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Delhi's 3 ISBTs to get booths for prepaid autos

WORK ON THE BOOTH IS LIKELY TO BE COMPLETED A WEEK AFTER THE PROJECT IS ALLOTED

Ahead of Christmas, New Year, Dehradun Police step up security

Ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations, Dehradun police launched a campaign against traffic violators, police officials said.

State maps at-risk zones, bans burning of 'aada' after March 31 to curb wildfires

The Uttarakhand forest department on Sunday said that it has taken adequate preparations to tackle forest fires across the state.

WOMAN, 2 OTHERS GET LIFE TERM IN COURT WORKER'S MURDER CASE

The wife of a court employee who was murdered in 2019 was given life imprisonment along with two others in the case on Saturday in Kashipur area of US Nagar. They were slapped with a fine of ₹50,000 each.

TWO HELD AFTER BANK MANAGER'S COMPLAINT OVER TRANSACTIONS

Two men have been taken into custody after suspicious transactions worth ₹33.23 crores were detected in their accounts at Canara Bank in Rudrapur, a police officer at Udham Singh station said.

Char Dham shrines shifted to winter abode, open for yatra

As per the state government data released on Sunday, over 5,000 pilgrims have visited the winter abodes of the Char Dham shrines.

After 3-day chase, tiger kills elephant in Corbett range

THE BEAT STAFF OF THE RANGE SAID THEY WERE MONITORING THE TIGER WHILE IT WAS CHASING THE ELEPHANT FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS, AND SHOT A VIDEO

Rahi trigger happy again after neuro-muscular memory loss

Rahi Sarnobat recalls that autumn day of 2022 with clarity. Indian shooters, following a medalless Tokyo Olympics campaign a year before, were gearing up for the Cairo World Championships and Rahi, still carrying the scars of Tokyo, couldn't wait for the first Olympic qualifier of the new cycle.

Crowd pleaser Pant needs to rediscover himself again

The enforcer at No.5 is yet to get going and the visitors will hope he has the same impact Head has had with the Aussies

1st women's ODI: In-form India hold all aces vs WI

India will be eager to exploit their recent form and a historical advantage to subdue West Indies in the three-match women's ODI series, beginning here with the first contest on Sunday.

ANMOLPREET SMASHES FASTEST LIST A HUNDRED BY AN INDIAN

Anmolpreet Singh smashed the quickest List A hundred by an Indian, a 35-ball effort, to guide Punjab to an easy nine-wicket win over Arunachal Pradesh in a Group C Vijay Hazare match here on Saturday.

Villa heap pain on slumping Man City

Villa heap pain on slumping Man City

Ashwin and Jadeja: A pair broken up after 12 seasons

It seemed odd to hear Ravindra Jadeja talk about R Ashwin in the past tense.

US drops bounty for Syria's new leader

Washington is scrapping a long-standing reward for the arrest of Syria's new leader, a senior US diplomat said on Friday, following \"positive messages\" from a first meeting that included a promise to fight terrorism.

ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES KILL AT LEAST 25 PALESTINIANS IN GAZA, MEDICS SAY

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 25 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics said, including at least eight in an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp and at least 10, including seven children, in the town of Jabalia.

ICELAND SOCIAL DEMOCRATS PRESENT NEW COALITION GOVT

Iceland's Social Democratic Alliance, on Saturday, presented a three-party coalition government, vowing to stabilise the economy after emerging as Iceland's biggest party in November's elections.

Man ploughs through German market, kills 5

Describing himself as a former Muslim, the suspect shared dozens of tweets and retweets daily focusing on anti-Islam themes and criticising the religion

Pakistan Taliban claim raid killing 16 soldiers

The Pakistani Taliban claimed a brazen overnight raid on an army outpost near the border with Afghanistan, on Saturday, which intelligence officials said killed 16 soldiers and critically wounded five more.

Biden signs US funding bill to avert shutdown

US President Joe Biden signed a funding bill on Saturday, averting a Christmas-time government shutdown after negotiations in Congress went down to the wire overnight.

But who are you really?

How tightly we cling to our work identities - at parties, in public. I tried shedding mine for a few days. It was awkward, sobering... but I would highly recommend it as a reality check

Did you snail through the year?

COMING TO TERMS WITH 2024

Hero worship gone wrong

Pushpa 2: The Rule, the most successful film of 2024, is built around a man who ravages nature, and appears to care only for himself

Building the future vs remaking the past

Learn from history for sure, but one of the lessons to be learnt is that campaigns to rearrange the past could injure the present

Subtle and seductive charms of Abu Dhabi

We all know Dubai and many are keen to visit (and frequently do), but Abu Dhabi, just an hour and a half away and the capital of the Emirates, remains largely unknown and unvisited.

Fight gender-based violence at the roots

The recently launched month-long campaign against gender-based violence (GBV), led by Union rural development and agriculture and farmers welfare minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan with support from various government departments, is perhaps the first time a serious whole-of-government approach has been adopted to this persistent problem.

Modi calls on Indian diaspora to push nation's global growth

The Indian diaspora should join the drive to transform India into a developed nation by 2047, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, emphasising the country's role as a hub for innovation, green energy and electronics in the coming decades.

CANNOT PERMIT OTHERS TO HAVE A VETO ON CHOICES, SAYS JAISHANKAR

External affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that India can never permit others to have a veto on its choices and will do whatever is right in the national interest and for the global good without being intimidated to \"conform\".

Bhagwat's remarks a sign of inclusive policy: RSS insiders

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's recent remarks in Pune where he spoke about a reconciliation with the past and steering clear of raking new disputes on the existence of temples and mosques showcases the outfit's move towards an inclusive and progressive organisation, senior functionaries said on Saturday.

AAP wins 26 councils in Punjab civic elections

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab won 26 out of 44 municipal councils and nagar panchayats and one of the five municipal corporations in the state, the polls for which were held on Saturday.

18-YEAR-OLD HELD FOR KILLING MINOR STEPBROTHERS: COPS

An 18-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his two minor stepbrothers by slitting their throats in Udalguri district of Assam, police said on Saturday, a day after the minors were reported missing.