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Hindustan Times Delhi

FRESH FLORALS: TAGAR JAAL IS THE HOTTEST NEW BRIDAL TREND

From runways and celeb look books, a traditional lattice — made with flowers — is making a space for itself in modern bridal trousseaus

1 min  |

August 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi

Hindustan Times Delhi

Posco, JSW Steel may plough $9 bn into Odisha plant

South Korea's Posco Holdings is making a third bid to crack India’s steel market—this time with local giant JSW Steel as partner.

2 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

Myanmar junta sets Dec 28 election date

Myanmar's junta said on Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors slating the poll as a charade.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

AI FLIGHT TO DELHI CANCELLED CITING TECHNICAL SNAG

Air India on Monday said it cancelled its Zurich-Delhi flight of August 17 due to a technical reason, days after the Tata Group-owned airline stated that it had carried out a detailed “inspection” of its Boeing 787 aircraft fleet and “no issues” were detected.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

Water at critical levels across Punjab dams

Water levels at Bhakra Dam reservoir on Monday crossed 1664 feet, posing a challenge for the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) and the Punjab government as the level is at least 35 feet more than the last year’s levels.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

LS SPEAKER WARNS OPPN MPs FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday issued a sharp warning to Opposition MPs for allegedly attempting to damage government property during their protests against the Election Commission of India (ECI) and its ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral rolls.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi

Hindustan Times Delhi

Shubman Gill debate at the heart of India’s T20 vision

With plenty of aggressive batters in contention for the Asia Cup, indications are that Gill may have to wait out

3 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

Shafali, Renuka the likely focus as selectors meet

There will be little room for surprises as selectors get together to unveil the India squad for the upcoming ICC Women's ODI World Cup.

2 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

5X FUNDING JUMP FOR ‘PARIKSHA PE CHARCHA’: LS TOLD

The government's spending on Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) has jumped five-fold since its launch in 2018, when the expenditure stood at $3.67 crore, to 218.83 crore in 2025, according to the Union education ministry's data presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

K'TAKA HC RULES POCSO PROVISIONS GENDER NEUTRAL

The Karnataka high court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by a 52-year-old woman seeking to quash a sexual assault complaint filed against her under the protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act by the parents of a minor boy.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

DJB begins work on next set of STPs

Under the Delhi government project for rejuvenation of the Yamuna, the Delhi Jal Board has begun process for setting up the next batch of sewage treatment plants in parts of outer Delhi: a 15mgd (million gallons per day) plant in Zindpur, Northwest Delhi and a 17mgd plant in Mitraon near Najafgarh in Southwest Delhi. A set of seven smaller DSTPs will come up in Jaffarpur, Kazipur, Galibpur, and Sarangpur, officials said.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

MAHTO CLINCHES FIFER TO HELP CENTRAL DELHI QUEENS TRIUMPH

Nidhi Mahto

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

‘Entire district’? IIC on 990-acre land allotment

The Gauhati high court has expressed reservations over a state government decision to allot 3,000 bighas (around 990 acres) of land in Dima Hasao district to a private company to set up a cement factory.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

YOUTUBER JYOTI TO BE IN CUSTODY TILL AUGUST 25

ROHTAK: A Hisar court on Monday extended by seven days the judicial custody of YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who is under investigation for alleged espionage for Pakistan.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

Education law notified; will bring relief to parents: CM

With the notification of the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fee Determination and Regulation) Act, 2025, chief minister Rekha Gupta on Monday declared it “a major victory for millions of parents in Delhi,” promising relief from arbitrary fee hikes by private schools.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

Incentives to be sent directly to employees in central job scheme

NEW DELHI: Wage incentives to first-time employees under the PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, a central plan to spur jobs, will be credited directly to staffers’ accounts and firms deregistered for irregularities under a similar scheme to cushion jobs during the pandemic will not be admitted, two officials said on Monday.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

