Hindustan Times Ludhiana - December 18, 2024
Hindustan Times Ludhiana - December 18, 2024
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December 18, 2024
BJP govts to soon bring UCC in every state: Shah
NEW DELHI: The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) implemented by Uttarakhand is a model law that will be debated widely and then the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments will bring a common civil code in all states, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday as he accused the Congress of undermining the Constitution and promoting appeasement politics.
1 min
SULKING AAP MLA JAGROOP GILL SKIPS ARORA'S RALLY
Ahead of the Bathinda municipal corporation's byelection for Ward 48, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) appeared divided as its legislator Jagroop Singh Gill skipped a political rally chaired by party president Aman Arora on Tuesday.
1 min
Dreams shattered: Georgia deaths wreck homes in state
All of deceased were employees of a restaurant, Haveli, at a ski resort in Gudauri
5 mins
2 drive away with state roadways bus, 1 held
Two miscreants stole a Punjab Roadways Transport Corporation (PRTC) parked outside a local dhaba here on Tuesday.
1 min
DGP orders probe after 'blast' at police station
Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav ordered a probe after a 'blast' at Islamabad Police Station here during the wee hours on Tuesday.
2 mins
Centre plans GST-like panel to push lapsed reforms in farm sector
NEW DELHI: A draft national agricultural policy prepared by the Centre and released for public comments has recommended several reforms, most of which were part of the three contentious farm laws the government had to repeal in 2021 due to protests by farmers.
1 min
Pink stem borer infests wheat crop on 10,000 acres in Malwa
Agri department experts claim insecticide use has controlled the infestation and there will be no major impact on the crop
2 mins
Amritsar contractor arrested in corruption case: Vigilance Bureau
BOUGHT A PLOT 'IN CONNIVANCE WITH THE THEN AIT CHAIRMAN' AT PRICE BELOW MARKET RATE
1 min
HERC to discuss new tariff at public hearing
The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has announced a public hearing to discuss new electricity tariffs and projected revenue requirements for power companies in the upcoming fiscal.
1 min
Gharaunda to get barrier-free electronic toll collection system
A request for proposal (RfP) for setting up a barrier-free electronic toll collection system at Gharaunda Fee Plaza on the Delhi-Chandigarh stretch of NH-44 was floated by Indian Highways Management Company Limited, a public sector unit under the union ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) on Tuesday.
1 min
4 fake cops arrested for raiding ‘fake’ call centre
Four men posing as Delhi Police officers accused a group of college students of running a fake call centre, then conducted a fake raid at their house, confiscated ₹1.55 lakh in cash, and forced them to sit in the \"murga\" position, police said on Tuesday, uncovering a bizarre case of \"crimes\" and \"punishments\" that unfolded last week.
1 min
REGULARISED EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION: HARYANA GOVT
Haryana government employees regularised under the regularisation policy of 2014 will be eligible for promotion or first assured career progression (ACP) scale benefits from June 13, 2024, or thereafter, provided they fulfil the eligibility conditions.
1 min
SKM meet to take call on backing ongoing stir today
We will discuss what kind of support we can give to protesting farmer bodies. BALBIR SINGH RAJEWAL, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Rajewal)
2 mins
Punjab farmers to stop trains at 52 places for 3 hours today
Officials say over 20 trains under Ambala Division to be impacted
2 mins
Court directs woman to pay maintenance to mother-in-law
CHANDIGARH: In an important judgment, the Punjab and Haryana high court has directed a woman, who got a compassionate job in her husband's place, to pay maintenance of ₹10,000 to her mother-in-law.
2 mins
NUH: AFRICAN NATIONAL ARRESTED WITH SMACK
AFTER DWARKA EXPRESSWAY
1 min
Boy's body found stuffed inside bag
The Ghaziabad police on Tuesday recovered the body of a boy, aged about six or seven years, stuffed inside a trolley bag from the banks of Upper Ganga Canal near Niwari.
1 min
NUH: AFRICAN NATIONAL ARRESTED WITH SMACK
The police in Haryana's Nuh have arrested an African national with 285 gm smack, officials said on Tuesday.
