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Central India
Constable killed trying to stop truck carrying bullocks in Maharashtra, two arrested
hindustantimes.com - Press Trust of India
The incident happened on Sunday night at Khambada Vani naka on the Nagpur-Chandrapur road when constable Prakash Meshram, who was deployed on an …
Visas
Indian diaspora wants free visas or dual citizenship
hindustantimes.com - Umesh Raghuvanshi
Karupaiya AL Mustami, a Parliament member from Malaysia’s Padang Serai, said the Indian diaspora should be given free visas to help their next …
Rahul Gandhi
Karnataka seer Shivakumara Swami dies; PM Modi, dignitaries pay tributes
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
Congress president Rahul Gandhi also expressed his condolences on Twitter, saying that Shivakumara Swami’s passing has left behind a deep spiritual …
Uttar Pradesh
Five-year-old girl allegedly raped by tuition teacher in Uttarakhand’s US Nagar
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
Sanjay Kumar, in-charge, Sitarganj police station, said the incident came to light on Saturday late evening following which the girl’s parents …
Rahul Gandhi
Shivakumara Swami, the ‘walking god’ who united warring politicians
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
Fondly called Nadedaduva Devaru or ‘the Walking God’, his influence on politics was visible when HD Kumaraswamy of JD(S) announced his death along …
Greater Noida
CM Adityanath to inaugurate new Yamuna bridge, other Noida projects on January 25
hindustantimes.com - Vinod Rajput
CM Adityanath will land at Noida’s Amity University at 12 noon from Ghaziabad’s Hindon airbase to start his visit to Noida and Greater Noida. Uttar …
CLP
Karnataka Congress MLAs leave resort, set out for their home constituencies
hindustantimes.com - Indo Asian News Service
Over 70 of the party’s 80 legislators have been at the resort on the city’s outskirts since late on Friday after a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) …
Water
Rajasthan CM Gehlot orders one lakh power connections to farmers by June
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
Addressing the review meeting of the department officials, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot asked them to speed up the solar energy work in …
Arvind Kejriwal
‘Man called to say he will attack Arvind Kejriwal’: Delhi CM’s personal security officer tells cops
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
Last week, a man was detained for allegedly sending an email to Delhi chief minister’s office threatening to kidnap the AAP leader’s daughter. The …
Palam Vihar residents write to MP seeking correction of faulty road alignment
hindustantimes.com - Dhananjay Jha
After residents’ representation, HSVP had done re-measurement of the land and admitted fault in alignment, assuring its rectification. In the past two …
Jammu and Kashmir
Police seize cell phones, pen drives from Jammu jail inmates
hindustantimes.com - Ravi K. Khajuria
The massive search operation in Jammu’s Kot Bhalwal jail on Sunday was carried out by 300 men from 15 teams. The Jammu and Kashmir Police today …
Samajwadi Party
Nothing wrong in Sadhana Singh’s remarks against Mayawati, says BJP lawmaker
hindustantimes.com - Press Trust of India
BJP MLA Surendra Singh Monday came out in support of his party colleague Sadhana Singh, who raised a political storm by calling BSP chief Mayawati …
Malad mosque sees 45% drop in power bill after going solar
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
The Noorani Masjid at Malad’s Pathanwadi is the eighth mosque in Mumbai to opt for renewable energy sources to power electricity requirements. Malad’s …
‘Happy like the time I got married’: Gurugram traffic cops enjoy first ever weekly off
hindustantimes.com - Leena Dhankhar and Kankana Roy Jain
The decision to give compulsory weekly offs to traffic police personnel in shifts, on Saturdays and Sundays, was announced Friday by Gurugram police …
Samajwadi Party
BJP frustrated over SP-BSP tie-up, says Akhilesh Yadav, skips question on next PM
hindustantimes.com - Pankaj Jaiswal
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav slammed the BJP on Monday, saying its leaders were frustrated and restless after SP and BSP struck an …
Mughals
Ancient highways, sarais and kos minars, trade routes of a lost time
hindustantimes.com
Our national highways speak volumes about cities that matter today, but these are not results of an epiphany. A look at ancient trade routes, their …
West Bengal
EVMs right option for elections, VVPATs should be used too: Nitish Kumar
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has said that Electronic Voting Machines are the right option to conduct elections. Bihar chief minister Nitish …
Man arrested for allegedly raping colleague at Manesar
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
The accused, in his early 20s, was arrested for allegedly raping the woman on Wednesday at a guest house in Sector 1 of Manesar, said Kanta Devi, …
Only 1,700 of 20K postal fines issued in Gurugram in June-December 2018 paid
hindustantimes.com - Nikhil M Babu
Despite only 8.5% of offenders, who were sent postal challans, having paid the penalty, the Gurugram Police is pressing ahead with its plan to issue …
Uttar Pradesh
24-year-old arrested with 20 illegal guns from Delhi’s Dwarka
hindustantimes.com - Press Trust of India
On January 19, police received information that Musa would come to deliver a big consignment of illegal firearms to a receiver in area of …
Uttar Pradesh
Dance teacher among 3 arrested for vehicles theft in Delhi, 23 stolen two-wheelers recovered
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
Police said the arrested men used to steal motorcycles in Delhi on demand and sell them to their receivers in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. With the arrest …
Delhi Police
Nothing to fear, police uncle is here: Delhi Police launches outdoor play areas for children
hindustantimes.com - Shara Prayag
The first ever in India, the Kalkaji Police Station in Delhi has an outdoor play area, complete with swings, cutouts of animals, a colourful fence …
Framing
Pedestrians in affluent areas of Delhi have it easier than poorer ones
hindustantimes.com - Sweta Goswami
Places such as Laxmi Nagar, Shahdara, Seelampur, Burari and Lajpat Nagar, where Hindustan Times conducted spot checks, have almost no functional …
Janata Dal
Two kinds of alliances to remove Modi govt - total unity, possible unity: Sharad Yadav
hindustantimes.com - Indo Asian News Service
Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav said that the effort is for total unity but if that is not possible then there will be possible unity to remove the …
Delhi
Man dies while cleaning drain in North Delhi’s Jharoda, body found after 8-hour long search
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
The police said according to workers, they were hired by Anil for Rs 400 a day to clean sewage. The contractor had not provided them any safety kit …
Delhi government to map drains on mobile phone app to quickly plug holes
hindustantimes.com - Ashish Mishra
At present, the Delhi government does not have exact data about drains or the sewerage network, due to which the concerned departments have been …
Mumbai
40% seats in Maharashtra's private universities to be reserved for students from the state
hindustantimes.com - Musab Qazi
The guidelines have also relaxed some of the norms for setting up and running self-financed universities, making it easier for private varsities to …
Graduate School
Maharashtra DMER to check caste certificates as soon as they are submitted
hindustantimes.com - Shreya Bhandary
The new online process has been introduced to prevent submission of fake certificates After reports of fake caste certificates submitted to medical …
Commuting
Railways seeks 2,000 more home guards as crimes increase on Mumbai trains
hindustantimes.com - Megha Sood
After 2018 sees twice as many robberies than 2017, officials look to add to 800 existing personnel to help RPF, GRP With the number of train robberies …