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Farmers announce rail roko after march thwarted again

Protesting farmers on Saturday suspended their foot march to Delhi for the day after at least 17 sustained injuries in tear gas shelling by Haryana security personnel at the Shambhu border, with farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher announcing a \"tractor march\" in states outside Punjab on December 16, and a \"rail roko\" in Punjab on December 18.

CAQM releases stricter Grap rules in Delhi-NCR

NEW DELHI: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in Delhi-NCR on Saturday revised its set of guidelines under the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) weeks after the Supreme Court pointed out the lapses in the scheme.

Minimum temperature falls to 8°C, more chill on cards: IMD

NEW DELHI: While the cold wave remained in the Capital for a short span, the minimum temperature dipped slightly on Saturday, with forecasts suggesting a further decrease in the coming days.

Mob burns 24-year-old woman to death in Nuh, 43 people booked

A 24-year-old woman was burnt alive after a group of people poured an inflammable substance on her in Nuh's Laharwadi village over an old enmity, police said on Saturday, adding that 43 suspects have been booked.

8 schools get bomb threat; day after alert at 30 others

NEW DELHI: At least eight more schools in Delhi received hoax bomb threats via email on Saturday morning, marking the third such incident targeting educational institutions in the city this week, and the second in as many days.

Final underpass at Pragati Maidan gets renewed push

Delhi's Public Works Department (PWD) has written to the Union government to restart work at a Pragati Maidan underpass - the last of the six corridors around the tunnel leading to the complex - after work on the project was halted following floods during the 2023 monsoon, officials aware of the matter have said.

19-yr-old killed, 3 injured as car mows them down

A 19-year-old man was killed and three others were injured after a car hit them in Dayalpur, northeast Delhi on Saturday. The 24-year-old driver has been arrested.

Govt sends all 14 CAG reports; LG approves tabling in House

The Delhi government has forwarded all 14 pending reports from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to Delhi lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena, and Saxena approved the reports on Friday for being tabled in the Delhi assembly, officials from the LG's office said on Saturday.

KEJRIWAL SEEKS MEETING WITH HOME MINISTER ON LAW & ORDER

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal has written to Union home minister Amit Shah, seeking an urgent meeting to address what he termed the \"dire\" law and order situation in the national capital.

Battlefield New Delhi: Kejriwal Set to take on Sons Of two former CMs

NEW DELHI: As the national capital heads for a high-octane assembly election, nothing exemplifies the contest more than the likely showdown in the city's highest-profile seat - New Delhi - where former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal may face the sons of two former Delhi CMs.

Seven flyovers across city set to get a facelift

THE WORK, ESTIMATED TO COST ₹42 LAKH, IS EXPECTED TO TAKE AT LEAST TWO MONTHS TO COMPLETE, OFFICIALS SAID

ONOP to introduce major changes in electoral process

What the Bill proposes

Discrimination against Muslims at the centre of Oppn debate in Parl

OWAISI SAYS THE DELIMITATION EXERCISE AFTER NEW CENSUS WILL LEAD TO FURTHER MARGINALISATION OF MUSLIMS

STOP BLAMING NEHRU, SAVARKAR: AADITYA ATTACKS CONGRESS, BJP

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), asserting that India faces a battle between constitutional values and those who prefer Manusmriti as the governing law as he cited Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's criticism of the Indian Constitution.

Oppn slams PM over 'hollow' speech in LS

RULING MPS HAILED PM MODI'S SPEECH FOR EXPOSING HOW THE CONGRESS 'TORE APART THE CONSTITUTION'

BJP making silent push for AAP's stronghold - slums

NEW DELHI: For the past few months, Delhi's slums have been at the heart of a quiet, but steady outreach by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — marked by visits and overnight stays — in the city's sprawling jhuggis, aiming to woo a voter base that has long been a stronghold of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' is an article of faith, says Modi

Resolutions for India's future

Now, Moradabad jail suptd suspended over prison manual violation during SP team's visit

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government suspended Moradabad jail superintendent PP Singh late on Friday night for violating the jail manual by allowing several persons inside the prison at a time on December 2 when a Samajwadi Party (SP) delegation went to meet people arrested in connection with the Sambhal violence of November 24, confirmed senior officials of the prison administration and reform services on Saturday.

UP WARDS SCORE BIG IN CLEANLINESS CAMPAIGN

Over 12,000 wards across Uttar Pradesh participated in the Swachh Ward Competition under the slogan \"Swachhata Hai Seva, Swachh Ward Hai Sankalp,\" organised by the Urban Development Department.

Lko court summons Rahul on Jan 10

The court of additional chief judicial magistrate here on Friday summoned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on January 10, 2025 in a case related to using derogatory language against freedom fighter Veer Savarkar.

Now, Moradabad jail suptd suspended over prison manual violation during SP team's visit

SAMBHAL: Weeks after four people died in a violence over a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, the administration has launched a campaign to tackle encroachments and power theft in areas around the Mughal-era mosque.

After attack on NIA team, Jhansi police file FIR against 110

KANPUR: An FIR has been lodged against 10 named and over 100 unknown people for obstructing and attacking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) team and local police during an operation to detain Mufti Khalid Nadwi on Thursday night.

Man duped of Rs 56.88 lakh in cyber fraud

Cyber fraudsters allegedly duped a man of Rs 56.88 lakh in Gautam Buddha Nagar district on the pretext of helping him earn huge profits by investing in the stock market, police said on Saturday.

HC directs govt to appoint man accused of sedition and acquitted later as judge

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to appoint as additional district judge a man who was denied appointment on the ground that he had faced two trials regarding alleged charges of spying for Pakistan as well as for sedition.

We strengthened Constitution, Congress wounded it, says PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the Congress repeatedly wounded the Constitution while his government's policies and decisions since it took office in 2014 have been aimed at boosting India's strength and unity in line with the vision of the Constitution.

After yrs of violence, two Bastar districts free of LWE menace

NEW DELHI: When Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai met Union home minister Amit Shah last week, he had more than an invitation for the closing ceremony of Bastar Olympics.

Series reaching a tipping point

BRISBANE: In boxing, it usually takes a round or two to figure your opponent out - only after that does the bout truly begin.

At the nets, Gill and Pant show they mean business

BRISBANE: There was a time when the eve of a match would mean that the venue would be a beehive of activity.

BCCI-PCB hybrid model may get ICC's nod today

THE BIGGEST CONCESSION THE BCCI IS LEARNT TO HAVE MADE IS TO AGREE FOR THE INDIAN TEAM TO TRAVEL TO COLOMBO FOR THE INDIA-PAKISTAN ENCOUNTER IN THE 2026 T20 WORLD CUP TOURNEY

History will see this as a pivotal moment: Carlsen

Former world champion Magnus Carlsen believes that 18-year-old D Gukesh, being crowned youngest-ever undisputed world chess champion is a pivotal moment in chess and could potentially be the beginning of something interesting.