Articles by HT Correspondents
Chandigarh tricity area’s daily Covid cases cross 100 again
Within tricity, Chandigarh saw its tally of Covid cases jumping from 34 to 52 over the past 24 hours. In Mohali, the number rose from 33 to 46 and in Panchkula from 29 to 42

Published on Jul 06, 2022 02:17 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Chandigarh/mohali/panchkula
Haryana: One dead, two injured in road mishap in Rewari
The mishap took place when the trio was standing near the roadside after visiting their tube wells on Sunday night

Published on Jul 05, 2022 05:03 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Rohtak
Chandigarh tricity’s Covid cases drop to 96; unvaccinated man dies in Mohali
The patient, a 73-year-old man from Kansal village, was admitted at Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sector 16, Chandigarh

Published on Jul 05, 2022 04:05 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Chandigarh/mohali/panchkula
BJP says arrested militant not its member; parties in J&K demand high-level probe
BJP spokesperson Abhinav Sharma claimed the captured terrorist, Talib Hussain Shah of Rajouri, visited the party headquarters by posing as a reporter of a news portal under a conspiracy to conduct recce at the behest of his handlers across the border to target the party leadership.

Published on Jul 05, 2022 02:40 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Jammu/srinagar
Haryana: INLD to contest upcoming zila parishad polls on party symbol
Ellenabad MLA Abhay Singh Chautala said all four active members of Ajay’s family had been threatening people to vote for their nominee in the Dabwali civic body polls

Published on Jul 04, 2022 04:48 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Rohtak
Truck driver burnt alive in Karnal road accident
Three persons, including a mother-son duo, were also killed after a canter hit a motorcycle and a cycle at Bhiwani’s Malikpur village

Updated on Jul 04, 2022 04:39 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Karnal/rohtak
Single-use plastic ban: 164 challaned in Chandigarh tricity in 2 days
A total of 164 people were challaned across Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula on Friday and Saturday for using single-use plastic items

Updated on Jul 03, 2022 02:47 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Chandigarh/mohali/panchkula
NIA takes over probe into Amravati killing
The “involvement of organisations and international linkages” will be investigated in the NIA probe, the home ministry said in a tweet.

Updated on Jul 03, 2022 05:11 AM IST
HT Correspondents, New Delhi/nagpur
J&K: Revenue officer caught accepting bribe of ₹1.5 lakh
Ashok Sharma was arrested on Thursday night and ₹9 lakh were also recovered from the tout, Raman Gupta’s possession

Updated on Jul 02, 2022 04:55 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Jammu
BJP slams Pratibha over her Kotkhai case remark
Mahila Morcha president Rashmidhar Sood led the protest at Dharamshala and submitted a memorandum to the governor through deputy commissioner over the issue

Published on Jul 02, 2022 04:52 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Dharamshala/shimla
Covid claims fifth life in Mohali in 18 days
This was the fifth virus-related death in Mohali district in the past 18 days after no fatality for nearly three months since March 2

Published on Jul 02, 2022 02:58 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Chandigarh/mohali/panchkula
Quota to power balance: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde faces tall tasks
- The new Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde will also have to find a way to restore the political reservation that the OBC community enjoyed in local self-government bodies but was set aside by the Supreme Court in March this year.

Updated on Jul 02, 2022 07:08 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Mumbai
Torrential rain lashes city, triggers traffic chaos
Heavy monsoon showers pounded the city in the last 24 hours, leaving several areas inundated and bringing the traffic on major arterial roads to a crawl

Updated on Jul 02, 2022 12:32 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Mumbai
Overbearing deputy, OBC quota and state’s finances to keep CM Shinde on edge
His real challenge, however, would be running the government with a powerful ally who will likely control everything in his government

Published on Jul 02, 2022 12:04 AM IST
Monsoon arrives in Punjab, Haryana
According to the meteorological department’s report, the south-west monsoon has advanced into some parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on June 30

Updated on Jul 01, 2022 03:05 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Chandigarh/karnal/rohtak/ambala
13 dead, 50 missing after big landslide in Manipur
The incident took place late on Wednesday at Tupul yard railway construction camp, located about 79 km from Imphal. The Territorial Army was deployed near the station to guard the major railway line from Jiribam to Imphal, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said in a statement.

