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IndiaJul 30, 2024

The ghost of the caste census haunts some people these days: Anurag Thakur

On the seventh day of the Indian Parliament session, BJP MP Anurag Thakur had a heated debate with Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi over the caste census. Anurag Thakur attacked Rahul Gandhi and said that you get slips to speak, politics does not work with borrowed intelligence. Thakur then said that these days the ghost of caste census is riding on some people, whose caste is not known, he talks about caste census. Rahul Gandhi got angry at this and accused Anurag Thakur of insulting him and said that we want a caste census and will get it done. On this, Anurag Thakur again tightened hi
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IndiaJul 30, 2024

The Shiromani Akali Dal expelled the rebels from the party

Dissension continues within the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab. Amid growing rebellion against Sukhbir Badal, the party's disciplinary committee has thrown out 8 leaders of the rebel faction from the party. Gurpratap Singh Wadala, Bibi Jagir Kaur, Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra, Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Sikandar Singh Maluka, Surjit Singh Rakhra, Surinder Singh Thekedar and Charanjit Singh Brar are included. After the defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, these leaders were openly demanding the resignation of Sukhbir Badal. They said that the situation of Shiromani Akali Dal has deteriorated as soo
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IndiaJul 29, 2024

Aam Aadmi Party workers of Punjab will hold a protest in Mohali tomorrow

In Punjab tomorrow Aam Aadmi Party will hold a state-level protest against Kejriwal's arrest, so all AAP ministers, MLAs and senior leaders will gather in Mohali. On the other hand, the party has also held a protest in Delhi, where leaders of the India Alliance will also participate. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is also going to Delhi to join this demonstration. Meanwhile, he also has a program to meet Arvind Kejriwal in jail. Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh said that the party is concerned about the health of Arvind Kejriwal, and will protest against his arrest at Jantar Mantar on
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IndiaJul 29, 2024

Amritpal Singh's brother and his partner came out of jail

Amritpal Singh's brother Harpreet Singh and his accomplice Lovepreet Singh, who were arrested in a drug case by the Punjab Police, have come out of jail. Both were lodged in Patiala Jail. The Phillaur court had granted his bail on Thursday. The police arrested the duo on the evening of July 11 on Phillaur Highway and claimed to have found four grams of ice drug. The police alleged that the two were preparing to do drugs while sitting in a white Creta car with black mirrors and they also had a lighter and foil. At the same time, Amritpal Singh's family has denied these allegations.
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IndiaJul 29, 2024

Excise policy case: CBI files charge sheet against Arvind Kejriwal

The investigation of ED and CBI in the money laundering case related to Delhi liquor scam has been completed. The CBI filed a charge sheet against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi on Monday. ED has already filed its charge sheet in this case. The CBI said that Kejriwal is the real mastermind of the Delhi liquor scam case. Without their arrest, the case could not have been investigated. CBI arrested Kejriwal on June 26. Apart from them, Manish Sisodia, BRS leader K. The custody of Kavita and other accused has been extended till July 31.
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IndiaJul 26, 2024

Rajya Sabha MP Satnam Sandhu joined BJP

Satnam Sandhu, a nominated member for the Rajya Sabha from Punjab, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, taking the number of BJP to 87 in the Rajya Sabha. However, the BJP still lacks a majority and will need outside support to pass the bill. One hundred and thirteen members are required for a majority in the Rajya Sabha, while the BJP-led NDA has 101 seats. Last time Odisha's BJD supported BJP but this time it has announced that it will play the role of opposition party. Meanwhile, the Congress-led India Alliance has 87 seats in the Rajya Sabha, of which the Congress has 26.
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IndiaJul 26, 2024

Harsimrat Kaur Badal raised the issue of Punjab's waters in Parliament

Shiromani Akali Dal Member of Parliament from Bathinda Lok Sabha Constituency of Punjab Harsimrat Kaur Badal has demanded to stop the water going to Rajasthan from Punjab. He raised this issue in Parliament. Harsimrat Kaur Badal said that 70 years ago Congress had given the water of Punjab to Rajasthan and said that the money would be given but it did not happen, she said that either all the money so far should be taken from Rajasthan and given to Punjab or Punjab The water going from should be stopped. Harsimrat Badal said that the ground water of Punjab has fallen in many places and it is
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IndiaJul 26, 2024

Charanjit Singh Channi's support of Amritpal Singh heated politics

Former Chief Minister of Punjab and MP from Jalandhar, Charanjit Channi, has heated up the politics after supporting 'Waris Punjab de' chief Amritpal Singh in the Lok Sabha yesterday, where the Congress party has sidelined him by stating his personal opinion. There Aam Aadmi Party has targeted Channi. Rajya Sabha member of Aam Aadmi Party Sanjay Singh said that talking about the release of Amritpal Singh in Parliament is completely wrong. He said that it is very unfortunate if a person who wants to divide the society is being supported by a former Chief Minister. It is to be noted that Char
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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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