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Punjab poll 2022: CM Channi, Navjot Sidhu, Bajwa fielded in first list of 86 Congress candidates

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Punjab poll 2022: CM Channi, Navjot Sidhu, Bajwa fielded in first list of 86 Congress candidates

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, State Unit President Navjot Singh Sidhu and Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa have been included in the first list of congressional candidates for the February 14 Punjab election announced on Saturday.

The CM will defend his current ministry, Chamkaur Sahib, and has only been nominated from one seat, in talks he may be asked to run against Doaba for greater electoral influence.

State unit chief Navjot Sidhu will run in his current contest in the eastern district of Amritsar, while Bajwa will be the candidate for the Qadian parliamentary constituency in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha district.

Partap Bajwa’s brother Fateh Jung, the current MLA from Qadian, defected to the BJP after Congress decided to send Partap Bajwa from Qadian.

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Deputy Chief Minister Om Prakash Soni will run in the current seat of Amritsar Central.

The candidates fielded today include Sandeep Jakhar, nephew of Sunil Jakhar, the Punjab Assembly campaign chief from Abohar; Mohit Mohindra, son of Patiala Rural minister Brahm Mohindra, Malavika Sood, Moga actor Sonu Sood and sister of Mansa singer Sidhu Moosewala.

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IDF releases video of Hamas’ Yahya Sinwar dodging drone moments before death

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IDF releases video of Hamas’ Yahya Sinwar dodging drone moments before death

Yahya Sinwar, who was the alleged mastermind behind the October 7 attacks, was killed in Gaza on Wednesday.

The Israeli Defence Forces or IDF released footage from a drone on Friday that captured Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar moments before his death in a firefight against the troops in Gaza’s Rafah on Wednesday.

The video shows a building filled with debris, where a man is sitting on an armchair covered with dust with his face wrapped, who is supposedly Sinwar. He then proceeds to throw a stick towards, the drone but misses.

Also ReadYahya Sinwar killed: Why is Hamas chief death significant?

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Along with Sinwar, the IDF also confirmed the death of two other “terrorists”.

Yahya Sinwar took over as the chief of Hamas after the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in July 2024. He was supposedly the architect of the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which sparked the conflict in the Gaza strip.

Also ReadYahya Sinwar death live updates: Netanyahu vows Gaza war ‘not over’ after Israel kills Hamas chief

Sinwar’s death has been celebrated by Israel as well as its key allies, the US and France.

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After Sinwar’s death Israeli prime minister Netanyahu released a video statement, where he stated, “Today we have settled the score. Today evil has been dealt a blow but our task has still not been completed.”

U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller called Sinwar the “chief obstacle” to ending the war and expressed hope for more headway in the peace process.

French president Emmanuel Macron has also expressed the hope that hostages will be returned now that the political head of the militant organisation is dead.

However, Iran, has stated that the death of Sinwar will only serve as a catalyst for further resistance against Israel.

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The Hezbollah also proclaimed that after the death of Sinwar they were going to “transition to a new and escalating phase in the confrontation with Israel.”

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