Updated on Jul 01, 2022 01:54 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Imphal/noney
Fadnavis to hold talks with Shiv Sena rebels before Maharashtra govt formation
The BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena rebels are likely to stake the claim for forming the next government in Maharashtra on Thursday or Friday

Updated on Jun 30, 2022 11:11 AM IST
Shinde’s revolt successful, rebel MLAs leave Assam for Mumbai with a pit-stop in Goa
The Goa administration made elaborate security arrangements as the MLAs used the gate used by the Navy to leave the airport

Updated on Jun 30, 2022 12:53 AM IST
Mamata’s ‘friendly party’ sweeps GTA polls; TMC wins panchayats, municipal seats
The TMC swept 19 of the 22 village panchayats under the Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad in north Bengal and four of the six municipal wards in the districts of North 24 Parganas, Hooghly and Purulia

Updated on Jun 29, 2022 10:17 PM IST
Shiv Sena moves SC against Maharashtra governor's call for floor test tomorrow
- Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said that asking the chief minister to face floor test on June 30 would be contempt of court proceedings since the matter was deferred by Supreme Court till July 11.

Published on Jun 29, 2022 10:27 AM IST
HT Correspondents, New Delhi / Mumbai
HR and KC colleges release merit lists, cut-offs drop by around 3% points
Mumbai: As non-state education boards (CBSE, CISCE) are yet to declare their Class 12 board exam results, the first merit list for admissions to undergraduate (UG) degree courses at HR and KC colleges in Churchgate saw their cut-offs dipping by around 3 percentage points on Tuesday

Published on Jun 29, 2022 12:56 AM IST
Shinde hints at Maharashtra return as Fadnavis meets governor
Former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis returned to Mumbai after meeting Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda in Delhi and drove to Raj Bhavan from the airport.

Updated on Jun 29, 2022 05:53 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Guwahati/new Delhi/mumbai
ONGC chopper makes emergency landing in Arabian Sea; Coast Guard joins rescue
Six of the nine people on the ONGC chopper have been rescued and efforts to bring the remaining three to safety are continuing

Updated on Jun 28, 2022 04:22 PM IST
Indian Coast Guard commissions indigenous ‘ALH MK-III’ helicopter
The Indian Coast Guard said the induction of ALH Mark 3 is a leap forward to self-reliance “in line with the government’s initiative towards ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’

Updated on Jun 28, 2022 03:17 PM IST
Panchkula police arrest 39 drug peddlers in last two months
Within the last two months, 39 drug peddlers have been arrested by the Panchkula police as a part of the drive against drugs. A separate unit has been constituted to arrest those dealing in drugs

Published on Jun 28, 2022 01:59 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Panchkula
Twitter blocks over 80 posts, handles after Centre’s orders
Among the accounts taken down were Kisan Ekta Morcha and Tractor 2 Twitter, two that were active during the farm protests and with over 500,000 follows in all

Updated on Jun 28, 2022 04:30 AM IST
HT Correspondents, New Delhi
Sinha files presidential poll nomination; Oppn calls in ‘battle of ideologies’
The Opposition also announced an 11-member campaign committee to assist Sinha for the election scheduled to be held on July 18

Updated on Jun 28, 2022 01:59 AM IST
Pakistan says Brics member blocked participation in Beijing meeting
Though Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar did not name the Brics member which blocked Pakistan’s participation in the high-level dialogue on global development on June 24, media reports in Pakistan cited sources as saying the country was India.

Updated on Jun 28, 2022 01:11 AM IST
HT Correspondents, New Delhi/beijing
Punjab FM presents AAP govt’s first budget, provision for 300 units of free power
Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday presented a ₹1,55,859.78-crore budget and announced the outstanding debt would rise to ₹305361.44 crore in the 2022-23 financial year

Updated on Jun 27, 2022 12:56 PM IST
Centre extends Y+ security to rebels
The rebel MLAs also recently wrote to governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, alleging a threat to their lives

Updated on Jun 27, 2022 04:13 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Mumbai