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Ayodhya Ram temple chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das passes away

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath expresses condolences; mortal remains of Das brought to his ashram, last rites to be performed at Saryu Ghat in Ayodhya

Ayodhya Ram Mandir chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das. (ANI Photo)
Published on Feb 13, 2025 05:28 AM IST

HT This Day: February 13, 1983 -- Crowd fury over red carpet to Phoolan Devi

A large section of the assembled gathering shouted “murdabad” against the State Government as he Director-General of M-P police Mr B. P. Dube got up to speak

HT This Day: February 13, 1983 -- Crowd fury over red carpet to Phoolan Devi (HT)
Published on Feb 12, 2025 03:54 PM IST

Oppn seeks early restoration of peace, Kuki bodies hail Biren Singh’s exit

Leaders from the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities – who are on the two sides of the ethnic divide – saw little meaningful change from Singh’s exit.

Ex-Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh (File Photo/PTI)
Updated on Feb 10, 2025 01:49 AM IST
By, Guwahati/new Delhi

INDIA bloc will rise stronger: Akhilesh after poll setbacks

Speaking to the press in Agra on Sunday, Akhilesh Yadav said, “The INDIA alliance will strengthen further, and learning from defeat paves the way for the future.”

Akhilesh calls for toll-free travel to Mahakumbh (Sourced)
Published on Feb 09, 2025 08:26 PM IST
By, Lucknow/agra

Manipur chief minister Biren Singh resigns day ahead of budget session

Biren Singh’s resignation from the chief minister’s post comes amid reports of a rebellion by the MLAs of the ruling BJP in the ethnic crisis-hit northeastern state

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh (left)hands over his resignation letter to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla (middle), at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal on Sunday. (ANI)
Published on Feb 09, 2025 07:17 PM IST

Ghaziabad: Woman, her mother held for stepson’s torture

The incident came to light when the boy’s father, a resident of DLF Colony, approached the police on Thursday, sharing the alleged torture of his son by his second wife

Senior officials said that both the women were arrested, and an FIR was lodged against them for torturing the child. (Representational image)
Published on Feb 08, 2025 07:34 AM IST

Deportees narrate tales of harrowing journey from US

The accounts by the people HT spoke to came on a day on which details of their journey back to the country stirred anger in Parliament.

The deportees reported a common protocol at detention facilities: confiscation of phones and SIM cards, removal of shoelaces and jewellery, and being kept in cold facilities with limited food (PTI)
Updated on Feb 07, 2025 05:00 AM IST
By, Ludhiana/hoshiarpur/jalandhar

VVIP Delhi: When the stars voted

President Droupadi Murmu voted from the polling station in Dr Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya inside the Rashtrapati Bhavan complex.

President Droupadi Murmu shows her ink-marked finger after voting in the Delhi assembly elections on Wednesday. (ANI)
Updated on Feb 06, 2025 01:41 AM IST

‘Hope leaders as excited about Delhi as we are about voting’: First-time voters

Many spoke about the need for improvement in Delhi’s infrastructure, better schools, and more employment opportunities.

First-time voter Srishti Singh in Dwarka on Wednesday. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)
Published on Feb 06, 2025 01:39 AM IST

Welfare schemes, inflation main concerns for voters in Delhi

Delhi voters in slums voiced concerns over welfare schemes, inflation, and basic amenities, reflecting a mix of trust and frustration in the electoral process.

People cast their vote at a polling station in Bamnoli Village in south west Delhi on Wednesday. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)
Published on Feb 06, 2025 01:37 AM IST

Delhi slums, unauthorised colonies vote with focus on welfare schemes, inflation

For the millions of voters in these areas, access to basic amenities and government benefits played a crucial role in their electoral choices

Voters wait in queue at primary school of municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD) near Zakir Hussain Collage on Wednesday (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)
Published on Feb 05, 2025 04:59 PM IST

Delhi election 2025: D-Day for people, go out and vote

Delhi's 15.5 million voters face a crucial assembly election today, with AAP, BJP, and Congress vying for influence amid rising civic concerns.

Police personnel patrol Jama Masjid area on the eve of the Delhi assembly elections, in New Delhi, on Tuesday. (PTI)
Updated on Feb 05, 2025 06:14 AM IST
By, New Delhi

2,300 CCTVs to make Punjab borders more secure: DGP

The DGP said the cutting-edge facility is equipped with advanced technologies to tackle complex cybercrimes and provide swift and effective solutions to victims of online fraud.

DGP Yadav inaugurated cyber crime police station and overhauled police command control centre in Pathankot (HT Photo)
Published on Feb 04, 2025 07:02 AM IST

Campaign done, over to Delhi in high-stakes poll

Delhi assembly elections campaign ends with AAP, BJP, and Congress making final pitches to 15.5 million voters ahead of the February 5 vote.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal holds a roadshow in support of Delhi Chief Minister and party candidate from Kalkaji Assembly seat Atishi for the Delhi assembly elections, in New Delhi on Monday. (Atishi - X)
Updated on Feb 04, 2025 07:32 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Tourism push, package for business growth needed, say J&K industrialists

Lalit Mahajan, chairman of the Federation of Industries, Jammu, says there is no proposal for extension of central package of incentive for the existing as well as new units of J&K

The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry has expressed concern over the absence of a special revival package for J&K. (AFP file)
Published on Feb 02, 2025 08:08 AM IST
By, Jammu/srinagar

Budget: J&K gets 41,000 crore, Opposition questions reduced allocation

Separate allocation of ₹9,325 crore for Jammu and Kashmir Police; lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha terms Union Budget pragmatic; Cong

Jammu & Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha (PTI file)
Published on Feb 02, 2025 06:30 AM IST
By, New Delhi/jammu/srinagar

Relief for senior citizens earning interest, but worries remain

The budget introduces several significant changes for India’s elderly: doubling the TDS threshold and tax deduction limit on interest income to ₹1 lakh

The budget also exempted withdrawals from old National Savings Scheme accounts after August 29, 2024. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 02, 2025 09:54 AM IST

Weekend Planner (Feb 1-2): Here's everything you must check out in Delhi-NCR

Looking for films, brunch, fitness and comedy events happening in Delhi-NCR? Find them all in one place! Read HT City's Weekend Planner for February 1 and 2.

