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Tourism push, package for business growth needed, say J&K industrialists

Lalit Mahajan, chairman of the Federation of Industries, Jammu, says there is no proposal for extension of central package of incentive for the existing as well as new units of J&K

The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry has expressed concern over the absence of a special revival package for J&K. (AFP file)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 02, 2025 08:08 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Jammu/srinagar

Budget: J&K gets ₹41,000 crore, Opposition questions reduced allocation

Separate allocation of ₹9,325 crore for Jammu and Kashmir Police; lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha terms Union Budget pragmatic; Cong

Jammu & Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha (PTI file)

Chandigarh

Published on Feb 02, 2025 06:30 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, New Delhi/jammu/srinagar

Relief for senior citizens earning interest, but worries remain

The budget introduces several significant changes for India’s elderly: doubling the TDS threshold and tax deduction limit on interest income to ₹1 lakh

The budget also exempted withdrawals from old National Savings Scheme accounts after August 29, 2024. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

Business

Updated on Feb 02, 2025 09:54 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents

Weekend Planner (Feb 1-2): Here's everything you must check out in Delhi-NCR

Looking for films, brunch, fitness and comedy events happening in Delhi-NCR? Find them all in one place! Read HT City's Weekend Planner for February 1 and 2.

From catching Deva in theatres to attending Arijit Singh's concert and enjoying a museum-inspired dining experience, there's a lot to catch this weekend in Delhi.

HTCity Delhi Junction

Published on Jan 31, 2025 06:48 PM IST

ByHT Correspondents

UP chief secy, DGP take stock of stampede site and choke points

The officers first went to Jhusi and then to Sangam, reaching pillar number 157 around which the incident took place and collected information about the stampede from DM (Mahakumbh Nagar)

UP chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh and DGP Prashant Kumar meet a woman undergoing treatment at SRN Hospital in Prayagraj on Thursday. (Anil Kumar Maurya/HT Photo)

Lucknow

Published on Jan 31, 2025 08:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents

Omar’s social media adviser sacked after misleading post on SPO honorarium hike

Earlier, the party, on its official handle had posted regarding the enhanced salaries for SPO’s terming at as fulfilment of promise by Omar Abdullah’s government, however, the post was later deleted and was termed “as a mistake”

The National Conference on Thursday announced that they have sacked the social media adviser after the post (iStock)

Chandigarh

Published on Jan 31, 2025 07:16 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Srinagar

Devotee surge grips UP’s religious centres, admins scramble to streamline rush

From restricting vehicle entries, traffic diversions to highway holding areas, new plans and strategies put in place to ease the pressure on Ayodhya, Varanasi and Chitrakoot.

Pilgrims walk along the old Yamuna bridge in Prayagraj . (AFP)

Lucknow

Published on Jan 30, 2025 10:18 PM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Lucknow

30 dead, 60 injured in Mahakumbh stampede

Swift disaster management brings situation under control; Akhadas show restraint, let pilgrims take holy dip first; bathing continues

A scene from the site of the Mahakumbh stampede. (Anil Kumar Maurya/HT photo)

Lucknow

Updated on Jan 30, 2025 05:54 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents

Naraingarh BSP leader murder: 5 held, hunt on to nab main accused, says Haryana Police

People familiar with the matter said those arrested include a property dealer and his relatives, who were in a dispute with Rajjumajra and his friend, Puneet Dang, also a property dealer

Haryana Police said the hunt is on to nab gangster Vainkat Garg, who is the prime accused in the case. (Getty image)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 28, 2025 08:56 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Karnal/ Rohtak

10 Opposition MPs suspended after face-off at Waqf JPC

Ten Opposition members were suspended from a parliamentary committee over chaos regarding a Waqf amendment bill, deepening political tensions.

A delegation led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the religious head of Kashmir, at Parliament Annexe, in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. Farooq appeared before the parliamentary panel on Waqf Amendment Bill on Friday. (PTI)

India News

Updated on Jan 25, 2025 06:59 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, New Delhi

PM Modi likely to visit Mahakumbh on Feb 5

प्रधान मंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी 5 फरवरी को महाकुंभ में शामिल होने की संभावना है, गंगा में स्नान और पूजा करेंगे। अमित शाह भी 27 जनवरी को जाने की उम्मीद।

PM Modi is also likely to honour the work force responsible for making Mahakumbh divine and grand. (HT file)

Lucknow

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 10:48 PM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Lucknow/mahakumbhnagar (prayagraj)

HC defers Chandigarh mayoral elections, to be held after January 29

AAP mayor Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor had filed the plea seeking quashing of Chandigarh’s notification for polls on Jan 24, stating that his tenure is up to February 20

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 09:04 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Chandigarh

Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency screened in Chandigarh, Mohali remains tense

As protests by SGPC, Sikh organisations and farmers erupt outside multiplexes in Mohali, the movie’s shows were cancelled across the district

Members of various Sikh organisations holding a protest against the movie outside Mohali Walk mall in Sector 62 on Friday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 18, 2025 04:10 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Chandigarh/mohali

‘Emergency’ not screened in Punjab after SGPC protests

The SGPC, an apex gurdwara body, and several Sikh organisations held demonstrations against the movie outside cinemas, multiplexes and malls across the state.