1 min
Oppn skips all-party meeting, stormy session expected
The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) skipped the all-party meeting called by the assembly speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania, a day before the four-day winter session of the Himachal Legislative assembly is set to commence in Dharamshala on Tuesday.
1 min
Omission of chapter on Sufi saint in J&K textbook sparks row
SRINAGAR: The apparent omission of a chapter about Kashmir's revered Sufi saint in the Class 9 text book by J&K school education department has triggered a row with former mayor and deputy mayor of Srinagar targeting the Omar Abdullah led National Conference government for its claims of protecting the region's identity.
1 min
Wah Ustad boliye for tabla legend transcended barriers
The mere mention of Hindustani classical music conjures up renditions of rather hard-to-comprehend 'raag', 'alaap', 'aaroh', and other such terms.
1 min
HC orders security for interfaith couple facing threat from families
COUPLE GOT MARRIED UNDER MUSLIM LAW AROUND 6 MONTHS AGO: PETITIONERS' COUNSEL
1 min
NTA to only conduct entrance tests as part of exam reforms
NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will, from 2025, conduct only entrance exams for higher education institutions and not recruitment exams, a move aimed at improving its functioning — the agency has been roiled by controversies, mostly around paper leaks — and in keeping with the recommendations of a high-level committee set up in June 2024.
2 mins
Nadda attacks Congress over Emergency, Article 370 in RS
Union health minister and leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha JP Nadda on Tuesday targeted the Congress, citing Article 370 as an illustration of its attempts to alter the Constitution of India, and said the \"good lot\" - referring to the NDA government - abrogated the article to allow the full integration of Jammu and Kashmir with the country.
2 mins
92% sanitation workers from SC, ST, OBC groups: Govt data
A TOTAL OF 57,758 SSWs HAVE BEEN SURVEYED, OF WHICH 54,574 HAVE BEEN VALIDATED ACROSS 33 STATES AND UTS, CENTRE SAID IN LOK SABHA
2 mins
SC ORDERS STATUS QUO IN KERALA CHURCH DISPUTE
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that the status quo be maintained in the long-standing dispute between the Malankara Orthodox and Jacobite factions over the administration of churches in Kerala.
1 min
PM launches Raj projects to mark 1 year of BJP rule
JAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the Congress of obstructing farmer welfare while inaugurating development projects worth ₹46,300 crore in Rajasthan.
3 mins
Speedy trial takes precedence over anti-terror law provisions, says SC
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the constitutional right to a speedy trial would have precedence over the stringent provisions of laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, emphasising that courts cannot let individuals languish in jail indefinitely.
1 min
RAJ HC REJECTS ABORTION PLEA OF RAPE SURVIVOR
JODHPUR: The Rajasthan high court has refused to allow a 22-year-old rape survivor to terminate her 30-week pregnancy, observing that the fully developed foetus has an independent right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
1 min
OPPN SLAMS BJP FOR NOT RAISING MANIPUR CRISIS IN HOUSE DEBATE
Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday questioned the Centre's silence over the situation in Manipur, which has been in the throes of ethnic strife since May last year, and alleged that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has made \"communal division\" a part of its state policy.
1 min
Justice Yadav appears before SC collegium
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday convened a meeting with Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad high court, a rare intervention that was meant to address the latter's controversial remarks at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) event earlier this month.
2 mins
Justice Yadav appears before SC collegium
The Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday convened a meeting with Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad high court, a rare intervention that was meant to address the latter's controversial remarks at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) event earlier this month.
2 mins
Opposition calls move an assault on basic structure, federal spirit
NEW DELHI: Opposition leaders on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the bills introduced in the Lok Sabha that propose simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, arguing that the legislation undermines federalism, violates the Constitution's basic structure, was introduced without adequate consultation with states and envisions an impractical scenario.
