Newspaper
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Now, SP Leader's Remark on Wing Commander's Caste Spark Row
Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav on Thursday sparked a controversy when he said Colonel Sofiya Qureshi was targeted by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister as she is a Muslim, but Wing Commander Vyomika Singh was spared thinking she was a Rajput.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
SC Clears Banke Bihari Temple Corridor Plan
The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the Uttar Pradesh government to use funds from the Shri Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan to acquire five acres of land for a proposed corridor project, on the condition that the land be registered in the name of the deity or the trust managing the temple.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
What the court is not expected to tell media
The Supreme Court's remark in Wikipedia case offers a moment of clarity in the relations between two important institutions
3 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
A small big step for transgender inclusion
The Supreme Court has rightly underscored the element of discrimination in transgender persons being barred from donating blood while urging the Centre to consult experts on the issue.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Murder Accused Held After Encounter With Police in SBS Nagar
A 27-year-old man, wanted in connection with the murder of a CPI (M) activist, was injured during a police cross-firing in Behram, SBS Nagar district, on Thursday.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Flight Ops Partially Resume at Amritsar Airport
Operation of both international and domestic flights partially resumed at Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport in Amritsar on Thursday, a week after suspension.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
8 Linked to Pro-Khalistani Gang in ₹5cr Extortion Case Nabbed by Delhi Police
Haryana-Based Gang Had Fired Outside a Businessman's House in Anand Vihar on April 8, Demanding the Extortion Amount
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Search operation launched in Reasi, Samba
Following suspected movement, security forces have launched search operations in Reasi and Samba districts, officials said on Thursday.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Inspector Held For Accepting ₹15-lakh Bribe
Sonepat police have arrested an inspector for allegedly accepting ₹15 lakh from the vice-chancellor of World University of Design in lieu of not arresting varsity supervisor Dharmendra Mishra, who had planted 400 poppy plants on the campus in March, a Sonepat police spokesperson said.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
P'Kula Police Launch Special 24x7 Help Desk For Protection Of Couples
To bolster the safety of couples facing social or familial threats, the district police have announced enhanced measures.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Steps Planned to Boost Confidence at Indo-Pak Border
The Indian Army on Thursday said it will push \"confidence building measures\" along the border with Pakistan \"to reduce the alertness level\" there, hours after Pakistan's foreign minister Ishaq Dar said that the May 10 ceasefire between the Indian and Pakistani armies was extended till May 18.
2 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Meet the 75-yr-old army veteran from Mohali who offered his service for Op Sindoor
A soldier never retires, says 1971 war veteran Captain Amar Jeet Kumar (retd) from Mohali, whose indomitable courage to join the duty again during Operation Sindoor has been hailed by the Indian Army.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Hisar docs booked under PNDT Act acquitted after 19 yrs
Nineteen years after the criminal case was instituted, the Punjab and Haryana high court has acquitted two directors of a Hisar-based diagnostic centre booked under the provisions of Pre Conception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, over procedural lapses by the local health authorities.
2 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Airport operations gain pace with 44 flights
Three days after operations at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport resumed on May 12 following a ceasefire pact between India and Pakistan, the airport has started inching back towards normalcy, with 44 flights departing and arriving on Thursday.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
How well will IPL teams recover from the break?
Some teams have lost players, others have lost momentum but at this critical point, they will need to find a way to win matches
4 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Experts Weigh In on Prez's Move
The Supreme Court's April 8 judgment directing the President and Governors to act within a time-bound framework on bills passed by state legislatures has sparked an extraordinary constitutional moment.
3 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Tinnu Defends Remarks About Beating Strays, Cites Safety Concerns
A police complaint has been lodged against actor-director Tinnu Anand after a message he posted in his residential society's WhatsApp group went viral.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Shafali returns for England tour
Swashbuckling opening batter Shafali Verma returned to the national team on Thursday with selectors ending her seven-month exile for the upcoming T20I series in England.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Delhi HC Asks for NIA Reply on Bail Plea of MP Rashid
The Delhi high court on Thursday sought NIA's response on the bail plea of Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case.
2 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Set Up New Bench To Hear Pleas: SC
The Supreme Court has asked the chief justice of the Bombay high court to expeditiously decide on a batch of petitions challenging the 10% reservation granted to the Maratha community.
2 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Words that heal: Praise builds lasting connections
In a world where words carry more weight than ever, praise emerges as a powerful tool for connection.
2 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
124 drug smugglers held in statewide search ops
Police officer was taking online payments via UPI from inmates, says Sangrur SSP
3 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
No garbage mounds in Delhi in 3 yrs, says Sirsa
Environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Thursday expressed confidence that \"garbage mountains will disappear from the face of Delhi by 2028\".
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
3 Terrorists Killed in Pulwama Encounter
Three unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Amritsar hooch tragedy toll 27 as four more die
The death toll in the hooch tragedy that struck several villages in the Majitha subdivision of Amritsar district rose to 27 on Thursday, as four more people who had consumed spurious liquor succumbed to the effects while undergoing treatment at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, said officials.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
SC Slams Minister for Comments on Col Sofiya Qureshi
The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up Madhya Pradesh minister Kunwar Vijay Shah for his controversial comments on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and said that by virtue of being in a \"constitutional position\" he should \"exercise a degree of restraint\".
2 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Event Involving Turkish Envoy at Prez House Put Off
A ceremony due to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan for foreign envoys, including Turkey's new ambassador Ali Mursat Ersoy, to formally present their credentials to President Droupadi Murmu was deferred on Thursday, officials said.
1 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
To get best out of Bumrah, solid back-up crew needed
With the Indian team about to get a new captain for the England series, it will be interesting to see the approach the skipper, along with coach Gautam Gambhir, will want to adopt.
3 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Foreign policy lessons post Operation Sindoor
The dust has somewhat settled in Jammu & Kashmir and the bordering areas of Pakistan. It would be naive, however, to believe that our truculent neighbour will mend its ways, even after the battering it received in Operation Sindoor.
3 min |
May 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Cong Removes 8 Bathinda Councillors For Anti-Party Acts
The Punjab Congress has expelled eight councillors of the Bathinda municipal corporation for supporting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) resolution of removing senior Congressman Ashok Kumar from the post of senior deputy mayor on May 2.
1 min |