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]ED can interrogate Unitech promoters in custody: SC
Supreme Court modifies its August order to allow the agency to question Sanjay and Ajay Chandra.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 02:38 AM IST
Abraham Thomas
When did wealth become a measure of the worth of a man?
Every professional I meet at Bengaluru’s great companies, be it Titan or Flipkart, have their “origin tales” of how they struggled and succeeded. Equally, all of us, me included, now lead lives, where we do everything we can so that our kids don’t struggle
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:58 AM IST
Months on, Bengaluru roads’ audit stuck in a limbo
According to the BBMP’s estimates, one kilometre of a two-lane road under Smart City costs anywhere between ₹7.5 to ₹11 crores (including underground ducts), and the same for a tar road is around ₹80 lakhs to ₹1.3 crores
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:58 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bengaluru
More clusters emerge as 15 students test Covid positive in Karnataka
With the increase in the number of clusters in Karnataka educational institutes and the scare over the new variant, several private schools have suspended offline classes, said the office-bearers of the schools’ association.
Updated on Dec 02, 2021 12:58 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bengaluru
‘Plan to keep pot boiling’, SIT on Zakia Jafri’s plea in 2002 Gujarat riots
“This court should give a closure to this case. Further agony should not go on at the instance of the second petitioner (Setalvad) who wants to keep the pot boiling,” the SIT, represented by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi said.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:54 AM IST
Abraham Thomas
BJP’s rise in Telangana may be behind KCR’s attack
The change was evident in the presence of TRS’ parliamentary party leader K Kesava Rao at the meeting of 16 Opposition parties at the office of Congress floor leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday condemning the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha members.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:52 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Landslides hit hills in Tirumala, 20 pilgrimshave narrow escape
This is the second time in less than two weeks that the ghat road was closed for traffic due to landslides caused by heavy rains that lashed the temple town, along with several parts of the south coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema districts, which are still reeling under the impact of the depression in the Bay of Bengal
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:51 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
I-T raids Saravana Selvarathinam in Tamil Nadu
More than a 100 of the I-T officials conducted searches at more than 20 premises in the districts of Chennai, Tirunelveli, Madurai and Coimbatore from Wednesday morning. The search operations included eight places in Chennai. “The searches have not concluded and it will continue on Thursday,” said the official requesting anonymity.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:49 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chennai
Kerala rape case: High court cuts down former Catholic priest’s prison term to 10 yrs
The trail court in Thalassery in north Kerala had sentenced him to 20 years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of ₹2 lakh in 2019. Found guilty of rape and other provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Vadakumchery was sentenced to 60 years but the trial court had fixed his jail term to 20 years.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:48 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram
AIADMK changes bylaws to strengthen dual leadership
According to bylaws, the AIADMK’s members of the general council (roughly 3,000 of them) had the power to elect or remove the party leaders
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:48 AM IST
Samples of 6 int'l fliers who tested Covid positive sent for genome sequencing
The passengers are from 11 flights that landed between 12 am and 4 pm on December 1. All of them undertook RT-PCR tests.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:42 AM IST
UP elections: Grand temple to be build in Mathura, says deputy CM Maurya
Preparations are underway for the construction of a grand temple in Mathura on the lines of Ayodhya and Varanasi, Keshav Prasad Maurya said.
Updated on Dec 02, 2021 12:43 AM IST
Jaish IED expert among two terrorists killed in J&K
According to officials familiar with the matter, the encounter broke out during a search operation in Qasbayar village of Pulwama on Wednesday. Police have identified the terrorists as Jaish IED expert Yasir Parray and Pakistan national Ali Bhai.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:37 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
EU special envoy on Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson visits New Delhi, holds talk with Shringla
Niklasson travelled to India after holding talks in Doha over the weekend with a Taliban delegation led by acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:35 AM IST
SC raps ONGC for haggling over arbitration fee, ‘insulting judges’
“You (ONGC) are insulting judges because you think you have a lot of money. You think you can say anything, do anything,” the SC bench said.
