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Lucknow Municipal Corporation again tasks Ecogreen with home garbage collection

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has again decided to trust Ecogreen, a waste-to-energy company, for door-to-door solid waste collection work in the state capital

Lucknow Municipal Corporation again tasks Ecogreen with home garbage collection (File photo)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 07:59 PM IST
By, Lucknow

2 held for demanding extortion money from Lucknow jeweller

The extortion demand was made in the name of jailed Punjab gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, whose named had surfaced in the murder of Punjabi singer Siddhu Moose Wala in 2022.

2 held for demanding extortion money from Lucknow jeweller (File)
Updated on Mar 24, 2023 07:54 PM IST
By, Lucknow

Rahul Gandhi will come out stronger against ‘dictatorship’: Gehlot

Gehlot said during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi raised the issue of price rise, unemployment, corruption and violence. Instead of paying attention to those issues, the BJP-led government is taking repressive steps against him

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot (left) with Rahul Gandhi at a press conference during Bharat Jodo Yatra (File Photo)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 07:09 PM IST

Peon in Indore collectorate arrested for misapproriating 5.6 crore: Police

Raoji Nagar police station in-charge Preetam Singh Thakur, who is investigating the case, said the peon, Milap Chauhan, was arrested following a complaint filed by the administration.

Indore collector Ilayaraja T recently received a complaint alleging misappropriation of government funds earmarked for schemes (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 06:27 PM IST

Protest in Idukki after operation to capture rogue elephant stayed by Kerala HC

The high court of Kerala stayed “Operation Arikomban” after the People for Animals and Walking Eye Foundation for Animal Advocacy approached the court saying the move to capture the elephant and make it Kumki through rigorous training was “unscientific and cruel.”

According to local residents in Munnar and Chinnakanal, the rogue elephant has attacked more than 60 houses and shops and trampled eight people to death (Representative Photo)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 05:48 PM IST

India working to eradicate TB by 2025 against global target of 2030: PM Modi

PM Modi was speaking at the One World TB Summit at Rudrakash Convention Centre in Varanasi after launching various initiatives, including the TB-Mukt Panchayat

The PM also awarded select states, union territories and districts for their progress towards eradicating TB. (Twitter | Narendra Modi)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 05:26 PM IST

Alert sounded in Uttarakhand amid hunt for Amritpal Singh

A woman arrested for allegedly harbouring Amritpal Singh and his associate in Haryana reportedly told police that he made some calls indicating they planned to go to Uttarakhand

Amritpal Singh. (HT PHOTO)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 04:31 PM IST

Punjab Congress leader Bajwa says Rahul punished by BJP for raising Adani issue

Punjab Congress Legislature Party leader terms disqualification of party leader Rahul Gandhi from Parliament a ‘new low in Indian politics’

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Punjab unit leaders Partap Singh Bajwa (green turban) and Amarinder Singh Raja Warring during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in the state in January. (Sameer Sehgal/HT file)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 03:52 PM IST

Opposition rallies behind Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his disqualification

Congress lawmaker Rahul Gandhi was on Friday disqualified as a member of Lok Sabha, Parliament’s Lower House, a day after a court in Gujarat’s Surat held him guilty of criminal defamation

Former Congress president and MP Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Parliament on Friday (File Photo)
Updated on Mar 24, 2023 04:02 PM IST

10-yr-old boy on way to Purnagiri shrine dies in accident

The accident comes a day after five pilgrims including three women were killed when a driver trying to park a private bus at Thuligarh lost control and rolled down a slope

Police said the group had stopped for a break in the Boom area and was resuming the journey when the boy tried to board the moving tractor. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 03:39 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi disqualified after court holds him guilty of criminal defamation

A court in Gujarat’s Surat held him guilty of criminal defamation for a remark he made ahead of the 2019 national polls about the Modi surname

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (REUTERS)
Updated on Mar 24, 2023 02:55 PM IST

Delhi Police file FIR over London protest that targeted Indian high commission

Delhi Police have registered a case under multiple penal provisions, including India’s anti-terror law, against Indian nationals allegedly involved in a violent protest outside the Indian mission in London on March 19, when pro-Khalistan activists pulled down the national flag

Khalistani elements attempting to pull down the Indian flag but the flag was rescued by the Indian security personnel at the High Commission of India in London on Sunday. (MATV, London)
Updated on Mar 24, 2023 02:58 PM IST

India making numerous efforts to eliminate Tuberculosis: PM Narendra Modi

PM will also launch TB-Mukt Panchayat initiative, the official pan-India rollout of a shorter preventive treatment and family-centric care model for TB and release of India’s Annual TB Report 2023

PM will also award select states/Union Territories and districts for their progress towards ending TB. (Narendra Modi | Facebook)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 11:11 AM IST

Decision on Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification likely to be announced today

A court in Gujarat’s Surat held him guilty of criminal defamation for a remark he made ahead of the 2019 national polls about the Modi surname

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 24, 2023 11:04 AM IST

Joint team formed by Delhi Police to check cybercrimes from Mewat and Bharatpur

Team 1 (Joint cybercrime coordination team) has been constituted for the Mewat region comprising states of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan

Over the past 4 years, police forces in NCR have come across cases of cyber fraud emanating from Mewat & Bharatapur. (Delhi Police | Twitter)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 10:55 AM IST

Ajay Banga, US’ World Bank candidate, tests Covid-19 positive upon arrival in India

Banga arrived in New Delhi for what was to be a two-day visit as the last leg of a three-week global tour to drum up support for his candidature

