New Delhi, February 26 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has crossed the massive milestone of 100 million followers on Instagram, making him the first world leader and politician to achieve this feat on the platform, officials said on Thursday. Prime Minister Modi joined Instagram in 2014, and over the past decade, his account has evolved into […]
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The North News Shimla, February 26 A high-voltage standoff between the police teams of Delhi and Shimla came to an end after a dramatic 24 hours on Thursday morning, after the Delhi Police team was finally cleared to head back to the national capital along with the three Youth Congress activists arrested in connection with […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 25 Punjab Chief Minister has said the state police force is “not just Punjab’s police but the nation’s police”, as he pledged ₹1,100 crore for modernisation and highlighted a crackdown on drugs and cross-border threats allegedly backed by Pakistan. Addressing a passing-out parade at the Punjab Armed Police complex in […]
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By Harinder Mishra Jerusalem, February 25 As Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday left for Israel from India for a visit expected to upgrade the bilateral ties to a new level, the Israeli media is describing the trip as a “strategic reset”, a “landmark moment” and a “defining” phase. Leading Israeli publications have given prominent […]
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New Delhi, February 25 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday strongly objected to a chapter on judicial corruption in the NCERT’s Class 8 curriculum, saying that nobody on earth will be allowed to defame the judiciary and taint its integrity. A three-judge bench comprising the CJI and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M […]
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New York, February 25 American tech entrepreneur Bill Gates has apologised to the staff at the Gates Foundation over his ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but maintained that he did “nothing illicit,” according to a media report. The Microsoft co-founder also admitted that he had two affairs with Russian women and that he […]
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New Delhi, February 25 Merely breaking up may not amount to instigation for a case of abetment of suicide under the criminal law, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice Manoj Jain made the observation while dealing with a bail plea by a man accused of abetting the suicide of his former partner, who hanged […]
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New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the trial in money laundering case registered against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate on the plea of Soren in which he had sought quashing […]
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New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of the contents of Class 8 NCERT textbook referring to the corruption in the judiciary and termed it a matter of “grave concern.” A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi was urged by senior […]
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Yoshita Singh New York/Washington, February 25 US President Donald Trump has said that Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told him that 35 million people would have died if it were not for his intervention in stopping the war between India and Pakistan. In his over 100-minute-long State of the Union address on Tuesday, Trump repeated […]
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