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ED grills Yes Bank's co-founder Kapoor in Reliance Group case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned Yes Bank co-founder and former chief executive officer (CEO) Rana Kapoor in connection with its probe against companies linked to the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group, people familiar with the development said.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

What a customs reform exercise must focus on

To start with, tariff rationalisation and the simplification of tariff structure must get high priority

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

MANUFACTURING OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL TO NEED PRIOR GREEN CLEARANCE: MIN

Manufacturing of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) will be treated like other products ofthe petroleum refining industry and be eligible for prior environmental clearance, the Union environment ministry has said.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Man who disarmed gunman recovers as donations pour in

Donations for a Sydney man who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach have surged past $1.1 million ($744,000), as he recovers in hospital after surgery for bullet wounds.

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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

‘It was dead people everywhere’

Among the thousands of people who flocked to Sydney's famed Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, some were seeking relief from the steamy weather while others joined a local Jewish group to celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah, or festival of light.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

For Messi, mere showing up is like showering happiness

‘Bring it on’ is the attitude of the global football's mega stars, especially in an era of social media frenzy.

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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

I'm bleeding: Anuj assaulted over pet dog, parking in Mumbai

Actor Anuj Sachdeva was attacked by a fellow resident in his Goregaon housing complex in Mumbai on Sunday in a shocking incident that has sparked widespread outrage.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

OT fire: Row over death of newborn in Rewa

A fire in the gynaecology ward of Sanjay Gandhi Government Hospital at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh has triggered a controversy, with family members of a newborn claiming that the baby died in the blaze.

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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

HK media tycoon convicted

Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was found guilty on all three charges in his national security trial on Monday, convictions that rights groups denounced as the death knell for press freedoms in the Chinese financial hub.

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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

NIA names LeT, offshoot TRF in Pahalgam case charge sheet

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a charge sheet against terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), its proxy The Resistance Front (TRF), and others in connection with the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, detailing conspiracy by Pakistan and roles of the accused nearly eight months after the incident that had brought India and Pakistan to the brink of a full-scale war.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Polls to BMC, 28 other civic corporations in Maha, on January 15

Elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra ~ including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) - will be held on January 15, 2026.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Govt to bring 'G RAM G' to replace UPA's MGNREGS

The Union government is set to propose a new federal jobs scheme, the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G, to replace the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) that was a showpiece of the previous United Progressive Alliance administration.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

SC suggests syllabi changes to raise dowry awareness

Eliminating dowry is a constitutional imperative to ensure every woman entering a marriage is an equal citizen, the Supreme Court observed on Monday, and asked the Centre and states to consider reinforcing this fact by making amends to the education curriculum to generate awareness about this “evil practice”.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Bill seeks to open up N-energy, scrap supplier liability clause

THE SHANTI BILL PROPOSES TO REPEAL THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT 1962 AND THE CLND ACT 2010

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Russia seeks $230bn from Euroclear over seized assets

Russia's central bank has filed a lawsuit in ‘Moscow seeking $230 billion in damages from Euroclear, marking the first step in what the Kremlin has warned will be a legal nightmare for the EU over plans to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

India's exports to US grow in Nov despite steep tariffs

LOWER IMPORTS IN NOVEMBER LED TO A FALL IN THE TRADE DEFICIT TO $24.53 BILLION, THE COMMERCE SECRETARY SAID

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

US begins social media screening of H-1B applicants

The Trump administration's expanded social media vetting for all H-1B and H-4 dependent visa applications to the United States came into effect on Monday following an announcement last week.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

An auction of reckoning for KKR

Spending gap of 261.55 crore between KKR and M1 illustrates the divergent strategies and dynamics of teams towards auctions

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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Road map for realising nuclear energy goals

Rapid deployment of nuclear energy at scale has become essential for realising the goal of Viksit Bharat.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Bill seeking to open nuke sector to pvt players introduced in LS

The Centre on Monday introduced a bill in Parliament that proposes the grant of licences to private companies to operate nuclear power plants, the removal of an existing contentious liability clause for suppliers of fuel and technology, as well as the rationalisation of the levels of payouts by operators in case of accidents.

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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Rodrygo saves the day for Real Madrid

VITORIA: Kylian Mbappe and Rodrygo Goes’s goals earned Real Madrid a tense 2-1 win at Alaves in La Liga on Sunday to potentially keep coach Xabi Alonso in his job.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

CAMBODIA ALLEGES THAILAND BOMBED PROVINCE HOME TO ANGKOR TEMPLES

Cambodia accused Thailand on Monday of striking deep inside its territory, bombing the province that is home to the centuries-old Angkor temples — the country’s top tourist draw —for the first time ina reignited border conflict.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

China to make childbirth expenses free in 2026

China will cover all out-of-pocket expenses related to childbirth next year, said the country’s national healthcare security administration, as authorities try to incentivise more young couples to have children.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

AUSTRALIA PLANS TOUGHER GUN LAWS AFTER 15 KILLED IN ATTACK

Australia vowed stricter gun laws on Monday as it began mourning victims of its worst mass shooting in almost 30 years, in which police accused a father and son of killing 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Pile-ups, collisions kill 4, injure over 30 in NCR

Reduced visibility due to dense fog in Delhi-NCR killed four people and injured 35 in separate accidents on Monday morning.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

LOK SABHA CLEARS ₹41,455 CRORE EXTRA SPENDING

The Lok Sabha on ‘Monday passed the first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants, authorising the government for ₹41,455 crore additional spending in the current fiscal, including over ₹18,000 crore expenditure towards fertiliser subsidy.

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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

'Gracias Delhi': Messi wraps up his 3-day India trip with visit to Capital

A 90-minute delay, a persistent smoky haze and an AQI upwards of 450 did little to dim the enthusiasm of a 25,000strong crowd at the Arun Jaitley Stadium as football’s global superstar Lionel Messi descended on the national capital to wind up his whirlwind GOAT India Tour on Monday.

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December 16, 2025

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Unemployment rate down to 4.7% in Nov

India’s headline unemployment rate has decreased to 4.7% in November, the lowest in the monthly series starting April this year, according to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday.

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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Son held after director Rob Reiner, wife killed

Police took Rob Reiner’s son into custody after the Hollywood director of hits including “When Harry Met Sally” and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home, US media reported Monday.

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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Bengaluru

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

I’m more ambitious and I want to win more tournaments when playing’

The charm, and perhaps the complexities, of franchise leagues is that lines tend to get blurred.

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December 16, 2025