Hindustan Times Delhi - April 27, 2025

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April 27, 2025

Capital logs 42.1°C, heatwave alerts for many parts of India

IMD SAID THE LAST TIME A HIGHER TEMPERATURE WAS RECORDED IN THE CAPITAL IN APRIL WAS IN 2022, AT 43.5 DEGREES CELSIUS

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₹206 cr collected from students diverted for personal use: ED after FIITJEE raids

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has uncovered an alleged fraud of over ₹206 crore at FIITJEE, wherein the money was collected from students but the educational services were not delivered, before the coaching institute abruptly shut down 32 centres in January, leaving students stranded and faculty unpaid.

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Open to 'neutral investigation on Pahalgam: Pak PM Sharif

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said his country is ready to participate in a neutral investigation into the Pahalgam terror attack, adding that they will respond with \"full force and might\" to any stopping of Islamabad's share of river waters after the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty by New Delhi.

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Mansarovar Yatra in June After 5-Year Gap

Rebuilding India-China ties

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The Bark and Bite of Indus Waters Treaty

Does placing the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance bite?

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14 'active' terrorists identified

OF THE 14 ACTIVE TERRORISTS IDENTIFIED, EIGHT ARE FROM LET, THREE EACH FROM JEM AND HIZBUL MUJAHIDEEN

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Residences of 4 more terrorists razed by security forces in J&K

The residences of four suspected terrorists were demolished by security personnel in South Kashmir in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, people aware of the matter said on Saturday.

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BSF tells farmers to finish harvesting, clear fields in 2 days

The Border Security Force (BSF) issued an urgent directive on Saturday to farmers along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab to complete harvesting and clear their fields within 48 hours, as tensions escalate following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 tourists in Kashmir last week.

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Advisory Issued on Handling Passengers Amid Longer Flights

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday issued an advisory to airlines to implement a set of mandatory passenger handling measures, including providing proper communication and in-flight catering services, to address the extended flying time in international flights due to the Pakistan airspace closure.

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States Intensify Efforts to Identify Pak Nationals

Various state governments on Saturday intensified their efforts to identify Pakistani nationals residing on short-term visas following the Union government's directive to send them back to their country, a decision taken in the aftermath of the April 22 brutal terrorist attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives.

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Indians Should Have Patriotism, Nationalism as Param Dharma

Union minister Piyush Goyal said that as long as all 1.4 billion Indians do not consider patriotism and nationalism as their \"param dharma\", incidents like the Pahalgam terror attack will continue to trouble the nation.

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Ceasefire pact under strain as India returns Pak salvo at LoC

Pakistani forces opened fire at multiple points along the Line of Control (LoC) for a second day on Saturday, an escalation in hostilities that threatens the February 2021 ceasefire agreement, officials aware of the matter said.

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Govt manipulating AQI data: AAP; BJP hits back

A war of words broke out on Saturday over the government's plans to install six new continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS), with the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claiming that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to manipulate air quality data by installing the stations in \"green zones\".

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'Europe-style' streetscaping plan shelved

THE GOVT WILL INSTEAD FOCUS ON ENSURING LONG-TERM REPAIRS OF ALL STRETCHES AND IMPROVING ROAD DESIGN, PWD MINISTER SAID

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Smog guns to be used near factories

The Delhi government will deploy anti-smog guns mounted on trucks in industrial areas to check dust and other pollutants, according to officials aware of the development.

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Noida: 2 killed as ambulance rams truck

Two people were killed and two others injured after an ambulance ferrying a patient and his family rear-ended a mini truck on the Delhi-Meerut expressway near Bhojpur on Friday evening, police said on Saturday.

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PWD Plans Ad Revenue Model For Upkeep Of 100 FOBs Across City

The Public Works Department (PWD) will allow advertising on 100 foot overbridges (FOBs) across the city to generate revenue for their upkeep and make maintenance self-sustaining, officials said.

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NPSC day 2: Digital wellbeing of kids takes centre stage

The National Progressive Schools' Conference (NPSC) entered the second day of its 52nd edition on Saturday, carrying forward this year's theme of \"conflict management and peace education in schools\".

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Delhi Govt to Enhance Child and Women Care Facilities

Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday announced plans to establish 11 more one-stop centres (OSCs) to enhance women's safety in the Capital.

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Six minors stab 28-yr-old to death for social media fame

Six minors have been apprehended after they allegedly stabbed a 28-year-old man to death in northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura on Friday evening, police said on Saturday, adding that the boys had no specific motive for the murder and only wanted to show off on social media and establish dominance in the area.

