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J&K to receive season’s first heavy snowfall over next 2 days: Weatherman
The meteorological department has predicted heavy snowfall over the next couple of days, which has put the J&K administration on high alert. As per the weatherman, the UT is likely to receive the season’s first snowfall on Friday. The meteorological department also issued a weather advisory to J&K’s top officials.
Updated on Nov 12, 2020 01:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times/Srinagar | HT Correspondent, Srinagar
27-year-old woman tops KAS in first attempt
A resident of Srinagar, Mushtaq completed her BTech in civil engineering from the National Institute of Technology in 2017.
Updated on Oct 02, 2020 12:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times/Srinagar | HT Correspondent, Srinagar
Penalties for ex-RS MPs overstaying in bungalows
The move comes a year after Parliament cleared a legislation—Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019-- for speedy eviction of unauthorised occupants of government accommodation.
Updated on Jul 03, 2020 11:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
Jharkhand murders expose fault lines in tribal village line
Officials said additional forces were deployed to prevent further escalation in violence amid strong sentiments for and against the movement, through which several villages in the region have declared self-governance.
Updated on Jan 24, 2020 12:05 AM IST
Hindustan times, Jharkhand | Debashish Sarkar
UP government to provide free legal aid, ₹6,000 annual allowance to triple talaq victims
In a first-of-its-kind interaction with triple talaq victims in Lucknow, the CM said that the government was ready to support all women -- whether Hindu or Muslim.
Updated on Sep 25, 2019 10:50 PM IST
Lucknow | Saurabh Chauhan, Lucknow
CATS employees call off ambulance strike after 75 days
The employees went on a strike after a new contractor was hired by the government. They demanded they be inducted into government services, be given proper benefits, and paid all the dues.
Updated on Sep 14, 2019 04:41 AM IST
New Delhi |
HT Correspondent
Delayed by six months, Delhi’s Phase-II of Doorstep Delivery of Services to be launched on August 1
With this, the second phase of the scheme, the total number of government services provided through the initiative will be 70.
Updated on Jul 28, 2019 10:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sweta Goswami
Remembering Kamal Joshi: A hillman and a true national hero
Local heroes such as Kamal Joshi, who silently, self-effacingly, serve society, with no interest in fame or power or money, do not get the attention of the media. To be sure, they do not want it either. Yet it is these ‘local’ heroes who more truly embody the spirit of democracy and freedom in our Republic.
Published on Jul 27, 2019 07:05 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh government to forcibly retire non-performing employees
Chief minister Kamal Nath on Friday asked the heads of all the departments to do a screening of the works done by all the officers and employees of their respective departments and prepare a list of underperforming and non-performing employees.
Updated on Jul 07, 2019 08:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | Shruti Tomar
Residents of North Delhi give a thumbs up to parks
The park is surrounded by Jagatpur and Wazirabad villages on the one side and some newer settlements such as Baba Colony and Sangam Vihar.
Updated on Jun 05, 2019 06:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Vatsala Shrangi and Joydeep Thakur
India must correct the imbalance arising from financial exclusion
While the government is going ahead with what can do, the private sector has a significant role to play in achieving an all-round, inclusion-predicated, transformation of India
Updated on May 18, 2019 06:02 PM IST
On rights, the Congress manifesto scores over the BJP
The mere mention of rights could end up being a formality, especially if people are not empowered to defend them
Updated on Apr 17, 2019 09:39 AM IST
‘No retirement age in politics,’ says Sumitra Mahajan
Mahajan announced on April 5 that she would not contest the Lok Sabha elections. In a letter to BJP chief Amit Shah, she wrote that she has freed the party to make its choice for Indore seat.
Updated on Apr 10, 2019 10:01 PM IST
Indore |
Press Trust of India
Gurugram doctor kidnapping: MMA fighter, 5 other athletes took to crime for easy money
Police said the gang was formed by Jatan in 2015 after his brother was shot dead over political rivalry in the village. Chaubey joined them in 2017.
Updated on Mar 29, 2019 09:41 AM IST
Gurugram | Leena Dhankhar
CIC directs census body to file affidavit saying it has no information about OBC caste data
Several groups have been demanding caste-based census to press for their demands of proportionate representation in government services.
