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Poll promises made by BJP remain on paper, says AAP’s Sanjay Singh

Updated on May 21, 2024 05:58 AM IST

AAP and the Congress are contesting the election together in Haryana as part of the INDIA bloc. The AAP has fielded Sushil Gupta as a candidate from Kurukshetra, while it is supporting the Congress in the other nine seats of Haryana

AAP leader Sanjay Singh was campaigning in Gurugram on Monday. (HT PHOTO)

ByAbhishek Behl

GMDA to rebuild stormwater drain from Iffco Chowk to Atul Kataria Chowk

The 2.5-kilometre-long drain was constructed around two decades earlier and it has sunk at a few locations near the Iffco Chowk and needs reconstruction, said GMDA officials aware of the matter

The GMDA will rebuild a storm water drain from Iffco Chowk to Atul Kataria Chowk at an estimated cost of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>15 crore. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on May 21, 2024 05:56 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court lists Tytler’s case for clarification on May 30

This case pertains to the alleged killing of three Sikhs in front of Pul Bangash Gurdwara in Delhi by a mob on November 1, 1984, after the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi.

The CBI has alleged there are eyewitnesses who saw Tytler “inciting the mob” and there is “sufficient material” to frame charges against him.

Updated on May 21, 2024 05:48 AM IST

ByAsian News International

Fate of Kaushambi candidates sealed in EVMs, 52.79% polling recorded

After the completion of the polling for Kaushambi Lok Sabha seat on Monday evening, EVMs were deposited in Naveen Mandi located in Osa

Voters queue up at a polling booth to cast their votes in Kaushambi parliamentary constituency on Monday. (HT Photo)

Published on May 20, 2024 09:57 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Prayagraj

Polling in Rae Bareli, Amethi: Rahul mingles with workers, voters; coaxes naysayers to vote

Despite peaceful polling in Rae Bareli and Amethi, complaints of skirmishes between Congress and BJP workers arose over alleged snatching of poll material.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi getting a selfie clicked with voters in Rae Bareli on Monday. (HT Photo)

Updated on May 20, 2024 09:52 PM IST

ByUmesh Raghuvanshi, Rae Bareli/amethi

West Champaran: Three-time BJP MP relies on Modi factor in fourth bid

Sanjay Jaiswal has won the West Champaran seat thrice since 2009. His father late Madan Prasad Jaiswal won the erstwhile Bettiah Lok Sabha seat thrice, in 1996, 1998 and 1999.

A road show in support of Sanjay Jaiswal when he filed his nomination as the BJP candidate. (HT file)

Published on May 20, 2024 09:39 PM IST

BySandeep Bhaskar, Bettiah

Shahabuddin gone, wife Hena breaks free of his party in comeback bid

This is also the first time that the RJD has looked beyond Shahabuddin in Siwan, having fielded former assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary, a six-term MLA from Siwan assembly constituency.

Hena Sahab, widow of Mohammed Shahabuddin, four-time MP from Siwan. (HT)

Updated on May 20, 2024 09:34 PM IST

ByAvinash Kumar, Siwan

Lack of civic amenities: Upset Kaushambi locals threaten to boycott polling

In Dharampur village of Kaushambi development block, voting remained affected in the morning but later, district officers managed to convince voters to exercise their franchise. However, enthusiasm still seemed to be lacking

Locals staging a protest and threatening to boycott voting at Bairiha located in Dehdani Rajendra Nagar ward number 16 of Nagar Palika Parishad, Bharwari, in Kaushambi on Monday. (HT Photo)

Published on May 20, 2024 07:08 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Prayagraj

Rickshaw driver transporting voters to polling booth stabbed to death in Odisha

The Odisha chief electoral officer said the murder is not over election and that the accused and the victim had fought over some other issue that turned violent

The victim was rushed to a local medical facility where he was declared dead. (Representative Image)

Published on May 20, 2024 05:50 PM IST

ByDebabrata Mohanty

Chhattisgarh: 18 tendu leaf collectors killed as their vehicle plunges into gorge

The victims, mostly women, were returning to their village after plucking tendu leaves from a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district

Police said four others were injured in the accident, and they were rushed to the district hospital.

