The North News Chandigarh, December 3 Punjab’s Finance Department has approved a proposal to draft a new law aimed at strengthening tree protection across the state, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Wednesday. The legislation, titled The Punjab Protection of Trees Act, 2025, is intended to bolster urban greening and curb environmental degradation. Cheema […]
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The North News New Delhi, December 3 The Centre government has withdrawn its proposal to make the Sanchar Saathi mobile safety app a mandatory pre-installation on all smartphones, citing a rapid surge in public adoption. In a statement on Wednesday, officials said the App has already been downloaded by 1.4 crore users, who collectively contribute […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, December 3 The members of the Himachal Pradesh Association of the Visually Impaired staged a protest outside the state secretariat in Shimla on Wednesday, marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities with black ribbons and slogans against the government. The group has been protesting for 771 days to […]
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By Prime Minister Narendra Modi In August this year, a group of farmers from Tamil Nadu met me and talked about how they were practising new agricultural techniques to boost sustainability and productivity. They invited me to a Summit on natural farming to be held in Coimbatore. I accepted their invite and promised them that […]
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The North News New Delhi, December 3 Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Lok Sabha that fake news and AI-generated deepfakes pose a serious threat to India’s democratic framework, calling for stronger rules to curb misuse of social media platforms. Responding to a query during Question Hour on December 3, Vaishnaw said several […]
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The North News New Delhi, December 3 Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Delhi on Thursday for a two-day state visit, during which he is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and meet President Droupadi Murmu, officials said. Putin’s programme on Friday includes formal discussions with Prime Minister Modi, followed […]
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The North News Dharamshala, December 3 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has said that 60 government employees, including 15 police personnel, were found involved in chitta trafficking as the state intensifies its campaign against drug abuse. Speaking at the sixth State-level meeting of the Narcotics Coordination Centre (NCORD) in Dharamshala yesterday, Sukhu said […]
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The North News New Delhi, December 3 The Centre government has said that banks must strengthen the use of regional languages in customer services, as part of new guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said […]
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The North News Chandigarh, December 2 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday showcased the state as the best investment destination to Japanese business tycoons and impressed upon them to invest in Punjab for further giving fillip to their ventures. On the first day of his Japan visit, the Chief Minister held parleys with […]
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The North News Chandigarh, December 2 On the first day of his visit to Japan, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday paid floral tributes to father of nation- Mahatma Gandhi at Edogawa Gandhi Park in Tokyo. The Chief Minister said that Mahatma Gandhi was probably the only leader across the globe who […]
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