
CBI given 12 days to interrogate Amit, Jeevan Kumar
CBI given 12 days to interrogate Amit, Jeevan Kumar
By HT Correspondent | None
UPDATED ON FEB 11, 2008 03:56 AM IST
CBI given 12 days to interrogate Amit, Jeevan Kumar

Health minister Harsh Vardhan to take Covid-19 vaccine shot today
By Rhythma Kaul
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 08:39 AM IST
India on Monday began the next phase of Covid-19 vaccination for those above 60 years of age, and people between 45 and 59 years of age with specific comorbidities

Interpol issues red notices against Iqbal Mirchi’s widow, sons
By Neeraj Chauhan
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 08:53 AM IST
The notice will now empower the UK authorities to put the three—Hajra Memon, Junaid Iqbal Memon and Asif Iqbal Memon—under arrest after which India can begin the extradition process, according to people aware of the developments

Rain, snow in Western Himalayas all of March first week: IMD
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Smriti Sinha
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 08:23 AM IST
A fresh Western Disturbance is likely to affect Western Himalayan region from the night of March 2. Another fresh Western Disturbance is likely to affect Western Himalayan region from the night of March 5. Under its influence, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall or snowfall activity is likely over the region from March 6 to 8

Covid vaccine: Mallikarjun Kharge says he's old; 'I don't need,' says Anil Vij
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 08:40 AM IST
Kharge, however, didn't say that he won't take the vaccine. "I merely have 10 to 15 more years to live," he said

SBI commits ₹11 crore to support government's Covid-19 vaccination drive
ANI, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 08:21 AM IST
In 2020, SBI had committed 0.25 per cent of its annual profit to support the fight against Covid-19 and also made significant contribution in the form of supply of masks, sanitizers among others to the needy.

Former Rajasthan IAS officer takes charge as commissioner of SMC
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shivani
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 07:59 AM IST
Khan succeeded Gazanfar Ali after the reshuffle by the administration in the union territory.

SC dismisses PIL to clip Centre's power on IPS transfers
By Abraham Thomas | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 07:46 AM IST
- The petitioner questioned the rule in the light of constitutional freedoms, in particular the right to equality (Article 14), arguing that the provision provides ‘arbitrary’ discretion in the hands of the Centre and allegedly also impacts the right to dignity of the officers concerned

Gujarat local body election results 2021 Live: Counting to begin shortly
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 08:45 AM IST
There are a total of 8,474 seats across 81 municipalities, 31 district panchayats and 231 taluka panchayats. But elections were held on 8,235 seats as rest were unopposed.

TMC govt, CBI set for another face-off in Supreme Court
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 07:27 AM IST
On Monday, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government filed a petition in the top court challenging CBI’s power to register a coal smuggling case, pointing out that the state government withdrew the general consent to the central investigation agency to conduct investigations within the state as far back as November 2018.

Madras HC to monitor IPS officer’s sexual harassment case against top cop
By Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 07:25 AM IST
The CB-CID has registered an FIR against the accused under sections 354-A (sexual harassment), 341, 506(1) under the IPC and section 4 of the Tamil Nadu prohibition of harassment of women Act 1998, officials said.

Supreme Court judges to get vaccine today, no choice between Covaxin, Covishield
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 07:24 AM IST
The apex court is gearing up to resume physical hearing soon, after it switched to online hearing since March 24, 2020.

Covid-19 LIVE updates: China aims to vaccinate 40% of population by June
By hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 08:08 AM IST
- The global cases also spiked in almost two months in the past week, mainly in the Americas, Europe and Southeast Asia. The World Health Organization cited countries easing restrictions, people letting their guard down and variants spreading as reasons behind the resurgence of Covid-19.

Chinese ops target India’s energy infra
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 06:54 AM IST
First reported by the New York Times on Monday, security consultancy Recorded Future said the attackers (which it calls RedEcho) targeted at least “10 distinct power sector organisations” with a malware known as ShadowPad.

17-year-old dalit girl was strangulated, smothered to death: Police
By HT Correspondent, Agra
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 06:50 AM IST
“Strangulation and smothering have been assigned as reasons for death of the girl. The body was dragged from a nearby field to the spot where it was found by villagers,” said SSP Aligarh Muniraj G.

Over 5 million sign up on Day 1 as vaccine drive enters Phase 2
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 06:43 AM IST
The drive kicked off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking his dose of the vaccine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi early in the morning, following which a bevy of prominent people too took shots in an attempt to encourage others.