The North News Chandigarh, February 11 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has said the state’s upcoming Progressive Punjab Investment Summit is expected to play a key role in boosting industrial growth and creating large-scale employment opportunities for young people. Chairing a high-level review meeting in Chandigarh on Wednesday, Mann said the three-day summit, scheduled […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, February 11 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday criticised the opposition BJP over the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) issue, accusing former chief minister Jai Ram Thakur of shifting blame instead of pressing the central government to restore the grant. Speaking in Shimla after returning from […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 11 Political tensions escalated in Punjab on Tuesday after senior leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) joined Governor Gulab Chand Kataria’s anti-drug padyatra in Ferozepur, prompting sharp reactions from the Congress. The participation of Sukhbir Singh Badal and BJP’s Ashwani Sharma in the […]
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New Delhi, February 11 The Supreme Court has slashed the compensation from Rs 2 crore to Rs 25 lakh, awarded to a woman for a “faulty haircut” at a luxury hotel salon. A bench comprising Justices Rajesh Bindal and Manmohan, in a judgement delivered on February 6, held that while “deficiency in service” was established, […]
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The North News New Delhi, February 11 The Union Home Ministry has directed that all six stanzas of the National Song Vande Mataram, written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, shall be sung first when the National Song and National Anthem Jan Gana Man are to be played together. In an order dated January 28, the home […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 11 Sixteen private schools in Punjab’s Mohali received bomb threat emails on Wednesday, triggering evacuation and prompting detailed anti-sabotage checks by police, an officer said. School authorities sent messages to parents, declaring a holiday. Manav Mangal School, Shivalik Public School, and Learning Paths School were among the schools which received […]
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The North News New Delhi, February 10 The government on Tuesday brought in stricter obligations for online platforms on handling AI-generated and synthetic content, including deepfakes, saying platforms such as X and Instagram must take down within three hours any such content flagged by a competent authority or courts. The government notified amendments to the […]
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The North News New Delhi, February 10 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to ascertain whether there is a nationwide network or state-specific group behind the incidents of children going missing from different parts of the country. A bench of Justices B V Nagrathna and Ujjal Bhuyan emphasised the need to ascertain whether […]
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The North News New Delhi, February 10 BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on Tuesday praised the International Cricket Council (ICC) for “finding a very good solution” that prompted Pakistan to withdraw its boycott of the T20 World Cup match against India. The high-profile India-Pakistan match on February 15 in Colombo will go ahead as scheduled after […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, February 10Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has left for New Delhi amid continuing political debate over the discontinuation of Revenue Deficit Grants (RDG). Sukhu has sought an appointment with Union Health Minister and BJP president JP Nadda to discuss the RDG issue. During his visit, he […]
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