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Treat cleanliness as a 'public movement', min tells civic bodies

India, May 8 -- LUCKNOW With the next round of Swachh Survekshan rankings approaching, UP urban development and energy minister AK Sharma on Friday directed urban local bodies across the state to inte... Read More


Guest Column| Policy, not farmers, holding back Punjab's diversification

India, May 8 -- Apropos the HT article 'Beyond the grain: Punjab needs new Green Revolution' (May 3), it is time to move away from narratives that unfairly malign Punjab's agriculture and its hardwork... Read More


Haute and bothered: Deepanjana Pal writes on The Devil Wears Prada 2

India, May 8 -- A day after writer-director Mahesh Narayanan's Patriot, starring Mammootty and Mohanlal, delivered an action adventure around a sort of spyware that allows remote access to personal ph... Read More


Illegal fertiliser packaging unit busted in Faridkot, owner booked

India, May 8 -- The Punjab agriculture and farmers welfare department on Thursday busted an illegal fertiliser and pesticide packaging unit operating from a residential property in Narain Nagar, Farid... Read More


Punjab: ASI convicted in rRs.r25K bribery case, sentenced to 3-year jail

India, May 8 -- A special court in Mohali has convicted Punjab Police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Jagdish Lal, who was posted at Jaijon in Hoshiarpur district, in a 2019 corruption case and sentence... Read More


SGPC takes U-turn on anti-sacrilege Act, calls it 'political conspiracy'

India, May 8 -- Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Thursday took a U-turn on the recently enacted Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act... Read More


Govt orders criminal cases against colleges offering fake courses, degrees

India, May 8 -- Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil has directed officials to register criminal cases against educational institutions that allegedly cheat students by offering u... Read More


U.P. has moved away from politics of fatwas to dev: CM

Meerut, May 8 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the state had moved away from the politics of "appeasement" and "fatwas" to a model focused on development and public welfare. He also ... Read More


Two minor brothers drown in Sirmaur dist

Shimla, May 8 -- Two minor brothers drowned in a stream (Khud) flowing near their Devamanal village, in Nohradhar Tehsil of Himachal's Sirmaur district, police officials said on Thursday. According to... Read More


J&K ACB registersassets case against administrative officer

Jammu, May 8 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday registered a disproportionate assets (DA) case against a senior administrative officer. He has been identified as Zafar I... Read More