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3% arrears for HRTC staff by March 2026: Himachal Deputy CM

Shimla, Dec. 19 -- Deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri on Thursday announced that 3% arrears of Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) employees will be paid by March 31, 2026, in four instalme... Read More


HT reviewer Saudamini Jain picks her favourite read of 2025

India, Dec. 19 -- I'm baffled by how such few people have read or even know about The House of Awadh: A Hidden Tragedy by journalists Aletta Andre and Abhimanyu Kumar. This astonishing book unravels o... Read More


'Travel only if essential': UP relief commissioner issues fog, cold wave advisory

LUCKNOW, Dec. 19 -- The people should travel only when "absolutely necessary" and to strictly follow traffic rules, Uttar Pradesh relief commissioner Hrishikesh Bhaskar Yashod said on Thursday, as den... Read More


HT reviewer Rutvik Bhandari picks his favourite read of 2025

India, Dec. 19 -- I read Anxious People in January 2025, on a day where allergies left me feeling like a lone soldier stuck in a high battlement facing an entire troop. After being unable to focus on ... Read More


HT reviewer Pranavi Sharma picks her favourite read of 2025

India, Dec. 19 -- Very few books about Kashmir have Kashmiris at the centre as individuals with lives and voices of their own. More often, they are rendered only as political subjects who are importan... Read More


Red alert for fog in UP, severe cold day conditions likely

LUCKNOW, Dec. 19 -- A thick blanket of dense to very dense fog brought much of Uttar Pradesh to a near standstill on Thursday, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue red and oran... Read More


HT reviewer Lamat R Hasan picks her favourite read of 2025

India, Dec. 19 -- Ibn al-Marzuban, a Persian philologist, wrote Fadl al-kilab or The Superiority of Dogs Over Many of Those Who Wear Clothes 1100 years ago. A casual conversation with a friend over th... Read More


Bribery arrests in Prayagraj division jump to 29 this year

PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 19 -- Arrests of government employees caught taking bribes have jumped sharply in Prayagraj division, climbing from 11 in 2023 and 24 in 2024 to 29 this year, according to data from th... Read More


'Won't spare anyone, even if it's Sourav Ganguly': Argentina football fan club president vows revenge

India, Dec. 19 -- The Lionel Messi Kolkata incident refuses to die down. The Argentine football legend is back home, but his brief three-day trip to India has caused equal distress and joy. While the ... Read More


Who is Sarah Dzafce? Miss Finland at the center of 'eating with Chinese' racist photo row

India, Dec. 19 -- Sarah Dzafce, a 22-year-old Finnish model who was recently crowned Miss Finland and took part in the Miss Universe 2025 pageant in Thailand, has landed in hot water for posting a pho... Read More