The North News New Delhi, February 4 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the Union Budget as “uninformed”, as she challenged him to stand before her and substantiate his claims of gaps in the Budget with evidence from the document. Responding to Gandhi’s charge that the Budget ignored unemployment, rural […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, February 4The Himachal Pradesh government has approached the Supreme Court by filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against a recent High Court order directing it to conduct panchayat elections by the end of April. Earlier, the Himachal Pradesh High Court rejected the state government’s plea to defer elections […]
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The North News New Delhi, February 4 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday exchanged barbs with former party colleague and union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu in Parliament premises. In videos released by the Congress, Gandhi was heard calling Bittu “a traitor” and the minister retorting with “desh ke dushman” (enemy of the nation) jibe. The […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, February 4 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has sharply criticised the central government over the discontinuation of the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG), describing it as a threat to the state’s economic survival rather than a political issue. Sukhu said the withdrawal of RDG would have a […]
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The North News Lucknow, February 4 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the Housing and Urban Planning Department to implement a new ‘One-Time Settlement Scheme’ for the speedy resolution of long-pending residential and commercial allotment cases. Chairing a departmental review meeting, the chief minister said delays in settlement of dues and disputes not […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 3 A special stadium will be built in Haryana for athletes belonging to the persons with disabilities (PwD) category, and it will have residential facilities for them, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Tuesday. Addressing the inauguration of the Special Olympics Bharat-Athletics National Championship at Maharshi Dayanand University in […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 4 Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Tuesday announced that a notification has been issued for the long-awaited four-laning of the Nangal-Kiratpur Sahib road, paving the way for the commencement of the project shortly. Terming it as a “long-cherished public demand and a personal commitment”, he said the project […]
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The North News Shimla, February 4 In a rare sight, a peacock has been spotted in the snowy forests near Manali in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district, officials said on Wednesday. According to forest department officials, the national bird was spotted in the forest area near the Jagatsukh village, approx eight kilometres away from Manali at […]
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Ghaziabad (UP), February 4 Three minor sisters died after allegedly jumping off the balcony of a ninth-floor flat in Ghaziabad early on Wednesday, with police probing the role of addiction to an online Korean game, officials said. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Shalimar Garden) Atul Kumar Singh said preliminary investigation has revealed that the sisters were […]
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By Yoshita Singh New York/Washington, February 4 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio “welcomed” the trade deal reached between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and discussed “formalising” bilateral cooperation on critical minerals exploration and mining during their meeting in Washington DC on Tuesday. Rubio held bilateral […]
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