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]NIA arrests wanted Maoist woman over Chhattisgarh attack
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:43 AM IST
Madkam Ungi alias Kamla was arrested during a raid on Sunday and was produced before a NIA special court in Jagdalpur
Herculean task to fight Nagaland elections after MLAs quit party: NPF
The Naga People’s Front (NPF), which emerged as the single largest party in the 2018 Nagaland assembly elections, has said it is facing immense challenge to fight next month’s polls as it lost 21 of its MLAs to the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) last year
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:40 AM IST
Alice Yhoshü, Kohima
Delhi HC transfers same-sex marriage petitions to Supreme Court
The Delhi high court on Monday transferred to the Supreme Court a bunch of petitions seeking legal recognition of same sex-marriage under various matrimonial statutes.
Updated on Jan 31, 2023 12:38 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Social activists, students hold screening of BBC series in Chennai
The Chennai police had given permission for the group of about 200 to only protest on Sunday evening where they condemned the Union government for banning the documentary, however, later they watched both parts.
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:37 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chennai
Bar Council issues show-cause notice to controversial Kerala lawyer
A group of lawyers had moved the Union law ministry last week citing serious allegations against the lawyer and later it advised the Bar council to look into these charges.
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:36 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram
60 students fall ill in suspected case of food poisoning in Kerala
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Lakkidi in Wayanad (north Kerala) have been admitted to various hospitals in the district on Monday in a suspected case of food poisoning.
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:34 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram
Tripura elections: ‘No breaking point... parties did not give a concrete offer,’ says TIPRA Motha chief
In the upcoming assembly elections in Tripura, the TIPRA Motha party, led by former Congress leader Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma, is being wooed by all national parties for an alliance.
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:33 AM IST
Sunetra Choudhury, New Delhi
Odisha minister cremated; probe on to find out motive behind murder
Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha health minister Naba Kishore Das was shot dead by an assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI), interrogation of the accused continued on Monday to ascertain the motive behind the murder, police officers said, adding that the 60-year-old minister was cremated in Jharsuguda district with full state honours
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:28 AM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Tripura elections: Key leaders file nomination papers on last day
Tripura chief minister Dr Manik Saha, state Congress president Birajit Sinha and state BJP chief Rajib Bhattacharya were among 228 candidates who submitted their nomination papers on the last day on Monday for the assembly elections scheduled next month.
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:27 AM IST
Priyanka Deb Barman, Agartala
‘Court overlooked mental health’: Family of Gorakhnath temple attack accused
Soon after arrest of Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi, 35, for attacking security personnel at Gorkhnath temple in Uttar Pradesh, his family had claimed that he was suffering from mental illness and undergoing treatment.
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:23 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
ICET: The next big thing in the India-US strategic relationship is here
ICET is, arguably, that next big thing, for the political, strategic, commercial and scientific alignment it represents between the two countries
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:23 AM IST
Prashant Jha, Washington
State of the economy, in five charts
The government will present the Economic Survey on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:21 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi reveals why he wore T-shirt for Bharat Jodo Yatra
It’s been a constant question since the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra crossed into northern India: how was Rahul Gandhi managing to brave the cold in a mere T-shirt?
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:20 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
Covid at a point of transition, but still a global emergency: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday announced that Covid-19 continues to remain a public health emergency of international concern but added that the pandemic is currently at a “transition point”, suggesting that a change may be in the offing later this year
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:18 AM IST
Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Key parties skip Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra finale
A supposed show-of-unity by opposition parties to mark the conclusion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Monday in Srinagar remained largely lacklustre.
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:17 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, Srinagar
Opposition raises women quota bill, Adani row in all-party meeting
A combative Opposition on Monday told the government that it planned to raise questions around the Adani controversy, inflation, unemployment, and the federal compact in the upcoming budget session of Parliament, people aware of details said, even as the government stressed it was open to discussing any topic provided the House rules and the chair allowed it.
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:14 AM IST
Smriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi
Bharat Jodo Yatra ends in J&K with unity pitch
But the final event was marred by a low turnout from the Opposition, with only nine of the 23 “like-minded” parties invited by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge participating in the rally
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:13 AM IST
Waste of Supreme Court’s precious time: Rijiju on petitions challenging ban on BBC documentary
The petitions challenging the government ban on screening of BBC documentary are a drain on Supreme Court’s “precious” time, Union law minister Kiren Rijiju said
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:10 AM IST
Abraham Thomas
India: Official estimates could peg GDP growth range at 6-6.8%
At the top end, the estimate is higher than the latest estimates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank
Updated on Jan 31, 2023 12:10 AM IST
Rajeev Jayaswal
Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging ban on BBC documentary next week
The Supreme Court agreed to examine two petitions questioning the government’s decision to restrict the screening of BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question” and its directives to video-sharing and social media platforms to take down the two-part series or tweets and posts containing links to it
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:06 AM IST
Abraham Thomas
Who is Air Marshal AP Singh, the new Vice Chief of IAF?
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College, and National Defence College, Singh has been a Flight Commander and Commanding Officer of a MiG 27 squadron and Air Officer Commanding of an air base.
Published on Jan 30, 2023 10:35 PM IST
Nisha Anand | Edited by Aryan Prakash
PM Modi to inaugurate first leg of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on Feb 4| Top points
Being built at a staggering cost of ₹98,000 crore, the 1,380 km long project will cover the states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat.
Published on Jan 30, 2023 10:09 PM IST
Nisha Anand | Edited by Aryan Prakash
UNSC ‘paralysed and dysfunctional’, says UNGA President Csaba Korosi
Korosi lauded India’s call for peace in Ukraine and for sending medical aid and Covid-19 vaccines to many countries. He also complimented India for safely evacuating its citizens from Ukraine following the Russian invasion in February 2022
Published on Jan 30, 2023 09:18 PM IST
Sonam Wangchuk claims house arrest, Ladakh administration denies charge
The education reformist, who inspired a pivotal character in the Bollywood blockbuster “3 Idiots”, had announced the hunger strike at the 18,380 feet high Khardung La from January 26 to invite the BJP-led Centre’s attention to the demands of the people of Ladakh.
Published on Jan 30, 2023 09:05 PM IST
PTI |
Daily brief: Pakistan PM issues diktat to party workers after Peshawar blast
Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.
Published on Jan 30, 2023 09:01 PM IST
Asaram Bapu convicted in 2013 disciple’s rape case; sentence order on Jan 31
According to the complaint lodged at Chandkheda police station in Ahmedabad, Asaram raped the elder sister at his Ahmedabad ashram, while his son Sai raped the younger sister in Surat
Published on Jan 30, 2023 08:46 PM IST
‘Appalled’: Australian envoy on attack by Khalistan elements on pro-India groups
Indian high commissioner Manpreet Vohra also took up the violent incidents in central Melbourne on Sunday with the premier of Victoria state, Daniel Andrews, at a meeting on Monday
Updated on Jan 30, 2023 08:26 PM IST
Shutdown call in Kerala’s Idukki to nudge govt to protect people from wildlife
The hartal call, backed by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), was given after a herd of elephants that had been in the vicinity, attacked a house near Munnar.
Updated on Jan 30, 2023 10:10 PM IST
Gandhinagar court convicts Asaram Bapu in woman disciple rape case
The controversial godman is currently lodged in jail in Jodhpur in another rape case. A Surat-based woman had filed a case of rape and illegal confinement against Asaram Bapu and seven others, one of whom died during the pendency of the trial, in October 2013.
Published on Jan 30, 2023 06:15 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Nisha Anand
