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Impasse over employment of CDVs as bus marshals still on

IN NOVEMBER, BOTH LG AND CM ANNOUNCED TEMPORARY POLLUTION-BASED ROLES FOR CDVS, WHICH IS VALID FOR FOUR MONTHS

KEJRIWAL WILL GET TYPE 7 BUNGALOW WHEN AVAILABLE, SAYS ML KHATTAR

Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said that a government accommodation will soon be allotted to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal—which he is entitled to as the chief of a national party—as soon as the bungalow in the applicable category is available.

INSURANCE AND MONETARY AID: AAP, BJP SEEK AUTO DRIVERS' SUPPORT FOR 2025 POLLS

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal, eyeing support ahead of the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, announced new poll promises for auto rickshaw drivers on Tuesday.

AAP, BJP row over voter 'deletions' in RK Puram

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday alleged that large-scale voter deletion is being carried out in the RK Puram assembly constituency and that applications to remove over 3,800 voters' names -- 1,800 of these purportedly bonafide -- were filed there \"targeting booths where the AAP had previously won.\"

1 held as crude bombs hurled at Ggm nightclub; none hurt

A 29-year-old man on Tuesday morning hurled crude bombs outside a nightclub in Gurugram's Sector 29 market, police officers said, adding that the accused has been arrested.

KEJRIWAL WILL GET TYPE 7 BUNGALOW WHEN AVAILABLE, SAYS ML KHATTAR

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday intensified its attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), targeting its national convener Arvind Kejriwal with a four-minute video and a parody song on fittings and furnishings installed at the 6, Flag Staff Road bungalow during his stay there during his tenure as the chief minister.

Ecologist Madhav Gadgil gets UN's top green honour

Veteran ecologist, Madhav Gadgil has been named one of the six 'Champions of the Earth' for 2024 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Bomb hoax at 44 schools in Delhi cause chaos

NEW DELHI: At least 44 schools across Delhi received an email warning that explosives had been placed at their premises, resulting in panic and confusion on Monday morning as the institutes hurriedly evacuated thousands of alarmed students midway through their classes, even as security forces launched sweeping checks across dozens of campuses.

U.P. poised to greenlight DISCOM privatisation despite protests

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government is steadfast in its decision to privatize two power distribution companies (DISCOMs), despite opposition from employee unions.

American national arrested in Dehradun for possession of banned satellite phone

Dehradun police arrested an American national after a banned satellite phone was recovered from his luggage during the routine frisking by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at Jollygrant airport in Dehradun, a police official said.

Verbal volleys signal 'unease' in ties between SP,Congress?

Some of the SP leaders are indulging in unnecessary statements. This is wrong IMRAN MASOOD, Congress MP

IIT-K RECEIVES OVER 1K JOB OFFERS IN FIRST WEEK

LUCKNOW: The ongoing Phase-1 placement session at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K), which commenced on December 1, has surpassed 1000 offers within seven days.

76-yr-old retd ONGC engineer killed at home in Dehradun

A 76-year-old retired official from the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was stabbed to death by an unidentified person on Monday evening, a police official said on Tuesday.

U.P. ORGANISING SPORTS, CULTURAL CONTESTS IN PM SHRI SCHOOLS

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday kicked off an initiative to organise sports and cultural contests in PM SHRI schools.

Plea seeks 15-day extension, trial court passes no order due to SC stay

COURT ALSO ADMITS SHAHI MOSQUE COMMITTEE'S OBJECTION APPLICATION; NEXT HEARING ON JAN 8

In promotion season, major IAS reshuffle on cards

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh is likely to witness a major reshuffle in the state bureaucracy early in the new year with the promotion of IAS officers of various batches.

Wider support for WB CM as Oppn bloc head

PATNA: Two key constituents of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) backed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday to head the Opposition coalition, adding to the growing call for a shake-up within the bloc that did well in the Lok Sabha polls but has flagged since.

Anti-dowry law being used for settling scores, says SC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly criticised the growing misuse of Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), commonly known as the anti-dowry law, noting that it is increasingly being exploited to settle \"personal vendettas\" or exert undue pressure on husbands and their families.

SC TAKES NOTE OF ANTI-MUSLIM RANT BY JUDGE OF ALLAHABAD HC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took cognisance of reports surrounding controversial remarks made by Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad high court during a speech at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) event on December 8.

MADHAV GADGIL NAMED AMONG CHAMPIONS OF EARTH BY UN

India's veteran ecologist, Madhav Gadgil has been named as one of the six 'Champions of the Earth' by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for 2024.

IB OFFICER HELD FOR HOAX BOMB CALL ON INDIGO FLIGHT TO KOLKATA

RAIPUR: An Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly issuing a hoax bomb threat on an aircraft, 25 days after an IndiGo flight from Nagpur to Kolkata with 187 passengers on board was forced to make an emergency landing in Raipur.

SCHEFFLER WINS SEASON'S NINTH TITLE AT HERO WORLD CHALLENGE

The Scottie Scheffler juggernaut continues to roll, and records and rivals continue to get steamrolled.

Ding hits back with positional masterclass, levels match 6-6

Day after blundering to lose, the world champion levels match with flawless Game 12 vs Gukesh

Near Adelaide, at Tea Tree Gully: The place where you can find Head's heart

ADELAIDE: For some time now, Indian players and fans have been asking themselves the same question over and over again because Travis Head finds a way and shows the will to scupper India's hopes over and over again: \"Where has this guy come from?\"

Treesa and Gayatri aim to impress at World Tour Finals

NEW DELHI: It had been a far from ideal year for Treesa Jolly and P Gayatri Gopichand.

SA on top of WTC table, pressure on India to win series

KOLKATA: South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by 109 runs in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) to win the two-match series 2-0 on Monday and as a result moved up to No.1 on the ICC World Test Championship table with 63.33 percentage points.

Malhotra to lead next leg of RBI's war on inflation

The appointment comes months after the govt appointed 3 new members to MPC

Air India places order to buy 100 more Airbus aircraft

THESE AIRCRAFT ARE IN ADDITION TO THE ORDERS OF 470 AIRCRAFT THAT THE AIRLINE PLACED LAST YEAR

NVIDIA HIT WITH CHINA PROBE IN GLOBAL TECH WAR ESCALATION

BEIJING: China has opened a probe into Nvidia Corp. over suspicions that the US chip-maker broke anti-monopoly laws around a 2020 deal, taking aim at the AI heavyweight as Washington ramps up sanctions.

Syria's Assad exit shows Russia, Iran and Hamas made a bad bet

JERUSALEM: A great many actors had a hand in the fall of Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist group that led the offensive; Turkey, which nurtured and supported HTS; the myriad Syrian groups and people who gave a hated tyrant a final push.