Second such attack within 24 hours The North News Chandigarh, March 18 A 31-year-old property dealer was gunned down in broad daylight outside a gym in Sector 9, Chandigarh, on Wednesday, in what police described as a brazen attack. The victim, identified as Charanpreet, a resident of Mullanpur, was leaving the gym when two assailants […]
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The North News Una , March 18 One person was killed and 25 others were injured after a bus carrying devotees overturned in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district late on Tuesday, police said. The accident took place around 10 pm in the Bangana area when the bus was travelling to Shah Talai in Bilaspur district after […]
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By By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY Dubai, March 18 Iran lashed out following the killing of one of its top officials in an airstrike with attacks on its Persian Gulf neighbours and Israel on Wednesday, using some of its latest missiles to evade air defences and killing two people near Tel Aviv […]
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The North News New Delhi, March 18 Lok Sabha has extended the tenure of a joint parliamentary committee examining two Bills linked to the proposal for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies. The Lok Sabha on Wednesday approved, by voice vote, a motion to continue the work of the panel until […]
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New Delhi, March 18 Nine members of a family, including three children, died after a fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in southwest Delhi’s Palam area on Wednesday morning, officials said. Three others were injured, two of them jumped from the building at Ram Chowk Market near Palam Metro Station in a desperate […]
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New Delhi, March 18 Congress Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi on Wednesday joined the BJP in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other BJP leaders here. The senior Congress leader resigned from the party on Tuesday. BJP national president Nitin Nabin approved Bordoloi’s joining on Tuesday, Sarma told reporters here. “Today, […]
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Jammu, March 18 The General Officer Commanding (GOC), Rising Star Corps, Lieutenant General Rajan Sharawat on Wednesday reviewed operational preparedness of the troops in Jammu and Kashmir’s Machhedi sector of Kathua district. The Bani-Macchedi mountainous belt in Kathua district has witnessed several attacks and encounters in the last two years. It is considered an infiltration […]
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New Delhi, March 18 The Supreme Court has granted an additional nine months to complete the trial in the Sheena Bora murder case, while making it clear that no further extension will be entertained. A bench comprising Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order after receiving a letter from the Special Judge, […]
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By JON GAMBRELL Dubai, March 18 Iran and Russia both allege a projectile struck the grounds of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the Islamic Republic, raising the spectre of a radiological incident as Tehran’s war with Israel and the United States rages. Neither Iran nor Russia say there was any release of nuclear material […]
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New Delhi, March 18 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday praised 59 members retiring from the Rajya Sabha, describing Parliament as an “open university” and urging the outgoing lawmakers to remain active in public life. Addressing the Upper House during a biennial farewell, Modi said such occasions naturally rise above political divisions and bring out […]
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