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Big Bird Day: Birders see drop in density; results next week

With binoculars glued to eyes, hundreds of birders set out across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Sunday morning to take part in the Big Bird Day (BBD) count of 2024. The elements -overcast skies and light rains made sighting some birds difficult in parts of NCR, apart from an overall drop in bird density compared to previous years.

BJP asked me to join party: Kejriwal

THE BJP DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS AND SAID THAT THE CM WAS EVADING A PROBE INTO ALLEGED CORRUPTION

Atishi served police notice, she says no mention of FIR, IPC

A Delhi Police crime branch team visited Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi's residence on Sunday to serve her a notice in connection with allegations she made that the Bharatiya Janata Party was attempting to poach seven AAP legislators.

LG questions state of health infra, CM points to officials

Lieutenant governor VK Saxena has written to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, expressing his \"disappointment and concern\" about the state of public health infrastructure in the Capital, and seeking a \"time bound response\" and the submission of a factual report about the sector.

Formalisation of economy led to tax buoyancy: Revenue secy

Revenue secretary Sanjay Malhotra, an engineering graduate in computer science from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, is in favour of using technology to boost ease of doing business and check tax evasion in advance.

Vehicles banned at Asola Bhatti sanctuary to prevent disturbance and ecological damage

Private vehicles will no longer be permitted into the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, Delhi's chief wildlife warden has ordered, taking cognisance of an HT report in January that highlighted how hundreds of vehicles were entering the sanctuary on weekends to reach a lake 16-km inside.

Srinagar cut off, yellow alert for Delhi weather

A fresh western disturbance brought havoc to the hills on Sunday, caking large swathes of northwestern India in snow, and effectively blocking off Srinagar from the rest of the country, as the precipitation cut off roads and grounded flights.

PM launches projects in Assam, invokes heritage

The government under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made vikas and virasat (development and heritage) its policy over the last 10 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, as he reiterated his pitch for a double-engine government.

Bumrah magic swings it India's way

Pacer takes 6/45 to bowl out England for 253 before hosts stretch overall lead to 171 at stumps on Day 2 of the second Test

WFI is still creating problems for Indian wrestling: Vinesh

After spending 2023 leading protests against ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan, Vinesh is back pushing for Olympics selection

With variation and guile, Kuldeep picks up from where he had left off

It's probably not a coincidence that Kuldeep Yadav got to bowl as early as the fourth over, ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel.

Fears of escalation rise as US hits Iran targets in Iraq, Syria

The US military launched airstrikes on Friday in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and the militias it backs, in retaliation for last weekend's attack in Jordan that killed three US troops.

MeT sounds heavy snow warning for Himachal

The meteorological department here on Saturday sounded an orange alert for snowfall across Himachal Pradesh for the next two days.

BJP MLA shoots Shinde Sena leader; row ensues

The Mumbai police have arrested a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator for shooting a leader of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena inside a police station over a land dispute on Friday night, officers familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

Purohit resigns as Punjab Guv, cites 'personal reasons'

Banwarilal Purohit (83) on Saturday resigned from the post of Punjab governor as well as administrator of the Union territory of Chandigarh, citing personal reasons, in a development that came a day after he met Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi.

SOREN ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRUST VOTE IN J'KHAND ASSEMBLY

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Hemant Soren, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a land scam case, has been granted permission to participate in the trust vote in state assembly on February 5; even as ED took the former chief minister into five-day custody on Saturday.

Demand for constitutional safeguards gathers pace in Ladakh, rally organised

The demand for Constitutional safeguards for Ladakh grew louder on Saturday when thousands of people gathered at the Polo Ground in Leh in subzero temperatures to hear noted environmentalist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk urge the Centre to grant the Union territory safeguards guaranteed under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution that allows for autonomy to predominantly tribal areas.

US links drone deal nod to Pannun probe

Ben Cardin, the chair of the Senate Foreign RelationsCommittee (SFRC),has said that he lifted his hold on the proposed sale of 31MQ-9Bdrones to India after theUSadministration assured him that the Indian government is “committed to thoroughly investigating” thesituation stemming from the allegations that implicate an Indian government official in an assassination plotonUSsoil.

Centre set to take key decisions related to Manipur: CM

The Centre is set to take some important decisions related to ethnic strife-torn Manipur, chief minister N Biren Singh said on Saturday after meeting Union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

Pioneer of Hindutva politics who laid the foundation of BJP's rise

In April 2019, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was gearing up for a fierce electoral battle to retain power at the Centre, party patriarch LK Advani in a blogpost reminded his colleagues of the ideological dictum \"Nation First, Party Next, Self Last\" and the triad of \"Satya (truth), Rashtra Nishtha (dedication to the Nation) and Loktantra (democracy, both within and outside the party)\" that, he said, had guided the struggle-filled evolution of the party

Chintels offers to rebuild all towers

The developer of the Chintels Paradiso condominium in Gurugram's Sector 109 has given homeowners the offer to reconstruct all nine towers and extended the option of buying back the apartments to owners in Towers A, B, and C, which are deemed safe and not slated for demolition, officials familiar with the development said on Saturday.

CBI not exempted from RTI: HC

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is not exempt from disclosing information it possesses about corruption and human rights violations under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Delhi high court has said.

Irregularities in lab tests? Govt vows 'strong action'

LG RECOMMENDED A CBI PROBE INTO THE REPORTS OF IRREGULARITIES IN THE LAB TESTS CONDUCTED AT MOHALLA CLINICS

Max temp rises by 4.7°C, air 'moderately' polluted

The maximum temperature saw a sharp 4.7-degree rise from Friday's 18.5 degrees Celsius (C) and peaked at 23.2°C on Saturday, the India Meteorological Department said, attributing this to largely clear skies prevailing throughout the day in the aftermath of intermittent spells of rain through Thursday and Friday.

Faster than Rajdhani, Vande Bharat sleeper trains to be rolled out by 2025

Vande Bharat (VB) sleeper trains will be faster than the current premium Rajdhani trains, government officials aware of the matter have said, adding that the first prototype of its sleeper coach is expected to be ready by March.

Kharge bats for 'saving democracy' at city rally

The Delhi Congress on Saturday held the first major rally in the Capital ahead of the Lok Sabha elections led by national president Mallikarjun Kharge in the Geeta Colony area in east Delhi. The rally, which began at llam, continued till 2.30pm.

Man charred to death as car rams into pole

A 27-year-old man was charred to death after his speeding car allegedly rammed into an electric pole and caught fire near village Lauhatki in Sohna on Friday night, police officials aware of the matter said on Saturday.

Row over police visit to CM house to hand over notice

A Delhi Police crime branch team on Saturday visited the residence of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to serve him a notice to join the probe into the Aam Aadmi Party chief's allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to poach party MLAs.

Harsh summer likely this year, La Nina may develop by Sept: Experts

India is likely to experience a short-lived spring followed by a harsh summer this year, meteorologists said, predicting that the El Nino conditions will gradually transition to neutral conditions by June, making way for the onset of La Nina by September.

'In PM Modi's third term, India will be the world's third largest economy'

Two days after presenting her sixth budget, an interim one ahead of the 2024 national elections this summer, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman sat down with journalists from Hindustan Times and Mint to discuss various aspects of the interim budget, and the state of the economy.