From catching Deva in theatres to attending Arijit Singh's concert and enjoying a museum-inspired dining experience, there's a lot to catch this weekend in Delhi.
Published on Jan 31, 2025 06:48 PM IST

UP chief secy, DGP take stock of stampede site and choke points

The officers first went to Jhusi and then to Sangam, reaching pillar number 157 around which the incident took place and collected information about the stampede from DM (Mahakumbh Nagar)

UP chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh and DGP Prashant Kumar meet a woman undergoing treatment at SRN Hospital in Prayagraj on Thursday. (Anil Kumar Maurya/HT Photo)
Published on Jan 31, 2025 08:58 AM IST

Omar’s social media adviser sacked after misleading post on SPO honorarium hike

Earlier, the party, on its official handle had posted regarding the enhanced salaries for SPO’s terming at as fulfilment of promise by Omar Abdullah’s government, however, the post was later deleted and was termed “as a mistake”

The National Conference on Thursday announced that they have sacked the social media adviser after the post (iStock)
Published on Jan 31, 2025 07:16 AM IST
By, Srinagar

Devotee surge grips UP’s religious centres, admins scramble to streamline rush

From restricting vehicle entries, traffic diversions to highway holding areas, new plans and strategies put in place to ease the pressure on Ayodhya, Varanasi and Chitrakoot.

Pilgrims walk along the old Yamuna bridge in Prayagraj . (AFP)
Published on Jan 30, 2025 10:18 PM IST
By, Lucknow

30 dead, 60 injured in Mahakumbh stampede

Swift disaster management brings situation under control; Akhadas show restraint, let pilgrims take holy dip first; bathing continues

A scene from the site of the Mahakumbh stampede. (Anil Kumar Maurya/HT photo)
Updated on Jan 30, 2025 05:54 AM IST

Naraingarh BSP leader murder: 5 held, hunt on to nab main accused, says Haryana Police

People familiar with the matter said those arrested include a property dealer and his relatives, who were in a dispute with Rajjumajra and his friend, Puneet Dang, also a property dealer

Haryana Police said the hunt is on to nab gangster Vainkat Garg, who is the prime accused in the case. (Getty image)
Updated on Jan 28, 2025 08:56 AM IST
By, Karnal/ Rohtak

10 Opposition MPs suspended after face-off at Waqf JPC

Ten Opposition members were suspended from a parliamentary committee over chaos regarding a Waqf amendment bill, deepening political tensions.

A delegation led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the religious head of Kashmir, at Parliament Annexe, in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. Farooq appeared before the parliamentary panel on Waqf Amendment Bill on Friday. (PTI)
Updated on Jan 25, 2025 06:59 AM IST
By, New Delhi

PM Modi likely to visit Mahakumbh on Feb 5

प्रधान मंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी 5 फरवरी को महाकुंभ में शामिल होने की संभावना है, गंगा में स्नान और पूजा करेंगे। अमित शाह भी 27 जनवरी को जाने की उम्मीद।

PM Modi is also likely to honour the work force responsible for making Mahakumbh divine and grand. (HT file)
Updated on Jan 21, 2025 10:48 PM IST
By, Lucknow/mahakumbhnagar (prayagraj)

HC defers Chandigarh mayoral elections, to be held after January 29

AAP mayor Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor had filed the plea seeking quashing of Chandigarh’s notification for polls on Jan 24, stating that his tenure is up to February 20

The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed Chandigarh administration’s January 7 notification. (HT File)
Updated on Jan 21, 2025 09:04 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency screened in Chandigarh, Mohali remains tense

As protests by SGPC, Sikh organisations and farmers erupt outside multiplexes in Mohali, the movie’s shows were cancelled across the district

Members of various Sikh organisations holding a protest against the movie outside Mohali Walk mall in Sector 62 on Friday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)
Updated on Jan 18, 2025 04:10 AM IST
By, Chandigarh/mohali

‘Emergency’ not screened in Punjab after SGPC protests

The SGPC, an apex gurdwara body, and several Sikh organisations held demonstrations against the movie outside cinemas, multiplexes and malls across the state.

SGPC officials and employees during a protest against screening of movie ‘Emergency’ outside PVR Cinemas in Amritsar on Friday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on Jan 18, 2025 03:25 AM IST
By, Amritsar/bathinda/jalandhar/mohali

No screening of Kangana’s film Emergency in Punjab

Police step up security outside multiplexes and malls as Sikh activists hold protests against film, alleging it defames the community.

Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) leaders and workers holding a protest against actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's film Emergency in Amritsar on Friday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Published on Jan 17, 2025 01:02 PM IST

17 Maoists shot dead in Bijapur encounter

The officers said that the firing deep inside the forests was continuing and that the toll might increase once the operation ends likely on Friday morning

The Bijapur encounter is part of a series of successful anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh this year. Security forces have killed roughly 31 insurgents in encounters since January 1, 2024 with an intention of eradicating Maoist violence in India by March 2026. (HT Archive)
Updated on Jan 17, 2025 06:16 AM IST
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