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Updated on Jul 15, 2024 07:06 AM IST

The department has also formed a five-member team which is working on resolution cameras with artificial intelligence (AI) that will be installed on the counters to determine the age of a person from their face

ByManish Kumar Pathak

Flyer from Bangkok held with ganja worth ₹1.95 crore

AIU officials on night duty intercepted Khan on specific intelligence that a woman was carrying some narcotic substance. Based on the information, the official conducted a personal search but no contraband was recovered

Flyer from Bangkok held with ganja worth <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1.95 crore

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 07:04 AM IST

ByManish Kumar Pathak

BJP UP executive meet: Party aims at course correction, boosting workers’ morale

The executive sought to iron out differences in the government and the organisation over the causes of the party’s disappointing performance in the recent Lok Sabha polls.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister and BJP National President JP Nadda, Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, the party’s National General Secretary Vinod Tawde and state BJP President Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary during the party’s state working committee meeting, in Lucknow, Sunday (PTI)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 07:02 AM IST

ByBrajendra K Parashar, Lucknow

Missing college student in Chiplun found buried under rubble

The wall, erected by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and built over by the college, had been flagged as a potential hazard by experts and a part of collapsed during heavy rains on Friday evening, likely leading to Ghanekar’s death, said students

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 07:00 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Fraud flees with rented Maruti Brezza; uninstalls GPS tracker

Police in Mumbai are on a manhunt for Tulshiram Sonavane who fled with a Maruti Brezza rented from a businessman, switched off his phone, and uninstalled the GPS tracker.

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 06:56 AM IST

ByManish Kumar Pathak

BJP UP executive meet: Overconfidence hurt our expectations in polls, says Yogi

Adityanath exhorts party workers to become active immediately for upcoming elections and maximise use of social media platforms to counter false narratives

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 10:50 AM IST

ByBrijendra Parashar, Lucknow

Two booked for duping aspiring TV actor of ₹4.29 lakh

Versova police in Mumbai booked 2 casting producers for duping an aspiring actor of ₹4.29 lakh by promising a lead role in a TV serial.

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 06:50 AM IST

Come assembly polls, EC wants to set up a voting booth in your housing society

ECI urges cooperative housing societies in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, and Pune to apply for dedicated polling booths for Assembly polls in October

A housing complex in Chembur, (Photo by Satish Bate/Hindustan Times) (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 09:38 AM IST

BySurendra P Gangan

IMD issues yellow alert for today, orange for Tuesday

IMD issues yellow alert for heavy rainfall in Mumbai on Monday and orange alert for very heavy to heavy rains on Tuesday. Several areas received over 65mm of rain.

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 06:38 AM IST

‘Haryana Maange Hisab’ campaign: Expose BJP’s misdeeds, says Deepender to Congmen

Under “Haryana Maange Hisab”, Congress leaders will tour 90 assembly segments in the state and question the ruling BJP over various issues, including unemployment, rise in crime, farmers’ distress and many others

Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Congress leaders Deepak Babaria, Deepender Singh Hooda and others during a state-level meeting in Sonipat on Sunday. (Manoj Dhaka)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 06:26 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

Road crash in Haryana leaves three dead

Three friends, aged around 25, were killed in a car accident in Gagan Kheri village. They were returning home after shopping for a wedding.

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 06:22 AM IST

ByPress Trust of India, Hisar

Haryana: Yamunanagar- Ayodhya bus to be flagged on July 14

A government spokesperson said the Haryana government has launched Mukhyamantri Teerth Darshan Yojana to provide free pilgrimage tours for devotees

Haryana’s agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister Kanwar Pal will flag off a bus from Yamunanagar to Ayodhya on Monday as part of the Mukhyamantri Teerth Darshan Yojana. (HT File)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 06:18 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Family of Jind soldier killed in Kulgam to get ₹1-cr relief: Haryana CM Saini

Haryana CM Nayab Saini announced a compensation of ₹1 crore to the family of the Lance Naik Pradeep Nain, who lost his life in the Kulgam encounter on July 6

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini meets with the family members of Lance Naik Pradeep Nain, who lost his life in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam, in Jind on Sunday. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 06:52 AM IST

ByHTC, Jind

Mohan Lal Badoli takes charge as Haryana BJP chief

An MLA from the Rai assembly seat in Sonepat, First-time Rai MLA Mohan Lal Badoli is a Brahmin leader who was appointed as the party’s Sonepat district chief in 2022

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini congratulates Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mohan Lal Badoli for taking charge as the state party chief in Rohtak on Sunday. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 06:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

Power demand in India to double by 2035: Khattar

The former Haryana chief minister was speaking at a function held at Sushma Swaraj Bhavan, in New Delhi, on Saturday evening organised to mark the completion of eight years of the Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates programme in Haryana

Manohar Lal Khattar underlined the importance of the vision of new and young professionals at a function held at Sushma Swaraj Bhavan, in New Delhi, on Saturday. (HT File)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 06:12 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

AIMPLB to challenge UCC in Uttarakhand, SC ruling on maintenance

AIMPLB to challenge SC ruling on maintenance for Muslim divorcee women beyond Iddat. Also to contest UCC in Uttarakhand, citing violation of personal laws.

