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IndiaMay 13, 2024

Harsimrat Kaur Badal filed her nomination form from Bathinda

Shiromani Akali Dal Member of Parliament Harsimrat Kaur Badal today filed her nomination papers from Bathinda. According to this, she owns assets worth 30.49 crores. In the last five years, the Badal family also bought their first car, which is a Land Rover Defender, its market value is around Rs 1.50 crore. Harsimrat Kaur Badal's assets are worth Rs 7 crore. Apart from this, Harsimrat Badal has ancestral property worth Rs 19.96 crore and Sukhbir Badal's ancestral property is worth Rs 51.87 crore.
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IndiaMay 13, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowed at Gurdwara Patna Sahib wearing a kesari turban

In Punjab, 40 senior leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will campaign in favor of BJP candidates. The party released its list of star campaigners on Monday, including the name of Vijay Sampla, who was upset over not getting a ticket from Hoshiarpur. At the same time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid obeisance today at Gurdwara Takht Sri Patna Sahib. On this occasion, he also performed the service of making langar and serving langar to the congregation. Prime Minister Modi was wearing a turban on his head on this occasion.
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IndiaMay 13, 2024

Lok Sabha Elections: Bains brothers joined Congress from Ludhiana

Ahead of the voting for the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab on June 1, the former MLA from Ludhiana, the Bains brothers have joined the Congress. Devendra Yadav, who is in charge of Punjab Affairs of Congress yesterday, meet former MLAs Balwinder Singh Bains and Simarjit Singh Bains with Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, during which Lok Insaf Party was formally merged with Congress. The Bains brothers said that they have joined the Congress party unconditionally. Both will now campaign for Congress candidate from Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat and Punjab Pradesh Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Wari
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IndiaMay 10, 2024

Pargat Singh targeted AAP party supremo Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann

Punjab Congress leader from Jalandhar Pargat Singh has targeted Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal and state Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the promises made by them before the assembly elections. Pargat Singh said that the Aam Aadmi Party had promised to earn 20,000 crores from mining in a year but only 472 crores was collected in the state exchequer in two years. Referring to the CAG report, he said that no arrangement has been made to stop illegal mining in Punjab and no crusher policy has been made yet. It is to be noted that in Punjab, both Congress and AAP are fighting separate
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IndiaMay 10, 2024

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann meet Dera Beas chief Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has meet the head of Dera Radha Swami Beas, Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon. This meeting is being seen in connection with the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Bhagwant Mann reached Dera Beas with a large caravan at 11 am and left after staying there for about two hours. This is the first meeting of Bhagwant Mann with Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon after becoming the Chief Minister. Leaders of almost all parties are attending Dera Radha Swami Beas because this Dera has a large vote bank all over India. In the last few days, Manish Tiwari, Kulbir Singh Jira, Laljit Si
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IndiaMay 10, 2024

Sukhpal Singh Khaira besieged the Shiromani Akali Dal and AAP government for not getting justice for the insults

Sukhpal Singh Khaira, the Congress candidate from the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab, has attacked the Shiromani Akali and the Aam Aadmi Party for not getting justice for the insults. Khaira said that the Badals who call themselves Panthak Party and the Aam Aadmi Party leaders Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann have always stabbed the Sikhs in the back by politics in the name of blasphemy, Behbal Kalan shootings and the release of Bandi Singhs. He said that due to their nefarious conspiracies, our Bandi Singhs are still behind the bars and these people have not been able to catch those who insulte
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IndiaMay 10, 2024

Amritpal Singh asked for 7 days release to fill the nomination

The nomination paper of Amritpal Singh, head of Waris Punjab organization, who is contesting the election as an independent candidate from the Khadur Sahib Lok Sabha seat of Punjab, has been filed. This information was given by the Punjab government in the High Court today. A petition was filed by Amritpal Singh for 7 days' release to file papers related to contesting the election. The state government said that Amritpal was given the facility to file papers and his nomination forms were filled on May 9. In this Lok Sabha constituency, apart from Amritpal, candidates from five main political
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IndiaMay 10, 2024

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came out of jail after 39 days

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by the Supreme Court today for the election campaign. He came out of Tihar jail on Friday evening after 39 days.The Supreme Court has granted him interim bail till June 1 and asked him to surrender on June 2 under any circumstances. As soon as he came out of jail, Kejriwal targeted the Modi government, telling his supporters that the country has to be saved from dictatorship.It is to be noted that Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 in the liquor scam. The Supreme Court did not grant him full bail, the court said that if ther
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IndiaMay 09, 2024

Many veterans will come to Punjab to campaign for BJP

In addition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, many film makers are participating in the election campaign of the candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is contesting the elections alone for the first time in the 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab. The stars will also be in Punjab. According to the information, the election campaign has been prepared in seats like Ludhiana, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Patiala, Jalandhar. Film stars and MPs Hema Malini, Akshay Kumar, Smriti

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Lloydminster RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a person of interest in connection with the attempted abduction of a nine-year-old girl. Police received a report of the incident on August 14 and immediately launched an investigation. No further details about the circumstances have been released. As part of the investigation, RCMP investigators worked with a forensic sketch artist to create a composite sketch of the person believed to be involved. Police say the suspect’s age is unknown and describe the individual as having short hair, a nose ring and a moustache. An
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DRIPA Repeal Petition Approved as Harman Bhangu Takes Aim at Eby Government

B.C. Opposition MLA Harman Bhangu has criticized Premier David Eby and the NDP government after the Elections Department approved the launch of a petition seeking to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). Bhangu welcomed the approval, accusing the Eby government of failing to take action on what he described as a controversial law. He said British Columbians now have a direct opportunity to push for the repeal of the legislation, which he claims has raised significant concerns about jobs, land rights and the province’s future. Bhangu said the B.C. Conservativ
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Amid U.S. Trade War, B.C. Takes Major Steps to Remove Internal Trade Barriers

The B.C. government says provinces and territories have reached agreements on several measures aimed at removing internal trade barriers across Canada amid ongoing trade uncertainty with the United States. Jobs and Economic Development Minister Adrian Dix said the federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for internal trade met Thursday and approved key changes to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. Under the changes, a 30-day service standard will be introduced for labour mobility applications across Canada. Ministers also agreed to approve free trade in services nationwide by
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BCAug 28, 2026

Shooting in Abbotsford, Three Suspects Arrested

A shooting incident has been reported in Abbotsford. According to police, shots were fired around 6:10 a.m. Wednesday in an outdoor parking lot in the 2400 block of Clearbrook Road. Both the suspect and the victim had fled the scene before officers arrived. After several hours of investigation, detectives traced three suspects to a home in the 2300 block of Westerly Street. With assistance from the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team, police arrested 33-year-old Ryan Sawatsky, 28-year-old Lucas Bezanson, and 34-year-old Kyle Korneik. Police later located the victim. Major Crime detectives a
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CanadaAug 28, 2026

32 Canadians Missing After Nepal-Tibet Border Floods

The Canadian government has confirmed that 32 Canadians are among 1,924 people reported missing following the devastating floods and landslides along the Nepal-Tibet border. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Minister for International Development Randeep Sarai said Canada’s ambassador to Nepal has provided the latest information to Global Affairs Canada. Authorities have recovered 579 bodies from the debris so far, but Nepalese authorities have not officially identified any of the recovered victims as Canadian citizens. Anand warned that the number of missing Canadians could be even h