Updated on Dec 02, 2021 12:53 AM IST
Phone tapping case: Delhi Police again summon Gehlot’s OSD
The Delhi Police have summoned Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s OSD for questioning for his alleged involvement in a phone tapping case.
Updated on Dec 02, 2021 12:28 AM IST
Goa BJP’s first response to Congress claim of ‘sex scandal’ is a dare
Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar on Tuesday claimed that he has accessed a video clip where a minister was seen abusing his status to sexually exploit a young woman
Updated on Dec 02, 2021 12:29 AM IST
Gerard de Souza
Consider having a council for judicial infrastructure at national level, Supreme Court asks Centre
The bench was categorical that chief justices of all the high courts were in unison that while they were open to all the ideas of enhancing judicial infrastructure, they did not wish to keep pursuing the state governments for funds
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:28 AM IST
Rahul meets Sidhu, Channi and Jakhar to chart Punjab strategy
They are learnt to have discussed several issues, including those related to the party and its strategy for the Punjab assembly polls scheduled early next year.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:26 AM IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi/chandigarh
Parliament winter session: Lok Sabha passes Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill to regulate IVF clinics
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020, to regulate assisted reproductive technology (ART) services such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF) centres, sperm or egg banks etc that have mushroomed across the country
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:22 AM IST
Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Question on Gujarat riots in Class 12 test inappropriate; will take action: CBSE
The question, which came under scanner, was part of the multiple-choice Sociology paper “The unprecedented scale and spread of anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002 took place under which government?, ” the question read.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:19 AM IST
Sadia Akhtar, New Delhi
NHAI suffered ₹2,731.32 crore loss due to farmers’ protest, Parliament told
NHAI suffered toll losses worth ₹2,731.32 crore in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan due to the farmers’ protest since last October, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:17 AM IST
Sweta Goswami, New Delhi
CBI arrests 5 CPI (M) activists for murder of Kerala Youth Congress leaders
Youth Congress workers Kripesh and Sharath Lal were waylaid and hacked to death brutally in Periya (north Kerala’s Kasaragod) in February 2019. Initially the CPI (M) disowned the twin murders and condemned them. Later parents of both young men moved the High Court for a central agency probe saying the investigation was not on the right track.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:17 AM IST
Parliament winter session: Oppn plans to continue protest in RS for a week
The Congress-led opposition on Wednesday decided to continue its agitation against the suspension of 12 MPs in Rajya Sabha for a week.
Updated on Dec 02, 2021 12:55 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Behaviour of Opposition MPs not justified, says Speaker Om Birla
Less than 30 minutes into the Question Hour where only four questions were taken up, the Speaker adjourned the proceedings till noon even as TRS MPs continued their protests.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:09 AM IST
Malavika Murali
Crop insurance: States yet to pay ₹4,744 crore subsidy, Parliament told
The total subsidy amount that state governments owed over the past three financial years in a row stood at ₹4,744 crore as on November 24, 2021, according to figures revealed by agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply to a query in Parliament.
Updated on Dec 02, 2021 12:10 AM IST
Zia Haq, New Delhi
India’s active cases drop below 100,000 for the first time in 18 months
With 99,023 active infections across India as of Wednesday morning, the case burden on the country is at the lowest since June 2, 2020 – a time when the first wave of the pandemic was just beginning.
Updated on Dec 02, 2021 12:39 AM IST
HTLS 2021: ‘What’s better than one gold? Two golds’
New Delhi: They belong to the most unique and exclusive club in India — a club that has, out of a population of over 1
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:05 AM IST
Parliament winter session: MPs’ suspension continues to rock House proceedings
Fierce protests against the suspension of MPs continued to rock the Rajya Sabha in the ongoing winter session of Parliament for the third consecutive day on Wednesday.
Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:03 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi