Former state president of Punjab BJP and former Union Minister Vijay Sampla held a meeting with party workers at Hoshiarpur today at 4 pm. He said that at present he has no plans to join the Shiromani Akali Dal, he will take the future decision with the advice of the workers. Annoyed at not being given a ticket from Hoshiarpur, Sampla had a brief meeting with Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday, after which he also met BJP national president JP Nadda on being invited by the BJP high command for talks. done However, their full position is not clear but party state president S

Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to change the law to make them do it, says Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. Guilbeault is taking the stand after Tuesday's federal budget promised to amend the Financial Administration Act so government payments accepted for deposit at Canadian banks will carry whatever title the government wants. "The fact that they haven't been doing it now for many years led us to take this position," Guilbeault said. His department has been battling with banks for almost two years o

Voting for Lok Sabha elections in India has started from today. Voting was held for 102 seats in 21 states in the first phase on Friday. By 5 pm, 63 per cent voting was recorded in Madhya Pradesh, 50 per cent in Rajasthan and highest at 77 per cent in Bengal. In 2019, out of these 102 Lok Sabha seats, BJP won 40 seats and Congress 15 seats, DMK won the remaining seats. including other parties. In this phase too, most of the seats are contested between these three parties. After this phase, voting for the second phase will be held on April 26. Voting for 543 seats in a total of 7 phases will

Farmers are protesting against BJP leaders in Punjab. In Amritsar today, BJP candidate Taranjit Singh Sandhu and party candidate Parampal Kaur Maluka in Bathinda faced opposition from farmers. Taranjit Singh Sandhu had reached Majitha for election campaigning. As soon as they got the information, the farmers reached there to surround them. Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said that he wanted to have a peaceful dialogue with Taranjit Singh Sandhu but he was not ready for dialogue. BJP's candidate from Faridkot Lok Sabha seat, Hansraj Hans, has also faced opposition from farmers several time

Former president of Punjab Congress Navjot Singh Sidhu is again active in Punjab politics. Before the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections, that IPL. had gone for commentary but today suddenly he held a meeting with senior Congress leaders in Patiala, in which former party president Shamsher Singh Dulo was also present. According to the information received, Navjot Sidhu has talked to senior leaders about the Lok Sabha elections.

The Alberta government is proposing measures, to takeeffect in January, that aim to protect power consumers from wild price swings. Premier Danielle Smith says the default power rate currently called the Regulated Rate Option is misleadingly named because it can vary monthly according to weather and global events. She says her United Conservative Party government aims to introduce legislation this spring renaming it the Rate of Last Resort so consumers can better understand what they've signed up for. Smith says her government is also planning set the Rate of Last Resort every two ye

AAP leader Manish Sisodia's custody has been extended till April 26 in the money laundering case related to Delhi's liquor scam, he has been in jail for a long time in this case. At the same time, ED about Arvind Kejriwal, who has been in Tihar jail for 18 days. has alleged in the Delhi court that Kejriwal is deliberately eating sweets so that his sugar level increases and he can get bail on medical grounds. The ED said that the court had allowed Kejriwal to eat home food but he is consuming sugar-increasing products. Meanwhile, in another operation, the ED today arrested Aam Aadmi Party MLA

The U.S. and U.K. on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran’sunprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider warin the Middle East. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israel. Additionally, the U.K. is targeting several Iranian military organizations, individuals and entities involved in Iran’s drone and ballistic missile industries. “We will continue to deploy our sanctions authority to counter Iran with further actions i

In Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh has accused Raghav Chadha of having close relations with the top officials of the Punjab Police who deal in drugs. Kunwar Vijay Pratap made these allegations on April 14 at an event in the presence of the party's Lok Sabha candidate from Amritsar, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, but the video has now come out. Shiromani Akali Dal and other opposition parties including Congress have demanded a thorough investigation into the matter.