Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, March 17 Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu will present budget for the financial year 2026–27 on March 21, as the second phase of the state Assembly’s budget session gets underway on March 18. The second phase of the budget session will continue till April 2 and will […]
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Bhubaneswar/Cuttack (Odisha), March 17 The toll in the devastating fire at government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital here climbed to 12 after two more patients succumbed to their burn injuries on Tuesday. Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling informed the assembly that a total of 12 people died in the fire incident that took […]
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The North News New Delhi, March 17 The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ordered the removal within 24 hours of social media content linking Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s daughter, Himayani Puri, to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Justice Mini Pushkarna on Tuesday also restrained several users from publishing, circulating or sharing such content […]
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New Delhi, March 17 The Lok Sabha has revoked the suspension of eight opposition MPs with immediate effect, ending a disciplinary action that had barred them from attending proceedings in the lower house of Parliament. The decision allows all eight members to return to the House and take part in debates and legislative business without […]
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New Delhi, March 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced hearing on the contentious issue of defining the word “industry” under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. A nine-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices B V Nagarathna, P S Narasimha, Dipankar Datta, Ujjal Bhuyan, Satish Chandra Sharma, Joymalya Bagchi, Alok Aradhe and […]
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Shimla, March 17 In a suspected case of double suicide, a man and a woman were found dead in a forest area near Parwanoo in Solan district, Himachal Pradesh Police said on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Yashika Lama (20), a Nepalese national who lived in Deonghat in Solan, and Karan (22), a […]
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New Delhi, March 17 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday asked the government to form groups of MPs to guide them on the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna to enhance their understanding of the key scheme. When Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, Birla proposed creation of […]
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New Delhi, March 17 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has told Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju that an all-party meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, should be convened at the earliest to discuss the “modalities and roadmap for the implementation” of the Women’s Reservation Act. Responding to a letter by Rijiju to him, Kharge noted […]
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Chandigarh, March17 BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia and Congress party’s Karamvir Singh Boudh have been declared elected to two Rajya Sabha seats in keenly watched elections as developments unfolded over allegations of violation of vote secrecy. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, in a late-night press conference, congratulated both the leaders on their win. Officials said five […]
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By ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN and MUNIR AHMED Kabul, March 17 Afghanistan’s deputy government spokesman said early Tuesday the death toll from an airstrike by Pakistan that hit a hospital treating drug users in the Afghan capital Kabul has increased to 400. In a post on X, Hamdullah Fitrat said the strike on Monday night had […]
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