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Articles by Aniruddha Dhar
No-trust vote yet; Pakistan SC may open doors at midnight: Top updates
The vote is yet to happen despite the passage of nearly 12 hours since the session started on Saturday.
Updated on Apr 09, 2022 11:49 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Caught on CCTV camera: BMW car in Mangaluru jumps divider, rams into scooty
Another woman who was standing on the divider to cross the road had a narrow escape as the car whizzed past her smashing into the two-wheeler on the other side of the road.
Updated on Apr 09, 2022 08:28 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
No-trust vote against Pak PM Imran Khan likely after 8pm, says local media
On Thursday, the Supreme Court had restored the dissolved Parliament and ordered the convening of a session on April 9 to conduct a trust vote against the premier.
Updated on Apr 09, 2022 05:34 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
'Wrong': Hijab poster girl Muskan's father rebuts al Qaeda chief's video message
Mohammad Hussain Khan said the police and Karnataka government can initiate an inquiry to ascertain the truth.
Updated on Apr 07, 2022 12:40 AM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
XE variant of Covid-19 in India: What are the symptoms of new mutation
The WHO said that the XE recombinant (BA.1-BA.2) was first detected in the UK on January 19.
Updated on Apr 06, 2022 08:00 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
AAP's 'Mission Himachal' begins with Kejriwal, Mann roadshow in Mandi
To begin its campaign for upcoming assembly elections, the AAP has chosen Mandi, the home turf of incumbent chief minister Jai Ram Thakur.
Updated on Apr 06, 2022 03:16 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Rajasthan: Constable hailed for saving infant amid Karauli communal violence
A picture of Netresh Sharma, a constable in the Rajasthan Police, holding the infant in his arms and running through narrow lanes of Karauli is being widely circulated on social media.
Updated on Apr 04, 2022 06:42 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
At Delhi ‘mahapanchayat’, Yati Narsinghanand exhorts Hindus to pick up arms
The head priest of Dasna Devi temple claimed "50 per cent of Hindus will convert" in 20 years if a Muslim became the prime minister of India.
Updated on Apr 03, 2022 08:52 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Sulking Shivpal Yadav takes oath, meets Yogi Adityanath; says ‘very soon…'
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia chief and Adityanath met at the CM's 5 Kalidas Marg residence for about 20 minutes.
Updated on Mar 30, 2022 10:31 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Who is Shehbaz Sharif — the man who could replace Pakistan PM Imran Khan?
On March 28, Shehbaz tabled the no-confidence resolution against Imran Khan.
Updated on Mar 30, 2022 08:50 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Explained: Assam-Meghalaya border dispute and today's ‘historic' agreement
Meghalaya was carved out of Assam as a separate state in 1972 but the new state had challenged the Assam Reorganisation Act, 1971.
Published on Mar 29, 2022 07:02 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
In first address to UP assembly, Yogi 2.0 has piece of advice for Opposition
Yogi Adityanath says the Opposition must work in tandem with the government to strengthen democracy.
Updated on Mar 29, 2022 03:19 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Weather alert: Heatwave in several states for next 5 days, predicts IMD
The maximum temperature in Delhi may touch 39 degree Celsius by March 28, the IMD said.
Updated on Mar 27, 2022 08:14 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Shashi Tharoor's witty response to Chetan Bhagat's ‘two kinds of English’ tweet
The Congress MP and the author had a lively exchange on Twitter after their meeting at an event.
Updated on Mar 27, 2022 03:45 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Odisha municipal election results: BJD wins all mayor posts, 76 councils
BJP mayoral candidates in three municipal corporations of Bhubaneswar (BMC), Cuttack (CMC) and Berhampur (BeMC) won over their nearest rivals.
Updated on Mar 27, 2022 12:39 AM IST
Video | Belarusian fighters join Ukraine’s military to take on Russians
The members of the battalion took an oath and became part of Ukraine’s armed forces.
