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Second wife of deceased government employee claims family pension, though first wife is alive

Ahmedabadi, Sep 20: The Gujarat High Court is hearing a case on the issue of whether the second wife of a deceased government employee can claim a family pension. The court has directed the applicant’s lawyer to present rules and documents supporting the claim that the second wife is entitled to 50% of the family pension, even with the first wife still alive. The deceased government employee joined the revenue department in 1971 and opted for voluntary retirement as Deputy Mamlatdar in 2006, after 33 years of service. He was first married and had a child who tragically died in

Canada, US worked closely on possible India link to Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing

OTTAWA, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Canada worked “very closely” with the United States on intelligence that Indian agents had been potentially involved in the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia earlier this year, a senior Canadian government source said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that domestic intelligence agencies were actively pursuing credible allegations tying New Delhi’s agents to the shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, in June. “We’ve been working with the U.S. very closely, including on the public disclosure yesterday,” the source said. The evidence in Canada’s possession would be shared “in due

4 out of 5 people not properly treated for high blood pressure: WHO report

NEW YORK (WABC) — A new report by The World Health Organization (WHO) found that four out of five people with high blood pressure are not being properly treated. The report focused on the global detriments of hypertension as well as recommendations on how to conquer the “silent killer.” The condition may lead to stroke, heart attack, heart failure, kidney damage and other health problems. The number of people living with hypertension (blood pressure of 140/90 mmHg or higher or taking medication for hypertension) has doubled between 1990 and 2019. What was 650 million is now 1.3 billion. Almost half

Who was Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Sikh activist whose killing has divided Canada and India?

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh independence advocate whose killing two months ago is at the center of a widening breach between India and Canada, was called a human rights activist by Sikh organizations and a terrorist by India’s government. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that his government was investigating “credible allegations that agents of the Indian state were linked to the killing of a Canadian citizen” after Nijjar was gunned down on June 18 outside a Sikh cultural center in Surrey, British Columbia. Nijjar was a prominent member of a movement to create an

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