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DELHI S.I.R. STARTS TODAY, FINAL ROLL TO BE OUT ON OCT 7
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls begins in Delhi from Tuesday, with the draft voter list scheduled for publication on August 5.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times
Ram temple case: Statements of Rai, Mishra recorded
Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday recorded the statements of Champat Rai and Anil Mishra in connection with allegations of irregularities in the Ram Temple donation collections, days after the two men tendered their resignations from the temple trust amid a mounting row and the arrest of eight people.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times
Keep politics out of children's plates
Among the few policy initiatives birthed and scaled by India, the mid-day meal scheme must rank towards the top. Pioneered in Tamil Nadu and then implemented nationwide, the scheme to feed children in schools has been remarkably successful in curbing dropout rates, give a counter-incentive for parents looking to pull their wards out of school and put them to work, and counteracting socioeconomic biases in the classroom, ensuring education for all.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times
'FOCUS NOW ON STANDARDISING OFFICIAL DATA'
Principal secretary to the Prime Minister PK Mishra said on Monday that India now has access to large volumes of administrative data generated by government departments, various ministries and the country's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times
OFFICIAL: MINISTRY TIGHTENING PUCC SYSTEM TO CURB WINTER EMISSION
The ministry of road transport and (MORTH) is working on strengthening the Pollution Under Control (PUC) certification system in the run up to the winter pollution season in DelhiNCR, additional secretary Mahmood Ahmed said on Monday.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times
POWER DEMAND TOUCHES RECORD, RAINFALL DEFICIT AT 55% IN CAPITAL
Delhi recorded its second consecutive heatwave day on Monday, with the maximum temperature touching 42.4°C, as the Capital's electricity demand hit an all-time high of 8,748 MW, surpassing the previous record of 8,656 MW set on June 19, 2024, officials said.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
WB clears bills to oust Muslims from OBC list
The West Bengal assembly on Monday passed two bills to formally change Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation laws and remove various Muslim communities from the backward classes list as directed by the Calcutta high court in May 2024.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
WHATSAPP ALLOWS PEOPLE TO CHAT WITHOUT SHARING PHONE NUMBER
WhatsApp will let the messaging service's 3 billion global users select a username for their account, a change meant to increase privacy by letting people connect on the platform without having to share their phone number.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
States lag ahead of VB-G RAM G’s launch
With barely 48 hours before India’s new rural employment scheme is set to replace MGNREGS, official data presented at the Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Sammelan shows that 14 of 34 states and Union Territories are yet to formally notify the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and ‘Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), five have not identified peak agricultural seasons as legally required, and several large states including Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are yet to open mandatory Reserve Bank of India (RBI) accounts — raising questions about whether July 1 will mark a genuine national launch or the beginning of a protracted roll-out.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Counting process differed from norms at other UP temples
Alleged irregularities in donation collections at the Ram temple in Ayodhya has brought the management of one of India’s largest religious cash collection exercises into sharp focus.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
KETAN AGARWAL MURDER: POLICE PLAN ACCUSED'S GAIT ANALYSIS
Police investigating the Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal murder case will conduct a “gait analysis” of accused Chetan Chaudhary and are also planning to compare the CCTV footage capturing his movements at the Lohagad Fort with a recreated video, a court was informed on Monday.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Indian women's T20 cricket template needs a rethink
An outdated approach saw Harmanpreet and Co struggle throughout the T20 World Cup
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
670 CAPFs to guard Amarnath Yatra route
Ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra beginning on July 3, a record 670 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have been deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, at least 89 more than the 581 companies deployed last year, officials familiar with the arrangements said.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Canada in footballing heaven
The co-hosts ride on Eustaquio’s strike in added time to beat South Africa and enter the Round of 16
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Saidulajab collapse: ‘Everything is the same... as if nothing happened’
{ ONE MONTH SINCE TRAGEDY }