Updated on Mar 26, 2022 04:17 PM IST
'Pandemic is not over': WHO's warning as Covid-19 cases surge globally
The number of new coronavirus cases globally increased by 7 per cent in the last week, driven by rising infections in the Western Pacific, even as reported deaths from Covid-19 fell, WHO said.
Updated on Mar 24, 2022 12:38 AM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
These are 20 most polluted cities in the world; Rajasthan city tops the list
According to the report, Delhi's air pollution, ranked at number 4 globally, increased almost 15 per cent over the previous year.
Updated on Mar 22, 2022 07:03 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Parents of Danish Siddiqui, Reuters photographer shot by Taliban, move ICC
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photographer was allegedly killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan last year.
Updated on Mar 22, 2022 05:00 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Goa: Pramod Sawant stakes claim to form govt, to take oath as CM on March 23
The announcement was made after the BJP held the much-awaited legislature party meeting. This will be the third straight term of BJP in Goa and the second term for Sawant
Updated on Mar 21, 2022 08:30 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
In message to Punjab MLAs, Arvind Kejriwal's dig at BJP over Goa, 2 other states
Kejriwal said compensation for crops damaged during October's unseasonal rains in Punjab has been released within three days of forming the government by AAP.
Updated on Mar 20, 2022 01:49 PM IST
Tripura: Reang refugee kids don’t know national anthem, stun child rights panel
A team of NCPCR was recently taken by surprise when none of the 4,000 children, aged up to 10 years, at temporary shelters for Reang refugees in Tripura’s Kanchanpur were able to identify the national anthem.
Updated on Jan 30, 2017 01:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aniruddha Dhar
Tripura: Reang refugee kids don’t know national anthem, stun child rights panel
A team of NCPCR was recently taken by surprise when none of the 4,000 children, aged up to 10 years, at temporary shelters for Reang refugees in Tripura’s Kanchanpur were able to identify the national anthem.
Updated on Jan 30, 2017 01:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aniruddha Dhar
Pakistan’s own Ranveer Singh: Meet online sensation Hammad Shoaib
Hammad Shoaib, a resident of Faisalabad in Pakistan’s Punjab province, is creating a lot of buzz on the internet for his striking resemblance to the Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh.
Updated on Jan 21, 2017 12:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aniruddha Dhar
Not just Amazon doormat: Websites sell Indian flag, emblem as shoe, dog coat
Amazon might have withdrawn Indian flag-themed doormats that angered foreign minister Sushma Swaraj but the online retail giant’s troubles appear far from over
Updated on Jan 12, 2017 12:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
From Abhaynagar to Rio, Dipa Karmakar’s giant leap
14 years of single-minded practice and planning helped Dipa Karmakar, who celebrates her 23rd birthday on Tuesday, put her home state Tripura on the international sporting map.
Updated on Aug 08, 2016 09:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Attacked and arrested, these Bangladeshi atheists fight it out in exile
On January 17, Shammi Haque and Ananya Azad experienced their first snowfall in Berlin, Germany. These two, among the main voices of free-thinking and atheism in Bangladesh, had fled their motherland after repeated threats from extremist groups last year.
Updated on Jan 31, 2016 12:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Pathankot attack reminds army veteran of 2002 J-K cantonment ambush
Lt Col EK Niranjan, the NSG commando who was killed during the Pathankot terror attack, reminds Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Darshan Singh Dhillon of the 2002 Kaluchak Cantonment attack.
Updated on Jan 08, 2016 07:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Budhia Singh: The Marathon Boy lost in the streets of Odisha
Budhia Singh, the overnight running star, touted as the next Milkha Singh, suddenly vanished from the magazine covers, athletic events and the streets of Odisha after 2007, almost as suddenly as he had appeared.
Updated on Oct 06, 2015 10:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Want to go back, but where’s development? Bihari migrants ask
The political slugfest and mud-slinging ahead of Bihar’s five-phase assembly election is of little importance to Mukesh Kumar. The only thing that gets this 37-year-old interested is the possibility that the winning party may construct a concrete approach road to his village Paharpur in Bihar’s Katihar district.
Updated on Sep 28, 2015 02:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi