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High-octane campaigning ends for Phase 1 polling in Jharkhand

RANCHI: Infiltrators grab land in Jharkhand by marrying tribal women and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form a panel to identify them and drive them out of the state if voted to power in the upcoming assembly elections, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Monday.

JMM vows job quota for women, domicile policy

Manifesto highlights

EC ISSUES NOTICE TO BENGAL BJP CHIEF AFTER TMC LETTER

The Election Commission of India on Monday issued a notice to Sukanta Majumdar, the Bengal unit chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party, following a complaint by the Trinamool Congress which on Saturday accused Majumdar of insulting the state emblem and the state police in a public rally on November 7.

BJP seeks FIR against Rahul, approaches EC

IN A LETTER TO EC, THE BJP ACCUSED GANDHI OF DISTORTING THE TRUTH IN A SPEECH IN MUMBAI ON NOVEMBER 6

Mahayuti will get resounding majority, form govt

With just over a week to go for the assembly elections, political leaders have flocked to the city for meet-and-greets with citizens.

AKHILESH TARGETS BJP AHEAD OF BYPOLLS, BRINGS UP PDA’ FORMULA

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday sharpened the attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party as he again brought up the PDA (Pichhda Dalit Alpsankhyak) formula ahead of the bypolls to nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh.

472 dengue cases recorded last week

As many as 472 dengue cases were recorded in the city over the last week, taking the overall count this year between January 1 and November 9 to 4,533, according to the weekly report of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

WILL GIVE TICKETS ON PERFORMANCE: KEJRIWAL TO AAP

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal held a district level meeting of party workers in Kirari on Monday and told them that their loyalty should be directly to him and not to any MLA or councillor.

Portrait of a storyteller

Glimpsing into a young citizen's aspirations

HC allows counting of DUSU poll votes

THE COURT SAID VOTES SHOULD BE COUNTED ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 26, AND ADDED THAT CANDIDATES DESERVED A SECOND CHANCE

WILL PROPOSE THAT LG MAKE 10K BUS MARSHALS PERMANENT: CM

Chief minister Atishi, in a press conference on Monday, said that the Delhi government will send a proposal to lieutenant governor VK Saxena for recruitment of 10,000 bus marshals on permanent basis.

Delhi HC rejects Tytler's plea to stay trial in 1984 riots case

The Delhi high court on Monday refused to immediately stay trial court proceedings pending against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case involving the killing of three people.

Won't recall order allowing student to attend class: HC

THE BENCH SAID THAT THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION IN RECALLING THE OCTOBER 28 ORDER AS THE VARSITY WAS HEARD BEFORE PASSING THE ORDER

Chanakyapuri: Infant killed in hit-and-run

A 10-month-old girl was killed in a hit-and-run incident after she was crushed under an overturned autorickshaw in Chanakyapuri area, police said on Monday.

Bibhav challenges court move to take cognisance of charges

Bibhav Kumar, accused in the alleged assault on Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal and a close associate of Delhi's former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Monday filed a revision petition before a Delhi court challenging the legality of the trial court's cognisance of the charge sheet, which was taken in July.

Teens killed man, 49, in extortion attempt last month, arrested

Over two weeks after a 49-year-old vegetable vendor was shot dead in an extortion bid in Dwarka, two teenagers have been arrested, police said, adding that the boys wanted to form their own extortion gang in the area.

DELHI LG NOD TO RECRUITMENT OF MEDICAL STAFF

Lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena approved the recruitment of 1,463 health care staff, including 701 nurses and 762 paramedical staff, to address the shortage of medical personnel in the Capital, the LG secretariat said on Monday.

STAGE SET FOR MAYOR POLLS, BUT PHONE BAN STAYS

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) started the process for holding mayoral elections on Thursday, officials said, adding that protocols prohibiting mobile phones in the house chambers during the polls would remain in place.

DDA vice chair appointed

Vijay Kumar Singh, a 1995 batch ICAS officer, was appointed as the new vice chairperson of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on additional charge. Singh is currently serving as the member finance in the authority.

550,000 Dutch tulips to be planted in December

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has kicked off the ninth iteration of its annual tulip plantation season by procuring around 550,000 tulip bulbs worth ₹1.68 crore.

DMRC launches 2 bike taxi services at 12 stns; one to be only for women

Bridging transport gap

13 hot spots, 57 pollution sources under tight vigil

The state environment department has identified 57 sources of pollution in a fresh mapping at Delhi's 13 hot spots, with Mundka and Anand Vihar accounting for the most, according to data shared by the department with the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM).

Air at 8 out of 10 hot spots hasn't improved much in 5 years: Data

The air quality at Delhi's pollution \"hot spots\" has not significantly improved over the past five years, especially when compared to how the rest of the city has fared in the same period, an analysis by HT revealed.

MCD LIKELY TO AGAIN PUSH FOR INCREASING PARKING FEE

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) plans to make another push for increasing the parking fee rates across Delhi in compliance with the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) to tackle air pollution, senior officials said on Monday.

Air very poor’ for 13 straight days

Slowing winds gripped Delhi in a smog blanket on Monday, keeping the air quality index (AQI) at the \"very poor\" level for the 13th day in a row.

Take call on permanent firecracker ban: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday said that no religion wants to promote pollution, stressing that every citizen has a fundamental right to live in a pollution-free environment and giving the Delhi government two weeks to decide on whether the Capital should have a permanent ban on firecrackers throughout the year.

The road ahead for the Chief Justice

Justice Sanjiv Khanna's appointment as the 51st Chief Justice of India on Monday marks a pivotal moment for the Supreme Court.

JUSTICE KHANNA TAKES OATH AS INDIA'S 51ST CJI

Justice Sanjiv Khanna took oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Monday, with President Droupadi Murmu administering the oath of office at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

RG KAR CASE TRIAL BEGINS IN CAMERA THREE MONTHS AFTER GORY CRIME

The in-camera trial in the August 9 rape and murder case of a trainee doctor commenced in a local court in Kolkata on Monday, three months after the medic's body was found inside the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

VISTARA FLIES INTO THE SUNSET AFTER AIR INDIA MERGER

Vistara operated its final flights on Monday night, marking the end of a nine-year journey that redefined premium air travel in a market dominated by low-cost airlines.