Updated on May 20, 2024 04:24 PM IST

ByRitesh Mishra

Indian Coast Guard rescues 26 people from tourist boat stranded off Goa coast

The boat had departed for a dolphin sighting trip on Sunday morning. However, the weather turned windy with high waves later in the day

The tourist ferry boat Nerul Paradise after the rescue operation. (Photo from X)

Published on May 20, 2024 04:15 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Odisha CM surrounded by mafia, BJP will break its backbone: PM Modi

PM Modi asked can a person, who does not know the culture and tradition of Odisha, run the state and said development of Odisha can only be done by sons of Odisha soil

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections in Cuttack on Monday. (PTI)

Published on May 20, 2024 03:30 PM IST

ByDebabrata Mohanty

Kerala HC upholds death sentence for Assam man for rape, murder of Dalit law student

The Ernakulam Principal District and Sessions Court had in December 2017 found Ameer-ul-Islam guilty of various offences

Published on May 20, 2024 03:24 PM IST

ByVishnu Varma

Three die of suffocation inside a well in Assam: Police

Family members of the deceased said the well was deep and there must be some toxic gas due to which they fell unconscious

The incident happened after a hen fell into the well. (Representative Image)

Updated on May 20, 2024 02:11 PM IST

ByBiswa Kalyan Purkayastha

10-year-old boy abducted, killed for ransom; two held

The murdered boy’s kin and a large number of locals reached Kydganj police station and raised slogans against the police.

Updated on May 20, 2024 06:46 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Prayagraj

AU approves gratuity for teachers, staff appointed after 2004

Allahabad University extends gratuity benefits to teachers and employees under NPS post-2004. EC makes key decisions, including addressing SC case. VP's tenure achievements noted.

AU VC Prof Sangita Srivastava being presented a bouquet (HT Photo)

Updated on May 20, 2024 06:40 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Prayagraj

Two Haryana discom officials held for taking bribes from contractor, farmer

Based on the complaints of both the victims, the junior engineers were booked in separate FIRs registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act at ACB police station in Gurugram

The anti-corruption bureau of the Haryana government arrested two Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (DHBVNL) officials from Farrukhnagar for accepting bribes. (Representational Image)

Updated on May 20, 2024 06:12 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Liquor shops to remain shut for 48 hours ahead of LS polls on May 25

Liquor shops will also remain shut on June 4, when counting for the general elections is scheduled. The district administration has so far seized illegal liquor worth ₹61 lakhs in the run-up to the polls

The Gurugram district administration said that in order to curb the flow of liquor in violation of the model code of conduct, it has seized 20,104 litres of illegal liquor so far, valued at approximately <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>61.16 lakh. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on May 20, 2024 06:08 AM IST

ByAbhishek Behl

50-yr-old woman killed after being run over by crane in Sector 93

She was accompanied by her daughters Diksha, 20, and Yashaswi, 16, and they were walking on the extreme left of the Hayatpur road when the crane, carrying a heavy transformer, veered off course and hit her, police said

Investigators identified the deceased woman as Maina Devi, a resident of Kilachand Colony in Sector-10. She belonged to Nagaur in Rajasthan. (Representational Image)

Updated on May 20, 2024 06:10 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Lok Sabha candidates target Gurugram’s urban voters

Candidates from major parties canvassing in urban areas of Gurugram for upcoming Lok Sabha elections on May 25, focusing on urban governance and development plans.

Congress candidate, Raj Babbar held a public meeting at Shikohpur, Dundahera and other parts of the city on Sunday. (HT PHOTO.)

