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Three die as car plunges into gorge in Chamba
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times/Dharamshala, Dharamshala
UPDATED ON NOV 27, 2020 01:05 AM IST
The accident took place on Chamba-Khajjiar road

More suicide deaths reported in May as compared to past two months
By Shalaka Shinde | Hindustan Times, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JUN 21, 2020 04:47 PM IST
While police have attributed “family connect” as the reason for fewer cases in April and March, psychiatrists cite Covid-19 induced financial distress for disturbing mental health issues post May

Body of missing chemist found near Rohini park
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JUN 16, 2020 06:08 AM IST
The chemist, Ashish Gupta, lived with his father, wife and two children. He used to run his medical store from the ground floor of the same building.

15-year-old girl sets herself ablaze in Panchkula, dies
By HT Correspondent | HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 06, 2019 01:14 AM IST

Mechanic bludgeons mother to death in Patiala, injures wife, three children
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Patiala
PUBLISHED ON NOV 09, 2019 10:46 PM IST
Survivors undergoing treatment at Chandigarh hospital

Samana couple dies as car hits stationary trailer
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Patiala
UPDATED ON NOV 08, 2019 11:30 PM IST
Another person injured in the collision; One of the victims was going to see a doctor

Body found in Ludhiana village: Victim was strangled to death, reveals postmortem report
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Ludhiana
UPDATED ON OCT 10, 2019 10:49 PM IST
Involvement of more than two persons suspected, say cops; add that victim was killed somewhere else and body was dumped in Gill Village

Supreme Court refers Centre’s plea on SC/ST act to larger bench
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 13, 2019 11:51 PM IST
The apex court had last year banned automatic arrests and registration of cases under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, triggering protests in many parts of the country against dilution of the law that was designed to protect marginalised communities from abuse and discrimination.

Supreme Court’s 2018 verdict diluting Dalit atrocity law to be reviewed by 3-judge bench
By Ashok Bagriya | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 13, 2019 05:18 PM IST
The top court had last year banned automatic arrests and registration of cases under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, triggering protests in parts of the country.

Ragpicker killed after chemical explosion in Hyderabad
By Srinivasa Rao Apparasu | Hindustan Times, Hyderabad
UPDATED ON SEP 08, 2019 04:30 PM IST
Shamshabad Deputy Commissioner of Police N Prakash Reddy said the incident occurred at around 10.45 am, when Mohammad Ali, a ragpicker, sitting on the footpath adjacent to the P V Narasimha Rao Expressway between pillar no. 279 and 280 tried to open a plastic box which he had collected along with other scrap.

₹3.3 lakh looted from Patiala trader
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Patiala
UPDATED ON AUG 28, 2019 11:18 PM IST
Prima facie, it appears the accused knew the victim and his routine and were aware that he carried cash after shutting his shop.

Allowing convicts with up to 2-yr jail term contest polls requires scrutiny: HC
By HT Correspondent | CHANDIGARH
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2019 01:54 AM IST
As a result, the law not only allows a convict to contest elections, but also allows a convicted member of the House to continue to hold seat, while serving his sentence.

Fire destroys two godowns in Bhiwandi, Mumbai
By Sajana Nambiar | Hindustan Times, Bhiwandi
UPDATED ON JUL 24, 2019 03:58 AM IST
The fire that broke out in Gayatri compound in Prerna complex near Anjur Phata in Val village was brought under control by 9.30am. The cooling operations went on till late in the evening.

15, including 4 children, crushed in midnight wall collapse in Pune
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON MAY 26, 2020 09:52 PM IST
As per initial reports, the wall collapsed on a slum where labourers were staying.

Maharashtra owes BMC Rs 45L for water bills of VIP homes
By HT Correspondent | Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUN 25, 2019 07:46 AM IST
Revenue minister Chandrakant Patil, however, told the legislative council that all dues related to the CM’s bungalow have been cleared in September 2018.

