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3 parties agree to form new Austrian government
Austria's centrist parties are nearing a coalition agreement after the far-right Freedom Party's parliamentary victory in September.
Published on Feb 27, 2025 02:34 PM IST
Reuters |
Centre approves ?1,554.99 crore aid for 5 states hit by natural disasters
The Centre allocated ?1554.99 crore to five states for disaster relief, including ?608.08 crore for Andhra Pradesh.
Published on Feb 19, 2025 12:38 PM IST
PTI |
Centre sanctions ?529.50 crore loan for Wayanad rehabilitation
The Centre has approved a ?529.50 crore loan for landslide rehabilitation in Wayanad, requiring utilization by March 31.
Published on Feb 15, 2025 10:21 AM IST
PTI |
Sweden's deadliest mass shooting linked to adult education center shooter
Mass shooting at an adult education center in Sweden left 10 dead. The unidentified shooter, linked to the school, died with multiple firearms
Published on Feb 07, 2025 03:22 PM IST
PTI |
Priyank Kharge slams Centre’s economic policies, calls it ‘Modinomics’
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge criticised the Central government's economic policies, referring to them as ‘Modinomics’.
Published on Feb 01, 2025 10:26 AM IST
ANI |
FIITJEE breaks silence: ‘Centres shut as partners quit overnight’
Despite the institute’s promises of resuming classes within a “reasonable time frame”, parents of students left in the lurch were sceptical.
Updated on Jan 26, 2025 04:50 AM IST
Sanjay Maurya, New Delhi
Centre grants special allowance to select VIP security personnel from CAPFs
CAPF personnel securing VIPs in lower security categories will not receive a special allowance, as per a recent order from the Union Finance Ministry
Published on Jan 25, 2025 03:24 PM IST
PTI |
UAPA tribunal upholds Centre's 5-year ban on Gurpatwant Pannun's SFJ
Centre outlined SFJ’s actions of recruiting youth via social media, financing terrorism through smuggling networks to procure weapons and explosives, and more.
Updated on Jan 04, 2025 02:07 PM IST
Explained: Centre scraps ‘no-detention policy’. Will Classes 5, 8 students fail?
This means that students who fail their year-end exams may not automatically be promoted to next class. Instead, they'll get another chance.
Published on Dec 24, 2024 10:44 AM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Nayanika Sengupta
Centre scraps 'no-detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 students in its schools
However, the government has clarified that no child shall be expelled from any school till completion of elementary education.
Updated on Dec 24, 2024 08:30 AM IST
PTI |
‘Treat Muslims as…’: NC urges Centre to stop actions ‘causing’ communal tensions
Farooq Abdullah also said that no one is preventing Kashmiri Pandits from returning to the Valley and that all political parties have supported their return.
Updated on Dec 02, 2024 04:25 PM IST
Who is Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar, the new NCW chief?
Vijaya Rahatkar is the 9th chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW). She will succeed Rekha Sharma, who was appointed to the post in 2018.
Updated on Oct 19, 2024 04:41 PM IST
NDA’s 100-day record shows massive infra push
The NDA government plans ?15 lakh crore in infrastructure investments to boost growth and jobs, hoping to spur private sector participation in India's economy.
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 01:49 AM IST
Zia Haq, New Delhi
Centre extends ceasefire with Naga insurgency group NSCN-K for another year
This breakaway NSCN group is led by Niki Sumi, against whom the NIA announced a ?10 lakh reward for allegedly killing 18 Army soldiers in Manipur in 2015
Published on Sep 05, 2024 06:51 PM IST
New districts for Ladakh: Local bodies hail move, but say demand for statehood remains
The Leh Apex Body (LAB), one of the two organisations spearheading an agitation in support of statehood, said with a total of seven districts, it should now get easier to grant statehood status for the region.
Updated on Aug 27, 2024 06:48 AM IST
Ashiq Hussain, Srinagar
Congress alleges 'polarisation' attempt as Centre-Oppn lock horns over Waqf bill
Congress leader K Suresh said on Thursday that proposed changes to the law were being brought without any discussion with Muslim outfits.
