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Hindustan Times Pune
Chidambaram’s Op Blue Star comment sparks controversy
Former Union minister P Chidambaram stirred a debate on Saturday as he said Operation Blue Star, the 1984 military operation ordered by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to flush out militants from the Golden Temple in Amritsar, was carried out in the “wrong way” and Gandhi “paid with her life for that mistake”.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
PM chairs key BJP leaders’ meet for Ist candidate list
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening chaired a meeting of the central election committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to finalise the candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar. The party is set to release its first list of candidates on Monday.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
DP should get whatever she wants: Shalini
Eight years since debuting in Arjun Reddy (2017), actor Shalini Pandey has worked with big names across the Telugu, Tamil and Hindi industries.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
1,040 Maoists surrendered in 2025, says police data
Over 1,000 Maoists have surrendered in Chhattisgarh in 2025 so far—the highest ever in a single year, as security forces intensify efforts to eliminate Left Wing Extremism (LWE) ahead of the Centre's proposed deadline of March 31, 2026.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
The recipe of trumping odds: The RSS playbook
I have been watching the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) — in its 10Ist year now — for more than 50 years. An obvious curiosity arises about the secret of its success.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
A Kuldeep paradox that often stumps the Indian think tank
The left-arm wrist spinner takes 5/82 in the Delhi Test after not getting a game in the England series
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Green clearances for airports set to be made easier
The Union environment ministry has decided to downgrade the environmental assessments needed for all expansion/modernisation activities of airports.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
PHILIPPINES AND CHINA TRADE ACCUSATIONS OVER VESSEL CLASH IN THE SCS
The Philippines and China accused each other on Sunday of responsibility for a maritime confrontation near disputed islands in the South China Sea (SCS), further escalating tensions in the resource-rich waterway.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Delhi half marathon: Kenya’s Matata and Lilian win in contrasting fashion
Kenya's Alex Matata put the ghosts of his loss to two-time Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei in last year's Vedanta Delhi half marathon to rest by completing a commanding victory at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Sunday.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Taliban cautions Pak as violence intensifies
Afghanistan wants to resolve border clashes with Pakistan through dialogue but has recourse to “other means” if peaceful efforts do not succeed, Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Sunday.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Healy masterclass trumps India’s opening statement
The Aussie skipper hits 142, the highest score in this World Cup, to help holders chase India’s 330 with three wickets in hand
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
RAJPUTANA ROYALS CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF ARCHERY LEAGUE
The inaugural Archery Premier League (APL) saved its best for the last as the final between the Rajputana Royals and the Prithviraj Yodhas produced an edge-of-the-seat thriller, at the end of which the Royals held their nerves to win it ina shootoff.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Man made to wash feet of Brahmin over Al pic
An FIR was registered in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday after a young man wasallegedly forced to wash the feet ofa Brahmin person and drink the water for sharing an ‘objectionable’ Al-generated image, police said.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
EQT drops Zelestra sale, to invest $600 mn
European alternative asset manager EQT has dropped the plan to sell renewable developer Zelestra’s India operations and instead transferred it to its Asia Pacific infrastructure team headed by Hong Kong-based partner Ken Wong.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
US seeks e-comm inventory model
Negotiators cite ‘level playing field’, move may heighten the competition
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
NDA seals Bihar deal; 101 seats each for BJP, JD(U)
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Sunday finalised its seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Bihar elections, announcing that the two main coalition partners, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) or JD (U), will each contest 101 of the state's 243 assembly seats.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Dissent aside, Tata Trusts keen to keep Tata Sons private
Tata Trusts remains committed to its decision to keep Tata Sons private, two Tata executives told Mint, hours after the Shapoorji Pallonji Group issued a public statement seeking a public share sale of the Tata Group holding company.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Sergio Gor, commerce secy discuss trade, investments
US ambassador-designate Sergio Gor on Sunday held talks with commerce secretary Rajesh Agrawal on India-US economic ties with the two sides looking at ways to firm up a trade deal.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
CPI(M) leader, ex-TDB chief booked in Sabarimala temple gold theft case
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Kerala police, constituted on orders of the Kerala high court to probe the alleged theft of gold assets from the Sabarimala temple, has booked top officials of the previous governing body of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) including its then president and CPI(M) leader A Padmakumar in its FIR in the case, said officials familiar with the
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
MINOR KILLED IN LEOPARD ATTACK IN PIMPARKHED
A five-year-old girl, Shivanya Bombe, died in a leopard attack Sunday morning in the Pimparkhed village of Shirur tehsil, one of the hot-spots for the human-leopard conflict in Pune district.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
US intel helps Ukraine target Russian energy infra: Report
The US has been helping Ukraine mount long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities for months in a joint effort to weaken the economy and force President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Sunday.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Egypt to host Gaza summit as hostages set for release
Israel, meanwhile, said on Sunday that it expected all of the living hostages held in the Gaza Strip to be released on Monday, confirming the next phase of the breakthrough ceasefire deal with Hamas, as Palestinians awaited a long-promised surge of aid deliveries into the enclave.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Tan handed win after Hewson implodes on 18th
Singapore's Shannon Tan prevailed in the dramatic last stages after Alice Hewson of England faltered at the cusp of glory to win the $500,000 Hero ‘Women's Indian Open by one shot at the DLF Golf and Country Club here on Sunday. By virtue of her win, Tan, who was tied second at this tournament last year, also topped the Ladies European Tour (LET) Order of Merit.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Mandhana, Rawal and a promising partnership
There was no change to India’s playing XI against Australia despite their loss to South Africa — no tactical shuffling, no panic. While selection tactics need a rethink still, India’s top-order clicking against Australia on Sunday was a reminder of why India were confident of their batting in the buildup to the Women’s ODI World Cup.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
4 arrested over Bengal gang rape
Four people have been arrested for the alleged gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student in a forested area near her college campus in Durgapur, West Bengal, on Friday, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday afternoon.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Extraditions, Interpol notice key themes of CBI's strategy meet
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will organise a first-of-its-kind “strategy conference” next week where top officials from various central and state agencies will brainstorm on a host of issues, including ways to increase Interpol red notices against fugitives, coordinate efforts to track them on foreign soil and multiply the extradition numbers, which are currently abysmal, according to highly placed government officials.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Violence at AAP rally in Gujarat, 3 cops injured
Stones were hurled at police at a ‘mahapanchayat’ organised by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for farmers in Botad district of Gujarat on Sunday, prompting cops to fire tear gas shells, officials said, adding that at least three cops were injured in the incident.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
H-1B hike is Trump’s 2nd blow to gems & jewellery
Donald Trump's decision to hike H-IB visa fees may have put the spotlight on India’s information technology (IT) services industry, but it has also delivered a twin blow to the gems and jewellery sector—which is not only reeling from tariffs but also has thousands of artisans and technicians working in the US on these work permits.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
FIVE DAYS ON, HRY IPS OFFICER'S POST-MORTEM YET TO BE CONDUCTED
Five days after his alleged suicide, the postmortem examination of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar was yet to be conducted amid a continued standoff between the deceased's family and Chandigarh Police.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
CM's remark on women students triggers row
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that women college students “should not leave campus at night”, triggering backlash from the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which accused her of “victim blaming”.
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