HUMA TURNS PRODUCER: IT CAME OUT OF FRUSTRATION

Actors Huma Qureshi and Saqib Saleem have decided to stop waiting for opportunities and start creating them. The siblings have stepped into production, determined to tell the stories they once hoped others would entrust them with.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

WANG YI TO VISIT PAKISTAN FOR 2 DAYS THIS WEEK

China's foreign minister Wang Yi will arrive in Islamabad this week to attend the Pakistan-China strategic dialogue and hold meetings with the civil and military leadership to discuss bilateral ties as well as key regional and international developments, a media report said on Monday.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi

Hindustan Times Delhi

Bye, bye heat damage: Expert's guide to protecting your locks

Sleek and luscious, a good straightened hairstyle can be an accessory on its own. But when done improperly or in a rush, straightening can cause some serious damage to your locks.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

RS passes Ports Bill to overhaul maritime law

The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Indian Ports Bill, 2025, which replaces the Indian Ports Act of 1908 and introduces a modern regulatory framework for India’s maritime sector.

2 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

{ DIGITAL LITERACY DRIVE } IN KERALA 105-yr-old man eldest among digital literates

KOCHI: A 105-year-old former imam from Kerala's Ernakulam district is the eldest among over 2.1 million people who have been adjudged “digitally literate” as part of an ongoing campaign in the state.

2 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times Delhi

5.7k flights cancelled in 2025, Govt tells RS

As many as 5,706 flights were cancelled by Indian carriers due to regulatory issues and geopolitical issues this year till June 30, the civil aviation ministry informed Rajya Sabha on Monday.

1 min  |

August 19, 2025

Hindustan Times

SC to hear case of cadets disabled during training

SUO MOTU COGNISANCE

1 min  |

August 18, 2025

Hindustan Times

U'KHAND MULLS MINORITY STATUS FOR NON-MUSLIM EDU INSTITUTIONS

The Uttarakhand Minority Educational Institutions Bill, 2025, was approved by the state cabinet on Sunday for tabling in the upcoming monsoon assembly session scheduled to be held on Tuesday at the summer capital in Gairsain of Chamoli district.

1 min  |

August 18, 2025

Hindustan Times

Newborn tiger cub being hand-reared at hospital

One of the four remaining Bengal tiger cubs born to tigress Aditi was admitted to the hospital in the early hours of Saturday and is now being hand-reared, with its condition “stable”, the Delhi Zoo said on Sunday.

2 min  |

August 18, 2025

Hindustan Times

Putin, Trump break the ice, Kyiv feels the chill

It was a meeting of the two titans. On the morning of August 15, Russian president Vladimir Putin landed at Anchorage Airport in Alaska. US president Donald Trump stood on the carpet awaiting his guest's arrival, and Putin, alighting from the plane, set the tone and tempo for the summit with his “dear neighbour”.

3 min  |

August 18, 2025

Hindustan Times

TWO DOZEN SHOTS FIRED AT YOUTUBER ELVISH YADAV'S GGM HOUSE, PROBE ON

Unidentified men on motorcycles opened fire outside YouTuber Elvish Yadav's residence in Gurugram’s Sector 57 early on Sunday, police said.

1 min  |

August 18, 2025

Hindustan Times

Reading the outcome of the Alaska Summit

Expect a great power détente between the US and Russia that leaves Ukraine with few choices

4 min  |

August 18, 2025

Hindustan Times

Farmers shift to maize as biofuel push drives sales

A longstanding trend of farmers preferring cereal crops over scarce pulses and oilseeds has been bolstered by a craze for maize and its area shows a meteoric rise over the past few years.

2 min  |

August 18, 2025

Hindustan Times

Poll roll 'fraud' claims false, need proof: CEC

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday called the Opposition’s allegations of “vote theft” during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and discrepancies in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral rolls false and baseless, saying that the public is being misled and the Constitution undermined through these charges, even as it again called upon Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to provide proof of the alleged voter fraud or withdraw his remarks.

5 min  |

August 18, 2025