Articles by HT Correspondent
Interest rates on small savings schemes raised
With hardening of interest rates in the country and abroad, the government on Thursday decided to pass some benefits to select depositors of certain small savings schemes.
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:35 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Uttarakhand revenue official under lens of SIT in Ankita Bhandari murder case
The SIT of Uttarakhand police probing the alleged murder 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari, who was working as a receptionist at Vanantara Resort in Pauri Garhwal district, are also investigating the role of a revenue sub-inspector (patwari) for his “close links” with the main accused.
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 12:32 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Dehradun
8 Ludhiana jail inmates caught with 9 phones
Eight inmates of Ludhiana Central Jail were caught with nine mobile phones on Thursday; three separate FIRs have been lodged against them
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:31 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: Man held, brother booked for raping 20-yr-old woman
Police arrested a Ludhiana man and booked his brother for raping a 20-year-old woman; the victim said they had raped her multiple times at various locations including a hotel in Chandigarh
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:28 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: Constable, 2 others booked for shooting live-in partner dead with service weapon
A Punjab Police constable and his two accomplices have been booked for shooting his live-in partner dead with his service weapon at their rented accommodation in Ludhiana in the wee hours of Thursday
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:24 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Confusion over Rajasthan CM post amid Congress internal turmoil
Gehlot’s rival, former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, met Gandhi in Delhi late on Thursday and later said that the party had to work together to win the state polls in 2023. Pilot has previously unsuccessfully laid claim to the chief minister’s chair.
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 07:03 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Writer-academic Madhav Hada to be awarded 32nd Bihari Puraskar
A literary critic and academic, Hada has written extensively on literature, media, culture and history. He has also been a member of the general council of the Sahitya Akademi and the Hindi Advisory Board.
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 01:44 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Karnataka today
The Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is set to reach Karnataka on Friday, with the Rahul Gandhi-led rally entering the state from Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar district bordering Kerala.
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 12:20 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bengaluru
Notice issued to seven Gurugram developers for missing amenities in EWS flats
According to DTCP officials, the department received a communique from the Housing Board Haryana’s executive engineer about 2,463 flats constructed by the board for the EWS category
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:15 AM IST
175 held in crackdown on drug networks: CBI
As many as 127 first information reports (FIRs) were filed by the two agencies involved in ‘Operation Garuda’ that was carried out to “disrupt, degrade and dismantle” drug networks with international linkages, the CBI said in a statement.
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 01:07 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
PFI was given boost by Siddaramaiah in the past, says BSY
On Wednesday Siddaramaiah had demanded a ban on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the BJP, on the same lines as the PFI.
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:10 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bengaluru
42 offices of PFI, affiliates closed across K’taka: Police
In search, seizure and closure operations that began on Thursday morning, 12 offices of PFI and its affiliated organisations were sealed in Mangaluru city, 9 in Udupi district, 7 in Dakshina Kannada, 4 in Kalaburagi, 4 in Bengaluru and in other areas.
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:09 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bengaluru
Ayodhya school serves rice with salt in MDM, DM suspends principal after video goes viral
The incident came to light on Wednesday when parents of some students reached the school and captured the scene on their cell-phones.
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:08 AM IST
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ to enter K’taka today
The procession will be coming from Kerala where it was for 17 days. In Karnataka, the yatra will be organised for 20 days before entering Maharashtra.
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:08 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bengaluru
Aravalli jungle safari will help preserve the hills: Haryana CM Khattar
The proposed safari will be developed on land protected under the Punjab Land Preservation Act and on tracts that are part of the Aravalli plantation
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 12:08 AM IST
Kejriwal walked away from NDMC meeting, alleges BJP
Delhi BJP general secretary Kuljeet Chahal, who is also an NDMC member, tweeted a video of the council meeting on Wednesday in which Kejriwal was present.
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:08 AM IST
HC asks K’taka govt not to release dates of PSI recruitment re-examination
The order was issued based on a petition filed by three candidates from Kolar, who opposed the government’s announcement that recruitment examination will be conducted again.
