North News New Delhi, January 23 Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar warned on Thursday against the dangers of fake narratives that undermine trust in electoral processes, speaking at an international conference organized by the Election Commission of India (ECI). In his keynote address, Kumar highlighted 2024 as a pivotal year for Election Management Bodies (EMBs), […]
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North News New Delhi, January 23 India’s Foreign Secretary, Vikram Misri, will visit Beijing on January 26 and January 27 for talks under the Foreign Secretary-Vice Minister mechanism, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday. The visit follows an agreement at the leadership level aimed at advancing India-China relations, with discussions expected to […]
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North News Chandigarh, January 23 The body of 22-year-old Nisha, a resident of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh, was recovered from the Bhakra Canal in Patiala. Nisha, a 22-year-old air hostess trainee who had been living in Chandigarh for three years, went missing on January 20 after leaving with her friend Yuvraj (33), a Punjab […]
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North News Chandigarh, January 23 Punjab’s commitment to women’s empowerment and gender equality has received national recognition, with Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Annapurna Devi, lauded the state’s initiatives under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme, said Dr. Baljit Kaur, Minister of Social Security, Women and Child Development. She said that the national […]
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North News Mumbai, January 23 Thirteen passengers, including four Nepalese nationals, were killed in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district after panicking over fire rumors and jumping off the Pushpak Express, officials said. The tragedy occurred when passengers aboard the Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express leapt from the moving train fearing a fire, only to be struck by the Karnataka […]
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North News New Delhi, January 23 On the occasion of Parakram Diwas today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He remarked that Netaji’s contribution to India’s freedom movement was unparalleled and he epitomised courage and grit. In separate posts on X, he said: “Today, on Parakram Diwas, I pay homage […]
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North News Chandigarh, January 23 Taking swift action against sellers trading in the Chinese Kite string, in the last 20 days the police teams have recovered 80,879 Chinese dor bundles and registered 90 First Information Reports (FIRs) against individuals involved in selling these fatal kite flying strings across the state, Special Director General of Police […]
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North News Chandigarh, January 23 Punjab’s Health and Family Welfare Department has launched a novel initiative in collaboration with the NGO Narcotics Anonymous (NA) to combat drug abuse in the state, Health Minister Dr. Balbir Singh said. Chairing a meeting with NA representatives and department officials, Dr. Singh emphasized the growing threat of drug addiction […]
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North News New Delhi, January 23 India supports legal mobility but opposes illegal migration, which is neither desirable nor good for its reputation, External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said. “We are supportive of legal mobility. We are opposed to illegal mobility and illegal migration. It is not desirable and not good reputationally,” Jaishankar said […]
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North News Chandigarh, January 22Kanwardeep Singh, Chairman of the Punjab State Child Rights Protection Commission, has taken suo-motu cognizance of a shocking case of public humiliation in Ludhiana, where a factory owner allegedly subjected a mother and her three daughters to Taliban-style punishment. According to reports from electronic media, the accused paraded the victims with […]
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