Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, September 2 The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday concluded its 12-day monsoon session, one of the state’s longest, with a resolution urging the Centre to declare the state’s recent devastation as a national disaster and provide a special relief package. The session, which ran for 59 hours with […]
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The North News New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, September 2 Senior Congress Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor has welcomed the latest round of diplomatic talks between India and China, describing them as a timely and necessary step by the Central government. Tharoor, a former top UN official, said on Tuesday the move could help India navigate the growing […]
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The North News New Delhi, September 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that “chips are digital diamonds” as he inaugurated Semicon India 2025 in New Delhi, vowing to make India a major player in the trillion-dollar global semiconductor market. Addressing industry leaders, start-ups, students, and representatives from more than 40 countries, Modi said […]
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Washington, September 2 John Mearsheimer, a leading American international relations expert and Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, has termed the Trump administration’s India policy a “colossal blunder” and asserted that secondary tariffs on India for buying Russian oil “won’t work.” “This is a colossal blunder on our part. It’s hard to […]
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Chandigarh, September 2 Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, whose security was withdrawn by the Mann government a day earlier. In a Facebook video post, he said Punjab Police have booked him under Section 376 in an old case involving his ex-wife. He alleged the Delhi AAP team […]
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New Delhi, September 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Bihar Rajya Jeevika Nidhi Saakh Sahkari Sangh Limited at 12:30 pm through video conferencing on Tuesday. As part of the formal launch, the Prime Minister will also transfer Rs 105 crore directly into the institution’s bank account, giving the new cooperative a strong financial […]
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The North News New Delhi, September 1 The Delhi government’s Central Flood Control Room on Monday issued a flood warning after the discharge of 3.29 lakh cusecs of water from the Hathni Kund barrage in Haryana in the morning at around 9 am, an official said. The official said water released from upstream barrages typically […]
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The North News New Delhi, September 1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin of China, on Monday. The two leaders reviewed bilateral cooperation in the economic, financial and energy sectors, expressing satisfaction over the steady growth of ties. Prime […]
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The North News Chandigarh, September 1 The floods sweeping through Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are more than local crises, such disasters are national tragedies that call for an urgent, unified response. The calamity exposes a failure of governance, planning and coordination between the states and the Centre. Unless this crisis is recognised as a national […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, September 1 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for heavy rainfall across six districts of Himachal Pradesh as downpours continue to disrupt daily life. The warning covers Una, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Kangra, Mandi and Sirmaur. In response, the state government has ordered all schools […]
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