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Re-voting at 6 polling booths in Outer Manipur

Imphal | Re-voting is taking place today at 6 polling centers of Manipur Outer Lok Sabha seat. Voting will be held till 4 pm at 5 polling booths of Ukhrul district and 1 booth of Senapati. A total of 16.68% voting took place during the first two hours. At the same time, in 47/33 Oinam of Outer Manipur, voting could not start till 10 am due to a scuffle between supporters of NPF and independent candidate Kho John. After this, voting started amidst tight security. After the incidents of violence during the second phase of voting on April 26, the…
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Number of devotees limited for the first time : Char Dham Yatra

Dehradun | Char Dham Yatra is starting from May 10 in Uttarakhand. So far, more than 19 lakh devotees have registered for this. Last year, a record 55 lakh people had arrived, so the arrangements went awry many times. Taking a lesson from this, Uttarakhand Police and Tourism Department have for the first time limited the daily number of devotees in Char Dham Yatra. According to Tourism Secretary Sachin Kurve, in a day, 15 thousand devotees will be able to visit Kedarnath Dham, 16 thousand people will be able to visit Badrinath Dham, 9 thousand devotees will be able to…
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Canada announced changes to the Start-up Visa and Self-Employed Persons programs

Ottawa | Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced several changes to Canada’s federal business programs to help reduce processing times and the application backlog. These changes take effect on April 30, 2024. To improve the Start-up Visa Program, we will encourage designated venture capital firms, angel investor groups and business incubators to focus on the most promising proposals by capping the number of permanent residence applications we will accept for processing each year to those associated with no more than 10 start-ups per designated organization providing priority processing for entrepreneurs whose start-up is supported by Canadian capital…
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Helping communities save money, lower energy costs in Alberta

Alberta | Alberta’s new $6-million program will help municipalities make energy-saving upgrades, reducing costs and emissions.Arenas, community centres and other facilities consume large amounts of energy. These facilities can be costly to operate and upgrades are often expensive to implement. With inflation and energy costs on the rise, many municipalities want to improve energy efficiency and save money. Thanks to funding from the Alberta government, municipalities can now apply to the Community Energy Conservation Program to make energy-efficient upgrades to municipally owned buildings. This will help communities of all sizes save energy, lower energy costs and reduce emissions. We are…
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Growing investment and creating jobs in Coaldale

Alberta | Alberta’s agriculture sector is growing with a $222-million investment from NewCold to develop its first Canadian facility in southern Alberta.Alberta’s government continues work to ensure businesses in southern Alberta’s rural communities have access to resources and infrastructure that will help them become domestic and export hubs in Canada’s Premier Food Corridor. One of the tools available is the Investment and Growth Fund. The Investment and Growth Fund increases Alberta’s ability to compete for investment and is one of the first deal-closing incentives in Canada. Budget 2024 builds on the success of the Investment and Growth Fund so far…
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Company sentenced for workplace fatality in Alberta

Alberta | An oilfield equipment supplier will pay $360,000 related to a workplace fatality.On Feb. 21, 2024 in the Red Deer Court of Justice, Isolation Equipment Services Inc. pleaded guilty to one charge under the Occupational Health and Safety Code for failing to take measures to eliminate the potential danger of equipment or material that was dislodged or moved. The Crown withdrew 28 other charges under OHS legislation. The company was sentenced on April 24. The charges stem from an incident on a Red Deer construction site on Jan. 13, 2022. A worker operating an overhead crane was positioning a…
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Former JJP President Nishan Singh joins Congress along with hundreds of party office bearers

Chandigarh|  Nishan Singh, who was the state president of Jannayak Janata Party, joined Congress today. He joined Congress along with hundreds of JJP office bearers and senior leaders. Rahul Makkar, former JJP candidate and grandson of late Amirchand Makkar, who was 3-time MLA from Hansi also joined the Congress with former JJP candidate, former JJP state vice president Surendra Laiga and former state general secretary Ramesh Godara also joined the Congress. Former MLA Raghu Yadav's son Srijan Yadav and Shahbad JJP MLA Ramkaran Kala's two sons, Kanwarpal  and Sukram Pal also joined the Congress today along with hundreds of their…
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Punjab will Play Significant Role in the formation of India Government : Gurmeet Khudian

Bathinda | The next government at the centre is set to be formed by the 'India's grand alliance and Aam Aadmi Party will play a big role in the formation of the government. It is also certain that the shrewd voters of Bathinda will play a historic role by registering their participation in the centre by electing AAP candidates in Punjab Gurmeet Khudian said this while addressing well attended meetings in villages He said that 'AAP' already has a government in Punjab and when a government with the party's participation is formed at the centre too, and then Punjab will…
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Rail Roko protest continues by Farmers at Shambu station, disrupts 151 trains

Ferozepur | As many as, 151 trains were disrupted on the 10th day  46 trains cancelled, 101 diverted and two each short terminated and short originated, by the railways, as the farmers continued with their rail rook programme at the Shambhu border, demanding the release of three farmer activists who were arrested by Haryana police and guarantee for MSP besides the MSP legal guarantee and debt waiver. Today, the females along with the farmers were seen sitting at the Shambu station on account of Guru Teg Bahadur Ji Parkash Parv, as a part of a protest for the release of innocent…
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I have always taken tough challenges : Raja Warring on his candidature

Ludhiana | Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, issued a statement subsequent to his designation as the Congress Lok Sabha candidate for the Ludhiana constituency. The PPCC Chief articulated, I stand prepared to contest the Lok Sabha constituency of Ludhiana, bolstered by the unwavering trust vested in me by the Congress leadership. I have never shied away from any challenge presented to me, and the Congress high command has deemed me fit to contest from Ludhiana. I am poised to embark upon this endeavor and shall dedicate myself wholeheartedly to achieving success. Further elucidating his stance,…
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