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Legendary Kathak dancer Birju Maharaj dies at 83
Birju Maharaj developed his own unique style and was known as a brilliant choreographer. He helped popularise dance-dramas.
Published on Jan 17, 2022 06:59 AM IST
hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
No person can be vaccinated without prior consent: Centre tells Supreme Court
The Centre told the apex court that it has not issued any SOP that makes it mandatory to carry the vaccination certificate for any purpose.
Published on Jan 17, 2022 05:52 AM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Breaking: 'Throwaway culture, consumerism made climate challenge serious'
- Breaking news updates January 17, 2022: Get latest news, breaking news, latest updates, live news, top headlines, breaking business news and top news of the hour.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 10:52 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
‘Fog hole’ brings sun out but cold persists
- While Safdarjung, Delhi’s base station, recorded a maximum temperature of 17.2 degrees Celsius (°C) on Sunday, three notches below normal, some parts of the city still recorded ‘cold day’ conditions, with the mercury increasing only marginally, to 12.8°C, at outer Delhi’s Narela.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 04:11 AM IST
HT This Day Jan 17, 1956: CENTRE TO ADMINISTER BOMBAY CITY
In place of the two States, bilingual Bombay and Vidarbha, as proposed by the Commission, there will now be: Maharashtra State, including Vidarbha, Gujerat State, including Saurashtra and Cutch, and one Centrally-administered area comprising Bombay city and some surrounding villages.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 10:06 PM IST
CBI arrests GAIL marketing director in bribery case
During the searches conducted at eight locations in Delhi-NCR, including Ranganathan’s office at Bhikaji Kama Place in Delhi and his residence in Sector 62, Noida, the agency recovered ₹1.29 crore in cash, gold jewellery and other valuables (with an approximate value of ₹1.25 crore)
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 01:08 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Three children die soon after measles vaccine in Belagavi; probe ordered
Two doses of MR vaccine are given to the children at the age of 9-12 months and 16 to 24 months respectively.
Published on Jan 17, 2022 12:55 AM IST
HT Correspondent I Edited by Shilpa Ambardar, Belagavi
Madhya Pradesh plans public safety law to give more power to police
According to the draft of the Public Safety Bill, the onus of safety of visitors will lie with the management of such commercial, industrial, religious, medical, and educational establishments
Published on Jan 17, 2022 12:44 AM IST
Karnataka’s Covid positivity rate surges to 20% in two weeks
As per the official data, Bengaluru’s active caseload has come down from around 80% in the last week to around 73% on Saturday
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 12:49 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bengaluru
Andhra to build energy-efficient houses for weaker sections
The housing programme, named as Jagananna Colonies, was launched by chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on June 3 last year as part of his pre-election promise of “Navaratnalu-Pedalandirki Illu
Published on Jan 17, 2022 12:34 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Chennai women’s collective to combat poverty, pandemic
In January 2020, two months before the first case of Covid-19 entered Chennai, Mercy Muthu and four other women knocked on thousands of doors in their locality’s slum tenements to draw up a list of pensioners, widows, destitute women and people with disabilities
Published on Jan 17, 2022 12:32 AM IST
Telangana extends holidays for educational institutions amid Covid spike
The educational institutions are supposed to reopen on Monday after a week-long vacation for Sankranti festival. In fact, the vacations should have started on January 11, but the state government advanced them from January 8
Published on Jan 17, 2022 12:30 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Rajya Sabha polls another focus point for Cong in 2022
Among the 75 Upper House seats going to biennial polls during 2022, there are 7 seats from Punjab, 11 from Uttar Pradesh and one from Uttarakhand. These polls would be crucial for the party to improve its tally in Parliament.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 01:47 AM IST
HT THIS DAY: January 18, 1954 -- India win by innings and 50 runs
The last six tourists’ wickets fell today to the addition of 74 runs to their overnight score of 94 for 4. Ghulam Ahmed took four wickets and Gupte accounted for two batsmen.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 01:12 AM IST
Lata Mangeshkar still under observation
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar continues to be under treatment in the ICU of a city hospital here, the doctor treating her said on Sunday.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 04:55 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Mumbai
Telangana CM invited to SP’s UP campaign
Hyderabad: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has been invited by the Samajwadi Party to join the polls campaign for Uttar Pradesh, a senior leader of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti told HT here on Sunday
Published on Jan 17, 2022 12:18 AM IST
Bihar: Toll in Nalanda hooch tragedy climbs to 13, SIT to probe case
The death toll in the Nalanda hooch tragedy on Sunday rose to 13, prompting the Bihar government to form a SIT to probe the incident.