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7 Workers Mowed Down on Delhi-Mumbai E-way

Seven sanitation workers, including five women, were killed after a pickup van lost control and ploughed into them on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, in Firozpur Jhirka of Nuh in Haryana, on Saturday morning, police said, adding that the accused van driver has been arrested.

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Season's hottest day at 42.1°C

The Capital recorded the hottest day of the season on Saturday amid cloudy skies, with the maximum temperature going beyond the 42 degree-mark.

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Govt Plans To Launch Yamuna Cleanliness Drive In Schools

The Delhi government will launch a novel initiative, \"Maa Yamuna Swachhta Abhiyan\", in schools to increase sensitivity among children about the importance of river Yamuna and connect them with the broader cleanliness movement, officials said on Saturday.

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Delhi HC Refuses to Entertain Pak Woman's Plea to Stay Back in India

The Delhi high court on Saturday refused to entertain a petition filed by a Pakistani woman seeking a direction against the Centre not to suspend her residential permit.

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CBSE racket: ₹12L was paid to accused for impersonation

Police have so far arrested four people in connection with an impersonation racket during the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) recruitment examination in a south Delhi school last week, officers said on Saturday.

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Around 1,200 tourists evacuated from landslide-hit Sikkim town: Officials

All 1200 tourists stranded in North Sikkim's Lachung town following landslides were evacuated on Saturday and brought to the district headquarters at Mangan from where they proceeded to the state capital and other destinations, an official said.

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Bengal To Give Financial Aid To Protesting Teachers: Mamata

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced financial assistance for the protesting Group C and D non-teaching staff, whose appointments were cancelled by the Supreme Court, and assured that her government would file a review petition for them, along with one for the affected teachers.

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Govt taking steps to ensure employment for youth: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Saturday that his government is taking several measures to ensure that the opportunities for employment and self-employment keep growing.

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Democratic politics have changed globally: Rahul

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that democratic politics have fundamentally changed across the globe and the rules that applied a decade ago no longer hold good.

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Body Of 4-Yr-Old Found In Odisha, Rape Suspected

The body of a four-year-old girl was found at an under-construction building in Ganjam district of Odisha on Saturday, officers said, adding that they suspect the minor was raped and strangled to death.

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2 Labourers Die While Digging Sewer Line in U.P.

Two labourers died while digging a sewer line after a mound of soil collapsed on them in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday.

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NTA Opens Portal to Flag Paper Leak Claims

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday launched an online platform to report suspicious claims related to the NEET (UG) 2025 medical entrance examination.

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Narcotics, Arms, IEDs Seized in Manipur; 7 Held

Manipur Police has announced that it has recovered arms, ammunition, and explosives in separate cases, adding that it has arrested five militants linked to various underground outfits for extortion and apprehended two others for possessing narcotics.

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Court Sends NEET 2024 Paper Leak 'Mastermind' to 36-Hour Remand

A local court in Patna on Saturday granted a 36-hour remand of Sanjeev Kumar, the alleged mastermind behind the leak of question papers of competitive exams including the NEET-UG 2024, to the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police, officials said.

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Historian, ex-ICHR head, Narayanan dies at 93

Eminent historian, academic and former chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) MGS Narayanan died at his residence in Malaparamba, Kozhikode, on Saturday due to age-related ailments, family members said.

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Govt picks Sarvam to lead India's LLM development effort

The Union government has selected Sarvam AI to develop the country's first \"sovereign large language model (LLM)\" under the IndiaAI Mission, Union minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Saturday.

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Allahabad HC Sends Judge for Training Over His Inability to Write Verdicts

The Allahabad high court has directed the additional district judge of Kanpur Nagar to be sent to training for three months in a judicial training institute, citing the judge's inability to write judgments.

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Duty of ruler to protect people, says RSS chief days after Kashmir strike

India abides by the principle of \"ahimsa\" (non-violence) and never insults or harms her neighbours, but if someone turns to evil, then it is the duty of the ruler to protect the people, Rashtriya Swayamsevask Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday.

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Across the border: An army's rising desperation

In the 1990s, my father—a middle manager in an Indian company—was posted in a city in Bihar named after a revenue officer named Muzaffar Khan in the 1800s.

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Revealed: The Mystery That Agatha Christie Was

The abiding memory of my teenage years is reading Agatha Christie.

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After Pahalgam, a nation united in battling terror

Trusting the government of India to do the right thing with all its might and maturity, we must assist it by resisting giving in to communal passions, the \"second wave of terror\" that the perpetrators of the attack want unleashed

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In Bihar, women script a story of empowerment

Poor, marginalised women in India lack the tools needed for economic empowerment, especially in states such as Bihar.

