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IndiaMay 12, 2022

Elections to 57 Rajya Sabha seats on June 10

The Election Commission of India on Thursday announced that polls for 57 Rajya Sabha seats spread across 15 states will take place on June 10. There are 2 seats are going to vaccant in punjab. Earlier, five seats that fell vacant from Punjab were bagged by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after a landslide victory in the state Assembly elections. The biggest share of seats for the Upper House of Parliament comes from Uttar Pradesh where 11 seats will go for election. Out of 11 seats from Uttar Pradesh, the ruling BJP which is in power in the state, as well as at the Centre, is likely to get seven sea
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IndiaMay 12, 2022

Gen Naravane pays obeisance at Golden Temple

Former Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane, who has spent the majority of his more than 42 years of service with the Sikh troops of his battalion, on Wednesday paid obeisance to the Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple in his first visit post-retirement visit. Gen Naravane retired on April 30 and has shifted to his newly-allotted accommodation in Delhi Cantonment since that day. "A Sikh Light Infantry officer having served for over 42 years in a Sikh Light Infantry battalion, former Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane in his first visit outside Delhi post-retirement visited the Golden
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AlbertaMay 12, 2022

Ottawa approves $10B loan guarantee for the Trans Mountain pipeline project

The federal government has approved a new, approximately $10-billion loan guarantee for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, a move it says is common practice and does not reflect any additional public funding for the high-profile, over-budget oil pipeline. The Trans Mountain pipeline is Canada's only oil pipeline system from Alberta to the West Coast. It was bought by the federal government in 2018 for $4.5 billion after previous owner Kinder Morgan Canada Inc. threatened to scrap the pipeline's planned expansion project in the face of environmentalist opposition. The statement said Trans
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IndiaMay 12, 2022

PNB share price tumbles 13.6 per cent on disappointing Q4 numbers

Share price of state-run lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) slumped 13.6 per cent on Thursday after the company reported 66 per cent drop in its fourth-quarter profit. Trading in PNB shares started sharply lower at Rs 31.70 against its previous day's close at Rs 33.10 at the BSE. PNB share was trading 13.44 per cent down at Rs 28.65 at 3.19 pm. Earlier, the scrip tumbled to a low of Rs 28.50 in the intra-day. The bank's share slumped after it announced disappointing financial numbers for the fourth quarter of 2021-22. PNB on Wednesday reported a standalone net profit of Rs 202 crore for January
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IndiaMay 12, 2022

Allahabad HC rejects plea seeking to open 22 closed doors in Taj Mahal

The Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court on Thursday rejected the plea seeking to open 22 closed rooms in the Taj Mahal to ascertain the presence of the idols of Hindu deities. The hearing seeking an investigation over 22 rooms of the Taj Mahal concluded on Thursday. The plea was filed by Rajneesh Singh, a BJP youth media in-charge, before the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court that sought the directions to the Archaeological Survey of India to probe the 22 closed doors in the Taj Mahal to ascertain the presence of the idols of Hindu deities. The plea sought the constitution of a fact-fi
AlbertaMay 12, 2022

NDP says data shows Alberta's emergency medical services in crisis

Alberta's Opposition NDP says new data shows a health-care system in crisis due to long wait times.The Alberta Health Services Emergency Medical Services quarterly dashboard from early April shows ambulance response times in urban areas got progressively worse in the past year. NDP Leader Rachel Notley says those numbers are another sign of an ambulance and hospital system under extreme stress. In the past week, there have been reports of ambulances lined up outside hospitals, surgeries being diverted and long wait times at children's hospitals in Calgary and Edmonton. Mike Parker, a paramedic
AlbertaMay 12, 2022

Bystander dies after road-rage shooting led to crash, Calgary police say

Calgary police say a woman has died after a road-rage shooting that led to a four-vehicle crash.The police service says in a news release that it received multiple reports last night about two vehicles driving erratically and an exchange of gunfire in the city's northeast. They say at least two homes were struck by stray bullets. Police say the two vehicles pursued one another before colliding with other vehicles at an intersection in the southeast. Officers say people in the two vehicles continued to fire shots at each other at the scene before fleeing on foot. The driver of a silver van, a 4
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EnglishMay 12, 2022

Sara Ali Khan gives glimpse of her trekking in Kashmir

Actor Sara Ali Khan is an avid nature lover and her recent Instagram post is proof of this. On Wednesday, Sara took to Instagram and shared a few mesmerising images from her ongoing vacation in Kashmir. In the pictures, she is seen wearing a top to bottom maroon sportswear. "Kashmir Ki Kali Is back to your Gali. Now trekking par Main Chali," Sara captioned the post. Sara's trekking images have garnered a lot of likes and comments. "Adorable," a social media user commented. "You look so beautiful," another one wrote. Meanwhile, on the work front, Sara will be seen sharing screen space with
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IndiaMay 12, 2022

Gen Naravane pays obeisance at Golden Temple

Former Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane, who has spent the majority of his more than 42 years of service with the Sikh troops of his battalion, on Wednesday paid obeisance to the Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple in his first visit post-retirement visit. Gen Naravane retired on April 30 and has shifted to his newly-allotted accommodation in Delhi Cantonment since that day. "A Sikh Light Infantry officer having served for over 42 years in a Sikh Light Infantry battalion, former Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane in his first visit outside Delhi post-retirement visited the Golden

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