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IndiaJul 26, 2024

Remembering the Kargil War.....

Irrespective of the countries, politics keeps dancing on both sides of their borders. The love, culture and feelings of those people of that politics are covered. No matter how helpless this scent of love and emotion is, it rises above the folds of borders and the dance of politics and somehow reaches the people of one country to another. No matter how loud the noise of political slogans is, it cannot suppress this feeling, but the forces bound by the orders of the seat of power certainly point guns and guns at each other. Something similar happened during the Kargil war 25 years ago. I am an
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IndiaJul 26, 2024

The High Court adjourned the hearing on the petition of MP Amritpal Singh

The challenge given to the NSA by the colleagues of Member of Parliament from Khadur Sahib, Punjab, Amritpal Singh, in the High Court could not be heard today. Due to the work being stopped by the lawyers, this matter has now progressed, but now it will be heard by a double bench of the Chief Justice of the High Court, whereas earlier these petitions were being heard in a single bench. Amritpal Singh has also challenged the NSA imposed on him by filing a petition in the High Court. The bench of the Chief Justice of the High Court will hear these petitions on August 28.
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IndiaJul 25, 2024

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann boycotted the NITI Aayog meeting

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has decided not to attend the NITI Aayog meeting to be convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 27, expressing solidarity with the 'India' alliance. Opposition parties claimed that the Union Budget presented on July 23 was "biased" and did not provide adequate funds for states with non-NDA governments. The boycott of the NITI Aayog meeting was first announced by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin. After this, the Congress said that its Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Telangana Chief
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IndiaJul 25, 2024

Detention of elected MP part of undeclared emergency: Channi

The party has distanced itself from the statement made by the former Chief Minister of Punjab and currently Member of Parliament from Jalandhar, Charanjit Singh Channi in the Lok Sabha about Amritpal Singh. Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh termed Channi's statement as his personal opinion. However, the Congress did not condemn Channi's statement, but according to sources, several Congress MPs are angry with Channi's statement in the Lok Sabha about Amritpal. After this, the party distanced itself from Channi's statement. Channi had made a statement in support of pro-Khalistan 'Waris P
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IndiaJul 25, 2024

Why did Charanjit Channi and Ravneet Bittu face off in the Lok Sabha?

A heated argument was witnessed between Congress MP Charanjit Channi from Punjab and BJP minister Ravneet Singh Bittu during the discussion on the budget in the Lok Sabha today. Channi-Amritpal Singh was raising the issue of NSA imposed on him without naming him, he said that the MP elected by 2 lakh people has been kept in jail by imposing NSA, which is an undeclared emergency in the country. Meanwhile, he told Ravneet Bittu that your grandfather former Chief Minister Beant Singh was martyred but he died on the day you left the Congress. Ravneet Bittu got angry at this and stood up in the Hou
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IndiaJul 25, 2024

Amritpal Singh's brother and partner got bail

Amritpal Singh's brother Harpreet Singh and his accomplice Lovepreet, who were arrested by the Punjab Police in a drug case, have been granted bail by the Phillaur court. Both of them were arrested a few days ago by the Phillaur police allegedly along with four grams of ice drug. Regarding this case, Amritpal's family and lawyer accused the police of implicating him in a false case. According to Harpreet Singh's lawyer, some conditions have been set by the court for bail. The lawyer said that politics of revenge is being practiced by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party. According to him, this is an at
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IndiaJul 25, 2024

Sukhbir Singh Badal's problems are not diminishing

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal's problem is not getting any less. Senior leaders of the rebel faction of the party, Sucha Singh Chhotepur and Bhai Manjit Singh, have requested that the closed envelope explanation handed over by Sukhbir Badal to Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh of Sri Akal Takht Sahab be made public. He said that this is a very big demand of the time because before this the apology of Dera Sirsa was not made public and was not allowed to be discussed in the Sikh panth and he was directly pardoned. Chhotepur and Bhai Manjit Singh said in a joint statement that at
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IndiaJul 24, 2024

Gurnam Singh Chaduni's party will contest in all the assembly seats of Haryana

Haryana's farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni has announced his candidates for the by-elections to be held in the four assembly seats of Punjab. Chaduni said that his United Struggle Party will contest the by-elections in 4 constituencies Giddarbaha, Barnala, Dera Baba Nanak and Chabewal of Punjab and apart from this, elections will be contested in all 90 seats of Haryana. Talking to reporters, he also said that the option of an agreement with other parties except BJP and JJP in Haryana is open and if an honorable agreement is reached, they will fight the elections by forming an alliance.
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IndiaJul 24, 2024

Bibi Jagir Kaur took aim at Sukhbir Singh Badal's dissolution of the core committee of the party

Bibi Jagir Kaur, the veteran leader of Shiromani Akali Dal's rebel faction, has targeted Sukhbir Badal for disbanding the core committee of the party. Bibi Jagir Kaur said that Sukhbir Badal considers himself supreme from the beginning, when he is alive, he dissolves committees, when he is alive, he creates new ones and when he is alive, he expels someone from the party. Bibi Jagir Kaur said that Sukhbir Badal considers the party as his company and himself as CEO and all other members as shareholders of the party. He said that Badal is not concerned about the Akali Dal but the concern is for

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