Ajay Banga, US nominee for leader of the World Bank. (Reuters File Photo)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 10:10 AM IST
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Fresh thunderstorm, hailstorm expected, likely to impact harvesting: IMD

India Meteorological Department asked farmers to defer harvesting crops in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Arunachal Pradesh

Wheat crop affected due to rain and strong winds near Amritsar. (PTI)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 09:31 AM IST

Para shuttler motivates KGMU students at Y20 summit

The Y20 India Summit -- a part of the G20 summit-- was organised by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Para shuttler motivates KGMU students at Y20 summit (file)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 01:55 AM IST
By, Lucknow

Prominent Lucknow jeweller receives extortion call

Prominent city businessman and owner of Khun Khun Ji Jewellers has received an extortion call made to him in the name of jailed Punjab gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, whose named had surfaced in the murder of Punjabi singer Siddhu Moose Wala in 2022

Prominent Lucknow jeweller receives extortion call (Pic for representation)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 01:50 AM IST
By, Lucknow

Three aides of Amritpal booked for snatching

The district rural police booked unidentified accomplices of Amritpal Singh, chief of Waris Punjab De, for rash driving and snatching motorcycle from a commuter near Sadiqpura village of Jalandhar district.

Police have recovered a Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle (PB-67-2895) used by Amritpal’s accomplice while fleeing from Nangal Ambian Gurdwara on March 18. (HT File Photo)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 01:25 AM IST

Haryana ACB arrests former DSP in graft case

A vigilance inquiry was registered against Phool Singh on the allegations of gross irregularities and criminal misconduct during the investigation of a vigilance case.

The ACB spokesperson said the allegations were found to be true after a detailed inquiry, and a criminal case was registered against him and his accomplices.
Updated on Mar 24, 2023 01:21 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Haryana gave 41-Cr cash awards to over 4k ineligible athletes, says CAG report

In September 2019, the state government notified a cash award scheme, applicable from April 2017, for the grant of cash awards to junior and sub-junior categories, inclusive of youth and cadet category tournaments for international and national competitions which were not a part of earlier sports policies of the state government, the audit said

Representational image
Published on Mar 24, 2023 01:20 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Deportation notices to 700 students: Take up matter with Canadian govt, Seechewal urges MEA

Rajya Sabha member Balbir Singh Seechewal on Thursday sought intervention of the Union government to stop the deportation of 700 students from Punjab by the Canadian government.

Seechewal said these 700 students have given lakhs of rupees as fees to the Canadian government and it is not their fault that travel agents have cheated them. (HT File Photo)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 01:19 AM IST
By, Kapurthala

Poor utilization of funds: HC summons principal secretary, director education of Haryana

The Punjab and Haryana high court has summoned the principal secretary and director higher education, Haryana, over the poor utilization of funds meant for schools in the state.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has summoned the principal secretary and director higher education, Haryana, over the poor utilization of funds meant for schools in the state.
Published on Mar 24, 2023 01:16 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

128 Chandigarh Housing Board properties up for grabs

Of the total Chandigarh Housing Board properties on offer, 38 are residential units on freehold basis, while 90 are commercial on leasehold basis

The bids can be placed on Chandigarh Housing Board’s website — www.chbonline.in — from March 24 to April 25. (iStock)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 01:14 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Mohali: Man who snatched 12,000 jailed for five years, fined 10,000

Pronouncing the sentence, the court of session judge Harpal Singh also ordered that the accused will have to serve another six months in prison if the fine is not paid

The accused, Dilshad, hails from Rahatpur district in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, and was living in Sector 56, Chandigarh, when he was arrested. (Getty Images/Purestock)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 01:13 AM IST
By, Mohali

Jalandhar bypoll: Partap Bajwa visits Dera Ballan, terms AAP leaders’ Mar 25 tour “opportunism”

Two days before Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s scheduled visit to Dera Sachkhand Ballan, leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa along with Congress candidate for Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary on Thursday paid obeisance at Dera premises on the outskirts of Jalandhar city.

Both Bajwa and Chaudhary were accompanied by battery of congress MLAs and former MLAs. (HTFile Photo)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 01:13 AM IST
By, Jalandhar

Duo found hanging in Kajheri bought 7-metre rope hours before: Chandigarh Police

Hailing from Chandrapur in Maharashtra, the duo had arrived in Chandigarh from Dehradun on Wednesday; police had found bus tickets in their pockets

Scanning through CCTV footage from the area, Chandigarh Police spotted the duo, aged 26 and 27, visiting a hardware shop in Kajheri village the same morning. (HT)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 01:13 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

End “wave of repression” against innocents, says Badal Senior

Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday expressed grave concern over the sequence of recent events in Punjab and called for an end to the ongoing “wave of repression” against innocents and maximum vigil to preserve the hard earned atmosphere of peace and communal harmony in the state.

Badal expressed anguish over the prevailing situation and said that this is an outcome directly of an “inept handling of a sensitive situation” by the present government. (HT File Photo)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 01:09 AM IST
By, Faridkot

GMCH-32 to recruit Group B, C staff on direct contractual basis

Pharmacy officer, laboratory attendant, junior radiographic technician/ X-ray technician, operation theatre assistant, junior dietician, female health worker, optometrist/refractions and junior radiotherapy technician will be recruited through this process

Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, will recruit paramedical technical staff (Group B), medical laboratory technicians (Grade-I) and Group C staffers for 40 sanctioned posts on direct contractual basis on deputy commissioner (DC) rates. (HT file photo)
Published on Mar 24, 2023 01:09 AM IST
By, Chandigarh
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