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Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Danger across the Durand Line
Islamabad’s issues with Kabul are mostly of its own making. It must not drag India into it
2 min |
October 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
UNCERTAINTY LOOMS OVER GRAND ALLIANCE SEAT DEAL
At the heart of the Opposition Grand Alliance's Bihar seat-sharing deadlock are at least eight contentious seats and growing discontent among the allies over proposed seat swaps, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
1 min |
October 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Diwali gift to oneself, a new deal with money
Dharma and kama both need the foundation of artha. Along with home cleaning this Diwali, put order into your money box and rework your relationship with money
4 min |
October 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Rape and victim-blaming cues from leaders, judges
West Bengal chief minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee had some advice for the medical student in Durgapur who was raped outside her campus. “We are not defending anyone but girls should not leave campus at night,” said one of only two women CMs in India at present.
2 min |
October 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
'Jungle raj wearing a new mask', says Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday expressed hope that the NDA will retain power in Bihar, spurning the RJD-helmed INDIA bloc, which was \"jungle raj wearing a new mask\".
2 min |
October 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
GST CUT BENEFITS REACHING PEOPLE, GOVT MONITORING PRICES: SITHARAMAN
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the benefits of GST reforms are reaching consumers in the form of reduced prices.
1 min |
October 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
SC flags alarming delays in enforcing legal orders
In a stark reminder of the chronic delays in enforcing court decrees, the Supreme Court has revealed that over 882,000 execution petitions remain pending across district courts in the country, lamenting that such staggering pendency makes the very purpose of a court decree meaningless and “a travesty of justice”.
1 min |
October 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Pak, Afghanistan head to Doha for talks amid strikes
Pakistan and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar on Saturday, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes that killed at least 10 people in Afghanistan and broke a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border.
1 min |
October 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Welcome to the party
Festivals, in some ways, have always looked the same: dancing, processions, rituals, feasting, sacrifice. It has been this way for 5,000 years, from Africa to Asia and Europe to South America. Take a look at the ancient history of celebration
5 min |
October 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
The ugly Indian and other stories of racism
I was asked an interesting question last week: Are Indians racist? It was prompted by a news report which reads: “A 27-year-old flight attendant from Meghalaya has alleged that she was recently subjected to verbal racial abuse twice within an hour in Delhi — once in north Delhi’s Kamala Nagar, then on the Metro.”
2 min |
October 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Pakistan army, Pasni port, and a sell-out to America
It makes little strategic and commercial sense for Washington to invest ina project in Balochistan. For the transactional US president, the numbers just don’t add up. They look even worse now as the war at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border heats up
4 min |
October 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
The Bihar narrative, between the decades
I spent the first 13 years of my life in Bihar during the 1980s and 1990s, and never faced any crime. Zero instances.
3 min |
October 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Big bang theory
They were used to scare away evil spirits, carried by traders to keep large animals at bay. See how fireworks were born, and why we might want to replace them with a light that is brighter still
3 min |
October 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Last chapter in Maoist story
The large number of surrenders indicates that the violent political movement is in disarray
2 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
SMBC rules out raising stake in Yes Bank beyond 25%, shares fall
Japanese lender Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation has no immediate plans to raise its stake in India’s Yes Bank beyond 24.99%, a senior executive at the bank told Reuters on Friday.
1 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
‘We Asians are proud of our ghosts’
On her writing process, trusting her translator completely, and the use of jump scares in her stories
2 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Don't fluff with idli
If you find idlis boring, blame the chef. Making the perfect one is a delicate art of balancing softness and density. And let’s be honest, only South India nails it
4 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
RBI gold pile tops $100 bn on surging bullion prices
India’s gold reserves crossed the $100 billion mark for the first time, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s latest foreign exchange reserves data, buoyed by a global price rally even as the central bank's purchases slowed sharply this year.
1 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Goyal: Modi govt’s FTAs crafted in national interest
The Modi government's trade agreements are “well crafted” and “thought through” in national interest unlike the Congress-led UPA regime that “voluntarily” tried to open Indian market for competitors like China, Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, adding that India is currently discussing free trade deals with the EU, the US, Chile, Peru, New Zealand and Oman.
2 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
How great institutions power great nations
Behind many of India’s most remarkable achievements lies a common force: High-quality institutions that empower generations to build paths that once seemed impossible.
4 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Foreign firms can’t be deemed inactive for lack of local office: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a foreign company cannot be said to have stopped doing business in India merely because it has no office or active contract in the country, holding that such a narrow view undermines India’s global trade ambitions and ease of doing business goals.
1 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
The case of the lost rebels
AN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
3 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Let's go on 50 first dates
Stop obsessing. First dates are not the final word in romance, they’re just the starting point
2 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
JSW Steel profit surges fourfold to ₹1,646 cr in Q2
JSW Steel on Friday posted fourfold jump in consolidated net profit to ₹1,646 crore for September quarter FY26, as improved sales led to rise in revenues.
2 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
GCCs may rise from 1,700 to 2,500 by 2030 : ICRA
Rating agency ICRA has estimated that the number of Global Capability Centers (GCCs) in India wiil increase to more than 2,500 in the next five years, creating huge demand for office space.
2 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Global financials slip on credit risk jitters
Banking sector's exposure to two US auto bankruptcies revives worries over lending standards
2 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Bombing ivory towers
This excerpt from Modi’s Mission by Berjis Desai examines why a section of India’s elite dislikes the PM
4 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Aslam Inamdar
Kabaddi player and Captain, Puneri Paltan, @AslamInamdar_Official_333
1 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
India must engage with the Taliban, but do it cautiously
India can be a possible moderating influence in Afghanistan rather than wield little influence in the region by remaining disengaged. But New Delhi needs to look at relations beyond the Pakistan prism
3 min |
October 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Lessons in etiquette for Indian politicians
Kerala’s longest-serving chief minister (CM), EK Nayanar, had once said that rape in the US was as frequent as drinking a cup of tea.
2 min |