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Migrants freed in US-El Salvador deal reach Venezuela
Hundreds of Venezuelans swept up in President Donald Trump's immigration dragnet reached home on Friday after their release from a maximum security Salvadoran jail as part of a prisoner swap with the US.
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July 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Patna
5 jets were shot down: Trump’s fresh claim on India-Pak conflict
US President Donald Trump said five jets may have been shot down during the recent India-Pakistan conflict, and reiterated that his administration used trade pressure to broker a ceasefire between the two sides, a claim New Delhi had repeatedly rejected
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July 20, 2025
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FREESTYLE GRAND SLAM: ERIGAISI BOWS OUT AFTER SEMI-FINAL LOSS
Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi’s dream run at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam ended in the semifinals after a 0-2 defeat to Armenian-turned-American Levon Aronian here.
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July 20, 2025
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3 ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING OF LIQUOR AHEAD OF PANCHAYAT POLLS
Ahead of the upcoming three-tier panchayat elections, the Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) of Uttarakhand Police recovered 233 cartons of illegal English liquor and arrested three people, officials said on Saturday.
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July 20, 2025
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Nitish showers sops ahead of polls, sparks ‘populism’ buzz
As the monsoon session of the Bihar assembly convenes from July 21~ the last session of the state’s 17th Vidhan Sabha before the elections ~ chief minister Nitish Kumar is unleashing generosity like never before.
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July 20, 2025
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Trump denies drawing, auctioned sketches suggest otherwise
President Donald Trump has publicly denied that he draws, but numerous examples of his sketches have been sold at auction over the years, many dating from his time as a New York real estate developer, the New York Times said on Friday.
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July 20, 2025
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Changing nature of neighbourly bonds
Sometimes, it takes an earthquake in Gurugram to figure out who your neighbours are.
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July 20, 2025
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BRAZIL POLICE RAID HOME OF BOLSONARO, ACCUSED OF PLOTTING COUP
Brazilian police raided Jair Bolsonaro’s home on Friday, as a judge imposed further restrictions on the far-right former leader while he stands trial on coup charges that have vexed US president and ally Donald Trump.
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July 20, 2025
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Missing in the list of Bharat Ratna awardees
We all know the Bharat Ratna is India’s highest award, and we all hope it is conferred after careful deliberation and close scrutiny. After all, you don't want to scatter the most vaunted accolade like confetti. The English call that casting pearls before swine, but I won't use that phrase.
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July 20, 2025
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DRCongo, M23 rebels sign ceasefire deal
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed armed group M23 signed a ceasefire deal on Saturday to end fighting that has devastated the country’s mineral-rich but conflict-torn east.
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July 20, 2025
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DM reviews Neelkanth yatra readiness
Millions of kanwariyas are paying obeisance at the revered Neelkanth shrine during the ongoing Shravan Kanwar pilgrimage, according to the district mela officials.
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July 20, 2025
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'Panikkar was ambitious, brave and tried it all — a real Renaissance man'
Born in Travancore in 1894, Kavalam Madhava Panikkar was the first editor of the Hindustan Times. In an interview with Somya Lakhani, Narayani Basu, the author of the recent book, A Man For All Seasons: The Life Of K.M. Panikkar, sheds light on the academic, politician, diplomat, author and administrator. Edited excerpts:
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July 20, 2025
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Scribe's septuagenarian mother found murdered in Patna
CRIMINALS TOOK HER CASH AND ORNAMENTS BEFORE FLEEING
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July 20, 2025
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Dominant India women look to seal ODI series
Armed with multiple match-winners, India will look to continue their excellent buildup to the forthcoming World Cup when they face England in the potentially series-deciding second and penultimate women’s ODI here on Saturday.
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July 19, 2025
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Ambiguous AI crash report did what it shouldn't — leave much to imagination
As the hour struck midnight on Friday, July 12 —just in time to meet the globally prescribed deadline—the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau released a loosely worded and unsigned preliminary report examining the AI-171 crash of June 12 that Killed 260 people, including 12 crew members.
