Dhaka, February 12 Voting began on Thursday morning in Bangladesh’s crucial general election — the first since the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina in massive nationwide protests two years ago, amid sporadic violence. The Election Commission reported that 32.88 per cent of votes had been cast across 32,000 polling centres nationwide by 12 noon […]
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The North News New Delhi, February 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a special meeting of the Union Cabinet at South Block on Friday, the last such gathering at the British-era secretariat building before the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) shifts to its new complex, ‘Seva Teerth’. Official sources confirmed this will be the Cabinet’s […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 12 A first-year law student, who allegedly shot dead his fellow female student in a college in Tarn Taran, and then turned the gun on himself, has succumbed to the gunshot wound, police said on Thursday. Prince Raj, 20, died late Wednesday night at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Amritsar, […]
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New Delhi, February 12 You cannot denigrate a section of society by using such a title, the Supreme Court remarked on Thursday while rapping filmmaker Neeraj Pandey on his film ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’. The top court was hearing a plea seeking a stay on the release of the Manoj Bajpayee-starrer film on OTT platform Netflix. A […]
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The North News New Delhi, February 12 Opposition MPs on Thursday staged a protest in Parliament House complex over the India-US interim trade deal, accusing the government of “surrendering” Indian interests. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC general secretaries K C Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh, DMK’s TR Baalu, SP’s Dharmendra Yadav and Jaya Bachchan, CPI-ML’s Sudama […]
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Dhaka, February 12 Voting began on Thursday morning in Bangladesh’s crucial general election — the first since the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina in massive nationwide protests in August 2024. The voting started in 299 out of 300 parliamentary constituencies across the country from 7:30 am (local time) and will continue until 4:30 pm. […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 12 The Enforcement Directorate has summoned former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his son Raninder Singh for questioning in connection with a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violation case, officials said on Wednesday. The father-son duo have been accused of being the “beneficiaries” of certain foreign assets, including […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 11 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has said the state’s upcoming Progressive Punjab Investment Summit is expected to play a key role in boosting industrial growth and creating large-scale employment opportunities for young people. Chairing a high-level review meeting in Chandigarh on Wednesday, Mann said the three-day summit, scheduled […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, February 11 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday criticised the opposition BJP over the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) issue, accusing former chief minister Jai Ram Thakur of shifting blame instead of pressing the central government to restore the grant. Speaking in Shimla after returning from […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 11 Political tensions escalated in Punjab on Tuesday after senior leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) joined Governor Gulab Chand Kataria’s anti-drug padyatra in Ferozepur, prompting sharp reactions from the Congress. The participation of Sukhbir Singh Badal and BJP’s Ashwani Sharma in the […]
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