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Centre plans monthly data on job creation, unemployment: Officials

CURRENTLY, THE CENTRE PUBLISHES PLFS-BASED URBAN EMPLOYMENT DATA ON A QUARTERLY BASIS

Assam CM announces major cabinet changes

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday reshuffled portfolios of ministers in his three-and-a-half-year-old government and assigned departments to four new ministers inducted into the state's cabinet two days ago.

Streamline approvals for exploratory drilling, states told

The Union environment ministry has streamlined the approval process for surveys and exploratory drilling in forest areas to facilitate mineral exploration, according to a letter to principal secretaries and additional chief secretaries (forests) from all states and UTs last month.

PM: Vision of 'reform, perform, transform' led to robust growth

The country has seen robust development in every sector over the past 10 years with a vision of \"reform, perform, transform\", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as he addressed investors and industrialists in Jaipur.

AT PRE-BUDGET MEET WITH FM, FARMERS DEMAND SCRAPPING OF GST ON AGRI INPUTS

A delegation of farmers, which met Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman last week, has sought scrapping of the Goods and Services Tax on farm inputs, two people who attended the meeting said on Monday.

As crisis unfolds, India pushes for stability in Syria

THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTRY NOTED THAT IT WAS MONITORING THE EVOLVING SITUATION IN THE WEST ASIAN COUNTRY AND ADVOCATED FOR PEACE

This season of sweetness

On the city's shakarkandi civilisation

254 species recorded in bird survey

Winter bird count 2024 highlights

Delhi-Shillong flight diverted to Patna

A SpiceJet flight (SG 2950) from Delhi to Shillong with 80 passengers and crew on board was diverted to Patna after a crack in the cockpit windshield was detected on Monday morning.

2 STUDENTS FALL TO DEATH FROM 4TH FLOOR OF ROHINI HOSTEL

Two 19-year-old college students died after allegedly falling from the fourth floor of their PG accommodation in Rohini early on Monday.

MUMBAI MAN HELD FOR AIDING ILLEGAL U.S. ENTRY VIA IGI IN 2019 CASE

A 59-year-old Mumbai resident was arrested last week for facilitating illegal immigration via \"donkey routes\" in a 2019 case involving a Gujarat woman deported from the US, police said on Monday.

Fire breaks out at closed west Delhi eatery; 1 injured

A massive fire broke out at a closed restaurant in Rajouri Garden, west Delhi on Monday, gutting nearby establishments and forcing students at a coaching institute above it to jump from the building's terrace to escape.

Audit recommends razing of 9th tower at Ggm condo

A structural audit of Tower B at Chintels Paradiso in Gurugram's Sector 109 has deemed the ninth and final tower in the condominium unsafe for habitation and recommended its safe demolition, people aware of the matter said on Monday.

3 mowed down on NH-48 while unloading bags

Three people, who had disembarked from a bus at their stop at Mahipalpur in southwest Delhi, were mowed down by a speeding truck in the early hours of Monday on national highway 48 while they were in the process of removing their luggage from the storage compartment of the bus, police said.

SISODIA'S PLEA ON BAIL CONDITION LISTED FOR WED

The Supreme Court will take up on Wednesday former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia's petition seeking modification to his bail condition requiring his appearance before the investigating officer (IO) twice a week.

Two minors among three held for murder in Palam

INTERROGATION OF THE ACCUSED FOUND THEY GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH THE VICTIM AS HE WAS ALLEGEDLY DRUNK AND SLANDERED THEM

Govt thanks UP farmers for land to Noida airport

On Monday, after the maiden test flight landed safely at the upcoming Noida international airport in Greater Noida's Jewar, minister of civil aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Gautam Budh Nagar member of Parliament Dr Mahesh Sharma, and Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh thanked farmers who gave up their land for the airport, which is slated to become operational by April 2025.

MCD headed for logjam in absence of key panel

ACCORDING TO DMC ACT, THE COMMISSIONER IS EXPECTED TO PRESENT BUDGET ESTIMATES BEFORE THE STANDING COMMITTEE BEFORE DEC 10

HC STAYS BAR BODY'S ORDER TO SUSPEND AAP LEGAL CELL HEAD

A day after the Bar Council of India (BCI) directed for the immediate removal of the legal cell head of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from Delhi's bar body, the Delhi high court on Monday stayed the decision till January 21.

Mercury dips; AQI improves

Buoyed by fast winds and light rainfall over the weekend, Delhi's air quality improved dramatically-by 116 points and two categories between Sunday and Monday, paving the way for one of the best starts to December in terms of air Delhi has breathed since 2015, according to data shared by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

DSS RESUMES OPS, BUT DATA NOT TO INFLUENCE KEY DECISIONS: CAQM

The Decision Support System (DSS) under the Union ministry of Earth sciences (MOES) resumed functioning on Monday, sharing data on sources that were impacting Delhi's air quality over a week after it stopped updating information on its website.

Probe into earlier threats still stuck

On Monday morning, Delhi Police teams were scrambling across the Capital, trying to maintain order as at least 44 schools received a bomb threat by email.

Bomb hoax at 44 schools causes chaos

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.

PANIC PERSISTS AFTER REPEATED BOMB THREATS IN SCHOOLS

Panic, anger, anxiety, frustration—these were the prevailing emotions on Monday, as more than 40 schools across Delhi received yet another bomb threat by email.

SC: Independent agency can work on green cover

If calling meetings is the only exercise you have carried out, then we will appoint an independent agency.

BJP: AAP 'sinking', leaders are 'fleeing'

The Delhi unit of the BJP on Monday alleged that leaders of the AAP were \"fleeing\" their home constituencies and that the party is \"sinking\", referencing the second list of candidates for the Delhi assembly elections released by the ruling party on Monday.

AAP alleges 'secret deletion' of voters from electoral rolls

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday filed a complaint with all electoral registration officers (EROs) in Delhi over the alleged \"secret deletion\" of voters' names from electoral rolls which the party claimed is being done by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the coming assembly elections in Delhi.

Top court issues guidelines on processing of mercy petitions in order to limit delays

The Supreme Court on Monday laid down a comprehensive set of guidelines to ensure the swift and efficient processing of mercy petitions by death-row convicts, marking a significant development in the legal framework surrounding capital punishment and underlining the adverse effects of delays on both the convicts and societal confidence in justice.

Haiti: Gang kills 180 over death of its leader's child

At least 184 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti's Cite Soleil slum when a gang leader targeted elderly people he suspected of causing his child's illness and subsequent death through witchcraft, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) said on Sunday.

Noida airport conducts first flight validation test

An Airbus A320 plane from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) landed at Noida International Airport, also known as the Jewar airport, on Monday, marking a crucial step in the commencement of commercial operations at the facility in Greater Noida.