Updated on Mar 25, 2019 03:48 PM IST
New Delhi |
Press Trust of India
2019 Budget Speech: Full text of finance minister Piyush Goyal’s speech in Parliament
2019 Budget Speech: Union finance minister Piyush Goyal presented the interim Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
Updated on Nov 04, 2019 03:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
HT Correspondent
MP bureaucrat takes to social media after rebuke by senior, seeks transfer
“17 years of government service, transfer in 10 districts and 19 shiftings, I was always made to feel untouchable, like a German Jew. Khan surname hounded me like a ghost.” Niyaz Ahmed tweeted.
Published on Jan 10, 2019 10:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | Punya Priya Mitra
Protest in Pune: Central Excise and CGST officers agitate over promotions, healthcare
The officers held a lunch hour protest to highlight their long- pending demands such as five times promotion in a career span along with the higher pay grade levels and facilities of health care.
Updated on Jan 09, 2019 03:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | HT Correspondent
We must give our girls the chance to dream big
Good steps are being taken, but in pockets. The situation calls for a concerted national campaign, like Swachh Bharat. It is time we all got involved: parents, schools, media, and donors.
Updated on Dec 19, 2018 07:22 AM IST
S Korea students gain weight to dodge mandatory military service
An able-bodied South Korean man is required to enrol by age 28 in the military, for a minimum of 21 months. “The classmates shared tips on how to gain weight on an online chatroom,” military manpower administration said.
Updated on Sep 11, 2018 05:51 PM IST
Seoul |
Agence France-Presse
Doorstep service delivery scheme in Delhi partially solves larger problem: Experts
Under the doorstep delivery of services scheme, Delhiites can avail of up to 40 government services such as getting caste, income, domicile and marriage certificates, new water connections, driving licence, vehicle registration, scholarships and pensions.
Updated on Sep 11, 2018 02:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sweta Goswami
Odisha govt to ‘disengage’ 50,000 retired employees
A government source said a decision to this effect was taken last month during a meeting of secretaries of all departments. Disengagement of retired persons from government services was a logical step when largescale recruitment was on in several departments, the source added.
Updated on Sep 03, 2018 11:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar |
Debabrata Mohanty
Village in Rahul Gandhi’s Amethi to go digital from Sept 1, thanks to Smriti Irani
The village would be digitally linked to the outside world in a formal ceremony on September 1 by Irani, dubbed as Gandhi’s arch-rival, working over time to unseat him in the next Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Aug 31, 2018 11:13 AM IST
Press Trust of India |
Press Trust of India
Delhi plans doorstep delivery of 40 key govt services such as birth, caste certificates by July
The doorstep delivery will be available at a nominal fee, around ₹50, but that is yet to be finalised.
Updated on Jun 01, 2018 04:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Ashish Mishra
Low salary, incentives keep doctors away from joining Karnal’s medical college
Hospital sees daily footfall of 2,200 as it caters to many adjoining dists, neighbouring states.
Updated on May 16, 2018 10:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Karnal | Neeraj Mohan, Karnal
Uttarakhand to launch digital locker scheme to check graft
Aiming to check corruption in government services, Uttarakhand has decided to facilitate people to open digital locker accounts to store soft copies of their documents like educational and birth certificates
Published on May 08, 2018 10:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Joshi, Dehradun
India can lead the way to deliver health for all
Digital identity technologies, like the Aadhaar biometric system, have to potential to change the lives of tens of thousands of children under the healthcare radar, by improving their access to immunisation
Published on Apr 20, 2018 12:43 PM IST
Maharashtra govt to set up minorities commissionerate: minister Kamble
The Maharashtra minorities commissionerate will be headed by minorities commissioner of IAS rank officer and will have under its wings Maulana Azad Minorities Financial Development Corporation (MAMFDC), Maharashtra State Board of Wakfs, Maharashtra State Haj Committee, Maharashtra State Urdu Academy and Maharashtra State Minorities Commission.
Updated on Apr 10, 2018 02:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune |
Nadeem Inamdar
Skipping 2 years’ government service to cost medical passouts heavily
Skipping the new and mandatory clause of serving government hospitals or medical colleges for two years can cost medical passouts heavily in Uttar Pradesh – up to Rs 1 crore.
Published on Apr 03, 2018 03:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Govt’s optical fibre cable project BharatNet entangled in turf war
The BharatNet project has got entangled in Right of Way issues between the DoT and the ministry of road transport and highways. The roads ministry has denied permission to DoT to lay cable within highways RoW until the department pays the license fee.
Updated on Apr 02, 2018 07:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta