Hindustan Times Delhi - March 09, 2025

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March 09, 2025

Israeli tourist among two raped, man killed

THE THREE MEN ACCOMPANYING THE WOMEN WERE PUSHED INTO A CANAL BY THE THREE SUSPECTS

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1 Dead as Fresh Wave of Violence Engulfs Strife-Torn Manipur

At least one person was killed and dozens injured after the resumption of inter-district movement of civilians and essentials triggered a fresh wave of violence in the Kangpokpi district of Manipur on Saturday—officials aware of the matter said—rupturing the fragile peace maintained in the northeastern state for nearly four months.

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India, Mauritius to boost maritime security framework during PM visit

India and Mauritius are set to unveil a range of measures to enhance maritime security, defence and scientific cooperation during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Indian Ocean country next week, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said on Saturday.

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Bodies Of Three Missing Civilians Recovered From Kathua Rivulet

The bodies of three people, including a minor, who went missing three days ago were recovered from a rivulet in Kathua district of Jammu & Kashmir, police said, adding that they were yet to ascertain the reason behind the deaths.

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India to face NZ today in high-stakes CT final

India is set to take on New Zealand in the Champions Trophy final on Sunday, in what promises to be a nail-biting contest, with both teams striving to emerge as the winners of the eight-team tournament.

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6 FINAL-YEAR MBBS STUDENTS BOOKED FOR ASSAULTING JUNIORS IN GUJ

Six final-year MBBS students have been booked on charges of abducting and assaulting three first-year students at the Government Medical College in Gujarat allegedly over some social media posts, police said on Saturday, with the college dean saying that four of the students have since been suspended on grounds of ragging.

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Delhi cabinet approves 22.5k monthly aid plan for women

Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said the Delhi cabinet has approved ₹5,100 crore as the annual budget towards the Mahila Samridhi Yojana aimed at providing ₹2,500 to eligible women in the Capital, paving the way for what she claimed was one of the foremost steps towards ensuring the economic stability of underprivileged women in the city.

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Six trailblazers who took over Modi's social media

Chess Grandmaster R Vaishali, and scientists Elina Mishra and Shilpi Soni were among the six women who took over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's X handle on the occasion of International Women's Day on Saturday to highlight the \"the prowess of India's Nari Shakti\" and its contribution in \"shaping a Viksit Bharat\".

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CBI to probe nationwide gold smuggling networks

CBI HAS STEPPED IN FOR WIDER PROBE BASED ON INPUTS OF DRI WHICH HAS ALERTED THAT SMUGGLING NETWORKS ARE LIKELY ACTIVE AT MAJOR AIRPORTS

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Shah Lauds Goa's New Policing Tool To Analyse 'Radical Content'

Union home minister Amit Shah took note of an Artificial Intelligence-powered tool developed by Goa police to analyse \"radical content\" on the social media and directed officials to examine if it could be implemented by other states, people aware of the matter said.

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India now walking the path of women-led development: PM

Women's blessings are my greatest strength, capital, and protective shield, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he underlined his government's various efforts towards women's safety, including framing of stricter laws to prevent crimes against them and adding a provision for capital punishment for heinous crimes like rape.

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TMC Team to Meet CEC Amid Row on Voter ID Numbers

A delegation of 10 Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmakers will meet chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday to apprise him of the party's grievances on the duplicate Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien said on Saturday.

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Death Penalty Soon For Forced Conversions

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav said on Saturday that his government would bring a law to ensure death penalty for those found guilty of forced religious conversions along the lines of punishment for rape of minors.

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No F-35 offer from US on the table so far, says IAF chief

India has not looked at the F-35 option, and no offer has been made by the US so far, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh said on Saturday, pointing out that buying a fighter plane was not the same as \"buying a washing machine or refrigerator\".

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GST rationalisation review in final stages: Sitharaman

The government is in the final stages of reviewing the country's goods and services tax (GST) regulation, and rationalisation and reduction of the levy would happen soon, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2024 on Saturday.

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DDA looks to hot air balloons to boost tourism revenue

Combining revenue generation with the chance to experience Delhi from a unique perspective, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is planning to start hot-air balloon rides and has asked interested agencies to apply for the same, sharing details on how the agency plans to arrange rides at multiple locations, especially on the Yamuna floodplains.

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BJP hails Mahila Samridhi Yojana: Fulfils PM's promise'

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday came out in praise of the Delhi government's Mahila Samriddhi Yojna a cash transfer scheme that will provide a monthly dole of ₹2,500 to eligible women in the Capital and said the proposal is the fulfilment of a promise that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made to the city's residents in the run-up to the state assembly elections.

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AQI Back to 'Moderate' on Windy Day in Delhi

An uptick in wind speeds led to a sudden bettering of Delhi's pollution levels on Saturday as the city's air quality improved to the \"moderate\" zone.

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Delhi Identifies 7,000 'End-of-Life' Vehicles in NCR, Asks Govts to Act

The Delhi government, in its drive against end-of-life vehicles (ELVs), has identified around 7,000 such vehicles in the last six months, officials aware of the drive said on Saturday, adding that they have written to all neighboring states, asking them to intensify drives against such vehicles.

