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]Around 4,000 reserved teaching posts vacant in central universities: Centre
Published on Mar 21, 2023 09:33 AM IST
DU and BHU have the highest numbers of vacancies for reserved categories at the associate professor level – 299 and 228, respectively
Amritpal Singh's uncle brought to Dibrugarh jail by road
A team of Punjab Police arrived at the Dibrugarh Central Jail on Tuesday with fugitive pro- Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh's uncle Harjeet Singh.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 09:26 AM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Morning brief: Rahul Gandhi cites 2015 case to give reply in Lok Sabha
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Published on Mar 21, 2023 08:57 AM IST
Air India may slash flights amid crew shortage
Air India operates 47 weekly flights to the US, which include seven to Chicago, 14 to New York, six to Newark, 17 to San Francisco and three to Dulles
Published on Mar 21, 2023 08:51 AM IST
British MP's message to police on pro-Khalistan activists: ‘those people need…'
India has asked the UK to quickly arrest and prosecute the pro-Khalistan protesters involved in the attack on the Indian High Commission.
Published on Mar 21, 2023 08:36 AM IST
‘…will hunt me down, try to kill me’: Shraddha Walkar in audio
The prosecution played an audio clip of Shraddha Walkar, who was allegedly killed by her live-in-partner Aaftab Amin Poonawala, before a Delhi court.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 08:46 AM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Hunt for Amritpal Singh enters Day 4: What we know so far
While the massive search operation to arrest Khalistani radical Amritpal Singh entered the fourth day on Tuesday, Punjab Police continued its crackdown against the Waris Punjab De.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 06:58 AM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Rainfall likely in these states today, fresh spell from March 23
Delhi on Monday received the highest 24-hour rainfall for March in the past three years, the India Meteorological Department said.
Published on Mar 21, 2023 06:19 AM IST
LIVE: Japanese PM Kishida en route to Ukraine to meet Zelensky
Breaking news today March 21, 2023: Get latest news, breaking news, latest updates, live news, top headlines, breaking business news and top news of the hour.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 09:47 AM IST
Dharmendra Pradhan reviews measures for mental wellness of students in educational institutions
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review the steps being taken by educational institutions to ensure mental health wellness of students and zero tolerance towards discrimination
Published on Mar 21, 2023 12:52 AM IST
Centre may overhaul key PMSYM pension scheme
The PM Shram Yogi Maandhan (PMSYM), launched in 2019, is a voluntary, contribution based pension scheme to offer assured pension of ₹3,000 a month for informal workers who have no safety nets.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 02:11 AM IST
Coded diary revealed PFI’s terror acts, funding: NIA charge sheet
A charge sheet filed by NIA in its larger probe into the activities of the PFI mentions the “recovery of a diary containing coded text in Malayalam on rioting, bomb blasts etc”.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 03:52 AM IST
Neeraj Chauhan , New Delhi
In letter to Om Birla, Rahul Gandhi cites 2015 case to give reply in Lok Sabha
In his letter, Gandhi said the BJP was throttling the right to speak and said it would be fair if he was given time to speak too.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 01:14 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Welfare measures in focus as DMK govt presents budget
The budget pushed the envelope on welfare measures, a hallmark of Dravidian politics, while seeking to improve rather than worsen the state’s public finances.
