New Delhi, March 6 Two days after a US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast, Iran on Friday warned that the attack on an “unarmed ship cannot go with impunity.” The Iranian frigate, IRIS Dena, was returning home after participating in the Milan multilateral naval exercise hosted by India. At […]
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Chandigarh, March 5 A 45-year-old social media influencer of Punjabi origin, Nancy Grewal, was stabbed to death in Canada with her mother in Jalandhar on Thursday claiming that she used to receive threats to her life. Nancy was murdered in LaSalle in Ontario on March 3. On social media, Nancy used to express her opinions […]
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New Delhi, March 6 The Delhi Assembly has written to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal declining his request for live streaming of the proceedings of the Privileges Committee which has summoned the AAP chief on Friday in a matter related to the ‘Phaansi Ghar’. The letter noted the Privileges Committee chairperson’s surprise over Kejriwal’s “ignorance […]
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The North News New Delhi, March 6 Ladakh’s Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Gupta has been made the Governor of Himachal Pradesh while Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retired) was appointed as the new Bihar Governor. Hasnain succeeds Arif Mohammed Khan, who took oath as Bihar Governor on January 2 last year. Tamil Nadu Governor R N […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 6 Four unidentified men allegedly held a jeweller’s family hostage at gunpoint and decamped with cash and jewellery worth around Rs 3 crore in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district on Thursday, police said. Punjab BJP working president Ashwani Sharma slammed the AAP government over the incident, calling it a “frightening reflection of […]
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New Delhi, March 6 Two pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were killed in a crash of a Su-30 MKI fighter jet in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district. The IAF confirmed on Friday the deaths of Squadron Leader Anuj and Flight Lieutenant Purvesh Duragkar, a day after the Russian-origin aircraft went missing. The jet was […]
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Sangrur, March 6 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said 370 people from the state are stranded in the Gulf amid the escalating conflict in the region, and his government is actively coordinating with the Centre to ensure their safe return. According to officials, the Punjab government has deployed two senior officers to coordinate […]
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Mumbai, March 5 Defending champions India defeated England by seven runs in the second semifinal to storm into the summit clash of the T20 World Cup here on Thursday. India will play New Zealand in the final on Sunday. Sent in to bat, opener Sanju Samson blasted seven sixes and eight fours on way to […]
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Sydney, March 5 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “very focused” on delivery of welfare programmes to the common people and has been successful in bringing “hundreds of millions” of them into the formal economy through “financial reforms” in India, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said. Carney was speaking on Wednesday during an interaction at […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, March 5 Congress candidate Anurag Sharma on Thursday filed his nomination for a Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh, with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri and several party legislators present during the process. Sharma submitted his nomination papers before the Assembly Secretary at […]
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