Published on Aug 08, 2024 11:39 AM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari
Apex court to consider hearing Punjab’s plea for release of RDF
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday agreed to consider listing an interim plea of the AAP-led Punjab government seeking release of over ?1,000 crore urgently from the Centre on account of alleged dues pertaining to the Rural Development Fund
Updated on Aug 07, 2024 07:24 AM IST
Press Trust of India
Evening briefing: Sufi body backs Centre's 'Waqf Board plan'; more news
A shortlist of the biggest headlines, recommended stories, and a special collection of news items you should check out.
Published on Aug 06, 2024 06:12 PM IST
Govt projects leading to ‘unnatural flooding’ in Delhi, says TMC’s Jawhar Sircar
Jawhar Sircar blamed the construction projects, under the Central Vista scheme taken up by the ministry of housing and urban affairs
Updated on Aug 01, 2024 03:12 PM IST
Wayanad landslides: Early warning was given to Kerala on July 23, says Amit Shah
Amit Shah said that many state governments have followed Centre's early warnings, resulting in zero casualties in disaster management.
Updated on Jul 31, 2024 03:12 PM IST
Two HT basmati rice varieties cleared for commercial produce
In a first, the Centre has launched commercial cultivation of two non-transgenic varieties of herbicide-tolerant (HT) basmati rice, which have traits to withstand agrochemicals sprayed to eliminate weeds, aimed at promoting a paddy-cultivation method that saves water and cuts carbon footprint, the government scientist who developed the varieties said on Tuesday.
Updated on Jul 31, 2024 08:24 AM IST
Zia Haq, New Delhi:
Over 2L trees to be cut in Chhatisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand for mining: Centre tells RS
Hasdeo Arand is one of the largest contiguous stretches of very dense forest in central India spanning 170,000 hectares and has 23 coal blocks
Updated on Jul 25, 2024 06:04 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Channi slams Centre for ‘undeclared emergency’, says Punjab ignored in budget
Lok Sabha was adjourned for 30 minutes amid verbal spat between the former Punjab chief minister and Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu, who recently quit the Congress to join the BJP and unsuccessfully contested from Ludhiana.
Published on Jul 25, 2024 04:34 PM IST
Press Trust of India
Supreme Court nine-judge bench rules in favour of state’s authority to tax minerals
By an 8-1 judgment, the top court also declared that royalty charged on mining is not a tax, but a form of contractual payment made by the minors to the Centre for extraction of minerals
Published on Jul 25, 2024 12:11 PM IST
Setback to Centre as Supreme Court rules royalty on minerals is not tax
The top court held that states have the legislative competence to impose taxes on mines and minerals-bearing lands under the Constitution.
Updated on Jul 25, 2024 02:20 PM IST
Allahabad HC seeks govt response in PIL challenging ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’ notification
Allahabad High Court seeks Centre's response on PIL challenging June 25 as 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas' to honor Emergency victims, next hearing on July 31.
Updated on Jul 23, 2024 09:23 PM IST
JItendra Sarin, Prayagraj
Union Budget: Centre cuts Census 2021 allocation to ?1,309 crore
The Centre has repeatedly maintained that the decennial exercise has been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Published on Jul 23, 2024 08:18 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik calls Centre lifting ban on govt staff joining RSS ‘shocking’
BJD leader Pratap Jena came out against the Uttar Pradesh government order that required shopkeepers along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their names
Published on Jul 22, 2024 08:04 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Centre advises 4 immediate measures after Kerala boy infected with Nipah dies
The Kerala government had announced recently that a special action calendar was being prepared for the prevention of a Nipah outbreak.
Published on Jul 21, 2024 04:35 PM IST
NEET UG results 2024: 682 highest for Haryana centre where 6 scored full marks
In the revised results of NEET UG, the highest marks at a Haryana centre was found to be 682. 6 students from this centre had secured full marks earlier.
Published on Jul 20, 2024 07:58 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
