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In this issue

April 26, 2025

Delhi's new AQI sensors set to come up in green zones

Last week, Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced that the government will add six new continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS), adding to the Capital's 40 station-strong grid that acts as the backbone of the city's pollution monitoring mechanism.

1 mins

India and Pak seal historic Simla pact in bid to mend ties

HT's report on the two countries signing the key agreement after a crucial summit

3 mins

Family tradition of masal puri serving for 50 yrs

Basavanagudi is one of the older parts of Bangalore. Known for poets, literary legends, and of course, thindi. Home to some iconic places, many of which have stood the test of time and generations, and continue to keep going strong.

1 mins

NEET Must for Physiotherapy Courses: Min

Karnataka minister for medical education and skill development Sharan Prakash Patil on Friday announced that admissions to physiotherapy courses will now come under the purview of NEET, aligning with the national move towards standardised medical education.

1 mins

Doctor booked for throwing dog to death from second-floor of building

NEWS REPORTS SAID THAT BALLAL WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF A STRAY DOG IN INDORE

2 mins

2 Coffee Growers Killed by Wild Elephants in Kodagu and Hassan

Two people died in elephant attacks in the state in the past 24 hours, officials aware of the matter said on Friday.

1 mins

Three Students Drown During Trip to Aliyar Reservoir

Three college students drowned near the popular Aliyar reservoir on Friday.

1 mins

Six Bajrang Dal workers held for pasting Pak flags

The Kalaburagi city police detained six Bajrang Dal workers on Friday after they allegedly pasted Pakistani national flags on road surfaces and other public places, including toilet walls, under the Brahmapur police station limits, officers aware of the matter said.

1 mins

Patil seeks Centre's support to boost infra

Karnataka minister MB Patil on Friday emphasised the urgent need to reduce steel logistics costs from the current 14% of GDP to a more competitive 8%.

1 mins

Process to Identify Pak Nationals on: Minister

The Karnataka government has started the process of identifying Pakistani nationals who are illegally residing in the state, and inform the Union home ministry about it, state home minister G Parameshwara said on Friday.

3 mins

Kerala Bids Adieu to Pahalgam Attack Victim

Under a grey April sky, grief hung heavy over Changampuzha Park, Edappally, on Thursday morning.

2 mins

Naidu Invites PM for State Event on May 2

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday formally invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to relaunch the works for the construction of the capital city at Amaravati on May 2, an official statement from the chief minister's office said.

1 mins

TN Guv Blames Stalin Govt for Poor Attendance at VCs Event

Tamil Nadu Governor Ravindra Narayana Ravi on Friday dug in his heels in his ongoing fight with the state government at a conference of vice-chancellors in Ooty, inaugurated by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, and blamed the state government for the poor attendance at the event.

2 mins

Kerala YouTuber Held for Obscene Remarks Against Women Actors

A YouTuber was arrested on Friday for allegedly posting obscene and derogatory remarks against women actors on social media, police said.

1 mins

208 Pak nationals staying in Telangana, mostly in Hyderabad: DGP

The Telangana government on Friday asked all Pakistani nationals staying in Hyderabad to leave for their country as per the directive of the central government and added that their visas would be revoked by April 27.

1 mins

Bharat Summit expresses concern over fake news

Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh expressed concern over the erosion of democratic values due to unchecked disinformation on digital and social media, infringing upon the rights of the people.

1 mins

Traditional Knowledge Body to be Established Under Revised Policy

After 17 years, Kerala's Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy is set for a comprehensive revamp, featuring a new Traditional Knowledge Authority, a Docketing System, and the launch of Mission IPR to boost IP administration.

1 mins

Andhra govt issues charge memo against ex-CID chief

The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday issued orders framing charges against senior IPS officer and former Crime Investigation Department (CID) chief PV Sunil Kumar for allegedly making repeated foreign visits without prior permission during the previous YSR Congress Party regime, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

2 mins

Border ceremony sees 50% drop in spectators

The turnout of spectators for the beating retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar has dipped by nearly 50% in the wake of escalating diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack on Tuesday, officials aware of the matter said on Friday.

1 mins

IndiGo cancels flights as Pak closes airspace

IndiGo on Friday said it will temporarily suspend flights to Tashkent and Almaty in Kazakhstan, citing operational challenges due to the closure of Pakistan's airspace for Indian carriers.

1 mins

States Begin Identifying Pakistani Nationals as Deadline Nears

Several states on Friday started identifying Pakistani nationals residing in the country, to ensure citizens of the neighboring country do not stay in India beyond April 27, even as people thronged the borders to exit the country with the date of expiry of valid visas looming.

2 mins

No Pakistani to stay in India after April 27

Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday spoke to chief ministers over phone, asking them to ensure that no Pakistani citizen stays in India beyond the deadline set by the Centre, people familiar with the development said.