This file photo taken on November 4, 2016 shows Indian Muslim women at a rally to oppose the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) that would outlaw the practice of

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 06:06 AM IST

ByAnupam Srivastava, Lucknow

BSES employee electrocuted in New Delhi while repairing electric pole

Officers investigating the case said the victim’s post mortem revealed that he died of an electric shock. Police said the body has been sent to the mortuary

investigators said they have written to BSES to probe how the electrocution took place. (HT Archive)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 06:04 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents

BJP UP executive meeting: Nadda hails Yogi govt for development, describes Congress as parasite

People have supported NDA government at the Centre for the third consecutive term as they aspire for a “Viksit Bharat,” says BJP president

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath interacts with Union Minister and BJP National President JP Nadda during the party’s state working committee meeting, in Lucknow, Sunday (PTI)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 07:20 AM IST

ByPawan Dixit, Lucknow

Noida:Sector 145 residents protest delay in handing over plots

The RWA on Sunday also wrote a letter to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s office, highlighting the matter

Residents, during their three-hour protest, alleged that even after eight years of wait a lot of people are affected and despite repeated assurances from the Noida authority the issue continues to persist. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 05:58 AM IST

Sixth suspect held for killing man in Greater Noida

Noida Police arrest sixth suspect in murder of 20-year-old man in Dankaur. Victim killed by family of 15-year-old girl he went to meet. Prime suspect still at large.

Earlier, three suspects were held on July 9 and the remaining two on Friday. Deceased Bhati and his friend Jitender Gujar, 20, were thrashed in Peepalka on being spotted with the girl by a group of people linked to her family. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 05:56 AM IST

Noida:16 realtors to face action over interest rebate policy

As per provisions of the 2023 policy, the authority can cancel the allotment of the realtors’ properties, attach the same, and re-auction it to recover dues

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 05:54 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

Floods claim five more lives in U.P.

In the past 24 hours, 6.3 mm of rainfall has been recorded in the state. In 30 districts, excessive rainfall (over 120%) has been recorded.

In the past 24 hours, 6.3 mm of rainfall has been recorded in the state (HT File)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 05:52 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

6 online fraudsters held in Rajasthan by Noida Police

The suspects connected with the digital arrest gang online and communicated via WhatsApp and Telegram groups

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 05:50 AM IST

ByArun Singh

Noida authority to plant 350,000 saplings this rainy season

Social groups, including residents’ welfare associations and apartment owners’ associations, have been involved in planting saplings in city parks

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 05:48 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Noida

Excise case: Probe against Arvind Kejriwal, AAP complete, says ED

Kejriwal and AAP have denied all the charges, and called then “political vendetta” by the Union government

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 04:59 AM IST

ByNeeraj Chauhan, New Delhi

Delhiwale: The two sides of Connaught Place

Connaught Place's Central Park and nearby dargah offer serene outdoor spaces with distinct characters. The dargah honors Shah Abdul Salam Faridi Fakhri Chishti.

Palmist Uttamji pores over a customer’s palm at his booth. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 05:42 AM IST

ByMayank Austen Soofu

Delhi Police crack down on fugitive Bhau’s gang

Delhi Police dismantling gang led by fugitive Himanshu Bhau, arresting members under MCOCA and targeting more arrests in the next few months.

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 05:40 AM IST

ByHemani Bhandari

Floods force risky school commute for over 300 children in Gorakhpur

While government-run primary and upper primary schools remain closed due to being submerged in knee-deep water, private schools continue to operate.

School children rowing boats to reach school in Behrampur village, Gorakhpur (Sourced)

Other Cities

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 05:36 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Gorakhpur

The battle for course correction in India’s corporation-run schools

Today, MCD runs 1,534 primary schools in the city, serving over 700,000 students — the highest of any municipal corporation in India

The entrance to the MCD primary school at the B-1 block JJ Colony in Bawana. (Raj K Raj/HT)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 05:34 AM IST

ByManoj Sharma

Delhi govt explores tech to check tree-felling

Officials in the forest department said in light of the top court’s order, they are planning to utilise LiDaR

A second forest official said that the plan is to look at a method that will alert the authorities immediately when a tree is felled. (HT Photo)