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Butter believe it: Sweet celebrations for Krishna's birthday
The birth of Lord Krishna is celebrated across India with music, dance, and devotion, but perhaps the sweetest thread is food.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
150+ dead as heavy rains lash Pak
At least 154 people were killed and several injured as heavy rains lashed several parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir over the past 24 hours, officials said on Friday.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Dargah wall collapse near Humayun’s Tomb kills 6
Six people were crushed to death and five injured after two adjoining rooms of a dargah collapsed in southeast Delhi’s Nizamuddin East on Friday afternoon.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
₹1L-cr scheme launched for private sector job seekers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced the roll-out of a ₹1 lakh-crore scheme for new job seekers in an Independence speech that focused squarely on the need for more self-reliance and local manufacturing to cope with “rising economic selfishness” in the world.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
CM’s I-Day promise: Every slum dweller to get a house
Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday pledged to provide houses for all slum dwellers, rejuvenate the Yamuna, make the national capital’s infrastructure the “best in the country”, and ensure progress in all sectors such as transport, education, water supply, housing and welfare.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Simpler GST structure as govt pushes reform
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a major overhaul of the goods and services tax regime, hinting at lower rates on most items by Diwali, with people aware of the plans adding that most of the goods currently taxed at 12% could drop to 5% and most of those in the 28% bracket could shift to 18% under a proposed structure that will also have a 40% rate for what are considered sin or luxury goods.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
DELHI CM GUPTA PROMISES PUCCA HOMES FOR POOR
Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday pledged to provide houses for all slum residents, rejuvenate the ‘Yamuna, make the national capital’s infrastructure the “best in the country”, and ensure progress in all sectors such as transport, education, water supply, housing and welfare.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
MESSI’S INDIA TOUR INCLUDES VISIT TO DELHI, SAY ORGANISERS
Lionel Messi’s visit to India has received its final seal of approval with the Argentine superstar set to kick off his three-city tour in Kolkata on December 12, promoter of the event Satadru Dutta said.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
PRO-KHALISTAN PROTESTS DISRUPT MELBOURNE EVENT
Pro-Khalistan separatists allegedly disrupted an event organised to mark India’s 79th Independence Day in Melbourne, Australian media has reported.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'Largest NGO in world': Modi lauds RSS for national service
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday described the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as the “largest NGO in the world” as he praised the organisation for selfless devotion to “nation building”, and said its “service to the nation constitutes a golden chapter”.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Studies show frequency of cloudbursts increasing
The flash flooding and landslide triggered by torrential rain in Jammu and Kashmir has brought the spotlight on extreme weather events battering India’s Himalayas this monsoon season, a trend that tracks with rising extreme weather events as global temperatures have risen.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
IBC plan eyes part sale of assets, 2nd shot at rescue
Amendments specifically allow insolvency tribunals to grant a 120-day fresh opportunity
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Coolie: Thalaiva still shines, but the script trips over itself
It's a delight when a superstar meets a script worthy of their aura, it's pure magic.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
India’s Russian oil buys rise, at 2 mn bpd in August
India’s purchase of Russian oil has risen to 2 million barrels per day in August, as refiners continue to prioritise economic considerations in their sourcing decisions.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'Old rhetoric': Oppn hits back at Modi
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of filling constitutional bodies with “people of its ideology”, and claimed that the ruling party can go to the extent of immorality to remain in power.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
M&M bets on one tech platform for many fuels
Mahindra & Mahindra will develop new petrol, diesel and electric models on a common technology platform to give it the flexibility to meet global emission norms and adjust its products based on market demand.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
2 bikers die in head-on collision during stunt
Two motorcyclists were Killed and a pillion rider was injured in a head-on collision on the unopened elevated section of the Delhi-Dehradun expressway on Wednesday evening, police said on Friday.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Arsenal face new look Man United on Sunday
Arsenal face an immediate test of their title credentials against a revamped Manchester United on Sunday.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Long lost, tattered Town Hall diary, signed by leaders from Zhou Enlai to Saddam, restored
Delhi's civic archives have yielded a remarkable find — a leather-bound visitors’ book chronicling the city’s mid-20th-century role as a stage for postcolonial diplomacy.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
The compete package
If there's a rival, it's going to go viral. No sport is without its epic showdowns. Here are 10 we're looking forward to
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Langdya in the school of life
Shrikant Bojewar’s 154-page novella is a wickedly clever satire set in a small village in Maharashtra where the intermingling of felines and humans establishes beyond a doubt the unconscionable conduct of the latter species.
3 min |
August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
'Lost a role to someone with more PR spottings'
Actor Barkha Singh has had a busy run with two recent web releases, Criminal Justice:
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Will Pahalgam killers decide on statehood for J&K: Omar
Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday slammed the practice of linking terror attacks to the Union territory's political future and asserted that Pakistan should not beallowed to influence it through terrorism.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
A lost ledger of city’s history of diplomacy
From Soong Ching-ling to Tito, a rediscovered visitors’ book from Town Hall chronicles Delhi's pivotal role in the post-colonial world
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
{ VANDALISM AT UNIVERSITY } Alumnus of Jadavpur sent to police custody
KOLKATA: Jadavpur University alumnus Hindol Majumdar, who was arrested for allegedly plotting an attack on West Bengal education minister Bratya Basu’s convoy, was sent to police custody till August 18 on Friday, police said. Majumdar, a research scholar in Spain, was produced before a Kolkata court after his arrest on Thursday.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Convoys, hotels, agents: Inside Alaska Summit
The call to Beau Disbrow was unlike any the Anchorage realtor had ever received.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
WORLD'S 1ST HUMANOID ROBOT GAMES BEGIN IN CHINA
BEWJING: The world’s first-ever humanoid robot games began Friday in Beijing, with over 500 androids alternating between jerky tumbles and glimpses of real power as they compete in events from the 100-metre hur-dies to kung fu.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
55-YEAR-OLD MAN ELECTROCUTED WHILE COOKING FOOD AT FACTORY
A 55-year-old man was electrocuted to death while cooking food at a spare parts manufacturing factory in Dilshad Garden, east Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Hailing dawn of freedom, charting path to progress
In its editorial on August 15, 1947, HT called on citizens to build a fair, equitable country
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
The making of Samriddha Bharat
The Prime Minister’s Independence Day speech outlined his strategy to build a prosperous India
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