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Aamir Khan brought back joy into Jwala and my life: Vishnu Vishal
On actor-producer Vishnu Vishal and badminton player Jwala Gutta's (42) fourth wedding anniversary on April 22 this year, the couple was blessed with a baby girl.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Aditya calls out 'politics' in Bollywood, reveals being replaced in Tezaab
On October 27, actor-producer Aditya Pancholi took to social media to reveal that he was originally supposed to play the lead in the 1988 hit Tezaab, the film that propelled actors Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit to superstardom.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Govt eyes heft with Union Bank, BoI merger plan
The government is drawing up a fresh blueprint to merge select public sector banks, said three people aware of the matter, as it aims to scale up such lenders and streamline overlapping operations under banking sector reforms planned over the next few years.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
State-run refiners examine Russia oil options after curbs
SINCE THE LATEST SANCTIONS BY THE U.S., REFINERS HAVE STAYED OUT OF THE MARKET FOR URALS CRUDE, RUSSIA’S BENCHMARK GRADE
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Stage set for another Tata-Mistry clash
Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata and vice-chairmen Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh have not approved the reappointment of Ratan Tata long-time confidant, Mehli Mistry, as a permanent trustee—setting the stage for a 2016-like battle between the Tatas and ousted Tata Sons chief Cyrus Mistry.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
IOC’S SANCTIONS AGAINST INDONESIA A NOD TO INDIA'S POLICY: MINISTRY
The Sports Ministry on Tuesday justified its stand to play against Pakistan in multilateral international events pointing to the severe sanctions imposed by the International Olympic Committee against Indonesia for denying visas to Israeli athletes for the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
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October 29, 2025
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Amazon to cut 14,000 corporate jobs as AI spending accelerates
CEO ANDY JASSY ENCOURAGES STAFF TO GET ON BOARD WITH THE COMPANY'S AI PLANS
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
LAWYERS MUST RESPECT BENCH'S INDICATION: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stressed that continued insistence by lawyers to press their arguments after the court has indicated its mind “serves no purpose” and risks undermining the dignity of proceedings, as it underlined that the orderly functioning of courts depends on the Bench and the Bar moving “in symphony” with each other.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Cloud-seeding fails to induce rain, precipitates political row
A small, single-propeller aircraft operated by IIT Kanpur crisscrossed the overcast skies above northwest Delhi and parts of the National Capital Region on Tuesday, firing silver iodide flares in two cloud seeding trials that failed to produce rain — even as the capital's environment minister hailed the exercise as “successful”.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
In Bihar, voters are not fixated on caste alone
Is caste the prism through which the 2025 Bihar assembly polls are to be interpreted?
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
TATA TRUSTS OUSTS MEHLI MISTRY AS BOARD MEMBER AMID MAJOR RIFT
Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata and vice-chairmen Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh have not approved the reappointment of Ratan Tata’s longtime confidant, Mehli Mistry, as a permanent trustee — setting the stage for a 2016-like battle between the Tatas and ousted Tata Sons chief Cyrus Mistry.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
SHREYAS OUT OF ICU, ‘ON ROAD TO RECOVERY’ IN SYDNEY HOSPITAL
India’s ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer, who suffered a ruptured spleen and rib cage injury during the third match against Australia, has been moved out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Sydney hospital and is now in a stable condition, BCCI said on Tuesday.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
BPCL, Oil India mull AP refinery JV
State-run Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) is exploring a plan to jointly develop its proposed greenfield refinery and petrochemical complex in Andhra Pradesh with public sector explorer Oil India Ltd (OIL).
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Monster Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica
KINGSTON: Hurricane Melissa intensified on Tuesday before making landfall in Jamaica, where officials and residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Mediation clause can’t block urgent IPR suits, SC rules
When imitation masquerades as innovation, it sows confusion among consumers, taints the marketplace and diminishes faith in the sanctity of trade, the Supreme Court has underlined, ruling that courts cannot insist on pre-litigation mediation in intellectual property infringement cases where the injury is continuing and deception of the public is involved.
