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Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Testing times for social amity
Madhya Pradesh court verdict will influence other disputes involving places of worship
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May 18, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
UDF NAMES 20 MINISTERS IN SATHEESAN-LED KERALA CABINET
Kerala chief minister-designate VD Satheesan on Sunday announced the 20 members of his cabinet, including 11 from the Congress and five from ally Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the new United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday.
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May 18, 2026
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Persevering through times of war, scarcity
‘Freedom can never be taken for granted. It always requires awareness, strength and austerity. I invite all of you to whatever religion or party or group you may belong to as comrades in this great struggle that has been forced upon us. I have full faith in our people and in the cause and in the future of our country,’ Prime Minister (PM) Jawaharlal Nehru said in a speech broadcast by All India Radio on October 22, 1962.
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May 18, 2026
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‘No tangible concessions from US to Iran proposal
Iranian media reported on Sunday that the US had failed to make any concrete concessions in its latest response to Iran's proposed agenda for negotiations to end the war.
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May 18, 2026
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Bagan's equaliser keeps EB waiting
Its deal for a commercial partner still not locked in, the Indian Super League (ISL) is staring at an uncertain future. Yet, in a city recently painted saffron, the Salt Lake stadium became an amphitheatre split equally in red-and-gold and green-and-maroon colours.
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May 18, 2026
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India races to plug gap in renewable energy storage
India is scrambling to solve a growing clean-energy paradox: the country is adding renewable power at record pace, but lacks the storage capacity needed to use that energy when the sun sets and wind generation drops.
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May 18, 2026
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Big power diplomacy on display in Beijing
Trump's China visit has been hailed in both capitals. Behind the bonhomie, readouts reveal two nations pursuing parallel paths for dominance
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May 18, 2026
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CLASS 12 RESULTS: CBSE CUTS FEE FOR RE-EVALUATION AND VERIFICATION
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday sharply reduced post-result re-evaluation fees for this year's Class 12 exams amid concerns over the new on-screen marking (OSM) system.
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May 18, 2026
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Starc, openers shine in DC win as last-four race heats up
The Aussie pacer grabs four wickets to peg back Royals to help Capitals win by five wickets at home
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May 18, 2026
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Govt notifies ordinance to add 4 judges to top court
The Union government has promulgated an ordinance increasing the sanctioned strength of judges in the Supreme Court from 33 to 37, excluding the Chief Justice of India (CJI), clearing the decks for the appointment of four additional judges to the country’s highest court amid mounting pendency and growing demands for more constitution benches.
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May 18, 2026
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Israel PM says close to killing all architects of Oct 7 attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had almost completed a key goal of the war in Gaza — eliminating all those responsible for orchestrating the October 7 attack.
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May 18, 2026
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Forces begin ops to rescue hostages in Manipur
Security forces in Manipur have initiated operations to rescue hostages who have been held captive by respective Kuki and Naga groups, according to an official aware of the matter.
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May 18, 2026
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AT UN, INDIA FLAGS CONCERNS OVER TARGETING OF VESSELS IN STRAIT
Targeting commercial shipping, endangering civilian crew and impeding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is “unacceptable”, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish has said.
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May 18, 2026
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Kolkata protest turns violent, 3 cops injured
A few hundred people protesting against an anti-encroachment demolition drive and restrictions on prayers on public roads and use of microphones at mosques turned violent at Kolkata’s Park Circus on Sunday with at least three police personnel being injured and several vehicles damaged.
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May 18, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
New two-wheeler norms to curb hands-off riding
Youngsters riding bikes at high speed without hands on the handlebars and performing stunts have long been a common sight in India, raising serious safety concerns for both riders and other motorists and even pedestrians.
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May 18, 2026
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ALEX MARQUEZ HURT IN HORROR CRASH AT CATALAN GP, HOSPITALISED
Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio triumphed in a crash-hit Catalunya MotoGP on Sunday, during which Alex Marquez was taken to hospital injured after being flipped off his bike.
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May 18, 2026
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UAE N-plant attacked by drone, testing Iran truce
A drone strike targeted the United Arab Emirates’ sole nuclear power plant on Sunday, sparking a fire on its perimeter.
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May 18, 2026
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Won't allow passage of ‘enemy’ weapons via Hormuz strait: Iran VP
Iran said that it will no longer allow “enemy” military equipment to transit through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref.
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May 18, 2026
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culture Root awakening
There are some deep, deep prejudices hidden in everyday words that we still casually use. Amid an effort to weed out some of these, researchers are spotlighting their troubling origins. Can you spot the problems, to begin with, with the four terms below?
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May 17, 2026
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Cockroaches remark directed at fake degree holders, CJI clarifies
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday maintained that his oral observations a day earlier, referring to some people as “cockroaches” and “parasites”, were not directed at the youth of the country but at individuals who had entered professions such as law and media using “fake and bogus degrees”.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Warrior, rebel, north star
BR Ambedkar's sweeping, searing Annihilation of Caste — his manifesto, enclosing all that he wished for, for his people and his country — turns 90 this month. It is many things: a compass orienting the reader, a mirror held up to a nation, a love letter to reason. See how it was born (from a speech he wasn’t allowed to deliver); how it defined for him the path he would follow for the rest of his life; and how far short we have fallen of the dreams he had for the new India
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May 17, 2026
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Taiwan presses for arms after US-China summit
Taiwan said on Saturday it is an “independent” nation, hours after US President Donald Trump warned the democratic island against declaring formal independence.
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May 17, 2026
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FIRs must in post-2021 poll violence cases: CM
West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday directed police stations across the state to investigate all cases of post-2021 assembly election violence, saying first information reports (FIRs) must be lodged in every incident of murder and assault that was not previously investigated.
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May 17, 2026
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Feat accompli
This is an era of athletes tearing through records. What's next, in a world where the word impossible is fast losing meaning?
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May 17, 2026
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TN portfolios allocated; Vijay takes home dept
Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay will handle key portfolios of home and urban affairs while senior leader KA Sengottaiyan will take charge as finance minister in the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam's (TVK) first government, an official release said on Saturday.
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May 17, 2026
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Ebola variant causing DR Congo outbreak is rare, has no vaccine yet, health officials warn
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May 17, 2026
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How far have we come?
{ ECONOMICS OF EXCLUSION } POLITICS, PROSPERITY, LOVE
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May 17, 2026
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Union minister's son surrenders, arrested in T'gana Pocso case
Bandi Sai Bhageerath, son of Union minister of state for home affairs Bandi Sanjay, was arrested in Hyderabad on Saturday, a day after the Telangana high court declined to grant him immediate relief from arrest in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case.
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May 17, 2026
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CBI closes in on NTA paper-setting group
A second member of the National Testing Agency's (NTA) paper-setting committee has been arrested in the NEET-UG 2026 question paper leak case — a senior botany teacher from Pune who allegedly disclosed botany and zoology questions at coaching classes she conducted at her home in April, questions that the CBI says matched the actual examination paper — as the agency said the entire committee that set the paper and other senior NTA officers are now under scrutiny.
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May 17, 2026
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Andhra govt announces ₹30,000 for 3rd child, ₹40,000 for 4th
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday announced an incentive of ₹30,000 for the birth of a third child and ₹40,000 for a fourth child as part of the state government's new population management policy.
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