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Nearly 58 years after an army officer laid down his life in the Indo-Pak war and was promoted posthumously, the Delhi high court has asked the honours and awards committee to consider a representation by his son for conferring a gallantry award upon him.
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Deshmukh, 72, has moved the top court seeking protection from any coercive action, Mumbai-based advocate Inderpal B Singh said in a video message released for the media.
Encouraged by a steady recovery seen in the first two weeks of February, hospitality firms expect the business hotels in metros including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad that have been lagging the leisure hotels in terms of revenue per available room (RevPar) to catch up in the coming months. Huge pent-up demand for MICE (meetings, incentives, conference and exhibitions) as companies slowly return to hosting physical events coupled with easing of the recently announced restrictions on international travel, will also help in getting closer to pre-Covid levels of revenue, they said. The Omicron wave that peaked in January had derailed the strong month-on-month recovery seen by the hotels since August.
The land purchased by the trust is located next to the Asharfi Bhawan.
In a bad start to the new year, hotels are counting their losses again. Weddings and corporate events for this month have either been called off or postponed. The blow has throttled the nascent recovery which had kicked in around August. It is primarily hurting the banquet-driven hotel chains, some of which are seeing cancellations running into lakhs for a single day.
'On an average we have been getting four to five such proposals a month, but we aren't pursuing them as they don't tick the boxes.'
Two associations representing pilots and engineers have written to SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar proposing that they would take over the airline and can bring in up to Rs 7,000 crore.
There seemed to be some negligence on the part of the contractor, police said.
Seamer VRV Singh returned with a five-wicket haul and helped Punjab book a semi-final spot beating Jammu and Kashmir by 100 on the fourth day of their last-eight stage match of their Ranji Trophy tie in Vadodara on Saturday.
Sohan D Shira carried a reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head.
Companies, so far, were constrained by the provisions of Articles 370 and 35A, which restricted the purchase of land and hiring manpower.
The commissioner said the conduct of the official was 'bizarre' and 'unpardonable' and 'goes against the grain of our pluralistic society'.
In a letter to the PM, they say appointing a bureaucrat will lead to regular interference in the process of talent search
The pilgrimage, which started at around 8 pm on Sunday will conclude on Tuesday.
Defying the security cordon, Modi even got off his vehicle a couple of times, walked to the people waiting for him.
The attackers snatched the walkie-talkie of the station master, and forced staff of a goods train standing outside the station to shut down the engine.
Centre asked Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana governments to tighten security as the three states have a large number of followers of Asaram.
A 10 to 12 week-old foetus was found during autopsy of the Delhi-based journalist Nirupama Pathak, whose death at her home at Tilaya in Jharkhand is being suspected as a case of honour killing, Koderma civil surgeon B Mohan said on Wednesday.
A gritty unbeaten half-century by Parvinder Singh helped Uttar Pradesh overcome a jittery start and post 206 for 5 in the first innings, on the second day of the three-day practice match, against the visiting West Indies, in Kalyani, on Friday. The West Indies scored a healthy 466 in their first innings, courtesy a patient 112 by veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul and an impressive 94 by Narsingh Deonarine.
Jeetu alias Fauji of Mahav village is a named accused in the case, Inspector General (Crime) S K Bhagat told reporters in Lucknow when asked about his alleged involvement in the mob violence.
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The government on Friday said the overall crops conditions have improved with the rainfall in last few days, and the paddy acreage areas are now likely to be down by about 45 lakh hectares.
When Kuber Singh, a student of Goenka Public School in Gurgoan, was extended the invitation to attend the American presidential inaugration he did not know whether he would be interested at all. Kuber eventually left for Washington, DC to be a part of one of the greatest event in recent history.
On Wednesday, in a significant ruling that may result in $2 billion (Rs 10,000 crore) flowing into government coffers, the Bombay high court had dismissed a writ petition filed by telecom major Vodafone International Holdings BV challenging the Income Tax (I-T) Department's jurisdiction to assess whether the over $11 billion Hutchison-Vodafone transaction was liable for capital gains tax.
The SIMI members, wanted by the National Investigation Agency, were arrested from a house in the steel city after a three-hour long operation.
The prime accused in the e-mail threat to BJP leader L K Advani was on Friday remanded in 14 days police custody even as two separate police teams from Assam and Meghalaya started investigations into the case.
Mominul Haque, who was arrested on Thursday night for allegedly sending an e-mail threat to Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani, would be produced before the court on Friday. Haque, a degree third year law student and a resident of Laban locality, would be produced before the court later today, Inspector General (special branch) S B Singh said.Singh said the investigation was on to ascertain whether he has any links with terrorist groups like Indian Mujahideen.
The two Haryana policemen accused of raping a woman from Rohtak, who committed suicide on Monday, are absconding and the case has been transferred to the Crime Branch for further investigation, the police said on Tuesday. The rape victim, who is survived by two daughters and her husband, had accused the Rohtak police of protecting the two cops, who had allegedly assaulted her on April 10.
The district administration has prohibited the entry of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia to sensitive Kandhamal in Odisha on Saturday fearing trouble.
The curfew, clamped in the arson-hit town on Friday, would continue till Sunday, while the prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC were imposed in nearby Dhamnagar and Basudevpur as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of violence, a police official said.
A car, part of the cavalcade of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, went up in flames in Haryana's Karnal district on Saturday. The driver of the car lost control after its engine developed trouble near village Manakmajra. Suddenly there was a loud explosion and the car went up in flames, police said. Two people have been rounded up in connection with the incident, police said, adding it was too early to conclude whether it was an accident or an attack
Mayawati expressed serious resentment at the poor condition of the walls and floors of the park, the dirt there and the broken tiles.
The five-member panel recommended that L B Singh, an assistant sub-inspector and constable Ramchandra Rai, who were dismissed from service be reinstated.
Mayawati ordered a large scale reshuffling of IAS and IPS officers.
Commissioner of Police R P Sharma said they had come to stay in the hotel at about 9 pm on Monday but fled when they were asked to produce identity proof before being given rooms.
'He has dealt with such tremendous odds that he understands things at a level that not many people do.'
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