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K’taka bandh: 44 flights cancelled, five activists arrested for trying to stage protest inside B’luru airport organisations over the Cauvrey water issue
Bengaluru, Sep 29 (IANS) Five activists were arrested while trying to stage a protest inside the Bengaluru airport on Friday, and the authorities cancelled the departure and arrival of 44 flights in view of the Karnataka bandh called by pro-Kannada
The flights scheduled to fly to metro cities New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and other destinations have been cancelled, sources confirmed. According to sources, the activists had purchased a ticket for the Indigo 7731 flight and entered the premises of the Bengaluru airport at 9.50 a.m. They were planning to stage a protest near the flight.
Toronto, Sep 27 (IANS) Canadian Sikh MP Jagmeet Singh said the country has "clear" and "credible intelligence" that lays out that a foreign government was involved in the killing of its citizen and pro-Khalistan hardliner Hardeep
Stating that he received two intelligence briefings, including one from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Singh told reporters on Tuesday: "I can confirm what the prime minister has shared publicly -- that there is clear intelligence that Canada has that lays out the following case that a Canadian citizen was killed on Canadian soil and a foreign government was involved."
Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy urged the state government to immediately release the Kannada activists Continued on Page 3
"That intelligence is something that I think is very credible," Singh, the leader of New Democratic Party (NDP), an ally of the ruling Liberal Party, said.
Los Angeles, Sep 27 (IANS) The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has officially ended their strike
The leader, who is perceived as a Khalistan supporter in India, said that the fear of Sikhs being Continued on Page 3
after 148 days following a tentative agreement with the Association of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP) with a new contract.
the details of the contract. Given the enthusiastic endorsement of the WGA negotiating committee, it is expected to be easily ratified by strike-weary members.
The picket line officially ended at midnight on September 27 as the strikers officially called off their protest.
The vote to lift the strike order followed unanimous votes by the WGA’s negotiating committee, the WGA West board and WGA East council to send the contract to members for ratification.
The WGA will hold member meetings on both coasts this week in person and on zoom to discuss
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) India on Saturday raised the issue of stopping High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami by a few radicals from entering a gurdwara in Scotland's Glasgow with the British Foreign Office and police, sources from the Ministry of External Affairs said.
The WGA West will hold a member meeting on September 27 at 7 p.m. PST at the Hollywood Palladium. The WGA East will convene the Continued on Page 3
The development comes after Doraiswami was on Friday prevented from entering the gurdwara, as per the reports. The fresh incident comes in the wake of a diplomatic row between India and Canada over the killing of Canada-based pro-Khalistan harliner Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
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The new agreement will let all the members of the WGA go back to their respective offices before a final ratification vote is held from October 2-9.
"Instead of getting into an argument, the Indian High Commissioner decided to leave. The issue has been raised with the UK Foreign Office and also the police,” one of the Ministry sources said.
The authorities took them into custody as they were preparing to stage the protest. The protesters were taken into custody and handed over to the police. The official statement in this regard is yet to be made by the police department.
Clear intel on India’s role in Nijjar’s killing; fear of Sikhs being targeted real: Jagmeet Singh Singh Nijjar, and that the fear of Sikhs being targeted in Canada is a "very real".
India raises issue of stopping envoy at Scotland gurdwara with UK Foreign Office, police
United Nations, Sep 26 (IANS) India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday declared India a "Vishwa Mitra", a friend of the world, that will be a bridge-
"When we aspired to be a leading power, this is not for selfaggrandisement, but to take on greater responsibility and make more contributions," he said at the high-level meeting of the General Assembly. "All nations pursue the national interests (but) we, in India, Continued on Page 9
Port Bonython Hydrogen Hub a step closer to becoming RE superpower, says PM Albanese Adelaide, September 25 (Australia India News Newsdesk) The Albanese and Malinauskas governments have finalized an agreement to develop the Port Bonython Hydrogen Hub near Whyalla, which will create regional jobs and bring Australia another step closer to becoming a renewable energy superpower. Together, both governments are investing $100 million to develop infrastructure at Port Bonython and prepare it to become South Australia's first large-scale export terminal for hydrogen. Along with private sector funding, the redeveloped Port Bonython is
expected to host projects worth up to $13 billion, and projected to generate as much as 1.8 million tons of hydrogen by 2030. About the positive impact of the agreement Prime Minister Albanese said, “We’re working with the Malinauskas Government to develop the Port Bonython Hydrogen Hub, which will support regional jobs and take us a step closer to becoming a renewable energy (RE) superpower.” He further said, “We are determined to grasp this opportunity and are investing half a billion dollars Continued on Page 9
