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• Mar 18, 2022 06:18 AM IST

  Srinagar: 15 arrested for pelting stones at security forces post-encounter

  Fifteen people have been arrested for pelting stones at security forcesafter an encounter in Srinagar in which three militants were killed. 

  “A large unruly mob assembled from adjacent areas of Shankerpora Wanabal carrying ‘lathies’ and stones in their hands and pelted stones on the deployed staff. In order to disperse the mob smoke shells had to be used,” the Srinagar Police said in a statement on Thursday. 

• Mar 18, 2022 06:03 AM IST

  South Korea to end Covid-19 curbs despite record spike in cases

  South Korea will end all restrictions imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19 despite a record spike in daily infections. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), South Korea leads the world in newly reported cases in the last seven days. 

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UGC releases draft framework for 4-yr undergrad courses

• Under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, universities and colleges will now offer 4-year undergraduate degrees with multiple exit and entry options. Several universities, including JNU and Delhi University, have already decided to adopt these programmes from this year.

The four year UG programme is divided into eight semesters and students will require 160-176 credits for a degree with honours/research. (HT FILE)

Published on Mar 18, 2022 02:04 AM IST

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3 Uttarakhand villages that don’t celebrate Holi due to a curse by an ancient Goddess

Villagers believe that the Goddess does not like noise and colours and if anyone tries to celebrate the festival, they suffer due to the curse of the Goddess. Since that time, the villagers from these three villages do not celebrate Holi.

Kweeli village, one of three villages where the festival of Holi is not celebrated in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. (HT PHOTO.)

Published on Mar 18, 2022 01:01 AM IST

ByAjay Ramola

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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann announces anti-corruption helpline

• Eradication of corruption from Punjab was one of the key promises of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which traces its birth to the anti-corruption movement of social activist Anna Hazare.

Punjab’s new chief minister Bhagwant Mann announces that an anti-corruption helpline will be launched on 23rd March, (ANI Photo)

Published on Mar 18, 2022 12:58 AM IST

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ED summons Abhishek Banerjee again for questioning in Bengal coal smuggling case

In a parallel development, a special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at Asansol in Bengal’s West Burdwan district on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant in the same case against TMC’s former youth front leader and businessman Vinay Mishra who renounced his Indian citizenship in December 2020 and became a citizen of Vanuatu.

Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira had filed a petition before the Delhi high court last week, challenging the ED’s summons, but it was turned down. (HT PHOTO.)

Published on Mar 18, 2022 12:19 AM IST

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Hijab ban in classroom: Fresh plea in SC challenges HC verdict

The petition has been filed by one Sajeeda Begum, who had also sought to get herself impleaded as a party in the proceedings related to hijab ban before the high court .

A man walks past closed shops being run by Muslim people as they protest against Karnataka’s high court decision to upheld a local ban on the hijab in classrooms, in Bangalore. (AFP)

Published on Mar 18, 2022 12:16 AM IST

ByPress Trust of India, New Delhi

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Devanahalli tehsildar questions nationality of hijab-wearing girls

A Karnataka government official courted a controversy after his video — questioning hijab-wearing girls on their nationality — was shared on social media platforms on Thursday

Closed shops in Muslim dominated Shivajinagar area during Karnataka ‘bandh’ called by Ameer E Shariyat after Karnataka high court’s order on hijab ban, in Bengaluru, Thursday. (PTI)

Published on Mar 18, 2022 12:14 AM IST

BySharan Poovanna, Bengaluru

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Can’t penalise parties for unkept election promises: Allahabad high court

The petition, filed by Khurshidurehman S Rehman, sought registration of a criminal case against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for allegedly failing to fulfil the promises made by then party president Amit Shah during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

An Aligarh court had rejected the petition, filed under Section 156 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (if a police authority does not perform their duty then a magistrate may order an investigation by a police officer) in October 2020. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Mar 18, 2022 06:19 AM IST

ByJItendra Sarin, Prayagraj

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Vaccine to stop killer CDV among lions in works

• Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) is believed to be responsible for wiping out nearly one-third of the 3,000 lions in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, in early 1994.

The Gir forests are the only natural habitat of the Asiatic Lions in western India. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Updated on Mar 18, 2022 06:26 AM IST

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Legal education needs full revamp: Supreme Court

A bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh flagged concerns over the quality of legal education, highlighting a spate of issues that, it said, plague the legal profession.

SC asks Bar Council of India to bring in a slew of reforms. (AFP)

Updated on Mar 18, 2022 01:25 AM IST

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‘Rebels’ huddle again as Congress brass reaches out

Former president Rahul Gandhi opened a line of communication with the G23, or the rebel group of senior leaders, for the first time in many months on Thursday when he invited former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at his residence for talks.

Congress leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Kuldeep Sharma leave from the residence of party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, after the Congress G-23 leaders’ meeting , in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)

Updated on Mar 18, 2022 05:57 AM IST

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India Covid cases at 22-month low amid global surge

The pandemic numbers in India, however, appear to be clearly defying the global trend for now – the seven-day average new Covid-19 cases in the country is currently the lowest in over 22 months, according to HT’s dashboard.

Experts said that while cases are rising in several countries, including those that have already seen a previous Omicron surge in early 2022, the situation in India remains one of relative comfort. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 18, 2022 05:48 AM IST

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