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July 19, 2025
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'Data in favour': ADG avers 'Holi to monsoon' crime spike remark
PATNA: There is a clear seasonal pattern to crime in Bihar, with the crime graph typically rising after Holi and continuing until the onset of the monsoon, before dipping during the lean agricultural season, said ADG (Headquarters) Kundan Krishnan.
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July 19, 2025
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SG Mehta’s ‘demo’ X account taken down during trial
X'S COUNSEL ALSO CLARIFIED THAT CONTRARY TO THE SOLICITOR GENERAL'S CLAIM, THE ACCOUNT WAS NOT VERIFIED BY THE PLATFORM
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July 19, 2025
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CENTRE RELEASES MANF STIPENDS AFTER 7 MONTHS
NEW DELHI: The Union government has approved the release of pending stipends for scholars under the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF), endinga seven-month payment delay for over 1,400 PhD candidates from minority communities that had not received stipends since January 2025, officials said on Thursday.
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July 19, 2025
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Myanmar junta announces cash rewards to anti-coup defectors
The Southeast Asian country has been consumed by civil war since a 2021 coup, with the embattled junta facing an array of pro-democracy guerillas and ethnic armed rebels.
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July 19, 2025
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ED arrests ex-CM Baghel’s son in C’garh illegal liquor sale case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested Chaitanya Baghel, son of Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, in an alleged liquor scam-linked money laundering case, official sources said.
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July 19, 2025
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FIVE WOMEN HELD WITH 50 LITRES OF LIQUOR IN RURAL PATNA: POLICE
The Hathidah police in Barh subdivision arrested five women on Thursday evening on charges of smuggling liquor from Uttar Pradesh to Begusarai district.
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July 19, 2025
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Nitish Cabinet okays 125 units of free power to 16.7 mn consumers
In a significant decision poised to influence the upcoming state elections, the Bihar Cabinet, chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar, on Friday approved a proposal to provide 125 units of free electricity per month to approximately 16.7 million domestic power consumers starting August 1, 2025.
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July 19, 2025
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No role of 3rd party in India-China ties: EAM
External affairs minister S Jaishankar has conveyed to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on July 14 that there is no role of a third party (read Pakistan) nor any focus on its (the third party's) interests in the evolving bilateral relationship between India and China after the PLA’s 2020 transgression across the line of actual control (LAC) in East Ladakh.
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July 19, 2025
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Man killed for uprooting bitter gourd plant in Rohtas
In a tragic incident, a farmer was brutally beaten to death on a petty issue of uprooting a bitter gourd plant on government land at Jagodih village under the jurisdiction of Amjhor police station in Rohtas district on Friday morning.
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July 19, 2025
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In AI crash, western media spins stories to pin blame on pilot
The vague and partial referencing in the preliminary report and selective media leaks have enabled vested interests to launch a smear campaign against a dead person
4 min |
July 19, 2025
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A watershed for the Indus treaty
The old, dated agreement is dead. Any new arrangement will need to factor in the new reality
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July 19, 2025
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SC refuses to stay trial against RJD chief in land-for-jobs case
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the trial court proceedings against former Bihar chief minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI's) land-for-jobs case and asked him to pursue challenge before the Delhi high court.
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July 19, 2025
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LAVROV REPORTEDLY HAILED THE PROJECT AS 'GOOD TOURIST ATTRACTION' North Korea bars foreign tourists from new seaside resort
SEOUL: North Korea has barred foreigners from a newly opened beach resort, the country’s tourism administration said this week, just days after Russia's top diplomat visited the area.
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July 19, 2025
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BRAZIL'S EX-PREZ BOLSONARO ORDERED TO WEAR ELECTRONIC ANKLE MONITOR
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, his press office said on Friday.
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July 19, 2025
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EU, UK sanction Russia over energy and spies
The European Union and Britain on Friday ramped up pressure on Russia over its war on Ukraine, targeting Moscow's energy sector, shadow fleet of aging oil tankers and military intelligence service with new sanctions.
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