The North News Chandigarh, February 13 The Enforcement Directorate has transferred its Jalandhar zonal office chief to its Chennai zone as part of a reshuffle in the federal probe agency, officials said on Friday. The Jalandhar office of the ED, headed by Additional Director Ravi Tiwari (IRS officer of 2009 batch), had recently issued summons […]
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Jammu, February 13 More than 32,000 cancer cases have been reported across Jammu and Kashmir in recent years, with nearly 79 per cent of the total cases recorded in the valley alone, Health Minister Sakeena Itoo said on Friday. Replying to an unstarred question by PDP legislator Waheed Ur Rehman Para in the Assembly, the […]
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New Delhi, February 13 National Conference member Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo on Friday raised concern in the Rajya Sabha over the plight of students from Jammu and Kashmir who have been left in limbo after a Rajasthan university allegedly failed to honour its admission commitments. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, the MP from J&K said […]
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New Delhi, February 13 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the Seva Teerth complex, which will house the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the National Security Council Secretariat and the Cabinet Secretariat. Modi unveiled the plaque of Seva Teerth at the new complex — the name inscribed in Devanagari script on the wall of the […]
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The North News New Delhi, February 13 Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned on Friday till March 9, as Parliament went into a three-week-long recess to allow standing committees to scrutinise Budget proposals. The Upper House met for Zero Hour at 11 am and was adjourned at 1 pm after the scheduled Question Hour. The first […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 13 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday asked the ruling AAP in Punjab to fulfil the promises made to the people instead of “diverting public attention”, as he once again dismissed as baseless MLA Narinder Kaur Bharaj’s allegation that he offered her a BJP ticket for the 2027 […]
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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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