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Prez hails Op Sindoor as fight of humanity against terrorism
Operation Sindoor will go down in history as an example in humanity's fight against terrorism, President Droupadi Murmu told the nation on the eve of the 79th Independence Day on Thursday, as she hailed the test of Atmanirbhar Bharat during the conflict and the nation’s unity, which according her, was the most befitting response to those who wanted to divide India.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Over 350 flights delayed due to rains, traffic jams
More than 350 flights were delayed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Thursday after heavy morning rainfall triggered massive traffic jams across the National Capital Region, preventing both passengers and flight crew from reaching the airport.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
He fought for freedom, and against Emergency
Vasu might be 102 but still moves about his house in Cheruvannur in Kerala's Kozhikode district with the help of a walker, reads at least two newspapers a day, and watches television news with great intent, trying to keep himself informed of what's happening in the country. Born in January 1923, Vasu got a whiff of nationalistic sentiments very early on when his father took him to hear Mahatma Gandhi when the latter visited Kozhikode in 1934. He was just 11 then, but by the time he was in his late-teens in 1942, Vasu found himself leading an agitation by the Congress in his native Cheruvannur on the sidelines of the Quit India movement. That year, he was arrested and sentenced by a judge to three-and-a-half months in jail where he was tortured.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Trump says Putin ready to make deal on Ukraine
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he thought Vladimir Putin was ready to make a deal on ending his war in Ukraine after the Russian president floated the prospect of a nuclear arms agreement on the eve of their summit in Alaska.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Despite big economic gains, many gaps remain
In a memorable speech delivered to the Constituent Assembly on the eve of Independence on August I4, 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru outlined the country’s basic, social and economic objectives as follows: The future is not one of case or resting but of incessant striving so that we may fulfil the pledges we have so often taken and the one we shall take today.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
{ SPECIAL MODULE FOR CLASSES 6 TO 8 } Congress among culprits responsible for Partition, says NCERT module
Who is responsible for Partition? And who are the culprits of the humanitarian tragedy that killed at least 600,000 people and displaced 15 million?
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC JUNKS PERNOD RICARD INDIA’S TRADEMARK PLEA
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected liquor major Pernod Ricard India's plea to block the sale of “London Pride” whisky, saying the brand name and packaging were not deceptively similar to its own flagship labels, “Blenders Pride” and “Imperial Blue.”
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'FALSE CLAIMS ON DHARMASTHALA TO LEAD TO ACTION'
Following claims by an alleged whistleblower that several burial locations at the Dharmasthala site have been rendered untraceable due to erosion and construction, Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara on Thursday warned that the complainant would face legal consequences, if the charges do not stand scrutiny.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'We boarded a train with the dead'
In August 1947, Atma Singh was just 15 when four or five armed armymen arrived in his village in Lahore.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'Committed to taking ties forward with US'
India is committed to taking forward relations with the US on the basis of mutual respect and shared interests, the external affairs ministry said on Thursday against the backdrop of strains in bilateral ties over trade-related issues and President Donald Trump's tariff policies.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC slams NHAI over collecting toll despite unfinished roads
The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for collecting toll from commuters despite unfinished roadworks and chronic traffic snarls, asking why citizens should be made to pay for poor infrastructure.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
S&P raises India to ‘BBB’ after 18 yrs
The upgrade comes shortly after US President Donald Trump called India a “dead economy”
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
3-judge SC bench to hear stray dogs case
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai on Wednesday withdrew the suo motu case on stray dogs from the bench of justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, which had two days ago directed civic authorities in Delhi-NCR to capture and keep such canines in shelters, and reassigned it to a fresh three-judge bench.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
Monsoon wipes out gains in erratic Aug
On June 30, a month into the rainy season, India had received 8.9% more monsoon rains than normal.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
WOMAN DRUGGED, RAPED BY FOUR MEN AT PARTY IN CIVIL LINES: POLICE
A 24-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by four men at a party in north Delhi’s Civil Lines on Sunday night, police said on Tuesday, adding that a search is on to arrest the accused who are at large.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
Order lists safeguards to prevent cruelty in shelters
The Supreme Court on Wednesday evening issued a detailed written order of its August 11 verdict, expanding on earlier oral directions and setting out stringent safeguards for the welfare of captured stray dogs stressing that at no stage should the animals be subjected to mistreatment, cruelty, overcrowding, starvation, or neglect.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
INDIA TO BID FOR 2030 CWG IN AHD, BRING BACK TOP MEDAL EVENTS
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) formally approved the country's bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad during its special general meeting on Wednesday.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
22-YR-OLD WOMAN WITH DISABILITIES GANG-RAPED IN U.P'S BALRAMPUR
Two men were arrested on Wednesday for the alleged kidnapping and gangrape of a 22-year-old woman with multiple disabilities in Balrampur’s Bahadurpur area, in Uttar Pradesh, just 20 metres from a police post where all four CCTV cameras were nonoperational.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
As SC hears SIR case, BJP, Cong trade barbs
POLL ROLL REVISION
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
Pak outspending India 3:1 in US lobbying
WASHINGTON DC: Pakistan is outspending India 3 to 1 on payments to lobbying and strategic communications firms in the US in an attempt to gain greater access to the hallways of power in Washington DC, according to filings with the US Department of Justice reviewed by HT.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
Why removal of dogs creates more problems than it solves
In 1994, the municipal commissioner of Surat, Gujarat, ordered the killing of all the city's dogs.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
Autopay chaos in sight as @paytm nears 31 Aug end
MUMBAI: Come September 1, and thousands of autopay transactions for insurance premiums and Netflix subscriptions may fail, as a hard deadline to discontinue the @paytm handle for UPI payments kicks in.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
Changing track on pollution
Emissions should be the yardstick of a vehicle's roadworthiness. But pollution control needs a comprehensive approach
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
India to bid for 2030 CWG, bring back its top sports
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) formally approved the country's bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad during its special general meeting on Wednesday. In its bid, India will back a full-fledged sports programme and include their key medal-winning disciplines that were dropped in the truncated edition in Glasgow 2026.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
EAM to meet Lavrov; Wang Yi visit next wk
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi is set to visit India next week for talks on the border issue, days before external affairs minister S Jaishankar travels to Moscow for a trade and economic dialogue with his counterpart Sergey Lavrov, with both meetings crucial for New Delhi's ties with Beijing and Moscow amid strains in the relationship with Washington.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
IRREGULARITIES IN G NOIDA LAND DEALS COST U.P. ₹13K-CRORE: CAG
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has uncovered serious procedural lapses in the functioning of the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA), citing irregularities in planning, land acquisition, pricing, and allotment that caused notional losses of ₹13,362 crore to the state exchequer.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
9 TIHAR OFFICERS AIDING EXTORTION SUSPENDED, DELHI GOVT TELLS HC
The Delhi government on Wednesday told the high court it has suspended nine Tihar jail officials for their alleged role in an extortion racket run from inside the prison in collusion with inmates, and initiated disciplinary proceedings against them.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
Soldier killed as army foils infiltration bid along LoC
SRINAGAR: A soldier was killed as the army foiled a suspected infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Churdunda area of Uri in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times
Malayalam, Tamil speakers' global diaspora outstrips local one: Study
There are more people who speak Tamil or Malayalam as their mother tongue outside India than outside the states of Tamil Nadu or Kerala within India.
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August 14, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
ONGC Q1 NET DROPS 10% ON LOWER OIL PRICES
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) has reported a 10% decline in its June quarter net profit on lower oil prices and stagnant production from its aging fields.
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