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IndiaMay 29, 2024

Harjinder Singh Dhami raised questions regarding the banning of news channel of Zee Media Group

The Bhagwant Mann government of Punjab has banned the broadcasting of news channel of Zee Media Group in the state. The state government has not issued any formal notification regarding this decision but it is reported that this media group had shown an objectionable video of Bhagwant Mann government minister Balkar Singh with a 21-year-old girl on its channel, after which the Aam Aadmi Party government The channel was banned in Punjab. On the news of banning the broadcast of the channel, the opposition surrounded the Aam Aadmi Party government, calling it an attack on democracy and comparing
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IndiaMay 29, 2024

Punjab government's hand behind farmer protests: Sunil Jakhar

Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar has said that the Punjab government is behind the farmers' protests. He said that the Aam Aadmi Party is using the farmers' protests during the elections to distract people from the real issues of the state so as to cover up the major failures of the government. During the press conference in Jalandhar, he also said that with these demonstrations, an attempt has been made to divide the society into two parts, 'rural versus urban' and 'farmer versus merchant'. Jakhar said that questions should have been raised on the Aam Aadmi Party on issues ranging from dru
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IndiaMay 28, 2024

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will come to Punjab on May 30 and will campaign in Mohali

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will hold a rally in Punjab. He will be in Mohali on May 30, the last day of campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections, where he will address a rally in favor of BJP candidate Subhash Sharma. Earlier he had held a rally in Chandigarh. At the same time, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh addressed a public meeting in Kurali today. He said that the opposition parties have been spreading lies that if the BJP wins more than 400 seats, they will change the constitution. Rajnath said that this can never happen. On the other hand, Congress president Mallikarju
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IndiaMay 28, 2024

Rahul Gandhi will visit Khanna tomorrow

Rahul Gandhi will visit Khanna in Punjab tomorrow. He will meet the family of Ajay, a youth recruited under the Army's Agniveer scheme of the village Ramgarh Sardars here, who was martyred in Jammu and Kashmir in January 2024. It is to be noted that in June 2022, all the three branches of the Indian Army had launched the Agniveer recruitment scheme to recruit a large number of youth for a 4-year tenure. Agniveer can apply for a permanent job in the army on completion of 4 years of service. Rahul Gandhi is against this, he has said that if the government of the Congress alliance is formed, th
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IndiaMay 28, 2024

Big relief to Dera Sirsa chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, Dera manager Ranjit Singh acquitted in murder case

The Punjab-Haryana High Court has acquitted 5 people including Dera Sirsa Chief Ram Rahim in the case of Dera Manager Ranjit Singh's murder. The CBI court had sentenced him to life imprisonment in this case. Despite being acquitted in this case, Ram Rahim will have to remain in jail because apart from the Ranjit murder case, he is also serving the sentence for the murder of journalist Ramchandra Chhatrapati and the sexual abuse of sadhvis. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder of the journalist and 10 years each in two cases of sexual harassment. Currently, Ram Rahim is lodged
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IndiaMay 28, 2024

Smriti Irani's chopper did not land in Mansa, Parampal Kaur was furious

An election rally was held today in Mansa of Punjab in favor of BJP candidate Parampal Kaur. Union Minister Smriti Irani was supposed to participate in this rally but she could not join the rally because the administration did not give a signal to her helicopter to land. BJP candidate Parampal Kaur accused the state's Aam Aadmi Party and said that earlier they found various obstacles to prevent her from contesting the election, now to make her rally a failure, Union Minister Smriti Irani's helicopter was not allowed to land. It is to be noted that Parampal Kaur is the daughter-in-law of Shiro
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IndiaMay 28, 2024

Shock to Kejriwal, Supreme Court's refusal to extend the interim bail for another 7 days

In the Delhi liquor scam case, the Supreme Court has refused to hold an immediate hearing to extend the bail of Arvind Kejriwal. The Chief Minister of Delhi had demanded to extend the bail for another 7 days on medical grounds. His current bail expires on June 1. A bench of Supreme Court judges said that the decision to extend the interim bail will be taken by the Chief Justice. At the same time, Delhi's Tis Hazari Court has rejected the bail plea of ​​Arvind Kejriwal's PA Vibhav Kumar in the case of beating up his own Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal. Swati Maliwal had threatened the fa
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IndiaMay 28, 2024

Bhai Amritpal Singh and Sarabjit Singh stand in favor of Khalsa Daduwal, appeal to defeat Harsimrat Badal

Political rallies are going on in Punjab in view of the Lok Sabha elections on June 1, in the meantime, Panthak leader Baljit Singh Daduwal has invited Shiromani Akali Dal's candidate from Bathinda to defeat Harsimrat Kaur Badal. Daduwal, who reached Bathinda, invited the voters to vote for any candidate who can defeat Harsimrat, but the Badal family must be disciplined in this election because they have earned a heresy with Punjab and Panth. He alleged that the Akalis' role in the desecration and Behbal shooting incident in Punjab was anti-Sikh and the closeness of the Badal family with the
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IndiaMay 27, 2024

Arvind Kejriwal reached the Supreme Court, demanded to extend the bail by 7 days

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is campaigning for elections in Punjab, has requested the Supreme Court to extend the current bail by another 7 days citing health issues. His bail is ending on June 1 in the Delhi liquor scam case. The Supreme Court granted him 21 days bail on May 10 for the election campaign and on June 2 asked him to return to jail anyway. In the latest petition, Kejriwal has said that his weight has decreased by seven kg, some medical tests need to be done and therefore the period of interim bail which expires on June 1 should be extended.
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