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:07 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bengaluru
Delhi HC lifts ban on manufacture, sale of gutkha, pan masala
The petitioners contended that the notifications issued by Delhi government’s Food Safety Commissioner were arbitrary and ultra vires the Food Safety and Standard Act (FSSA) and are violative of their fundamental rights.
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:06 AM IST
India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida bags best convention centre award
According to officials said, the venue is a prominent meetings, incentives, conferences & exhibitions (MICE) destination in India and hosts over 200 exhibitions a year
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:01 AM IST
Deposit ₹5.2 crore for damage during strike: Kerala high court to PFI
A division bench of Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice C P Mohammad Nias directed the outfit to deposit the amount in two weeks and directed all lower courts not to grant bail to any of the accused till they pay up. It also directed the government to make Sattar, who made the call for the hartal, an additional accused in all cases filed in connection with violence.
Published on Sep 29, 2022 11:57 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram
World Heart Day observed at DMCH in Ludhiana
World Heart Day is observed with a purpose to raise awareness about heart disease and ways to prevent it. Students from the MBBS batches of 2020 and 2021 of DMCH, Ludhiana, took part in the discussion and gave their opinions on innovation in hypertension screening and its management.
Updated on Sep 29, 2022 11:56 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
LG set to take up issue of pending nod for AIIMS redevelopment with CM
An official aware of the matter said that the approval for tree felling was pending for about a month and a half, despite 26 hectares of land in Aya Nagar and 6 hectare of land in Sultanpur being identified for compensatory afforestation and tree transplantation.
Published on Sep 29, 2022 11:56 PM IST
States start sealing premises of PFI, affiliates after Centre’s ban
On Wednesday, the Union home ministry had banned PFI and the eight affiliates for alleged “anti-national” activities and said those associated with the organisation were involved in Islamic radicalisation and terror activities, with over 1,400 criminal cases registered across the country.
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 12:46 AM IST
HT Correspondents, New Delhi
Centre upgrades Ambani’s security to Z+ category
From 2013, Ambani was accorded the ‘Z’ category cover of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on payment basis. His wife Nita Ambani also has the CRPF security cover of Y+ category.
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 01:42 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Welder gets trapped inside under-construction basement, dies
Deputy commissioner of police (southwest) Manoj C said the deceased had fallen into the 40-foot deep under-construction basement and got trapped under debris.
Published on Sep 29, 2022 11:51 PM IST
Ludhiana logs five dengue, one Covid case
Ludhiana has so far recorded 1,13,535 Covid infections, while the cumulative dengue count has crossed 116
Published on Sep 29, 2022 11:50 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Editors can be prosecuted over ‘offending’ article, says HC
The defamation suit was filed in 2020 by Santiago Martin, the founding chairman of Martin Group of Companies and owner of Martin Lottery, against former Kerala finance minister TM Thomas Issac and the editor, the managing director and some senior executives of Mathrubhumi.
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 01:46 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Kolkata
Ludhiana | 6,500 residents pay property tax; avail 10% rebate by today
Officials said around 70,000 property owners in Ludhiana city have still not paid the tax for the current year (2022-23) and they should submit the tax by Friday
Published on Sep 29, 2022 11:45 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Ludhiana | Sex determination centre busted with arrest of 32-yr-old man
The arrested accused has been identified as Karan Marlhi. He previously worked as a public relation officer (PRO) at a private hospital. An ultrasound machine was recovered from the sex determination clinic in Ludhiana, which Karan said he had purchased for ₹4.5 lakh from Delhi.
Published on Sep 29, 2022 11:41 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Bio-CNG plants approved for Lucknow, Prayagraj and Ghaziabad
Prayagraj, Lucknow and Ghaziabad districts will have bio-solid waste-based bio CNG (compressed natural gas plants), said the U
Published on Sep 29, 2022 11:39 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
