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Musk's White House stint begins, he now has an office, official email address

Billionaire Elon Musk has already obtained an office space and a White House email address, paving the stage for him to start the Department of Government Efficiency, a cost-cutting initiative.

Updated 558 days ago

Chandigarh: Illicit liquor seized from multiple vends

Excise and taxation commissioner Rupesh Kumar emphasised that the department is committed to eradicating illegal activities related to liquor. (HT File)

Updated 736 days ago

New building for KGMU’s general surgery dept on cards

A view of the KGMU campus. (HT file)

Updated 737 days ago

Power dept launches drive to check power pilferage in Prayagraj

(Pic for representation)

Updated 819 days ago

91 hectares of encroached Ridge freed in Delhi: Forest department

Delhi has four prominent Ridge areas and the total area under the Ridge as reserved forests is around 7,784 hectares. (AFP)

Updated 833 days ago

Wheat procurement : Haryana to set up round-the-clock nakas in border districts

To deal with this problem, additional chief secretary (ACS-food, civil supplies and consumer affairs) Sumita Misra on Friday requested DGP Shatrujeet Kapur to direct all the superintendents of police to set up round-the-clock nakas in all the bordering districts so that traders may not bring the produce for sale in Haryana mandis. (HT File)

Updated 863 days ago

Himachal: Aarti Gupta appointed director of public relations

Aarti Gupta, additional director, Information and Public Relations, was promoted as the director of the department on Thursday. She is the first woman officer within the department to become the director. (HT Photo)

Published 872 days ago

Macy's to close 150 stores but expand luxury Bloomingdale's, Bluemercury outlets

The iconic but struggling US department store Macy's announced plans on February 27, 2024 to close almost a third of its eponymous locations by 2026 while building up its upscale Bloomingdale's and Bluemercury brands. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP)

Published 888 days ago

Karnataka govt school students forced to clean toilets; action against principal

Govt school students in Karnataka forced to clean toilets, HM suspended - Pic for representation

Updated 955 days ago

Punjab VB team raids grain markets to check bogus billing

Following a complaint by the food, civil supplies and consumer affairs secretary, Gurkirat Kirpal Singh about bogus purchase in grain markets on Diwali, nearly 40 teams of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) raided various grain markets to access stock of paddy procured in the wee hours on Tuesday. (HT File Photo)

Updated 992 days ago

13 unauthorised colonies regularised in Gurugram

HT Image

Updated 1030 days ago

Kejriwal orders suspension of official accused of raping friend’s daughter

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal (HT Photo)

Updated 1078 days ago

Delhi colleges abuzz as DU begins academic year

First-year students at the start of the new academic session at Miranda House, in New Delhi on Wednesday (Sanjeev Verma/HT)

Updated 1083 days ago

CAG report 2021-22: Anomalies found in functioning of Chandigarh forest and wildlife department

The draft report of the director general of audit (central), Chandigarh, has pointed out several discrepancies and irregularities in the functioning of the department of forest and wildlife in the year 2021-22. (HT File)

Updated 1192 days ago

Chandigarh vigilance department launches helpline number

The vigilance department of the Chandigarh administration has also issued landline numbers – 0172-2760820/0172-2740012 – and e-mail addresses — sspvigc.chd@nic.in and vigilance-chd@nic.in. (HT File)

Updated 1194 days ago

Punjab rolls out vehicle tracking system for wheat transportation

The Punjab food and civil supplies department has implemented the vehicle tracking system (VTS) during the ongoing wheat procurement by installing Global Positioning System (GPS) in 26,250 vehicles used in transportation of wheat from the mandis to storage points or the railheads from where the freshly harvested produce is sent to consumer states.

Updated 1197 days ago

Ludhiana: Transporter, aides steal truck seized by state GST in Dugri

A case under sections 379 (theft) and 120-B (Criminal conspiracy) of IPC has been lodged against the accused. (HT File Photo)

Updated 1198 days ago

Chandigarh admn initiates disciplinary proceedings against former ETO

An inquiry was launched by the Chandigarh vigilance department, following which the chief vigilance officer has decided to initiate disciplinary proceedings for a major penalty against the then ETO, Munish Nayyar. (Getty images)

Updated 1200 days ago

Promotion of lecturers/headmasters: Edu dept withdraws order after NCSC direction

NCSC chairman Vijay Sampla directed the education department to hold meetings with all concerned SC associations to resolve their grievances. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated 1200 days ago

Punjab vigilance books patwari, aide for taking ₹7,000 bribe

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Wednesday registered a case against a patwari, Amanpreet Singh, posted at revenue Dharour in Sahnewal tehsil of Ludhiana district, and his aide Inderjit Singh for accepting a bribe of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>7,000. Inderjit Singh was nabbed red-handed while taking the bribe money. (Getty Images/ Representational image)

Updated 1201 days ago

Confusion over nodal ministries flagged at consultations on draft AVGC policy

Experts, academics, and industry leaders participated in the consultations. (PIB)

Updated 1203 days ago

Gullak director Palash Vaswani is not fretting about star culture entering the OTT space

Director Palash Vaswani is known for Permanent Roommates and Gullak

Updated 1206 days ago

Uttar Pradesh government provides tap water connection to 1 crore rural families

Uttar Pradesh is the first state in the country to provide 40,000 tap connections daily. (For representation)

Updated 1206 days ago

Two temporary teachers face termination for ‘attacking’ Punjab education minister’s car

The teachers, including Sukhchain Singh, denied the charge and said on April 11, there was an inordinate delay in the meeting, for which they were protesting. (File Photo)

Updated 1206 days ago

DTCP notice to architects, designers of Chintels Paradiso over false certifications

Gurugram, India-February 07, 2023: One year will be completed since the Chintels Paradiso incident on 10th February; Chintels Paradiso society in Sector 109 of Gurugram, where a portion tower D of a sixth-floor apartment collapsed all the way down to the first floor killing one woman one year ago near Euro International School, in Gurugram, India, on Tuesday, 07 February 2023. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Updated 1207 days ago

After political intervention, PMC issues transfer orders

Political leaders have claimed that certain staff were not transferred despite having served for three years, so the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has begun the transfer procedure as per the norms. (HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated 1208 days ago

No decision to import milk items: Centre

No decision has yet been taken to import dairy products, a top official said. (REUTERS)

Updated 1213 days ago

Beautification project: Redo tile work, Panchkula mayor tells contractor

Mayor Kulbhushan Goyal while addressing a press conference after the inspection of beautification works in the city. (Sant Arora/HT)

Updated 1214 days ago

Ludhiana MC warns residents of flat allotment fraud

The Ludhiana MC officials have warned the residents that they should not fall prey to the fraudsters and contact the officials if they come to know about any of these illegal activities (Getty images)

Updated 1214 days ago

Himachal assembly passes groundwater amendment Bill

Now, offenders will be imposed a fine of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10 lakh for each violation. The Bill was introduced in the assembly on Wednesday by deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri. The amendment in Section 21 of the Himachal Pradesh Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, 2005, provides that in place of imprisonment of five years, the offender will be penalised with a fine of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10 lakh. (PTI File Photo)

Updated 1215 days ago

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