Published on Jan 17, 2022 12:14 AM IST
Subhash Pathak, Patna
MP’s famous ‘Collarwali’ tigress dies at 16
The tigress was 16. Also known as Mataram, she had given birth to 29 cubs in eight litters during 11 years - between 2008 and 2018 - the officials said, adding that 25 of the 29 cubs survived.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 01:29 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Daytime temperatures plummet across northwest India, to persist till Monday: IMD
Bitter cold continued to affect several parts of northwest India on Sunday with most parts of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, parts of Madhya Pradesh, east and northwest Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh recording cold day to severe cold day conditions, when day temperatures are significantly low
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 04:55 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Haridwar hate speech: Seer Narsinghanand booked for assaulting 3 reporters
The seer, meanwhile, was sent to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the hate speeches he made at a three-day-long Dharm Sansad in Haridwar on December 17-19.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 01:27 AM IST
Kalyan Das, Dehradun
Covid vaccination pace in India satisfactory, say experts
India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, has crossed several milestones in its campaign to fully inoculate its population.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 01:20 AM IST
Vaccination added strength to India’s Covid battle in last 1 year: Modi
India’s vaccination drive in the last 1 year against Covid-19 has added great strength to the fight against the pandemic and has resulted in saving lives and protecting livelihoods, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 01:16 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Mumbai records under 10k Covid cases, positivity rate also declining
Daily cases of Covid-19 dropped below the 10,000 mark for the first time in nearly two weeks in Mumbai. The positivity rate, the proportion of tests returning positive for Covid-19, meanwhile dropped to 13.7% from an average of around 20-22% over the past week.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 01:22 AM IST
Eeshanpriya M S, Mumbai
Amid another wave, Odisha’s Kandhamal district grapples with a learning gap
As Omicron looms, and more uncertainty confronts India’s schools, in a five-part series from across the country, HT looks at the vast ramifications of the pandemic on India’s schools and children
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 06:35 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty, Kandhamal
Centre launches stamp to mark 1 year of Covid vaccination
India released a commemorative postal stamp on Covid-19 vaccination on Sunday to mark one year of the country’s national immunisation programme against the virus.
Published on Jan 17, 2022 12:08 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
1 year on, 70% adults fully vaccinated: Govt
Marking the occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the “exceptional” role of health care workers for a year of hard work.
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 06:58 AM IST
Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Oil, budget and economic sentiment
Traditionally, Union budgets have mattered for people at large because of two reasons: prices of goods and income tax rates.There is some merit in the argument that inflation is a bigger dampener on economic sentiment in India than low growth rates
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 06:58 AM IST
Roshan Kishore and Vineet Sachdev
NIA arrests absconding trafficker in West Bengal fake currency notes case
In a joint operation with the BSF, the NIA arrested Aladu from his native place in West Bengal’s Malda
Published on Jan 16, 2022 11:50 PM IST
Press Trust of India
Woman tortured with cigarettes, raped in Madhya Pradesh, husband among 5 arrested
The woman, hailing from Chhattisgarh, got married to an Indore-based man after meeting him on a matrimonial site, police said
Published on Jan 16, 2022 11:47 PM IST
Press Trust of India