2 mins

Army Chief Reviews Security in J&K Amid Firing Along Border

Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Friday reached Srinagar to review the security dynamics in Jammu and Kashmir, hours after the Pakistan Army opened small arms fire at several locations on its side of the volatile Line of Control (LoC), suspecting Indian soldiers may have crossed over to conduct operations following a severe escalation of hostilities in light of the April 22 terror strike near Pahalgam that killed 26 people, officials aware of the matter said.

3 mins

BSF Jawan Still in Pak Custody as Talks Remain Inconclusive

A Border Security Force (BSF) constable, Purnab Kumar Shaw, continued to be under detention by Pakistan Rangers for the third day on Friday after the Pakistani forces came to the flag meeting called by the Border Security Force but said they were still waiting for an order from their seniors, officials said.

1 mins

For long, India had raised Indus treaty flaws

India placed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance earlier this week, as part of a raft of diplomatic measures targeting Pakistan over the terrorist attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people.

3 mins

Minister admits Pak supported terrorism

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has admitted the country's history of supporting, training and funding terrorist organisations as \"dirty work\" for the West, a mistake for which he said Pakistan had suffered.

2 mins

FOREIGN ENVOYS BRIEFED AGAIN AMID PAHALGAM ATTACK FALLOUT

India on Friday briefed envoys and senior diplomats of 45 countries from Latin America, Africa, and West Asia on the cross-border linkages to the Pahalgam terror attack, people familiar with the matter said.

1 mins

Pak ignored India's dossiers on terror

INDIA HAS SENT DETAILED RECORDS REGARDING PAKISTAN-BASED PERPETRATORS AFTER MAJOR TERROR ATTACKS

2 mins

Iran Offers to Mediate in India-Pak Relations

Iran's foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday offered to \"forge greater understanding\" between New Delhi and Islamabad even as Saudi foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan dailed his Indian and Pakistani counterparts against the backdrop of heightened tensions over the Pahalgam terror attack.

1 mins

'Motive to divide people of country': Rahul in Srinagar

The idea behind the terror attack at Pahalgam in south Kashmir was to divide the people of the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday, stressing the need for India to stand united to defeat the motive of terrorists.

1 mins

NIA Teams Speak to Survivors; Hunt Continues for Terrorists

Special teams of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have started reaching out to eyewitnesses including tourists who survived the deadly attack by terrorists of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in south Kashmir's Pahalgam, officials said on Friday.

1 mins

Baisaran Open All Year Round, No Curbs Usually

At an all-party meeting in Delhi, officials told lawmakers on Thursday that the Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam town in Kashmir was not scheduled to be open to tourists till June, explaining that this was the reason for the absence of police and paramilitary presence at the site where 26 people were gunned down by terrorists earlier this week.

2 mins

SC slams Rahul over remarks on Savarkar

The Supreme Court on Friday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for comments against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar while granting a stay on summons issued by a Lucknow court.

1 mins

Grilled by Mumbai cops, Rana denies role in 26/11

A team from the Mumbai Police Crime Branch questioned the 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana in the national capital for over eight hours, during which the Pakistani-born Canadian businessman allegedly denied his involvement in the 26/11 terror strike, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

2 mins

Significant Milestone for DRDO in Scramjet Engine Development

The Defence Research and Development Organisation on Friday conducted scramjet combustor ground testing for more than 1,000 seconds, with the defence ministry saying the DRDO has achieved a significant milestone in the field of hypersonic weapon technology.

2 mins

MSME Body Seeks Tax Relief for Sector at IT Panel Meeting

A leading MSME organisation sought major tax reliefs for the sector at the meeting of the Select Committee of the proposed Income Tax bill on Friday, people familiar with the matter said.

1 mins

No aliens yet, but signs from distant planet are interesting

Imagine observing our Sun from 120 light-years away, using an observatory as powerful as our James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), trying to figure out whether there are planets around our Sun, and whether there are signs of life on any of them.

3 mins

Punish Pakistan for Pahalgam with exacting finesse

India must be careful not to get drawn into a response that would be of Pakistan's choosing. Instead of war, it must press for crippling the country economically, by getting the global community to impose sanctions

4 mins

Hit-and-Run Death at Khan Market: Man Arrested

Police have arrested a 51-year-old man in connection to the death of a person in a hit-and-run case near Khan Market on Thursday, officers said on Friday.

1 mins

Of magical stones, flying foxes and doomed love

This book covers the entire gamut of Wancho mythology, historical and cultural memory, and folktales, as promised in the title.

