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Hindustan Times Delhi
‘Bishnoi gang’ fires at west Delhi gym over singer link
Two motorcycle-borne masked men allegedly opened fire at a gym in west Delhi’s Pushkar Enclave near Paschim Vihar in the early hours of Thursday, police said, adding that they have come across a social media post in which an alleged member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang claimed responsibility.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Tiger safari in UP extended by 15 days amid delayed monsoon
With the monsoon yet to arrive in Uttar Pradesh, the state government has extended the tourist season in its tiger reserves by 15 days, allowing visitors to continue safaris until June 30 instead of the scheduled closure on June 15.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
The politics of shade in our unequal cities
As Indian cities heat up, cooling equity will need investing in shaded public infrastructure — bus stops, markets, pedestrian pathways, schools and health centres. It will also need labour protection for workers on the frontline of heat exposure
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Vessels hit by US had a chequered past
All three merchant ships disabled by US Navy strikes off the coast of Oman this week had earlier been detained, found unsafe or placed under sanctions, records show, even as the operator of the ship on which three Indian seafarers died denied any link to Iranian oil.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Court denies bail to gangster’s wife over ‘role in conspiracy’
A Delhi court has denied bail to Zoya Khan, the wife of gangster Hashim Baba and one of the key accused in businessman Nadir Shah's 2024 murder, observing that she had an active role in the conspiracy from arranging shooters to post-murder cover-up.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Excise relief for higher ethanol petrol blends
The government has exempted excise duty on up to 30% ethanol component in blended petrol, which, according to experts, will proportionately reduce India’s energy imports and may also improve margins of stressed fuel retailers as oil companies may not pass the benefit to the consumer.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
UP varsities told to form anti-conversion cells
All higher education institutions in Uttar Pradesh, including medical and dental colleges, are gearing up to set up “Dharmantaran Roktham Cells” (anti-conversion cells) following an order by state governor Anandiben Patel — a move which has sparked a political row.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Fatigue looms large over the World Cup
“I gave everything, physically and mentally. But the very highest level is like a washing machine, you play all the time and never stop.”
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
CENTRE CLEARS RENAMING MCD ZONES IN LINE WITH 13 DISTRICTS
The Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) has approved the process of renaming various zones of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in line with the names of 13 districts in Delhi, a senior MCD official said.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
The cost of the US's Iran gambit
US messages about peace talks sound identical to declarations of war. It is very difficult to negotiate peace with bombs
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Govt eases licensing requirements for key connected vehicle devices
The Centre has exempted key connected vehicle communication devices from licensing requirements in a move aimed at accelerating the deployment of intelligent transport systems and enhancing road safety through real-time vehicle-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) connectivity.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘AFSPA will be removed from almost entire NE’
Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA will be withdrawn from the entire Northeast next year, barring one or two states.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
ED TO CHALLENGE HC QUASHING OF NEWSCLICK CASE
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will challenge in the Supreme Court the Delhi high court's decision to quash its money laundering case against news portal NewsClick and its editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha, with agency officials arguing that the judgment failed to consider evidence submitted by investigators.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
British defence minister quits over funding row
British defence secretary John Healey sensationally quit on Thursday, accusing beleaguered Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the finance ministry of failing to commit enough money to protect the country.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
HEAT PUMPS CAN SLASH CO2 BY 24.4 MILLION TONNES ANNUALLY: REPORT
Heat pumps — used to extract heat from ambient air, water or industrial waste — can cut India’s industrial heating costs by 34% and eliminate 24.4 million tonnes of CO2 annually, if scaled up today, a new study has found.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Kin mourn 3 killed in US strike on vessel off Oman
The three Indian seafarers who died in the US military strike on the Palau-flagged commercial vessel MT Settebello off the Oman coast on Wednesday were from different parts of India, but they were working in foreign waters to fulfil one dream: giving their families a better life.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Ancelotti: A calm Italian chosen to deliver a mighty Brazilian job
The football universe waits to see if the Selecao’s first foreign coach works his magic, ends a 24-year wait for a sixth Cup
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Historic tenure, transformative leadership
On June 10, 2026, Bharat scripted a new chapter in its democratic history as Shriman Narendra Modi Ji completed 4,399 days of uninterrupted service as Prime Minister, becoming the longest-serving elected Prime Minister of India to hold the office continuously.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Govt panel to oversee city coaching centres
The Delhi government on Thursday decided to bring all coaching centres under a regulatory framework and will constitute a multidisciplinary committee to formulate detailed guidelines, as recommended by a high court committee formed to look into the Rajendra Nagar coaching centre deaths of 2024, education minister Ashish Sood said.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Delhi in the year of American independence
The city in a year historic to the USA
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
PARKING PAYMENT TO BE CENTRALISED TO CURB REVENUE LOSS, SAYS MCD
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is working on introducing a payment system connected to a central server through point of sale (POS) machines for all of its parking lots, as part of, officials said, its attempts to reform the parking sector.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Felling of 1,254 trees for Bijwasan railway work gets clearance
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) and the forest department have granted formal permission to the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) to transplant or fell 1,254 trees for the Bijwasan rail terminal project in Dwarka Sector 21.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Man arrested for bludgeoning wife to death near Seelampur
A 35-year-old woman was bludgeoned to death with a hammer, reportedly by her husband, in the early hours of Thursday at their house in Gautampuri near Seelampur over a domestic dispute, police officers aware of the matter said.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
SUV rams into group of UP villagers trying to help accident victim, 5 dead
Five people were killed and four others sustained injuries after an SUV ploughed through a group of villagers helping an accident victim on the Gonda-Lucknow highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district, police said on Thursday.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
El Niño shadow over hydropower output
Weak monsoon and depleting reservoirs raise concerns for power generation
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
No more fund transfer, MCD to now give notebooks directly to students
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will distribute notebooks and stationery directly to students from the academic session 2026-27, replacing the existing practice of transferring ₹300 to students’ bank accounts for these purchases.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
BJP wins all 3 RS seats in MP, Cong cries foul
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday secured all three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh, after Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination was rejected earlier this week, with the opposition party terming the developments “theft”, “hijacking” of the democratic process and “betrayal” of people.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
B'desh deploys armed villagers along border
The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has placed armed village defence volunteers at more than a dozen spots across the international border in West Bengal and Tripura, BSF personnel on the ground said on Wednesday, the move coming amid mounting crackdown on undocumented immigrants from the neighbouring country and a policy of pushing back people suspected of dubious citizenship.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
AI-171: A year on, no cause, no closure
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is expected to release a status update on Friday on its investigation into the crash of Air India flight 171, nearly a year after the accident, officials who asked not to be named said.
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June 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC: Homemakers’ work to be valued at ₹30,000 a month in accident claims
The Supreme Court on Thursday declared that homemakers are “nation builders” whose contribution can no longer be undervalued, ruling that the loss of domestic care in motor accident cases must be monetised at a minimum of ₹30,000 per month while computing compensation.
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