The North News New Delhi, February 13 Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar expects leg-spinner Keldeep Yadav to come in for pacer Arshdeep Singh in the national team’s high-profile T20 World Cup game against arch nemesis Pakistan on Sunday. Arshdeep was at the receiving end of some punishment from Namibian batters here on Thursday even though […]
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New Delhi, February 13 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Friday demanded in the Rajya Sabha that the government recruit young men who have cleared the examinations for enrolment in the armed forces, and called for an end to the practice of soldiers being made to serve senior officials. Raising the issue during […]
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New Delhi, February 13 The Supreme Court on Friday extended from April 30 to May 31 the deadline fixed by the Himachal Pradesh High Court for holding the polls for local bodies in the state. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took note of the plea filed by the principal […]
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New Delhi, February 13 Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said on Friday that the government has shelved a plan to bring a motion against Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for using unparliamentary language against the prime minister, as a BJP MP has submitted a notice to initiate a “substantive […]
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New Delhi, February 13 The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to filmmaker Vikram Bhatt and his wife Shwetambari Bhatt in a cheating case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi ordered their forthwith release from Udaipur jail and asked the Chief Judicial Magistrate to pass the bail order delineating the […]
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The North News New Delhi, February 13 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday warmly greeted Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Tarique Rahman on his “decisive victory” in Bangladesh’s parliamentary elections and said he looked forward to working with him to advance common development goals. “I convey my warm congratulations to Mr. Tarique Rahman on leading […]
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Rishikesh Kumar Dhaka, February 13 The BNP on Friday thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for recognising the verdict of Bangladesh’s general elections and hoped that the relations between the two countries will be strengthened under the new government. Speaking to PTI videos, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) standing committee member and chief coordinator […]
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New Delhi, February 13 Sanju Samson disappointed again, Ishan Kishan dazzled and his mentor Hardik Pandya entertained but India’s 93-run victory over Namibia here on Thursday wasn’t exactly the Box Office hit one expected ahead of a tense T20 World Cup face-off against Pakistan.The victory felt less like an assurance and more like the calm […]
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New Delhi, February 13 India will get concessional duty access for garments made by using American yarn and cotton under its trade agreement with the US, similar to the benefits currently provided to Bangladesh, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. The US will reduce reciprocal tariffs on Bangladeshi goods to 19 per […]
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New Delhi, February 13 In a relief to the people of Himachal Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Thursday clarified that there was no ban on felling of dry, fallen, fungus-affected and rotten khair trees on a private land in the state. Khair trees (Senegalia catechu), valued for producing ‘kattha’ (catechu) used in paan, and high-quality […]
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