New Delhi: In a shocking claim, Fatehgarh Sahib MP Harinder Singh Khalsa has said that Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker Bhagwant Mann comes to Parliament in an inebriated state. Khalsa, who was suspended from the AAP more than a year ago for “anti-party activities”, said he cannot sit next to Mann …
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FIR recommended against 8 cops in Mukha encounter: Police to HC
Punjab Police have told the Punjab and Haryana high court that the special investigation team (SIT) probing alleged 2015 fake encounter of Mukhjit Singh, alias Mukha, in Amritsar has recommended registration of a first information report (FIR) against eight police officials. The SIT head and inspector general of police (crime) …
Read More »Will cancel 25K ‘out-of-turn’ tubewell connections: AAP
If the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) forms the government in Punjab, it plans to cancel more than 25,000 tubewell connections released “out of turn” on recommendations of Akali and Bharatiya Janata Party state legislators under the “discretionary quota” of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) chairman. AAP leader Sukhpal …
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Hundreds gather to pay tribute to slain U.S. police officers
Candlelight vigil held at Ontario Police Memorial at Queen’s Park to honour officers recently gunned down in the United States. Hundreds of police officers, politicians and members of the public gathered at Queen’s Park Wednesday night to pay tribute to officers recently gunned down in U.S. cities like Dallas and …
Read More »Muslim mother cites racism after she and daughter forced to leave pool
City says staff thought child was struggling with swimming in deep end of Mississauga pool. A Mississauga woman who was told she and her daughter had to leave a public swimming pool says city staff discriminated against them for being Muslim. Shazia Dawood took her 11-year-old daughter Birra Alyas to …
Read More »Toronto to host North American Indigenous Games in 2017
The countdown has already begun for the games, which have been around for more than 25 years. Mary Spencer is a three-time world boxing champion, a five-time Pan Am Games medalist, and an Olympian. But one of her fondest sporting memories is of playing basketball in Winnipeg in 2002. It …
Read More »Germany expresses concern over Turkey’s state of emergency
BERLIN (AP) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Turkey’s state of emergency should only last as long as it’s “absolutely necessary.” A day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency following last week’s failed coup, Steinmeier said it’s important that “the rule of law, …
Read More »Kerala’s Hindu girl Aparna was forced to become Shahana; converted to Islam under pressure?
Thiruvananthapuram: In a shocking revelation, a woman from Kerala has claimed that her daughter, an aeronautical engineering student in Kochi, was forcibly converted to Islam. The woman in her complaint has said that her daughter Aparna, who had changed her name to Shahana, was forcibly converted to Islam. “When we …
Read More »Pakistan flag found waving in Bihar’s Nalanda district; accused Anwarul Haq on the run
Nalanda: In a shocking incident, a Pakistan flag was found waving in Bihar’s Nalanda district. Reportedly, a person had placed that Pakistan flag at his terrace in Nalanda. The district administration got to know about this after locals complained about it. Anwarul Haq installed the flag? Reportedly, Anwarul Haq is …
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