2 mins
B'desh official criticises PM for Vijay Diwas post
B'DESH GOVT LAW ADVISER SLAMMED PM MODI'S POST, SAYING INDIA WAS 'MERELY AN ALLY' TO BANGLADESH IN THE 1971 WAR
1 min
Govt push for ONOP will test its ability to garner numbers
Political parties' stand on ONOP
3 mins
K'TAKA MATERNAL DEATHS: OPPN ACCUSES GOVT OF NEGLIGENCE
Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka assembly R Ashoka on Tuesday accused the Congress-led government of negligence over the recent maternal deaths in Ballari district of Karnataka.
1 min
Legal experts divided over plans to conduct simultaneous elections
NEW DELHI: Former judges and constitutional experts are divided over the proposal to hold concurrent elections to state assemblies and Parliament, with one section saying it aligns with constitutional principles while the other warn of potential threats to democracy.
1 min
After cabinet snub, Bhujbal questions NCP leadership
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday criticised party chief and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and other party leaders for \"side-lining\" senior members and taking decisions without consultation following his exclusion from the state cabinet.
1 min
The disenchantment with the secular ideal
The secular ethos envisaged in the Constitution should be the foundation for governing India
3 mins
When Colombo comes calling
President Dissanayake's visit should allay fears of a Sri Lankan pivot towards China
2 mins
Simultaneous polls are an imperative for India
Following the Union Cabinet's approval, the introduction in Parliament of amendment bills to usher in simultaneous elections is a significant moment for India's storied parliamentary democracy.
3 mins
Ministerial blues haunt Mahayuti
Dissent within the Mahayuti is out in the open after chief minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis expanded his team of ministers on Sunday.
1 min
Pragmatism undergirds New Delhi's China policy
The outcome of two recent meetings, one between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and the other between defence minister Rajnath Singh and Chinese defence minister Dong Jun, indicate that the reset of India-China relations is proceeding apace.
3 mins
Rebellion hits ruling party as MPs demand Trudeau resignation
TORONTO: Hours after the shock resignation of his second-in-command, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was barely clinging on to power even as over a third of the ruling Liberal Party's MPs called for a change in leadership.
2 mins
GAZA CEASEFIRE TALKS SWIRL AS OFFICIALS PUSH FOR DEAL
Uncertainty surrounded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's whereabouts on Tuesday after sources briefed on talks about a Gaza ceasefire said he was travelling to Cairo but his office said he was on the northern border with Syria.
1 min
China executes official involved in graft case worth $421 million
BEIJING: China, on Tuesday, executed Li Jianping, a former official in the north Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, who was convicted in the largest ever corruption case in the country totaling over $421 million.
1 min
For Ukraine, slain Russian general was chemical weapons 'villain'
KYIV: Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian army's chemical, biological and radiological weapons division who regularly accused the West of developing banned weapons in Ukraine, was killed on Tuesday in a brazen assassination in Moscow that has heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
2 mins
Grit in the tail frustrates the hosts, India avoid follow-on
Like in 2021, there was defiance in the damp air of Gabba as Deep and Bumrah steer India towards a likely draw on Day 4
3 mins
KIWIS CRUSH ENG BY 423 RUNS TO SEND RETIRING SOUTHEE OUT ON A HIGH
HAMILTON: New Zealand tore through England's batting on Tuesday to crush the visitors by 423 runs in the third Test and send Tim Southee into retirement on a triumphant note.
1 min
Jhulan Goswami stand: Another historic moment at Eden Gardens
KOLKATA: At 6.58pm on a misty winter evening near the Eden Gardens change rooms, Jhulan Goswami took the stage. And said she was speechless.
2 mins
How the challenge of batting in Oz changed
KOOKABURRA RELEASED A REDESIGNED BALL FOR TESTS IN 2021 THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE GAME MORE EXCITING, BUT IT HAS ONLY MADE BATTING MORE DIFFICULT
3 mins
Hayley shines, WI level series with 9-wicket win against India
NEW DELHI: West Indies captain Hayley Matthews led from the front as the visitors levelled the three-match T20I series with a dominant 9-wicket victory over India in the second game at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday.
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