Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, February 17 Allegations of illegal land transactions echoed through the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly on the second day of its Budget Session, as a Congress lawmaker accused a former Uttarakhand bureaucrat of involvement in benami property deals. Raising the issue during Question Hour, Rakesh Kalia, who represents the […]
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The North News New Delhi, February 17 Confusion prevailed on Tuesday over Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates attending the high-profile AI Impact Summit with government sources saying he will not attend the meeting while a spokesperson of his foundation contradicted, saying he is. Gates featured among the tech moguls, industry leaders, policymakers, founders, and technologists listed […]
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Mumbai, February 17 India is engaging with international partners more intensively from a position of strength, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said, citing recent trade deals, amid one pact with the US. Speaking at the Global Economic Cooperation conference here, Jaishankar also said the world is witnessing the weaponisation of production, finance, leveraging […]
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New Delhi, February 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred to March 11 hearing on Beant Singh murder convict Jagtar Singh Hawara’s plea seeking his transfer from Delhi’s Tihar jail to any prison in Punjab. The Babbar Khalsa terrorist is serving a life term in the case related to the killing of the former Punjab […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 17 Some schools in Punjab’s Mohali received bomb threat emails on Tuesday, which also mentioned Fortis Hospital, prompting police to launch search operation, officials said. “The bomb threat to schools also mentioned the Fortis Hospital in Mohali, where we conducted anti-sabotage checks. Non-essential services were kept on hold while essential […]
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The North News New Delhi, February 17 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India is looking forward to the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron and advancing the bilateral relations to new heights. Modi said this while commenting on a post of Macron on ‘X’, where the French President said he was en route […]
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New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday said a boy and a girl before marriage are “total strangers” and they should be cautious while indulging in pre-marital physical relationships. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, which was hearing the bail plea of a man accused of rape on a […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, February 16 In an unusual move, Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla on Monday concluded his address to the state Legislative Assembly within two minutes, skipping a portion of the speech over what he termed as “comments on a constitutional institution”. Speaking at the start of the Budget […]
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New Delhi, February 16 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Mumbai on Tuesday, and during their meeting, the two leaders will review the progress made in the India-France strategic partnership. Modi and Macron’s discussions will focus on cementing the strategic ties and further diversifying them into new and emerging areas. […]
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Jaipur, February 16Seven people were burnt alive in an illegal firecracker-manufacturing factory in the Bhiwadi town of Rajasthan’s Khairthal-Tijara district on Monday, officials said.“Seven persons have died in the incident. It was a garment factory but firecrackers were being manufactured inside it illegally,” Sumitra Pareek, Additional District Magistrate, said. She said that two people were […]
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