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Hindustan Times
'I belong here,' says Lauren as she settles into her Mumbai home
Dancer and actor Lauren Gottlieb is currently busy setting up her house in Mumbai, as she prepares to welcome her husband, Tobias Jones, who currently resides in London. Lauren plans to eventually settle fully in the city after years of living between Los Angeles and New York.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
How air quality deteriorated in N India in the past week
Delhi's air quality index (AQI) was in the severe range - above 400 -- for the third consecutive day on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Orwellian inflection to US visa vetting
The US's new regime of expanded vetting of H-1B came into force from Monday. \"Online presence review\" may sound innocuous at first instance, but it is Orwellian in every sense.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
NIA names LeT, TRF in Pahalgam 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
After 96 years, famous sweet shop to close on a bitter note
For the last many years, 59-year-old Meeta Prasad made Annapurna Bhandar her first stop for sweets for every occasion, from Durga Puja to birthdays.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
‘No Nehru docs found missing from PMML’
The government on Monday told the Lok Sabha that no documents related to India’s first PM, Jawaharlal Nehru, were found missing from the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) in 2025, and that the institution does not carry out an annual audit of its documents, marking a clear shift from the position taken by sections of the PMML in June this year.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Only 1 of 27 major drains met norms: DPCC report
As Delhi moves to modernise its infrastructure to improve the Yamuna's water quality, untreated sewage and industrial effluents continue to heavily pollute the drains flowing into the river, according to the latest report by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Bill to replace MGNREGA sparks row in Parliament
The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G, which seeks to replace the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, sparked a controversy on Monday with government officials saying the new bill aligns with the Viksit Bharat (developed India) goal and Opposition asking for the draft legislation to be sent to a standing committee.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Higher education bill in LS gets Oppn’s ‘centralisation’ flak
OPPOSITION MPS STATED THEY DID NOT GET ENOUGH TIME TO STUDY THE BILL AND LEGISLATION WEAKENS STATE GOVERNMENTS’ POWER
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
SON HELD AFTER ROB REINER, WIFE FOUND DEAD IN LA
The son of filmmaker Rob Reiner was arrested on homicide charges after the director of beloved movies like \"When Harry Met Sally ...\" and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home, a police official said on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
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.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Govt to provide 1 lakh meals daily at ₹5 each
The Delhi governments target to serve over I lakh meals daily at a subsidised rate of ₹5 under the Atal canteen scheme is set to begin on December 25, officials said on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Ex-bureaucrat Goyal takes oath as CIC; 8 commissioners also sworn in
Former IAS officer Raj Kumar Goyal assumed charge as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on Monday, while eight other information commissioners took the oath of office, bringing the Central Information Commission to its full sanctioned strength after several years.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Ram Vilas Vedanti-key figure of Ayodhya movement - dies at 67
Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Ram Vilas Vedanti, who also played a key role in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, died in a hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa on Monday. He was 67.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
MODI MEETS JORDAN KING IN FIRST STAGE OF 3-COUNTRY VISIT
India and Jordan on Monday focused on ways to bolster cooperation in areas ranging from trade and investment to defence and security, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauding Jordanian King Abdullah II's role in countering terrorism and extremism.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
CANNOT FORCE ORDERS, NEED LIFESTYLE CHANGES: SC ON POLLUTION
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that its orders on Delhi's air pollution cannot be “forcibly enforced” and that tackling the crisis would require a broader change in lifestyle and public understanding, as it agreed to take up the matter on Wednesday amid hazardous air conditions gripping the Capital.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
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
Toxic smog blurs visibility in Capital; 228 flights cancelled
A dense sheet of toxic fog held the Capital in a chokehold on Monday, sending visibility plummeting to zero in swathes of the city, disrupting road and rail traffic, and causing over 800 flights to be delayed and another 228 cancelled as of 10pm, despite recent airport upgrades.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
250th birthday mubarak, Jane Austen!
On the great writer's landmark anniversary
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
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
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 Delhi
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
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 Delhi
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
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 Delhi
Two antelopes die at zoo, rabies suspected
Two four-horned antelopes (chausingha) died at the Delhi Zoo last week, with two remaining of them now under quarantine and surveillance.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Off the charts: North Delhi stations max out 2nd day
Even as residents across Delhi continued to gasp for breath, parts of north Delhi were exposed to what is arguably the worst possible air that can be recorded, with the air quality index (AQI) maxing out at 500 — the highest value on the official scale—at two monitoring stations, Rohini and Wazirpur, for the second consecutive day.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Bill to make Bengal CM chancellor of varsities fails to get Prez’s nod
President Droupadi Murmu has withheld assent to the Bill that sought to replace the West Bengal governor with the chief minister as chancellor of state-aided universities, an official from Kolkata Lok Bhawan, previously called Raj Bhawan, said on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Counterfeit drugs: 27 raids conducted
The Delhi government has carried out a “large-scale” inspection drive over the past week, conducting 27 raids across the Capital as part of a crackdown on illegal and counterfeit drugs, including cough syrups, officials said on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
REKHA GUPTA-LED DELHI GOVT SHIELDS STATE’S GREEN HERITAGE
Delhi Govt declares 41 sq km of Southern Ridge area as Reserved Forest to combat pollution
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