Updated on May 20, 2024 05:38 AM IST

ByAbhishek Behl

₹40 crore recovered from Agra footwear manufacturers in IT raid

The search, directed by joint director of the IT department in Agra, Dr Amar Jot, began on Saturday afternoon.

team of about 80 staff members, led by deputy director conducted the search. (HT Photo)

Updated on May 20, 2024 05:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Agra

NIA, Tripura police arrest human trafficking suspect

The Tripura police said a team of NIA came from Guwahati to Sepahijala and they have moved a transit remand plea at a local court

Police said there are a few more accused persons in the case and warrants were issued against them. (Representative Image)

Published on May 19, 2024 09:23 PM IST

ByPriyanka Deb Barman

CPI(M), Congress used tribals as vote bank, says Tripura BJP chief

Tripura BJP chief Rajib Bhattacharjee said both the CPI(M) and Congress used the tribals as their vote bank and deprived them of development

Tripura BJP chief Rajib Bhattacharjee (File)

Published on May 19, 2024 08:41 PM IST

ByPriyanka Deb Barman

Drugs worth ₹105 Cr seized in Assam, 3 Mizoram residents arrested

The Assam police said they recovered nine black leather bags containing 8.786 kg heroine and sixty soap cases filled with 1.547 kg heroin from a vehicle that was coming from Myanmar

Police said they are investigating the backward and forward links to find where these narcotic products were going.

Published on May 19, 2024 07:33 PM IST

ByBiswa Kalyan Purkayastha

Odisha: Over 79 lakh voters to determine fate of over 300 candidates in Phase 5

This will determine the political fate of CM Naveen Patnaik, former Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram and former Indian hockey team captain Dilip Tirkey

The Odisha police said 655 mobile parties will be deployed during the elections to ensure foolproof security during polling. (Representative Image)

Updated on May 20, 2024 05:36 AM IST

ByDebabrata Mohanty

Chhattisgarh: Stalker kills 5 of family, then dies by suicide

The man, unmarried and a tailor by profession, had proposed marriage to the woman years ago but she had rejected the proposal

Police said that they got information about the murder at around 2pm and a forensic team was sent to the spot for investigation. (Representative Image)

Published on May 19, 2024 04:03 PM IST

ByRitesh Mishra

Tourist footfall decreases at Taj as Agra continues to sizzle

Agra, City of Taj, swelters at 46.5 degrees Celsius as intense heat wave hits. Tourism at Taj Mahal impacted, with visitors falling ill due to heat.

Heat wave in Agra makes it tough for visitors on Saturday. (HT photo)

Updated on May 19, 2024 08:04 AM IST

ByHemendra Chaturvedi, Agra

Alcoholic man allegedly killed, body burnt by wife and minor son in Assam

Locals said they noticed the family members burning something near their house on Thursday late night and they informed police suspecting something unusual

Police reached the area and recovered the half burnt body. (Representative Image)

Updated on May 18, 2024 09:05 PM IST

ByBiswa Kalyan Purkayastha

Survey team attacked by mob during inspection of madrasas in Ahmedabad

The survey was part of a state-wide exercise mandated by the Gujarat Education Department, following directives from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

There are about 1,130 madrasas in Gujarat, of which 175 are in Ahmedabad. (Representative Image)

Published on May 18, 2024 08:41 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Societies with high polling will be feted, RWAs told

Efforts of RWAs in Lucknow to increase voter turnout in residential societies recognized by the administration. Initiative includes rewards and outreach programs.

District officials at a meeting hosted at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan where members of over 200 RWAs and public welfare committees pledged to celebrate Monday as a ‘mahaparv’ or grand festival. (HT)

Updated on May 18, 2024 08:27 PM IST

ByAakash Ghosh, Lucknow

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AAP and the Congress are contesting the election together in Haryana as part of the INDIA bloc. The AAP has fielded Sushil Gupta as a candidate from Kurukshetra, while it is supporting the Congress in the other nine seats of Haryana

The 2.5-kilometre-long drain was constructed around two decades earlier and it has sunk at a few locations near the Iffco Chowk and needs reconstruction, said GMDA officials aware of the matter

This case pertains to the alleged killing of three Sikhs in front of Pul Bangash Gurdwara in Delhi by a mob on November 1, 1984, after the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi.

