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RJD prescribes return to basics after '25 rout

NEW DELHI, Jan. 7 -- The Rashtriya Janata Dal's post-mortem of its dismal performance in the Bihar assembly elections of late 2025 -- it won only 25 seats in the 243-member assembly, down from 75 in 2... Read More


Govt extension to X for action plan on GrokAI

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity) has extended X's deadline by 48 hours after the platform cited employee holidays, a senior official told HT on Tuesd... Read More


Madras HC upholds ruling allowing lighting of deepam on Madurai hilltop

Bengaluru, Jan. 7 -- The Madras high court on Tuesday allowed the lighting of the Karthigai Deepam lamp on the Thiruparankundram Hills in Madurai, and pulled up the Tamil Nadu government for invoking ... Read More


SC raps 'rich, affluent' for using writ pleas to dodge PMLA trials

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday lamented what it described as a growing trend of the "rich and affluent" approaching constitutional courts to challenge the validity of penal laws aft... Read More


UP's deletions highest among big states in SIR enumeration

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- Uttar Pradesh has 125.6 million electors on its draft electoral roll after the special intensive revision (SIR), 28.9 million less than the 154.4 million electors as on October 27... Read More


Gig companies to contribute 5% of wages: Draft rules

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- Firms in India's gig economy, known as aggregators and platforms, will have to contribute up to 5% of the wages payable to workers as contribution towards a National Social Securi... Read More


Hry to see India's 1st hydrogen train on Jind-Sonepat route

Chandigarh, Jan. 7 -- India's first hydrogen-powered train between Jind and Sonepat, covering 89-km route, is set for a launch very soon, Haryana government said on Tuesday as the Northern Railway's a... Read More


3 deadlines missed, MC now targets Jan 21

Chandigarh, Jan. 7 -- Chandigarh's long-running battle with the legacy waste at Dadumajra landfill shows no sign of ending. Even as the municipal corporation has claimed success in clearing two massiv... Read More


Man stabs wife amid dispute over silver anklet; held

Chandigarh, Jan. 7 -- Police on Monday arrested a man for allegedly stabbing his wife with a knife following a domestic dispute in Kachhi Colony, Dhanas on Monday night. According to police, the incid... Read More


War of words rocks Cong-AAP ties weeks before mayoral poll

Chandigarh, Jan. 7 -- With the city just three weeks away from electing its next mayor on January 29, the ties between INDIA bloc partners Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) appear to be on shaky ... Read More