that the AAP had shifted from being “a party of ordinary workers to a party of special interests” and crit