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Delhi Assembly To Hold 2-Day Programme For MLAs: Speakers

Assembly speaker Vijender Gupta on Saturday said that a two-day orientation programme is being organised for all legislators on March 18 and 19 to familiarise them with House proceedings and regulations.

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Union minister directs NHAI to hasten projects along NH-48

Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh on Saturday visited key junctions on the Delhi-Jaipur national highway (NH-48) and issued instructions to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to accelerate the projects and address traffic congestion in these areas.

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4 of family booked for holding woman captive, assaulting her

Four members of a family were booked on Friday for allegedly keeping their 19-year-old house help captive for 24 hours and molesting her.

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Gangster's aide, 29, held from Murthal

A 29-year-old man, an alleged member of Vikas Langarpuria gang wanted in a murder attempt case of Dwarka district in south west Delhi, was arrested near Murthal in Haryana on Thursday by the crime branch of the Delhi Police, officers said on Saturday, adding that two country-made pistols and five live cartridges were confiscated from his possession.

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JMI Revises Exam Centres, Adds Kozhikode After Facing Backlash

Days after Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) removed Thiruvananthapuram as an entrance exam centre, triggering backlash from south India-based aspirants, the university added Kozhikode as a centre on Saturday.

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Marginalised to be empowered by budget: Minister

Minister of social welfare Ravinder Indraj Singh on Saturday said that the upcoming Delhi Budget will be made with suggestions from intellectuals and will be aimed at empowering the poor and marginalised sections in the city.

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North East Delhi Riots: Shahrukh Pathan Granted Interim Bail

Karkardooma Court in east Delhi on Friday granted 15 days of interim bail to Shahrukh Pathan, an accused in cases related to the 2020 north-east Delhi riots, on the grounds of his father's hospitalisation.

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Noida a city of opportunities: Yogi

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said Noida has made a name on the global front with the opening up of IT firms and data centre projects in the city, crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reshaping the state's economic and industrial landscape.

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IP violations by India now on Trump's Trade Policy Agenda

India is unable to provide adequate intellectual property (IP) protection, mainly on pharmaceutical products, medical devices, digital services, and information and communications technology (ICT), the Trump administration has said in a new report, clubbing it with countries like China and Russia for IP violations and proposing an \"out-of-cycle review\" before taking remedial actions.

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Teen Killed Over Remarks Against Accused's Partner

Two people have been arrested for the alleged murder of a 19-year-old man in Jamshedpur district of Jharkhand after he allegedly made fun of one of the accused's partner, police said on Saturday.

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Bodies of 3 missing people found in J&K

Officials said that they were on their way to Surag village of Lohai Malhar to attend an event

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6 MBBS students booked for kidnapping, assaulting juniors

THE GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE HAS SINCE SUSPENDED 4 OF THE STUDENTS ON GROUNDS OF RAGGING

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India, US interested in trade talks but it's premature to share details

Discussions on tariffs and other aspects of trade relations figured in PM Modi's visit to Washington

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NTPC Official Shot Dead in J'Khand, 6 Held

A 42-year-old National Thermal Power Cooperation (NTPC) official was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne gunmen in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand on Saturday, police said.

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Manchester And Belfast Get 2 New India Consulates

India's two new consulates at Belfast in Northern Ireland and Manchester in Britain have been inaugurated by external affairs minister S Jaishankar, who said the missions will help deepen trade and people-to-people ties between the two countries.

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Raj Cabinet Oks Bill to Regulate Coaching Centres

The Rajasthan cabinet on Saturday approved a bill aimed at regulating the state's coaching centres and offer students a secure and supportive environment.

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One More Gets Life Term for Killing Kanishka Bombing Suspect

A Canada court has sentenced another convict in the murder of Kanishka bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik to life imprisonment.

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Modi's Mauritius visit set to focus on maritime security

India and Mauritius are set to unveil a range of measures to enhance maritime security, defence and scientific cooperation during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Indian Ocean country next week, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said on Saturday.

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Securing the lives of Indian expat workers

Shahzadi Khan, an Indian caregiver from Uttar Pradesh, was executed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on February 15.

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Congress party and its Tharoor dilemma

IF SHASHI HAS HAD ONLY A MINIMAL ROLE TO PLAY IN THE PARTY, WHETHER IN OR OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT, IS THAT BECAUSE THE CONGRESS IS WARY OF UTILISING HIS TALENTS AND SKILLS BECAUSE IT IS UNACCUSTOMED TO SUCH QUALITIES?

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Tremors in Washington and aftershocks in Delhi

DOGE's dismantling of the American State has significant costs for the US and will resonate beyond national borders. India too should brace for the impact

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Decolonisation without searching for the 'other'

Long before decolonisation of the Indian mind became a popular topic, a group of young IIT graduates dedicated themselves to understanding Indian knowledge systems.

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Five years later

There was a quiet promise implicit in the pandemic era. As we fought a devastating virus, this was a chance to renegotiate, redraw—reimagine—our world. To emerge more united than divided, better equipped, better prepared. We turned inward instead. Do you feel better prepared, in the world we now share?