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What are we all watching?

I, for one, can't name a single new Hindi comfort watch. Why is a vivid vampire flick the best thing I can currently recommend?

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Just someone I used to know?

When friends, or ex-lovers, drift apart, it's the kind of separation that leaves no bruises. But it's still hard to reconcile, isn't it, the quiet loss of an intimacy that once meant so much?

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A playlist to help you flex

I know this will sound sanctimonious, but the gym is my temple (there, I said it). It's a sacred space where sweat and steel forge resilience. I'm a 65-year-old devotee still hitting the iron three to four days a week.

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Palm before the storm

The power of the gesture is extraordinary.

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Canada Votes in Election Upended by Trump Threats

Canada will hold an election on Monday following a campaign electrified by US President Donald Trump's threats, with Prime Minister Mark Carney favoured to win after promising voters he has the experience to stand up to the United States.

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Open to 5-yr Gaza truce in return for all hostages: Hamas

Hamas is open to an agreement to end the war in Gaza that would see all hostages released and secure a five-year truce, an official said on Saturday ahead of talks with mediators.

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Despite Trump claim, Beijing insists no trade talks with US

China repeated on Saturday that it had held no talks with the US on trade issues, despite President Donald Trump's claim that he had taken a call from Xi Jinping.

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Massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 5, injures 700+

A massive explosion and fire rocked a port on Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing five people and injuring more than 700 others.

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Trump doubts Putin will end Ukraine war

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he doubts Russia's Vladimir Putin wants to end his war in Ukraine, expressing new skepticism that a peace deal can be reached soon.

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Kohli returns home to tackle confident DC as battle for playoff spots gains momentum

The last time Virat Kohli walked out at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in January, it turned out to be one of the most talked about Ranji Trophy matches in recent memory as he fell cheaply playing for Delhi.

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CSK pegged back by middle order muddle

Season after season, the slow MA Chidambaram Stadium pitches were the perfect means for Chennai Super Kings to find momentum in their IPL campaigns.

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Arya, Prabhsimran sparkle before rain plays spoilsport

PBKS, who scored 201, and KKR take a point each after weather hits the Eden Gardens IPL tie

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Olympics is making golf less elitist, says R&A's Bathurst

The introduction of golf in the Olympic Games back in 2016 after more than a 100-year gap has helped it shed the so-called elitist tag, Roger Bathurst, Chairman (Rules) of The R&A, said during the curtainraiser press conference for the Level 3 Tournament Administrators & Referees Seminar (TARS) here at the Jaypee Greens Golf & Spa Resort on Saturday.

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Sable Ends Lowly 13th in Xiamen DL Steeplechase

India's 3000m steeplechase ace Avinash Sable struggled to finish 13th in the season's first competition at the Xiamen Diamond League meeting on Saturday, clocking a slow 8 minutes, 22.59 seconds in a world-class field in China.

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Neeraj to Dalilah, challenge to stay motivated at the top

They say it's lonely at the top. Tell that to an elite athlete and they wouldn't trade that loneliness for anything.

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Elvish recalls personal connection to one of the victims

YouTuber Elvish Yadav recently opened up about the emotional impact of the Pahalgam terror attack on him, revealing a personal connection to one of the victims.

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Delhi HC interim order: Rahman to correct credits for Veera Raja Veera

The Delhi High Court issued an interim order on Friday in a copyright infringement case filed by Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar, noted classical singer, against Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman.

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I'LL KEEP WORKING TILL THEY SHOOT ME DOWN'

Actor Akshay Kumar on audience feedback, career fears, and why he will never slow down

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Jaisi picture banate hain ab, how will I fit into that?

As Sanyasi turns 50, Hema Malini reminisces about the golden era—and why she feels today's films lack warmth

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'Cinema mein abhi tak Bihar ki maasoomiyat dikhi nahin hai'

In his two-decade strong career, actor Pankaj Tripathi never got a chance to shoot in his hometown in Bihar, until now.

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Mohanlal Sons unveils new casual summer collection

Mohanlal Sons, a name synonymous with formal Indian wedding wear, is stepping into a refreshing new chapter.

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Ravi Kishan calls it 'saubhagya' as he joins Madhuri Dixit Nene in his next

B asking in the success of Laapataa Ladies (2023) and his popular OTT show Maamla Legal Hai, actor and parliamentarian Ravi Kishan is all set for his next big project.

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