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Brij Bhushan panel wins polls in blow to wrestlers

A key aide of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was crowned the new president of the body on Thursday after winning the election in a landslide victory, highlighting that sexual harassment charges levelled by some of India's top athletes against him had barely loosened Brij Bhushan's grip over the sport.

Four soldiers killed in Poonch terror ambush

At least four soldiers were killed and three were injured when a group of terrorists ambushed two Indian Army vehicles in the Rajouri district of Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.

Crime, telecom, CEC bills clear Parliament

Parliament cleared a raft of crucial bills that are set to replace British-era criminal codes, regulate the telecom industry, and shape the selection of India's top election officials as the most acrimonious session in years, marked by a shocking breach of security and the unprecedented suspension of 146 Opposition members, closed on Thursday.

SRH, KKR splurge; CSK, MI play smart

Sunrisers rope in Cummins while Kolkata go all out for Starc; Chennai and Mumbai make valuable additions

Mane-taining hair health in winter

A personalised haircare routine focusing on hydration, nourishment and gentle treatment can help combat the adversities of winter and maintain healthy hair

GETTING THE GIG GAME ON POINT!

With concert season in full swing, musicians talk to Soumya Vajpayee about their pre-show rituals that help them thrive on stage

Aman Preet Singh and Seerat Kapoor the new couple in town?

Rumour has it that actors Seerat Kapoor and Aman Preet Singh, who recently collaborated on a music video, may be more than co-stars. A source close to the actors reveals that Seerat and actor Rakul Preet Singh's brother might share a relationship beyond work.

Confident India women run into mighty Australia in one-off Test

Not since 1995 has the Indian women’s cricket team competed in back-to-back Test matches. After a record win against England last week, Harmanpreet Kaur and Co will enter unchartered territory as they face Australia in a one-off Test that begins at the Wankhede Stadium here on Thursday. In fact, so rare are consecutive Tests in women’s cricket that the last time any team featured in them was in 2003 (women’s Ashes series).

Why pace won at IPL auction

About two-thirds of the total spend was on pacers and given their impact of late, it seems like a safe bet

Brij Bhushan faction poised to sweep wrestling elections

Sanjay Singh, running for president, has claimed support of 40-42 votes from the 50-member college

Govt plans lower stake sale target in FY25, no big names

The Centre is likely to reduce its divestment target for FY25 and complete stake sales processes initiated during the current fiscal FY24, while not making any new big-ticket additions to its divestment list for the upcoming fiscal, two people aware of the matter said.

Centre extends deadline to file GST returns

The government has extended the deadline for filing the monthly Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns by one week because of floods in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Virus slams brakes on runaway stocks

Fear gauge India Vix highest in two months; fall worse in broader markets

French prez Macron faces cracks in his govt over controversial immigration bill

France's health minister resigned as the government of President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday sought to quell a party revolt over the passing of tough new immigration legislation backed by the far-right.

US court bans Trump from "24 Colorado primary ballot

Former President Donald Trump is disqualified from serving as US president and cannot appear on the primary ballot in Colorado because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters, the state's top court ruled Tuesday.

Hearing concludes, verdict to be announced on Jan 10

The hearing of the disqualification petitions by the two factions of Shiv Sena concluded on Wednesday at Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur, where the winter session of the Maharashtra legislature is going on, with the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) arguing that the other faction is in violation of the anti-defection law, and the Shiv Sena (as the Eknath Shinde faction is referred after the Election Commission decided to grant it both the name and the symbol of the party) arguing that the post Uddhav Thackeray occupied in the party was not even mentioned in its constitution.

52-yr-old cop mowed down by car carrying liquor in Bihar, 1 held

A police sub-inspector (SI) was killed and a home guard was injured in Begusarai district of Bihar after they were mowed down by a liquor-laden vehicle, which they tried to intercept late on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.

Govt holds Covid meet; no cause for alarm, say experts

With some regions in the country, particularly Kerala, reporting a slight surge in Covid-19 infections at a time when 20 cases of the JN.1 sub-variant have been found across India, the Union health minister on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the overall Covid preparedness in the country, according to an official statement.

Sonia steps up attack, says govt 'strangled' democracy

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led NDA government over the suspension of Opposition lawmakers, saying \"democracy has been strangulated by this government\".

Some friction in INDIA amid push for Kharge as PM face

A day after 28 political parties, all part of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) met to flesh out details of a coordinated campaign against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, disquiet began to emerge within its ranks, with a senior leader of the Janata Dal (United) expressing displeasure at Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s name being put forth as the prime ministerial candidate, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar going into a huddle with his top brass and calling for a meeting of his party’s national council on December 29, even as West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who made the suggestion, doubled down on it.

Govt identifies 43 open garbage fire hot spots

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has identified 43 hot spots across the Capital where open burning of waste occurred regularly over the last year, and has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to enforce strict action on the ground to curtail the practice, according to documents seen by HT.

Will shut you down: HC warns Delhi forest dept

The Delhi high court came down heavily on the forest department on Wednesday and directed it to remove concrete constructions surrounding trees in the Bikaji Cama Place complex immediately, warning the department that it would be “shut down” in case of non-compliance with the court’s orders.

Key problems bog Delhi's winter shelters

With winter tightening its grip across the Capital, HT did a spot check of 10 homeless shelters in Delhi

LG, Atishi exhort students to nation-building play role in

Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena urged the Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) on Wednesday to foster a strong research ecosystem to enable education as a tool for the country’s socio-economic change.

ISBT, Metro, RRTS, passenger mover in Aerocity hub vision

The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), which operates the Capital’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport, and has land lease rights to the nearby Aerocity area, on Wednesday unveiled its vision of developing a transport hub integrating interstate bus services, the Delhi Metro’s existing and upcoming lines, a Regional Rapid Transit System, and an automated inter-terminal transport system around the Aerocity area.

Leopard sightings across cities show the problem is us, not them

Mumbai and Los Angeles have always had them — big cats living in wilderness bordering densely populated urban areas — but in recent years, leopards (which are the big cats in Mumbai; Los Angeles has mountain lions) are being spotted in more cities in India.

Weeks after miracle rescue of 41 workers, work begins again at Uttarkashi tunnel

Work on the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarkashi, which made headlines on November 12, when one of its sections collapsed, trapping 41 workers who were rescued 17 days later on November 28, has restarted, albeit from the Barkot side of the 4.5km long tunnel, an official from National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), said.

'Few incidents' cannot derail India's growing ties with US, says Modi

India will \"look into\" any evidence of allegations of a plot to kill a Khalistani leader on American soil but a \"few incidents\" will not derail US-India ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in his first response on the issue.

Mass burial of 87 Kuki-Zo victims held

The bodies of 87 victims from Kuki-Zo communities were laid to rest in a mass burial ceremony in Churachandpur district of Manipur on Wednesday, ending the months of anxious wait for the families to bid adieu to their loved ones killed in the ongoing ethnic clashes that have rocked Manipur since May, officials said.

Lok Sabha clears new telecom bill to replace colonial-era law

The Lok Sabha passed the Telecommunications Bill, 2023, through a voice vote on Wednesday after an hourlong debate in the absence of most, if not all, Opposition members. The bill allows for administrative allocation of satellite spectrum, replaces the licensing regime for telecommunication service providers with an authorisation regime, cements measures to protect users in the law, and provides a four-tiered structure for dispute resolution.