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Jake Lang's alleged texts with ‘15-year-old girl’ surface; ‘arrest him!’

Jake Lang, conservative activist and Republican US Senate candidate for Florida, in New York.
Updated on Mar 12, 2026 05:59 am IST

Did Erika Kirk send inappropriate texts to 15-year-old in 2014?

CEO and Chair of the Board of Turning Point USA, Erika Kirk.
Updated on Feb 15, 2026 12:01 pm IST

MP: Man dies by suicide after killing friend, says police; one held

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Updated on Apr 10, 2023 08:57 pm IST

Panchkula: Retd banker clicks on link to update PAN, loses 8.27 lakh

Acting on his complaint, Panchkula police on Friday registered a case under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code at the Cyber Crime police station in Sector 12. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 03:51 am IST

Chandigarh man falls prey to India Post fee scam, loses 1 lakh

The victim said after he made the payment through his bank account, the passport was received the same day. But on March 25, 1.04 lakh were withdrawn from his SBI bank account. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 01:58 am IST

Bhosari MLA Landge, former corporator Bagwe get death threats, extortion call

Landge (left) recently launched the Parivartan Helpline service to provide people with various types of assistance. According to police, on Tuesday evening, an unknown person sent a message to the helpline number. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 11:44 pm IST

Centre to issue forex cards for 1.4 lakh Hajj pilgrims

Hajj Pilgrimage: Muslim pilgrims pray around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca. (AFP)
Published on Apr 04, 2023 05:55 am IST

Maharashtra prepares to vaccinate 3.25 crore people in six months

The vaccination drive is going to be conducted in a systematic manner with people having to register online and they will be asked to be present at a vaccination camp on a specific date and time, the officials revealed.
Published on Dec 13, 2020 12:37 am IST

Four of family found burnt to death in Punjab’s Faridkot district, suicide note blames Covid lockdown

Police said a three-page suicide note signed by the 40-year-old head of the family was recovered from near the bodies and it blamed the hardships faced due to the Covid-19 lockdown as the reason behind their taking the extreme step.
Published on Oct 17, 2020 06:30 am IST

Parents’ consent a must for children attending school from Sept 21

Latest Union home ministry guidelines permit states and UTs to call 50% of teaching and non-teaching staff for online teaching, tele-counselling and related work from September 21.
Published on Sept 11, 2020 10:31 pm IST

Humour: From text to text messages, the lost signs of letters

The struggle to make communication glitch-free continues, even today
Updated on Jul 26, 2020 08:00 am IST

iPad-generation kids good at reading facial emotions too

With the ubiquitous use of tablets and other devices today among toddlers as well as parents, the psychologists wanted to know: Have younger children missed the opportunity to understand social cues?
Updated on May 09, 2020 06:04 pm IST

Mismanagement to the fore as migrants miss train to Bareilly in Ludhiana

Social distancing goes for a toss as migrant workers swarmed the civil hospital to get themselves medically screened before leaving for their home states in Shramik Special trains in Amritsar on Wednesday.
Updated on May 07, 2020 12:36 am IST

Easing of lockdown begs the question: Who’s family in Italy?

Under the lockdown, Italians only have been able to leave home for essential jobs or vital tasks such as grocery shopping.
Updated on May 03, 2020 11:02 am IST

Missed childhood vaccinations trigger worry

India is inching closer towards the Sustainable Development Goal of bringing IMR down to 25 or fewer by 2030.
Updated on Apr 29, 2020 12:33 am IST

65-year-old Panchkula man loses 25,000 to online fraud

On January 16, MS Walia received a text message on his mobile number, stating his Paytm account will be blocked in 24 hours.
Updated on Feb 07, 2020 02:05 pm IST

18 months on, no sign of state’s school edu policy

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Published on Feb 04, 2020 09:56 pm IST

Chandigarh admn to switch to smart streetlighting system

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Updated on Nov 03, 2019 07:05 am IST

HT Picks: The most interesting books of the week

This week’s picks feature two memoirs and a guide to a nation.
Updated on Sept 27, 2019 10:47 pm IST

Since Sept 1, virtual courts received 42,503 traffic fine cases

According to a senior court official, all fines are reaching the court because the Delhi government is yet to decide on compoundable and non-compoundable offences and issue a notification listing offences under both categories.
Updated on Sept 13, 2019 03:32 am IST

Woman sexually harassed, blackmailed by neighbour

On August 1 this year, the suspect and two of his accomplices allegedly tried to kidnap the victim, police said.
Updated on Aug 19, 2019 10:06 am IST

Chinese man gets death for killing wife, hiding body in freezer for over 100 days

A court in China’s Shanghai on Friday upheld the death sentence given to a man for killing his wife and hiding her body in a deep freezer for over 100 days.
Updated on Jul 05, 2019 11:01 am IST

Fighting fake news is our collective responsibility

Can we blame the knife for a murder? Is it then fair to blame social media or messaging platforms alone for the problems of hate messaging, propaganda and misinformation?
Published on Jun 22, 2019 08:58 pm IST

Delhi court judge falls victim to ‘card cloning’, loses 35,000: Police

In his complaint to the police, the magistrate quoted the bank executive as telling him that his card had been ‘hacked’. But the DCP said since more number of victims have emerged, it appears to be a case of card cloning.
Updated on Jun 05, 2019 07:35 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress, BJP go all out in mega publicity drive

The BJP sent out more than 90 million text messages and 110 million audio messages to voters and had its workers place phone calls to nearly 250 million as part of their campaign.
Updated on May 23, 2019 04:46 pm IST

North corp writes to Delhi govt, asks for 385 crore first quarter tax dues

The monthly salary bill of the north corporation amounts to around 300 crore. Its budget deficit is 5,200 crore.
Published on May 18, 2019 07:51 am IST

Quit my job to feed people: Rahul Verma of the Uday Foundation

Rahul Verma aims to tackle mental health and the well-being of the old after the #Udayfightshunger campaign.
Published on Apr 22, 2019 02:08 pm IST