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October 29, 2025
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Students cry foul over IISc dept weekly hrs rule
A new attendance policy ata department of the prestigious Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, requires 200 MTech and first-year PhD students to spend at least 50 hours a week in departmental labs, with senior PAD scholars expected to match their advisors’ 70-80-hour a week schedules, documents seen by HT show.
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October 29, 2025
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MAHA MOVES SC AGAINST ORDER ON HINDU-MUSLIM S.I.T IN AKOLA RIOTS CASE
Maharashtra has filed a review plea against a September 11 Supreme Court order directing the formation of a special investigation team (SIT) of Hindu and Muslim police officers to probe the assault on a Muslim boy during a 2023 communal riot in Akola.
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October 29, 2025
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I killed as cyclone hits Andhra coast
Severe cyclonic storm “Montha,” formed over the Bay of Bengal, and made a landfall near Antarvedipalem in Andhra Pradesh’s Konaseema district, between Kakinada and Machilipatnam coasts late on ‘Monday while the impact was also felt in the neighbouring Odisha.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
OpenAI gives MS 27% stake, wraps up for-profit shift
Microsoft and OpenAl reached a deal to allow the ChatGPT maker to restructure itself into a public benefit corporation, valuing OpenAT at $500 billion and giving it more freedom in its business operations.
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October 29, 2025
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HC pauses K’taka order on big gatherings
The Karnataka high court on Tuesday stopped the state government from enforcing its controversial order restricting gatherings of more than ten people in public or government-owned spaces, including parks, playgrounds, or roads that was widely believed to be targeted at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
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October 29, 2025
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‘No need to increase coal capacity over NEP goals’
India does not need to increase coal capacity beyond the existing National Electricity Plan (NEP) 2032 targets, neither for reliability nor peak coverage, energy think tank Ember has said, adding that it will be uneconomical for the country.
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October 29, 2025
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‘MODI-NITISH GOVT STRANGLED ASPIRATIONS OF YOUTH IN BIHAR’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhion Tuesday alleged that the “Modi-Nitish” governmenthas strangled the aspirations ofthe youth in Bihar, left the state abandoned and pushed it into an abyss on every development parameter.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Whose America is it? In US, Indians face the heat
In the wake of Trump's H-1B visa crackdown, a troubling backlash against the Indian American community is gaining momentum. What began as anonymous grumbling online has now spilled into the open, with racist comments voiced publicly and unapologetically.
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October 29, 2025
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EC notice to Kishor over two voter IDs
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued a notice to Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor for allegedly being registered as a voter in Bihar and West Bengal, and sought an explanation within three days.
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October 29, 2025
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Cabinet hikes fertiliser subsidy for Rabi season
The Union cabinet on Tuesday approved the allocation of ₹37,952 crore as subsidy for phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilizers for the ongoing Rabi season that runs from October to March.
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October 29, 2025
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India, Australia to test firepower before next year’s T20 World Cup
Both Gambhir and McDonald back all-out aggression in series starting today
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October 29, 2025
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‘INDIA COMMITTED TO COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE’
Solar energy is not merely about power generation but also about empowerment and inclusive development, President Droupadi Murmu said on Tuesday, asserting that India is taking determined steps to combat climate change.
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October 29, 2025
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Unprecedented climate crisis hit on India: Study
India's struggle with climate change intensified dramatically in 2024, with heat exposure costing the nation a record 247 billion potential labour hours and air pollution claiming over L7 million lives in 2022, according to the 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
SC begins hearing in case for big reform in district judiciary
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday set out to remedy an anomalous situation in the district judiciary which denies equal opportunity for a person joining as a civil judge to rise in ranks and become a high court judge as compared to direct district judge recruits.
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October 29, 2025
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LIC says its decisions had no external say
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Tuesday reiterated that the public sector insurer has neither issued nor received any document mentioned in the Washington Post report, which alleges that its decisions to invest in the Adani Group were influenced by external factors.
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