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 New Delhi, Feb 12 With trade unions observing a day-long strike against the Centre’s policies, the Congress on Thursday expressed support for them and Rahul Gandhi alleged that the government ignored the voices of workers and farmers while making decisions concerning their future. Gandhi wondered whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will listen […]
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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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The North News New Delhi, February 12 BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday said he has given a notice to initiate a ‘substantive motion’ against Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. Speaking to PTI videos in Parliament House complex, Dubey said that in his notice he has stated how Gandhi visits […]
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Nagpur, February 12 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said veterinary practitioners have a significant role to play in the country’s economic growth, and urged them to broaden their outlook beyond the conventional responsibilities. Emphasising coexistence, he said humans, animals and nature must live in harmony, and society needs to seriously deliberate […]
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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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New Delhi, February 12 Employees and workers associated with a joint forum of central trade unions observed a day-long strike on Thursday to show their “resistance to anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national pro-corporate policies of the central government”. The forum has claimed that 30 crore workers are being mobilised for a “general strike” to protest against […]
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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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New Delhi ,February 12 India’s mountaineering fraternity and the nation at large are celebrating a historic achievement as Indian mountaineer Jyoti Sharma, a 42-year-old Indian mountaineer residing in Ghaziabad with her hometown in Sadatpur Extention, Delhi, has set a new record for the fastest successful Solo ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro (Uhuru Peak) (5,895 meters), the […]
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