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May 18, 2024 11:38 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Congratulations Dr. Max! Vermont university awards honorary doctorate to cute feline; here’s why
A cute cat named ‘Max’, who has been residing near the university campus for the past four years, has received an honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature”.
Cities Live Updates: There is an upsurge against BJP: Priyanka Gandhi
Speaking exclusively to HT, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi says people are fed up with politics that does not address the very real hardships they are facing
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana gets India’s first metaverse-powered virtual model polling booth
The officials included general observer Divya Mittal, expenditure observers Chetan D Kalamkar and Pankaj Kumar, district election officer (DEO) Sakshi Sawhney among others who participated in the event and urged the residents to exercise their right to vote
India News Live Updates: Odisha Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5: Voting date, number of seats, key candidates, full schedule
Odisha Lok Sabha Election 2024: A total of 40 candidates are competing for the parliamentary seats of Aska, Kandhamal, Bolangir, Bargarh, and Sundergarh
Cities Live Updates: Mercury rises to 46.1°C, no respite likely till May 20: IMD
According to the Indian Meteorological Department’s bulletin, heat wave to severe heat wave conditions are very likely to occur in many pockets of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi from May 18 to 22 May
Cities Live Updates: Stain on AAP govt: SAD flays Maliwal ‘assault’
Addressing a press conference, former cabinet minister Maheshinder Singh Grewal said that as per the the FIR registered in this regard, the accused should be sentenced to seven years
Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: Garbage dump near motor market irks shopkeepers
The shopkeepers claim that it is difficult to breathe due to ‘unhealthy conditions”, adding that their businesses have been hit as people do not come due to the foul smell
Cities Live Updates: Mala Papalkar’s inspiring journey: From dustbin to Maharashtra secretariat
Under the guidance of her mentor, Padma Shri awardee Shankarbaba Papalkar, Mala not only received his surname but also learned Braille and nurtured her talents.
Cities Live Updates: HC to edu dept bosses: Pay up dues to varsities, or forget your salaries
Staying all the orders of the department to stop salary of vice chancellors and registrars or serve show-cause notices to them, the court observed that “till further orders, the respondents are directed not to take any coercive action against the universities and its officials”.
Cities Live Updates: Survey team attacked by mob during inspection of madrasas in Ahmedabad
The survey was part of a state-wide exercise mandated by the Gujarat Education Department, following directives from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
India News Live Updates: HT interview: We are trying to unite people, Opposition trying to divide, says Nadda
In an interview to HT, the BJP president rejected the Opposition’s accusation that the government was relying on polarisation to meet its electoral target
World News Live Updates: ‘Coward’ Donald Trump takes U-turn, puts crucial ‘precondition’ before first debate with Biden
Addressing the Republican party’s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner event in St. Paul, Minnesota, Trump put forward a precondition before his face off with Biden.
Cities Live Updates: Time to break illusion of self-proclaimed kings: Anupriya hits out at Raja Bhaiya
A seven-time MLA from Kunda, Raja Bhaiya recently spoke about his decision not to ally with any specific party despite being approached by the ruling BJP. His party has not fielded any candidate this poll season.