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IndiaJun 26, 2024

Om Birla elected Speaker for the second time in a row

In India, the ongoing dispute between the NDA alliance led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the India Alliance of opposition parties over the appointment of Lok Sabha Speaker has ended. NDA's Om Birla was elected Speaker for the second time in a row through the vice vote held in the House today. After this Prime Minister Narendra and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi left him to the chair. In the first speech, Om Birla mentioned the emergency imposed during the Congress government and described it as a black mark on democracy and observed two minutes of silence in memory of the common citiz
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IndiaJun 26, 2024

CBI Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been sent to CBI custody by the trial court for three days. The investigating agency arrested Kejriwal this morning after questioning him in Tihar jail last night. Till now he was in the custody of ED in the liquor scam case. The CBI has taken Kejriwal into its custody after the High Court canceled the bail granted to him by the trial court while hearing the petition of the ED. ED-CBI alleges that Aam Aadmi Party did money laundering in liquor policy through Kejriwal. The party used a part of the scam money during the 2022 Goa assembly elections. Accor
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IndiaJun 26, 2024

Attempts are being made to break the Akali Dal at the behest of BJP: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Harsimrat Kaur Badal has claimed that some backbenchers of the BJP in the party are trying to break the Akali Dal amid the ongoing rebellion in the Shiromani Akali Dal, a regional party of Punjab. Harsimrat Kaur Badal said that only 5 of our 117 leaders are against Sukhbir Badal. He also targeted Bibi Jagir without naming her, Harsimrat Badal said that BJP had also contested the SGPC election for him. At the same time, according to information, Sukhbir Badal offered to resign from the post of President in a party meeting held today in Chandigarh, but his colleagues rejected this decision and
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IndiaJun 25, 2024

Arvind Kejriwal will remain in Tihar Jail for the time being

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will remain in Tihar Jail for the time being. The High Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail in the money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor scam. The High Court held that the arguments were not properly presented, and therefore set aside the decision of the Rouse Avenue court. In a strong comment, the high court said that looking at the trial court's decision, it appears that judgment was not exercised while granting bail to Kejriwal, the court should have given the ED adequate opportunity to argue.
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IndiaJun 25, 2024

The rift between Raja Waring and the working president Bharat Bhushan Ashu

A rift has arisen between Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Waring and working president Bharat Bhushan Ashu. After Waring won the Lok Sabha elections, Ashu and Waring have not met even once. Ashu even Dr. Lok Sabha Member of Fatehgarh Sahib. When Amar Singh won, he took a photo with him and put it on Facebook but did not share any such post about the waring. Yesterday, when Raja Waring held a meeting with Congress workers and office-bearers at Ludhiana, state Congress working president Bharat Bhushan Ashu did not even attend the meeting. When the journalists asked Waring that A
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IndiaJun 24, 2024

Kejriwal did not get relief on the bail petition, the hearing will be repeated on June 26

The Delhi High Court will pronounce its decision tomorrow afternoon on whether the bail granted to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Rouse Avenue Court remains intact or not. The Rouse Avenue Court had granted bail to Kejriwal on June 20, but the High Court stayed the order on the petition of the ED. After hearing the arguments of both the sides, the court said that the verdict will be pronounced on June 24 or 25 and the bail will remain suspended until then. Kejriwal had also filed a petition in the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court said that the decision of the High Court in th
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IndiaJun 24, 2024

T-20 World Cup: India wins the competition by 24 runs from Australia and made it to the semi-finals

In the T20 World Cup today, India has made a place in the semi-finals by winning the competition from Australia by 24 runs. Team India had given a target of 206 runs, but in response, the Australian team managed to score only 181 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. In this match, where the captain Rohit Sharma played an innings of 92 runs while batting, at the same time, the bowlers led by Arshdeep Singh sent the Australian batsmen to the pavilion one after the other. Arshdeep Singh took three wickets, spinner Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets. Let us tell that in today's match, Rohit Sharma was t
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IndiaJun 24, 2024

Congress will form the government in the state in 2027: Raja Waring

Punjab Congress president and elected Lok Sabha member from Ludhiana Amarinder Singh Raja Waring has alleged that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann recently transferred 10,000 police personnel across the state because they voted for the Congress. He claimed that the Chief Minister took action against the police officers to express his frustration over the poor performance of the party in the Lok Sabha elections. It may be mentioned that the Aam Aadmi Party won only three out of 13 seats in the state. Waring said that Bhagwant Mann as Chief Minister and Home Minister should not have said that Punja
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IndiaJun 21, 2024

Sukhwinderpal Singh Garcha joined BJP

Senior leader of Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab and National Vice President Sukhwinderpal Singh Garcha has joined BJP. He resigned from Akali Dal 2 days ago. On Friday, he accepted the membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of state president Sunil Jakhar in Chandigarh. Sukhwinderpal Singh Garcha was associated with the Shiromani Akali Dal for the last two and a half decades. He joined the party under the leadership of late Sardar Parkash Singh Badal in 1996. It is to be noted that although BJP did not get any seat in the Lok Sabha elections, its votes were more than the can

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A targeted commercial vehicle inspection in South Burnaby last month led to more than half of the trucks checked being taken off the road due to safety concerns, according to a police release. The operation, conducted Feb. 25 by the Lower Mainland Commercial Vehicle Enforcement group, took place along Marine Way near Roseberry Avenue. Authorities said the initiative aimed to both educate drivers and enforce provincial safety regulations. According to a release from Burnaby RCMP, officers carried out 67 inspections, identifying 172 violations and issuing 117 tickets. A total of 35 commercial ve
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Abbotsford police arrest robbery suspect minutes after gas station incident

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CanadaMar 19, 2026

Canada to spend $307M on new modular rifles to replace aging army weapons

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Pentagon submits request for additional $200 billion tied to Iran conflict, official says

The U.S. Department of Defense has submitted a request to the White House seeking an additional $200 billion in funding tied to the ongoing Iran conflict, according to a senior administration official. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss internal deliberations, said the request has not yet been formally transmitted to Congress for consideration. It remains unclear whether the White House will advance the proposal. According to the official, the funding request would come on top of supplemental defence spending approved last year as part