Two glasses, a pack of cigarettes that hold clue to three murders in Delhi
By Karn Pratap Singh | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 24, 2019 10:52 AM IST
The police suspect that the nursing attendant, Khushbu Nautiyal, may have unknowingly let a ‘friend’ or a ‘known person’ inside the house without realising that her act could prove fatal.

Karan Oberoi case: After lawyer, woman held for staging attack on self
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUN 18, 2019 08:52 AM IST
On May 25, the woman approached the police saying she was attacked by two bike-borne accused

Two fall to death while cleaning windows at high-rise in central Delhi
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 17, 2019 11:32 PM IST
Police said investigation revealed that the two were not wearing any safety gear.

15-year-old detained for raping 9-month-old in Rajasthan’s Karauli
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON MAY 29, 2019 07:39 AM IST
According to Hindaun Government Hospital’s principal medical officer, Dr Namo Narayan Meena, the toddler was brought to the hospital on Sunday night with injuries to her private parts

Denied ambulance, mother carries body
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Lucknow
PUBLISHED ON MAY 28, 2019 09:51 PM IST
The child, Afroz, was referred to Lucknow for treatment, but he died in his mother’s arms on the hospital premises.

Early morning murder rocks Patna, no arrest
By Avinash Kumar | Patna
PUBLISHED ON MAY 27, 2019 11:56 PM IST
According to the police, the incident took place about 500 metres from Buddha Colony police station area at 6 am. Three youths on a bike started following Rai from the park.

Adarsh co-op scam: 11 arrested for siphoning ₹1400 cr
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
PUBLISHED ON MAY 26, 2019 08:18 AM IST
Director general of police (DGP), SOG, Bhupendra Singh Yadav said the company was running Ponzi schemes, duping over than 20 lakh depositors. The Ahmedabad-based Adarsh Credit Cooperative Society had started its operations in 1999.

Man dies after consuming pesticide by mistake
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Gurugram
PUBLISHED ON MAY 22, 2019 03:18 AM IST
A relative of the family, requesting anonymity, denied the possibility of the man having killed himself, adding, “He accidentally consumed the poisonous substance. He had no problems related to his professional or personal life,” he said.

Cop dies minutes after alleged assault on road in East Delhi’s Vivek Vihar
By Anvit Srivastava | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 21, 2019 07:55 AM IST
Bhuri was apparently angry because he believed the sub-inspector had shot a video which may have implicated him for bootlegging, police maintained.

Cop hangs himself in barracks at Farrukhnagar police station
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Gurugram
PUBLISHED ON MAY 18, 2019 04:35 AM IST
Rajesh Kumar, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Manesar, said the ASI allegedly hung himself from the ceiling fan in the investigating official’s (IO) room in the evening.

Rear coach of EMU train derails at Ghaziabad station, none injured
PUBLISHED ON MAY 17, 2019 04:09 AM IST
The incident took place at 11.44am when train number 64055, coming from Delhi to Ghaziabad, derailed at the Ghaziabad railway station while entering platform number six.

Rotting body of woman found in locked house in Gurugram, spouse missing
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Gurugram
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2019 09:07 AM IST
Forensic expert Deepak Mathur, who conducted the autopsy, said the cause of death was strangulation and apart from neck, there were no other visible injury marks on the body.

Man who slit wife’s throat in Wadala held
By HT Correspondent | Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON APR 26, 2019 02:17 AM IST
The Wadala TT police, investigating the case, stated that the accused, Fazul Qureshi, attacked his wife Rita, 32, using a sharp weapon.

Lok Sabha elections 2019: EC notice to Sidhu for warning Muslims about division of votes
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 21, 2019 08:41 AM IST
The EC said prima facie he has violated provisions of the model code of conduct, election law and a SC direction asking politicians not to mix religion with political discourse while electioneering.

Chau murder: Andaman cops seek US help
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON APR 18, 2019 01:17 AM IST
A reclusive and endangered Sentinelese tribe killed Chau, an American citizen, when he ventured onto the forbidden North Sentinel Island.