Published on Mar 21, 2023 12:42 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Time to look at manufacturing aerospace products in India: Scindia
The Union minister said domestic airlines are together projected to have a fleet of around 2,000 aircraft in the next five to seven years. India currently has a fleet of around 700 planes.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 12:41 AM IST
Protests over action against Amritpal Singh erupt in 4 countries, India objects
In recent weeks, India has registered strong protests with Canada and Australia over activities of pro-Khalistan groups, including the holding of a so-called “Khalistan referendum”.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 03:53 AM IST
‘Averse to sealed cover notes’: CJI to govt over OROP arrears
During the proceedings on Monday, the bench returned the confidential documents submitted by the AG but allowed the Centre’s request for additional time to clear OROP arrears.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 03:52 AM IST
Strongly suspect ISI’s role in Amritpal’s ascent: Punjab Police
The crackdown on Amritpal Singh and his supporters began on Saturday when a police cavalcade intercepted his car near Mehatpur town.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 01:37 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Chandigarh/new Delhi
Bishop’s remarks spark political slugfest in Kerala
Thalassery (north Kerala) Arch Bishop of Mar Joseph Pamplani had given an open offering on Sunday that if the Union government raises the natural rubber’s price to ₹300 per kilogram believers will help the Bharatiya Janata Party to elect its first MP from the state. It stirred a hornet’s nest after the Congress and CPI(M) joined hands to list out recent attacks on minority institutions and fate meted out to Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old Jesuit priest, who died in judicial custody two years ago.
Published on Mar 21, 2023 12:36 AM IST
Ramesh Babu, Thiruvananthapuram
TDP, YSRCP members come to blows in House
Speaker Tammineni Sitaram, who later suspended 11 TDP members for the day, ruled that hereafter any member who would storm the Speaker’s podium and “behave in an unruly manner” would be automatically suspended from the House.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 12:34 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
T’gana orders detailed probe into paper leak case
Speaking to reporters, KTR, as the chief minister’s son is called, said the TSPSC had lodged a complaint with director general of police (DGP) Anjani Kumar to conduct a deep probe into the question paper leakage issue, as one of the accused who was arrested in connection with the incident turned out to be an active Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker.
Published on Mar 21, 2023 12:34 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Kerala HC annuls CPI(M) MLA’s election from Devikulam
Devikulam is a reserved constituency and the court observed that Raja is a Christian convert from the scheduled tribe community and he is ineligible to contest from the seat.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 02:30 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram
Hospital staff held for sexual assault of patient: Police
Police said the incident occurred on Saturday in the women’s surgical ICU of the hospital. The woman, who was semi-conscious when the incident took place, informed the duty nurse and doctors about this after she regained consciousness, police said, adding that the hospital immediately filed a police complaint.
Published on Mar 21, 2023 12:32 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram
‘Millets Man’ Satheesh dies at 78 in Hyderabad
Satheesh, who established DDS at Zaheerabad in Telangana’s Sangareddy district (previously in Medak district) in the early ’80s, championed issues of agri-biodiversity, food sovereignty, women empowerment, social justice, local knowledge systems, participatory development, and community media.
Published on Mar 21, 2023 12:32 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, Modi discuss ties, Indo-Pacific plan
The Ukraine crisis and coordination between India’s G20 presidency and Japan’s G7 presidency were part of discussions between PM Modi and his visiting Japanese counterpart.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 02:37 AM IST
Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
Amritpal’s uncle, driver surrender, NSA invoked
The crackdown on Singh and his supporters began on Saturday when a police cavalcade intercepted his car near Mehatpur town.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 02:47 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva and Navjrajdeep Singh, Chandigarh/jalandhar
SC issues notice to Centre on T’gana plea over guv sitting on crucial bills
“In a parliamentary democracy, the Governor has no discretion to defer or delay necessary assent. Any refusal on part of the Governor including any delay will defeat the parliamentary democracy and the will of the people,” the petition filed by the Telangana government said.
Published on Mar 20, 2023 11:50 PM IST
Abraham Thomas, New Delhi
India registers protest with US over attack on consulate in San Francisco
Pro-Khalistan elements broke open the makeshift entry barriers raised by the city police and installed two ‘Khalistani’ flags inside the consulate premises in San Francisco.
Updated on Mar 20, 2023 09:41 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Aryan Prakash
In Japanese PM Kishida’s Indo-Pacific Plan, India’s Northeast, Bangladesh is key
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said his discussions with PM Narendra Modi focused on the role India and Japan can play when the world is “standing at history’s turning point, fraught with difficulties”
Published on Mar 20, 2023 09:28 PM IST