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
MP Sets New Benchmark, Emerges As a Green Energy Role Model
600 MW solar energy storage project coming up in Morena; driving India’s ‘Net Carbon Zero’ ambitions
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Ex-fin secy picked as HDFC Bank's part-time chairman
India’s HDFC Bank appointed former Finance Secretary and ex-Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar as its part-time chairman on Monday, ending months of uncertainty over the bank’s leadership after its former chairman resigned abruptly in March.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
High court refuses halt on excavation at Jaipur Polo Ground
The Delhi high court on Monday declined to restrain the Centre from carrying out excavation or digging work on the 15.2-acre Jaipur Polo Ground until July 1, observing that the government had already taken possession of the land earlier this month.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Bihar gov, MoS for external affairs set to attend Khamenei’s funeral
Minister of state for external affairs Pabitra Margherita and the Bihar governor Lt Gen (retired) Syed Ata Hasnain are expected to represent India at the funeral programme of Iran's former Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
F'BAD MAN DIES BY SUICIDE, BLAMES WIFE IN VIDEO
A 28-year-old garment trader allegedly died by suicide inside his shop at Sector 3 in Faridabad’s Ballabgarh on Sunday after posting a video on Instagram accusing his wife and in-laws of mentally and physically harassing him, police said on Monday.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Pak strikes in Afg kill 29 militants
Pakistani security forces Sunday carried out a ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, followed by “calibrated strikes” against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, officials said.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
AVERAGE TRAFFIC JAM LENGTH IN DELHI REDUCED BY 16KM, LG TOLD
Lieutenant governor (LG) Taranjit Singh Sandhu was apprised on Monday that the average traffic congestion length on Delhi roads, established using google maps, reduced to 32.43 km between April and June from 48.25 km as recorded between January and March this year.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Aarogya Setu 2.0 launched as personal health record app
Union health minister JP Nadda on Monday launched a revamped Aarogya Setu app that transforms the Covid-19 contact-tracing platform into a personal health record application, along with a Unified Health Interface (UHI) and a national Drug Registry aimed at expanding India’s digital health ecosystem.
2 min |
June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
How complacency led to India's loss to Ireland
For the Indian cricket fans, it is difficult to make sense of what happened in the two T20Is against Ireland.
2 min |
June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
65-yr-old sentenced to death for raping, killing 3-year-old
A Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court on Monday sentenced a 65-year-old man to death for the rape and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in Nasrapur near Pune in May, saying that the case fell within the “rarest of rare” category warranting hanging until death.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Climate action needs cash. Where is it?
The conclusion of the Bonn Climate Conference has left developing countries confronting a familiar reality: Climate finance remains the most important issue in global climate negotiations, yet meaningful progress continues to lag behind growing needs.
2 min |
June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Malik named mastermind in 1990 rape-murder case
Thirty-six years after the brutal rape and murder of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat, the state investigation agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir filed a chargesheet on Monday before a special TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities) court in Srinagar, naming proscribed Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Mohammad Yasin Malik, then the outfit's “chief commander,” and Khurshid Ahmad Chalkoo as the masterminds behind the crime.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Apple alleges CCI copy-pasted its rival’s claims
Apple has accused Indian antitrust investigators of “copy-pasting” its rivals’ claims and failing to properly conduct its own investigation in concluding the U.S. tech giant breached competition laws, calling for the findings to be quashed, regulatory papers reviewed by Reuters showed.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
PM attends Seychelles’ National Day event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attended the golden jubilee celebrations of the National Day of Seychelles as the Guest of Honour.
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June 30, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
MADHYA PRADESH SHINES IN HARNESSING RENEWABLE ENERGY
With CM Dr. Mohan Yadav’s green manufacturing push, the state is positioning itself as a key pillar in the nation’s ‘Net Carbon Zero 2070’ mission; driving waste-to-wealth innovation through compressed bio-gas, sustainable farming support and large-scale clean energy expansion
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