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Changing the rules of the game

Made in China. Five years ago, the innocuous tag attached to so many of our purchases, from toys and electronics to clothes and the idols one might worship, acquired an entirely new meaning.

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Shots fired: Fighting a pandemic in a post-truth world

It took a few weeks for the world to realize how serious the new virus radiating out of Wuhan was.

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Two dead, at least 228 infected in measles outbreak in southwest US

A measles outbreak in the southwestern United States has killed two people and infected more than 200, prompting a top health agency to issue a travel warning.

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'Ukraine is fully committed to constructive dialogue with US

Ukraine is \"fully committed\" to constructive dialogue with US representatives in Saudi Arabia next week and hopes to agree on the necessary decisions and steps, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday.

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Job cuts: Musk, Rubio clash in cabinet meeting

US secretary of state Marco Rubio and billionaire White House adviser Elon Musk clashed on Thursday during a cabinet meeting, as President Donald Trump watched, over the level of staff cuts that Rubio has carried out, the New York Times (NYT) reported.

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Junta Chief Says Myanmar To Hold Polls By January 2026

Myanmar's junta chief said the country would hold an election in December or January, the first in the war-torn nation since the military staged a coup in 2021.

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Conservatives, Centre-Left SPD Agree to Form Govt in Germany

Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz came a step closer on Saturday towards forming a government which he has pledged will revive Europe's top economy and its armed forces with massive new spending.

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South Korea's Impeached Prez Yoon Released From Detention

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was released from detention on Saturday after a court voided his arrest on procedural grounds — but he remains under investigation over his declaration of martial law.

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Ukraine war: 'Russian President ready for truce with conditions'

Russia is willing to discuss a temporary truce in Ukraine provided there is progress towards a final peace settlement, according to people familiar with the matter in Moscow.

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Indian Gets 40-Year Jail in Australia for Sexually Assaulting 5 Women

An Indian community leader in Australia has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, with a non-parole period of 30 years, for the \"premeditated and elaborately executed\" rapes of five Korean women, according to a media report.

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Clashes and revenge killings leave over 700 dead in Syria

The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 700, a war monitoring group said on Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since Syria's conflict began 14 years ago.

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Voll's Unbeaten 99 Sets Up UPW Win Over RCB

A last ball run out at the other end left Georgia Voll stranded at 99 but spurred UP Warriorz to a 12-run win against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the champions stuck at the bottom of the five-team table in the Women's Premier League here on Saturday.

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Salah Fires Reds 16 Points Clear

Premier League leaders Liverpool needed two Mohamed Salah penalties to beat bottom-of-the-table Southampton 3-1 on Saturday while Nottingham Forest took a giant step towards the Champions League with a 1-0 win over Manchester City.

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Calculation whiz, cricket nut: Making of jr world champion

The 18-year-old from Chennai who marked his arrival as a force to reckon with seeks a sponsor, and hopes to cross the 2700 Elo mark this year

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TIME FOR A TURNAROUND

The most captivating stories in sport are built around the revenge narrative. New Zealand beat India in the final.

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Rohit Sharma: Single-minded focus and awaiting a title high

Rohit Sharma is at a juncture in his career where retirement talk follows him to every global event.

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I Felt Lost And Confused: Raja Kumari

As she clocks a decade in the music industry, the rapper-songwriter tells us about taking her music in a new direction and reflects on the ebbs and flows of her career so far

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Saif Ali Khan resumes work, spotted shooting in Pataudi

Actor Saif Ali Khan is back at work.

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Pure coincidence, says Pritam on plagiarism row

Earlier this week, K-pop singer and BLACKPINK member Jennie Kim found herself in the middle of an outcry after Indian fans pointed out that a snippet from her new song Like JENNIE sounded a little too similar to Rani's (Alia Bhatt) theme in the 2023 film Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (RARKPK).

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Wanted to keep it real in my next, why burden it with a star: Kabir

Immigrants and refugees should not be seen with \"just one perspective\", says filmmaker Kabir Khan, whose upcoming story in the anthology film My Melbourne follows a young Afghan woman who reconstructs her life in Australia after fleeing the Taliban.

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'Struggled to find female sound, light engineers for our festival'

Singer Nikhita Gandhi talks about curating an all-women music festival to create a unique and niche experience

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ADNAN SAYS WORK IS NEVER A REASON TO SKIP RAMADAN FASTS

It might be the season of fasting, but for actor Adnan Khan, it is also the season to bond over group iftars.

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Manthan Heads to Academy Museum in Los Angeles for World Premiere

Amul's iconic feature film Manthan, helmed by the late filmmaker Shyam Benegal and produced by 5 lakh dairy farmers of Gujarat in 1976, is making its way to Los Angeles (US) for a world premiere at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

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Lady Gaga had an 'amazing time' shooting for Wednesday 2 with Jenna

Grammy Award-winning singer-actor Lady Gaga has spoken for the first time about sharing the screen with actor Jenna Ortega in the highly anticipated second season of Wednesday.

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