After the completion of the polling for Kaushambi Lok Sabha seat on Monday evening, EVMs were deposited in Naveen Mandi located in Osa

Despite peaceful polling in Rae Bareli and Amethi, complaints of skirmishes between Congress and BJP workers arose over alleged snatching of poll material.

Sanjay Jaiswal has won the West Champaran seat thrice since 2009. His father late Madan Prasad Jaiswal won the erstwhile Bettiah Lok Sabha seat thrice, in 1996, 1998 and 1999.

This is also the first time that the RJD has looked beyond Shahabuddin in Siwan, having fielded former assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary, a six-term MLA from Siwan assembly constituency.

In Dharampur village of Kaushambi development block, voting remained affected in the morning but later, district officers managed to convince voters to exercise their franchise. However, enthusiasm still seemed to be lacking

The Odisha chief electoral officer said the murder is not over election and that the accused and the victim had fought over some other issue that turned violent

The victims, mostly women, were returning to their village after plucking tendu leaves from a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district

The boat had departed for a dolphin sighting trip on Sunday morning. However, the weather turned windy with high waves later in the day

PM Modi asked can a person, who does not know the culture and tradition of Odisha, run the state and said development of Odisha can only be done by sons of Odisha soil

The Ernakulam Principal District and Sessions Court had in December 2017 found Ameer-ul-Islam guilty of various offences

Family members of the deceased said the well was deep and there must be some toxic gas due to which they fell unconscious

The murdered boy’s kin and a large number of locals reached Kydganj police station and raised slogans against the police.

Allahabad University extends gratuity benefits to teachers and employees under NPS post-2004. EC makes key decisions, including addressing SC case. VP's tenure achievements noted.

Based on the complaints of both the victims, the junior engineers were booked in separate FIRs registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act at ACB police station in Gurugram

Liquor shops will also remain shut on June 4, when counting for the general elections is scheduled. The district administration has so far seized illegal liquor worth ₹61 lakhs in the run-up to the polls

She was accompanied by her daughters Diksha, 20, and Yashaswi, 16, and they were walking on the extreme left of the Hayatpur road when the crane, carrying a heavy transformer, veered off course and hit her, police said

Candidates from major parties canvassing in urban areas of Gurugram for upcoming Lok Sabha elections on May 25, focusing on urban governance and development plans.

The search, directed by joint director of the IT department in Agra, Dr Amar Jot, began on Saturday afternoon.

The Tripura police said a team of NIA came from Guwahati to Sepahijala and they have moved a transit remand plea at a local court

Tripura BJP chief Rajib Bhattacharjee said both the CPI(M) and Congress used the tribals as their vote bank and deprived them of development

The Assam police said they recovered nine black leather bags containing 8.786 kg heroine and sixty soap cases filled with 1.547 kg heroin from a vehicle that was coming from Myanmar

This will determine the political fate of CM Naveen Patnaik, former Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram and former Indian hockey team captain Dilip Tirkey

The man, unmarried and a tailor by profession, had proposed marriage to the woman years ago but she had rejected the proposal

Agra, City of Taj, swelters at 46.5 degrees Celsius as intense heat wave hits. Tourism at Taj Mahal impacted, with visitors falling ill due to heat.

Locals said they noticed the family members burning something near their house on Thursday late night and they informed police suspecting something unusual

The survey was part of a state-wide exercise mandated by the Gujarat Education Department, following directives from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

Efforts of RWAs in Lucknow to increase voter turnout in residential societies recognized by the administration. Initiative includes rewards and outreach programs.

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