Close X
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
ADVT 
National

Newly Engaged Jagmeet Singh Plans To Seek Healthy Public, Private Balance

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 17 Jan, 2018 01:23 PM
  • Newly Engaged Jagmeet Singh Plans To Seek Healthy Public, Private Balance
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will be looking to strike a healthy balance between sharing details of his personal life and living as a public figure.
 
 
Singh, 38, who took over as New Democrat leader last October, confirmed publicly Tuesday that he's engaged to his partner and fashion designer Gurkiran Kaur.
 
 
Singh proposed to Kaur, 27, at a private party just blocks away from the Ontario legislature in Toronto where he served as a provincial legislator for six years.
 
 
In an interview with the couple, Kaur says that while she and Singh had already discussed getting engaged, she did not know when and where he was planning to pop the question.
 
 
 
 
Singh, who says he's not the type of person to be open about his private life, admits that handling national media attention has been a transition for both he and Kaur.
 
 
But he knows he is a public figure and says he's humbled by the degree of public interest his leadership seems to be generating.
 
 
Singh stayed mum about his love life during the recent NDP leadership race, but a meeting of Singh and Kaur's families in December generated questions about whether the couple was in fact engaged.

MORE National ARTICLES

Jagmeet Singh Sets Sights On Opioids, Pushes Trudeau To Legalize All Drugs To Tackle Crisis

Jagmeet Singh Sets Sights On Opioids, Pushes Trudeau To Legalize All Drugs To Tackle Crisis
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to consider decriminalizing all illegal drugs in an effort to combat Canada's escalating opioid crisis..

Jagmeet Singh Sets Sights On Opioids, Pushes Trudeau To Legalize All Drugs To Tackle Crisis

Abbotsford Police Officer Killed Identified As John Davidson, A 24 Year Veteran

Abbotsford Police Officer Killed Identified As John Davidson, A 24 Year Veteran
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A British Columbia police officer who died in the line of duty has been identified as a constable with 24 years of experience who was also active in his community.

Abbotsford Police Officer Killed Identified As John Davidson, A 24 Year Veteran

At Least Two Police Officers Injured In Abbotsford, B.C., Suspect In Custody

At Least Two Police Officers Injured In Abbotsford, B.C., Suspect In Custody
The Incident Occurred Near Mount Lehman Road And Fraser Highway Shortly Before Noon

At Least Two Police Officers Injured In Abbotsford, B.C., Suspect In Custody

Teens Who Drink, Smoke Weed Are Less Likely To Study, Score Jobs Or Get Married

A study found that chronic marijuana use in adolescence was negatively associated with achieving important developmental milestones in young adulthood.

Teens Who Drink, Smoke Weed Are Less Likely To Study, Score Jobs Or Get Married

British Columbia To Increase Penalties Next Year For Distracted Drivers

British Columbia To Increase Penalties Next Year For Distracted Drivers
The provincial government says it wants to designate distracted driving as a high-risk behaviour under the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia's driver risk premium program.

British Columbia To Increase Penalties Next Year For Distracted Drivers

De-Icing Fluid Gets Into Plane's A/C, Woman Taken To Hospital, Flight Grounded

CALGARY — A WestJet flight going to Houston from Calgary was grounded and a woman aboard a plane was taken to hospital after being exposed to de-icing fluid.

De-Icing Fluid Gets Into Plane's A/C, Woman Taken To Hospital, Flight Grounded