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IndiaMar 18, 2024

American Embassy will be opened in Amritsar: Taranjit Singh Sandhu

Punjab will soon have an American Embassy, it will open in Guru Nagar, Sri Amritsar. This was disclosed by India's ambassador to America. Taranjit Singh Sandhu has done it. He is being considered as the possible candidate of BJP from Amritsar Lok Sabha seat. Dr. Sandhu recently Foreign Minister S. Had a meeting with Jaishankar, after which he said that the US is to open two new consulates in India and the Foreign Minister has assured me that an effort will be made to open one in the holy city of Guru Nagar. The decision to open a new consulate was taken 7 years ago in 2016 by Prime Minister
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IndiaMar 18, 2024

Sunil Jakhar's claim, AAP can change its candidate in Punjab

Candidates announced by Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab can be changed. This claim has been made by Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar. He said that internal talks are going on between the Congress and AAP in this regard and a meeting has been held between the two parties in Delhi. Jakhar said that the Aam Aadmi Party has deceived the people. Only BJP can fight for the rights of people in Punjab. Elaborating on this, Jakhar said that he has come to know that a meeting of senior leaders of Congress and Aam Aadmi Party was held in Delhi last night, in which it was discussed that the grounds of 8 candi
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IndiaMar 18, 2024

As soon as the Lok Sabha elections are announced, the Election Commission is in action mode

The Election Commission has started the action as soon as the Lok Sabha elections are announced. On Monday, the home secretaries of 6 states including the DGP of West Bengal have been removed. He held more than one post in the Chief Minister's office in the respective states. The names of officials from Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are among the 6 states whose home secretaries have been removed. It is to be noted that there will be seven phases from April 19 to June 1 in India and the results will be announced on June 4. Chief Election Commission
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IndiaMar 18, 2024

The person who threatened the former Chief Minister of Punjab was arrested

The Punjab Police has claimed to solve the case of ex-Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi demanding a ransom of Rs 2 crore and giving death threats. Ropar police has arrested an accused in this case. The accused has been identified as Deepak Sri Sant Cable, a resident of Maharashtra, who is an ex-student of hotel management. The accused has worked as a chef in many hotels. These days he was working in the stock market. This information is from S. Ropar. SP Gulneet Singh Khurana gave. The police investigation revealed that the accused is not a criminal by profession. He chose this path to e
CanadaMar 15, 2024

Family of three identified after remains found at Brampton house fire last week, Peel police say

Police say three people found dead inside a home after a fire northwest of Toronto last week were a mother, father and their teenage daughter.Peel regional police say homicide investigators and the office of the chief coroner have identified the remains as 51-year-old Rajiv Warikoo, 47-year-old Shilpa Kotha, and 16-year-old Mahek Warikoo.They say all three lived in the Brampton, Ont. home where they were found. Police say they were called to the area of Big Sky Way and Van Kirk Drive around 1:30 p.m. on March 7 and found a home engulfed in flames. They say investigators examining the scene fou
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IndiaMar 15, 2024

Prominent Artist and Food Expert Balmukand Sharma appointed Food Commissioner Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has appointed Punjabi film industry renowned actor Bal Mukand Sharma as Food Commissioner of Punjab. He has also worked as a senior officer in Markfed for a long time. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has assigned this task to him just a day before the election code is announced tomorrow. The post was lying vacant since the retirement of DP Reddy. The special thing is that for the second day in a row, the Chief Minister has assigned an important responsibility to an artist. Before this, among the eight Lok Sabha candidates that he had announced yesterday, Kar
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IndiaMar 15, 2024

Navjot Singh Sidhu meet Governor Banwari Lal Purohit

Former Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu meet Governor Banwari Lal Purohit in Chandigarh today. Meanwhile, he accused the CBI of scams in Punjab. He demanded an inquiry and said that the budget should be audited. During the meeting with the Governor, Sidhu was accompanied by another former president of the party, Shamsher Singh Dulo and Mahendra Singh K.P. were also Sidhu said that Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann have destroyed Punjab by imposing debt on the state. He said that the game played to get debt in the budget has been informed to the governor and demanded that all the scams i
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IndiaMar 15, 2024

The dates of Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be announced in India tomorrow

The dates of Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be announced in India tomorrow. A press conference has been called by the Election Commission at 3 o'clock on Saturday. Lok Sabha elections for 543 seats can be held in 7 or 8 rounds. Along with this, the dates of assembly elections of Odisha, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh will also be announced. Also, the election code will also apply in the entire country. A day earlier, Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Sandhu were appointed as Election Commissioners. After this, all these three officials along with Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar
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IndiaMar 15, 2024

Warning of Sukhbir Singh Badal, legal notice sent to Bhagwant Mann

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has sent a legal notice to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, accusing the Badal family of taking advantage of crores of rupees under the eco-tourism policy for Sukh Vilas Hotel. Now Sukhbir Singh Badal has given a legal notice and asked the Chief Minister to prove the charge within a week or apologize, failing which he has warned Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to sue for defamation. Sukhbir Singh Badal has shared the information of the notice sent to the Chief Minister by tweeting, in which Badal said that he is legally required to tender a

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South Korean court sentences former president Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison

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