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IndiaMar 12, 2024

Amit Shah makes big statement regarding Citizenship Amendment Act

Home Minister Amit Shah's office has issued a statement regarding the CAA (Citizen Amendment Act) implemented in India to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, in which the Home Ministry said that 18 crore Indian Muslims do not need to fear this law under any circumstances, it will not affect their citizenship and community. The Home Ministry said that Indian Muslims have the same rights as others. Meanwhile, the Congress has released the second list of Lok Sabha candidates. Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's son Nakulnath has been
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IndiaMar 12, 2024

Congress can play in the name of Channi on the Jalandhar seat

Congress has approved the name of former Chief Minister Charanjit Channi to contest Lok Sabha elections from Jalandhar seat of Punjab. If reports are to be believed, the Congress High Command may announce it soon. The High Command has taken this decision in view of the SC vote bank and Channi's popularity. It is to be noted that Jalandhar is a reserved Lok Sabha seat and the SC community has the highest number of votes here. Reports say that Congress has finalized candidates for 7 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, although this could not be confirmed.
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IndiaMar 12, 2024

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar resigned

There has been a major change in the politics of Haryana, the neighboring state of Punjab. Before the Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has resigned and Naib Singh Saini has become the new Chief Minister of Haryana. He was the state president of Haryana BJP. Naib Saini is considered to be close to Manohar Lal Khattar. In Haryana, the BJP and Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janata Party had an alliance for 4 and a half years, but they could not agree on the distribution of seats, due to which their paths have now diverged. It is said that 5 out of 10 MLAs of Dushyant Chauta
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IndiaMar 12, 2024

Partap Singh Bajwa raised the issue of CAA in the Vidhan Sabha

Senior leader of Punjab Congress Partap Singh Bajwa has challenged the Bhagwant Mann government of the state to clarify its stand on the Center's CAA (Citizen Amendment Act). Bajwa also raised this issue in the assembly, he said that the month of Ramzan is a very holy month, the Muslim community considers it a month of worship, during these days the central government has violated the rights of the Muslim community by implementing the CAA law. It is to be noted that under the CAA law, only non-Muslim refugees seeking asylum in India from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will get Indian
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IndiaMar 12, 2024

Bibi Jagir Kaur will return home to Shiromani Akali Dal on March 14

Former SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur, who is angry with Shiromani Akali Dal Badal, is soon going to return home to Akali Dal. On March 14, Sukhbir Singh Badal and the entire core committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal will reach the residence of Bibi Jagir Kaur at Begowal and they will be brought back to the party. Recently, Bibi Jagir Kaur had hinted at returning to Shiromani Akali Dal, she also supported an alliance with BJP with some conditions. Currently, it is not clear whether the BJP and the Akali Dal are reuniting in the Lok Sabha elections or not.
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IndiaMar 11, 2024

CAA implemented in India, know who will get Indian citizenship and who has been kept out

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has announced rules to implement a 2019 citizenship law that excludes Muslims, weeks before the Hindu nationalist leader seeks a third term in office. The Citizenship Amendment Act provides a fast track to naturalization for Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to Hindu-majority India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before Dec. 31, 2014. The law excludes Muslims, who are a majority in all three nations. The law was approved in 2019, but Modi's government had held off with its implementation after deadly protests br
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IndiaMar 11, 2024

Arvind Kejriwal reached Mohali and made serious allegations against BJP

Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal, who arrived from Mohali in Punjab to start the campaign for the Lok Sabha elections, made serious allegations against the BJP today. He alleged that the BJP is trying to topple the Bhagwant Mann government in the state. Addressing the rally, he said that our MLAs are being contacted daily and Bhagwant Maan alone is fighting both the Center and the Governor. Kejriwal has made these claims at a time when the party has 92 MLAs out of 117 in Punjab. Along with this, Kejriwal made it clear that the Aam Aadmi Party is going to fight the elections alone in
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IndiaMar 08, 2024

US: Two Punjabi youths die in a horrible accident

Two young men from the same village of Hoshiarpur's Dasuha district died in a terrible road accident in America. The deceased men have been identified as 23-year-old Sukhjinder Singh and Simranjit Singh, residents of Turkana village. Both of them went to America two years ago to earn a living. They used to run a trailer together in America. Recently, while going to New Mexico from California, they were hit by a trolley coming from the wrong side on Highway No. 144. Both of them died on the spot. The accident was so terrible that they could be pulled out only after about six hours of hard work.
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IndiaMar 08, 2024

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 25 Companies of Central Forces arrives in Punjab

In order to ensure the conduct of free, fair and peaceful upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Punjab state has received 25 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) for area domination and confidence-building measures. The 25 companies include five coys of Central Reserved Police Forces (CRPF), 15 coys of Border Security Force (BSF) and five coys of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). Divulging more details, Special Director General of Police (Spl DGP) Law and Order Arpit Shukla said that the forces will be deployed in vulnerable districts of the state to instil confidence among the gen

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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday paid obeisance at Takht Sri Damdama Sahib in Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda district, nearly two weeks after surviving a life-threatening attack in Nanded, Maharashtra. He was accompanied by his wife, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, and senior party leaders. A large number of Akali workers gathered at the religious shrine to welcome him. Speaking to reporters after paying obeisance, Sukhbir Badal alleged that certain forces were working to weaken Punjab and Sikh leadership and disturb peace and communal harmony in the state. He said the Shiroma