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Lucknow pacer Akash Singh makes a statement after the frustrating wait
LSG owed much for their 7-wicket victory at home on Friday to a long overdue breakout from left-arm pacer Akash Singh, who skilfully mixed cutaways and short-pitched deliveries to dismantle CSK’s top order and deliver his best IPL performance.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
HUMPBACK WHALE ‘TIMMY’ RELEASED AFTER MASSIVE RESCUE OP, DEAD
A humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a spectacular and contentious rescue effort, after repeatedly becoming stranded off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, authorities said Saturday.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Trump’s officials draw up plans for fresh Iran strikes
The US is weighing a return to military strikes on Iran as President Donald Trump's top aides have drafted plans for if the leader decides to try to break the impasse with more bombs.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
India against decade of disasters, PM warns
Describing India as a “land of opportunities”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the country is undergoing an “unprecedented transformation” and its aspirations are “no longer limited to its borders”.
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May 17, 2026
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Ebola variant causing DR Congo outbreak is rare, has no vaccine yet, health officials warn
{ BUNDIBUGYO STRAIN }
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
RAHUL DEMANDS EDU MINISTER'S REMOVAL OVER NEET PAPER LEAK
Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the immediate resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the cancellation of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) held on May 3, following a widespread leak, alleging a “money-making nexus” between the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), its parent organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and affiliated faculty across universities.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
COURT GRANTS ROBERT VADRA BAIL IN MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to businessman Robert Vadra in a money laundering case linked to a land deal in Haryana’s Shikohpur, observing that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had not arrested him during the investigation and his detention was not necessary.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Semenyo's magic moment fires City to FA Cup crown
This is City’s eighth FA Cup title and their second trophy this season after the League Cup in March
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Manipur Dy CMs key negotiators in abduction crisis
Manipur’s two deputy chief ministers, Losii Diko and Nemcha Kipgen, who represent the Naga and Kuki-Zo communities respectively, have emerged as key negotiators in the ongoing hostage crisis triggered by escalating Naga-Kuki clashes in the northeastern state, officials aware of the matter said on Saturday.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
PUTIN TO VISIT CHINA MAY 19-20, DAYS AFTER TRUMP TRIP
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China on May 19 for a two-day visit, hot on the heels of US President Donald Trump's trip to Beijing, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
CBSE mandates study of 3 languages for classes 9, 10
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has mandated the study of three languages, including at least two native Indian languages, for class 9 and 10 students from July 1, according to a circular, a month after the board made the scheme compulsory for class 6 students.
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May 17, 2026
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ECI orders probe into illegal ‘foreign voters’
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched an investigation following the arrest of 25 foreign nationals for allegedly casting votes in the April 23 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, senior ECI officials said on Saturday.
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May 17, 2026
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22-YR-OLD FOUND DEAD AT DRUG REHAB CENTRE, KIN ALLEGE ASSAULT
A 22-year-old man was found dead at a drug de-addiction centre in Delhi's Rohini early on Saturday, with police suspecting no foul play and \"deteriorated health\" as the reason, while his family alleging \"assault\" at the centre.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
culture Root awakening
There are some deep, deep prejudices hidden in everyday words that we still casually use. Amid an effort to weed out some of these, researchers are spotlighting their troubling origins. Can you spot the problems, to begin with, with the four terms below?
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
CBSE, GOVT OPPOSE PLEA AGAINST 3RD LANGUAGE NOTICE
The Centre and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have opposed before the Delhi high court a petition challenging the board’s decision to introduce a compulsory regional third language for Class 6 students from the 2026-27 academic session, contending that the policy does not prohibit the teaching of foreign languages and merely prescribes a minimum requirement of two Indian languages under the R1/R2/R3 framework.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Cockroaches remark directed at fake degree holders, CJI clarifies
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday maintained that his oral observations a day earlier, referring to some people as “cockroaches” and “parasites”, were not directed at the youth of the country but at individuals who had entered professions such as law and media using “fake and bogus degrees”.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Kim, Rose and Kirk charge into PGA hunt
Michael Kim birdied six of the first seven holes to charge into contention in Saturday's third round of the PGA Championship as Rory McIlroy teed off at suddenly vulnerable Aronimink.
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May 17, 2026
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Feat accompli
This is an era of athletes tearing through records. What's next, in a world where the word impossible is fast losing meaning?
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Andhra govt announces ₹30,000 for 3rd child, ₹40,000 for 4th
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday announced an incentive of ₹30,000 for the birth of a third child and ₹40,000 for a fourth child as part of the state government's new population management policy.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
CENTRE APPOINTS TWO JOINT SECYs, JOINT DIRECTORS EACH IN NTA
The Centre on Saturday appointed two each joint secretaries and joint directors in the National Testing Agency (NTA), which is under the heat over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) paper leak.
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May 17, 2026
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Nation and its largest religious minority
Are we witnessing the steady marginalisation of Indian Muslims?
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Hearts and crafts
What teaches us the empathy we need, to turn up for a loved one in trouble? A story from my practice, and a grateful one from my life
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
A room full of stars
It was a weeknight in Helsinki, cold in the way Finnish spring evenings stubbornly insist on being, and I was filing into a modest cinema.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
EX-UK HEALTH MIN SAYS WILL RUN TO REPLACE PM DAYS AFTER RESIGNING
Wes Streeting, who resigned as UK health secretary this week, announced Saturday he will run to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader and prime minister, becoming the first MP to publicly confirm the bid.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
China hints at tariff cuts, US agri trade progress
China and the United States have agreed to expand agricultural trade through tariff reductions and tackle non-tariff barriers and market access issues, China's commerce ministry said on Saturday after this week’s summit in Beijing.
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May 17, 2026
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Biology teacher held in Pune was set to retire in 7 months
Seven months before she was due to retire, Manisha Gurunath Mandhare—a Biology teacher of 24 years at one of Pune's better-known colleges —was arrested by CBI on Saturday as a key suspect in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
POSH panel member abetted crime: Court
{ TCS SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE }
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
How far have we come?
{ ECONOMICS OF EXCLUSION } POLITICS, PROSPERITY, LOVE
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Iran to announce Hormuz mechanism, collect fees
Iran has prepared a mechanism to manage traffic through the Strait of Hormuz along a designated route that will be unveiled soon, the head of the Iranian parliament's national security committee Ebrahim Azizi said on Saturday.
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May 17, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Making the Capital's EV policy women-friendly
With the Prime Minister calling for reducing fuel usage to offset the impact of the war in West Asia, this might be an opportune moment to look at alternatives with a focus on women.
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