North News New Delhi, August 8 The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday announced that it has no update on former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s plans to stay in India after her sudden departure from Bangladesh. In a weekly briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned that the situation in Bangladesh is still evolving. […]
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North News New Delhi, August 8 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former West Bengal Chief Minister and veteran CPM leader, passed away at his Kolkata residence at age 80. He had long battled respiratory issues and had been frequently hospitalized. Bhattacharjee served as Chief Minister from 2000 to 2011, succeeding Jyoti Basu. His tenure saw the CPM’s defeat […]
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North News Chandigarh, August 8 Eight months after the Punjab Police registered FIRs regarding gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s interviews aired by a private news channel in March 2023, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) reported to the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the first interview took place on the night of September 3-4, 2022, at the […]
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North News New Delhi, August 8 In order to facilitate Punjabi Diaspora across the globe, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday dedicated a state-of-the-art NRI Facilitation Centre- “Punjab Help Centre” at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Launching the centre, the Chief Minister said that today is a […]
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North News Chandigarh, August 7 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday slammed the Union government for failing to secure the interests of the players taking part in the Paris Olympics. The Chief Minister, who visited the native village of Wrestler Vinesh Phogat and met her family, said that it is unfortunate that Indian […]
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Mohali’s new SSP, Deepak Pareek, who recently succeeded Dr. Sandeep Garg, has outlined his top priorities for enhancing policing in the district. Pareek, who previously served as SSP in Bathinda, is focused on reducing the backlog of complaints and FIRs to bolster public trust in law enforcement. According to the outlet of The Tribune, he […]
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North News New Delhi, August 7 Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has no plans to leave India, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy revealed in an interview with Deutsche Welle, a German-based international broadcaster. Joy said that Hasina is currently in Delhi and is in good health, though she is very upset. His sister, who […]
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North News Phillaur (Jalandhar), August 6- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday said that the state government has set a new benchmark by giving 44, 250 government jobs to the youth of the state in merely 872 days of its tenure thereby ensuring that on an average around 51 youth get government jobs […]
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Government closes 18 toll plazas so far North News Chandigarh, August 6 Punjab Public Works and Power Minister, Harbhajan Singh, announced today that two toll plazas on the state highway Patiala-Nabha-Malerkotla have been closed on August 5, effective immediately. Revealing this in a press communique issued here. The PWD Minister said that the collection of […]
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North News New Delhi, August 6 In a suo moto statement on the political crisis in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar announced on Tuesday that the government is closely monitoring the situation concerning the status of minorities in the neighboring country. Addressing the Rajya Sabha, he remarked that the situation in Bangladesh is […]
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