The North News Chandigarh, July 16 Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Wednesday strongly condemned the bomb threat targeting the Golden Temple in Amritsar, calling it an attempt to disrupt communal harmony and instil fear among the people. In a statement issued here, Sandhwan said the incident was a deliberate act by “mischievous […]
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The North News Chandigarh, July 16 Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on July 15, “We believe this is a first for an AI agent definitely not the last giving cybersecurity defenders new tools to stop threats before they’re widespread.” In a major breakthrough for cybersecurity, Google’s AI agent Big Sleep successfully detected and stopped an […]
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Yograj Sharma The North News Shimla, July 16 Hundreds of residents staged a protest outside the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) office in Chakkar on Tuesday, alleging widespread damage caused by the ongoing four-lane highway construction in Himachal Pradesh. The demonstrators, including members of the Himachal Kisan Sabha and the Centre of Indian Trade […]
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The North News Chandigarh, July 16 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday issued a clarion call for citizens to unite in defence of the state’s depleting groundwater and fragile environment, warning of an intensifying ecological crisis in the land of rivers. Speaking at a ceremony commemorating 25 years since the start of the […]
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Yograj Sharma The North News Shimla, July 16 Himachal Pradesh Education Minister Rohit Thakur on Wednesday sharply criticised the ongoing felling of apple trees on forest land in Shimla, calling the move “inappropriate” and vowing to raise the matter directly with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. The campaign targets apple orchards planted illegally on forest […]
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The North News New Delhi, July 16 The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana, a six-year agricultural development scheme with an annual outlay of ₹24,000 crore, set to begin in 2025-26. The initiative will target 100 underperforming districts, focusing exclusively on agriculture and allied sectors. […]
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The North News Amritsar, July 16 The Golden Temple in Amritsar has received a third consecutive bomb threat, prompting heightened security and an urgent call for action from the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). The latest threat, delivered through email, warned of explosions using RDX-filled pipes within the premises of Sri Darbar Sahib, commonly known […]
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The North News New Delhi, July 16 The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the probe into the alleged assault of Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath by Punjab Police personnel, after strong allegations of bias and inaction by the state police and Chandigarh Police’s special […]
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The North News Chandigarh, July 16 Punjab Police have now arrested a 26-year-old Non-Resident Indian (NRI), Amritpal Singh Dhillon, in connection with the incident. Dhillon, who had returned from Canada just eight days prior, was arrested on Tuesday. He is accused of driving the Toyota Fortuner SUV that hit Singh on 14 July on the […]
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The North News Chandigarh, July 15 Led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday unanimously referred the Punjab Prevention of Crime against Religious Scriptures Bill, 2025 to the select committee of the assembly for seeking the views of all the stakeholders. Taking part in the discussions of the bill on […]
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