3 mins

Silence can also be vocal: Abdulrazak Gurnah

The Tanzanian-British author discusses dramatic irony, Chekhov's gun, how tourism blights places, and Theft, his first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in 2021

3 mins

Each one is a fresh challenge

On what goes into designs and covers, and the evolution of this field in India

2 mins

AI Yet to Click With Indian Consumers, Says Survey

The March Study of 8,000 People Across 18 Indian Cities Found Only 31% Had Tried Generative AI

1 mins

FY25 Direct Taxes Surge But Miss Target Slightly Due To Refunds

India's net direct tax income for financial year 2024-25 recorded a 13.57% year-on-year growth to over ₹22.26 lakh crore, marginally missing the target of ₹22.37 lakh crore set in the revised estimate (RE) for financial year 2025 due to a 26% jump in refunds.

1 mins

Beer shelves full, but big brands go missing in Delhi

Walk into a liquor store in Delhi this summer and you're more likely to spot Barahsinghe, Druk or Le Chilldoz than a chilled Kingfisher or Budweiser.

2 mins

LIC, GQG, others drive $3.7 bn investment in Adani cos in FY25

Investor confidence in Adani group companies appears to have climbed following a generally favourable verdict from India's Supreme Court on the Hindenburg matter, and the subsequent closure of Hindenburg's operations.

1 mins

Q-comm upstarts sidestep dark stores

A few nimble startups are quietly challenging the conventional wisdom of India's quick commerce sector.

1 mins

India, US Explore Tariff Concessions

Indian and US negotiators are pushing to close talks for the first tranche of a bilateral trade agreement (BTA) before September and are examining if tariffs can be removed on a majority of goods traded between the two nations, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

2 mins

Reliance Q4 profit rides on retail, telecom growth

The oil-to-chemical biz saw revenues rise 15% in Q4, but Ebitda fell by a tenth

2 mins

Trump Signs Order to Ramp Up Deep-Sea Mining

US President Donald Trump has defied international norms and instructed a quick start to deep-sea mining in domestic waters and beyond, sparking an angry warning from Beijing that the move \"violates international law.\"

1 mins

Trump Administration to Reverse Foreign Students' Visa Cancellation, for Now

The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S., a government lawyer said on Friday.

1 mins

China May Ease Few US Goods From Tariffs Amid Rising Costs

China's government is considering suspending its 125% tariff on some US imports, people familiar with the matter said, as the economic costs of the tit-for-tat trade war weigh heavily on certain industries.

1 mins

Crimea will stay with Russia: Trump in fresh Ukraine row

Zelensky has repeated many times during the war that recognising occupied Ukrainian territory as Russian is a red line for his country

3 mins

Sable, Gulveer Part Of Indian Contingent For Asian Championship

A 59-member Indian contingent will participate at the Asian Athletics Championship in Gumi, South Korea, from May 27-31.

1 mins

Sift rediscovers rhythm after Paris heartbreak

The 23-year-old had a poor outing at the Paris Olympics but she has quickly shrugged it off

3 mins

Cummins, Patel Guide SRH to a Much-Needed Triumph

CSK's batting faltered in the face of some brilliant bowling by Cummins and Patel as SRH win by 5 wkts

3 mins

Low-key Hazlewood takes the boring road to success

As far as turnarounds go, conceding seven runs in the last two overs of a T20 humdinger from 26 in the first two is pretty dramatic.

3 mins

Neeraj pained after social media abuse

Neeraj Chopra, India's two-time Olympic medallist and among the greatest athletes ever produced, has spoken out strongly against people \"questioning my love for our country\" and targeting his family over an invitation to Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem for a javelin competition in India.

1 mins

India Look to Experiment with Combinations in Oz

The challenging Australia tour, beginning Saturday, will help Indian women's hockey team assess where it stands, chief coach Harendra Singh said on Friday, adding that they will also experiment with combinations, keeping in mind important future assignments.

1 mins

Top guns silent, injury-marred India awaits long jump revival

India's men's long jump scene, thriving until a couple of years back, seems to have hit a roadblock

3 mins

Josh's fiery send-off to Yashasvi goes viral; fans say batter 'couldn't control his ego'

The Thursday night match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium led to cricket fans having a meltdown on X.

1 mins

'I came with an open heart, but the industry broke me'

Babil entered the Hindi film industry as an excited newcomer, but four years down the line, the actor has experienced a drastic shift in his persona.

1 mins

From law to liberation: An SC judge who drinks only Gangajal

EVEN WHEN HIS OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITIES TAKE HIM ABROAD, JUSTICE KAROL STAYS ROOTED IN HIS VOW TO DRINK ONLY GANGAJAL

2 mins

All Saif-Jaideep's heist thriller succeeds in stealing is your time

A man, joined by a female accomplice, sets out to steal a priceless artefact, but yearns to go home (imaginatively named 'ghar').

1 mins

Will Get That Fame Back to India With Miss World Win

The 72nd Miss World pageant will take place next month in Hyderabad, Telangana, making it the second consecutive edition to happen in India.

1 mins

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