SGPC officials and employees during a protest against screening of movie ‘Emergency’ outside PVR Cinemas in Amritsar on Friday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

India News

Updated on Jan 18, 2025 03:25 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Amritsar/bathinda/jalandhar/mohali

No screening of Kangana’s film Emergency in Punjab

Police step up security outside multiplexes and malls as Sikh activists hold protests against film, alleging it defames the community.

Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) leaders and workers holding a protest against actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's film Emergency in Amritsar on Friday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Chandigarh

Published on Jan 17, 2025 01:02 PM IST

ByHT Correspondents

17 Maoists shot dead in Bijapur encounter

The officers said that the firing deep inside the forests was continuing and that the toll might increase once the operation ends likely on Friday morning

The Bijapur encounter is part of a series of successful anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh this year. Security forces have killed roughly 31 insurgents in encounters since January 1, 2024 with an intention of eradicating Maoist violence in India by March 2026. (HT Archive)

India News

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 06:16 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents

Haryana BJP chief among 2 booked for gangrape in Kasauli

Confirming that a case was registered, station-house officer (SHO) Dhanvir Singh said the complainant refused to undergo a medical examination

Haryana BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli termed the case as ‘baseless, politically motivated’. (PTI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 15, 2025 05:31 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Shimla/rohtak

AAP, BJP slug it out on slums, ‘infiltrators’

BJP and AAP clash over broken promises, illegal activities, and border security ahead of Delhi assembly elections on February 5, 2024.

Former Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal with party leader Satyendar Jain addresses the media, at Shakur Basti area in New Delhi, India, on Sunday. (HT Photo)

India News

Updated on Jan 13, 2025 03:00 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, New Delhi

Delhi polls: Tussle over Kejriwal remarks spills into UP, Bihar

The controversy erupted after Kejriwal alleged that the BJP was importing “fake voters” from neighbouring states to influence polls

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)

Delhi

Updated on Jan 11, 2025 05:26 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents

Can multi-city bid boost India’s Olympic credentials?

Officials in the know claim that the possibility of hosting certain sports in different cities does exist but Ahmedabad will be at the forefront of India’s push

A 3D view of upcoming Athletics Stadium at Gujarat Police Academy, Gandhinagar. (HT)

Other Sports

Updated on Jan 09, 2025 11:28 PM IST

ByHT Correspondents

Bus services resume in Punjab after employees call off strike

The bus service resumed in the evening around 5 pm after the authorities held meetings with the representatives of the contractual employees’ unions, who were stopped by the police while marching towards the Chandigarh residence of the CM on Tuesday.

Buses parked at the PRTC depot during the second day of the employee's protest in Bathinda on Tuesday. However, the contractual employees of State Transport Undertakings (STUs), Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC), Punjab Roadways and Punbus called off their strike in the evening following an assurance of meeting chief minister Bhagwant Mann. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)

Chandigarh

Published on Jan 07, 2025 10:57 PM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Jalandhar

Commuters bear the brunt as state-run buses stay off roads in Punjab

Punjab Roadways, Punbus, PRTC Contract Workers’ Union president Resham Singh Gill said around 8,000 contractual employees are participating in the strike and demonstrations are being held at all the 27 bus depots across the state

Passengers stranded at the bus stand during the strike in Amritsar on Monday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 07, 2025 08:12 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Jalandhar/ludhiana/bathinda

Worries as avian flu virus breaches species barriers

H5N1 virus has killed tigers, leopards, and house cats, and severely affected a Canadian girl, raising concerns about its ability to jump species.

A shopper browses near the poultry section at a Walmart in Rosemead, California in December 2024. (AFP)

India News

Updated on Jan 07, 2025 06:40 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, New Delhi

Fog slows down UP: Schools shut, trains delayed

With western disturbances intensifying in the past 2-3 days, a further drop in mercury, accompanied by dense fog, could be witnessed in next 3-4 days, says weather expert

Fog enveloped the state capital on Monday morning. (HT Photo)

Lucknow

Updated on Jan 07, 2025 05:24 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents

CU scripts history, becomes 1st private university to win MAKA trophy

Lovely Professional University has been declared as the first runners up and Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) bagged the second runners-up position

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 04, 2025 07:04 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Chandigarh/jalandhar

Farmers intensify protests as SC deadline for Dallewal ends

However, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal doubled down on his protest, calling for reinforcements at the Khanauri border while refusing medical attention.

Farmers block a road during a statewide strike against the central government in Amritsar on Monday. (HT Photo)

India News

Updated on Dec 31, 2024 04:36 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Sangrur/chandigarh

Bandh throws life out of gear in Punjab; rail, bus services hit

The call for the statewide shutdown was given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha who have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13, after their march to Delhi was stopped by security forces

A street wears a deserted look in Amritsar on Monday. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Dec 30, 2024 10:39 PM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Amritsar/jalandhar/faridkot/karnal/ Sangrur

Cold wave conditions continue in hill states

Many districts in hill states experienced subzero temperatures, officials said.

