
Trains collide near Malda, no casualties
Trains collide near Malda, no casualties
By HT Correspondent | None
UPDATED ON JUL 31, 2011 09:02 PM IST
Trains collide near Malda, no casualties

Amit Shah attacks CM over gold smuggling case
By Ramesh Babu, Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 03:40 AM IST
- Addressing the concluding session of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president K Surendran’s “Vijay Yatra” in the state capital, Shah posed five questions to the CM.

DMK finalises seat-sharing deal with seven allies in TN
By Divya Chandrababu, Hindustan Times, Trichy
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 03:37 AM IST
- Addressing a state conference for its cadres on the outskirts of Trichy, Stalin said a DMK government will give ₹1,000 every month to housewives and create a million jobs every month.

After Jammu G23 meet, Tewari hits campaign
By HT Correspondent, Hindustan Tmes, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 03:17 AM IST
- The meeting came a week after Tewari and other letter writers, the group has been tagged the G23, addressed a meeting in Jammu in honour of retired MP Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Over 300 people try to gauge mood for Cong in TN, Kerala
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 03:12 AM IST
- In Tamil Nadu, the Congress is in alliance with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham (DMK).

6 states continue to record spike in Covid cases: Centre
By Rhythma Kaul, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 01:22 AM IST
- The observations from the Union health ministry come a day after the country reported the largest single-day increase in new Covid-19 infections in two months.

‘Women are not pleading, they are leading’: Smriti Irani
By Vinod Sharma, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 08, 2021 12:53 AM IST
- Smriti Irani says, "I’m the only female politician who’s also recognised by her former vocation. I recognise the bias in that."

2nd half of Budget session may be cut short due to state polls
By Saubhadra Chatterji, Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 08, 2021 12:40 AM IST
- An official said that both Houses could meet at 11 am from the second week following the vaccination of eligible MPs.

Five of family found dead in Chhattisgarh
By Ritesh Mishra, Hindustan Times, Raipur
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 12:27 AM IST
- A suicide note found at the spot said they took the decision because of acute financial distress, an official said.

Govt plan to take over mine auctions faces opposition from a few states
By Chetan Chauhan, Gerard de Souza, Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Goa
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 12:21 AM IST
- The changes have been opposed by some states who see it as another attempt by the Centre to take over mining auctions and impose central rules on a state domain.

India must strive to catch the ecological bus
By Bharati Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 12:16 AM IST
- A re-invigorated biodiversity management policy is India’s survival strategy. At this point in our development trajectory, we don’t pay any heed to either biodiversity or landscape conservation.

Early summer, lack of rain spark fires
By Jayashree Nandi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 12:10 AM IST
- According to Forest Survey of India’s forest fire alert system, there were 2,317 fire points last year between February 26 and March 7, but the figure rose to 53,211 this time after data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) was taken into account.

Woman, 32, mother of two rappels down 155-feet mountain blindfolded in 58 sec
ANI, Kancheepuram
UPDATED ON MAR 07, 2021 11:54 PM IST
The record was entered in the UNICO Book of World Records and was certified by an official adjudicator R. Sivaraman.

24-yr-old man gets death for rape, murder of 5-yr-old boy
By HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Rudrapur
UPDATED ON MAR 08, 2021 12:56 AM IST
Special Pocso judge Vijay Laxmi Vihan also awarded four years of imprisonment to the father of the accused and three years to his mother for concealing the crime, Vikas Gupta, special assistant district government counsel, said.

Every breach of promise to marry doesn’t mean rape: SC
By Utkarsh Anand, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 08, 2021 01:05 AM IST
An SC bench of justices Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and MR Shah elucidated the legal position while exonerating a 30-year-old man of the rape charge under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code.

Women are not pleading, they’re leading: Smriti Irani
By Vinod Sharma
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 10:57 PM IST
New Delhi: On the eve of the International Women’s Day, union minister for women and child development Smriti Irani spoke to HT on the challenges and opportunities the women have in the country, her role as a minister and the BJP’s battle axe against the Congress