A woman walking on a snow-covered street in Srinagar on Saturday. Heavy snowfall blocked the Srinagar-Jammu national highway and roads in several districts. (PTI Photo)

India News

Published on Dec 30, 2024 04:16 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents

Punjab bandh today: Railways cancels 150 trains

The decision to call for the Punjab bandh was taken last week by both the SKM (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha.

The protesting farmers will block rail tracks from 7am to 4pm at several locations, thus disrupting the movement of passenger and goods trains. (PTI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Dec 30, 2024 04:41 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Ambala/ludhiana

HT Archive: Manmohan Singh’s two stints in top office

Manmohan Singh, backed by Sonia Gandhi, becomes PM in 2004, promising economic reforms. In 2009, he returns to power with Congress's best tally in 18 years.

Manmohan Singh takes the oath as Prime Minister in 2004. (HT ARCHIVE)

India News

Updated on Dec 28, 2024 06:32 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents

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Lalit Mahajan, chairman of the Federation of Industries, Jammu, says there is no proposal for extension of central package of incentive for the existing as well as new units of J&K

Separate allocation of ₹9,325 crore for Jammu and Kashmir Police; lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha terms Union Budget pragmatic; Cong

The budget introduces several significant changes for India’s elderly: doubling the TDS threshold and tax deduction limit on interest income to ₹1 lakh

Looking for films, brunch, fitness and comedy events happening in Delhi-NCR? Find them all in one place! Read HT City's Weekend Planner for February 1 and 2.

The officers first went to Jhusi and then to Sangam, reaching pillar number 157 around which the incident took place and collected information about the stampede from DM (Mahakumbh Nagar)

Earlier, the party, on its official handle had posted regarding the enhanced salaries for SPO’s terming at as fulfilment of promise by Omar Abdullah’s government, however, the post was later deleted and was termed “as a mistake”

From restricting vehicle entries, traffic diversions to highway holding areas, new plans and strategies put in place to ease the pressure on Ayodhya, Varanasi and Chitrakoot.

Swift disaster management brings situation under control; Akhadas show restraint, let pilgrims take holy dip first; bathing continues

People familiar with the matter said those arrested include a property dealer and his relatives, who were in a dispute with Rajjumajra and his friend, Puneet Dang, also a property dealer

Ten Opposition members were suspended from a parliamentary committee over chaos regarding a Waqf amendment bill, deepening political tensions.

AAP mayor Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor had filed the plea seeking quashing of Chandigarh’s notification for polls on Jan 24, stating that his tenure is up to February 20

As protests by SGPC, Sikh organisations and farmers erupt outside multiplexes in Mohali, the movie’s shows were cancelled across the district

The SGPC, an apex gurdwara body, and several Sikh organisations held demonstrations against the movie outside cinemas, multiplexes and malls across the state.

Police step up security outside multiplexes and malls as Sikh activists hold protests against film, alleging it defames the community.

The officers said that the firing deep inside the forests was continuing and that the toll might increase once the operation ends likely on Friday morning

Confirming that a case was registered, station-house officer (SHO) Dhanvir Singh said the complainant refused to undergo a medical examination

BJP and AAP clash over broken promises, illegal activities, and border security ahead of Delhi assembly elections on February 5, 2024.

The controversy erupted after Kejriwal alleged that the BJP was importing “fake voters” from neighbouring states to influence polls

Officials in the know claim that the possibility of hosting certain sports in different cities does exist but Ahmedabad will be at the forefront of India’s push

The bus service resumed in the evening around 5 pm after the authorities held meetings with the representatives of the contractual employees’ unions, who were stopped by the police while marching towards the Chandigarh residence of the CM on Tuesday.

Punjab Roadways, Punbus, PRTC Contract Workers’ Union president Resham Singh Gill said around 8,000 contractual employees are participating in the strike and demonstrations are being held at all the 27 bus depots across the state

H5N1 virus has killed tigers, leopards, and house cats, and severely affected a Canadian girl, raising concerns about its ability to jump species.

With western disturbances intensifying in the past 2-3 days, a further drop in mercury, accompanied by dense fog, could be witnessed in next 3-4 days, says weather expert

Lovely Professional University has been declared as the first runners up and Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) bagged the second runners-up position

However, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal doubled down on his protest, calling for reinforcements at the Khanauri border while refusing medical attention.

The call for the statewide shutdown was given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha who have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13, after their march to Delhi was stopped by security forces

Many districts in hill states experienced subzero temperatures, officials said.

The decision to call for the Punjab bandh was taken last week by both the SKM (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha.

Manmohan Singh, backed by Sonia Gandhi, becomes PM in 2004, promising economic reforms. In 2009, he returns to power with Congress's best tally in 18 years.

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