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What Bihar needs, what Nitish must do
Titish Kumar begins his fifth consecutive term as N chief minister of Bihar on the back of the NDA winning the assembly election with an enhanced majority.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
WORK TO BEGIN ON DELHI'S 4TH AUTO VEHICLE TESTING CENTRE AT BURARI
The Delhi transport department will start work on a new Automated Testing Station at Burari, which will be the capital's fourth facility after Jhuljhuli, Nand Nagri and Tehkhand, officials said.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times' Rajini Day: A superstar morning
On November 19, the fullpage tribute ran, and by the morning of November 20, it wasn't just the pages of Hindustan Times that carried the message, but thousands of hearts across the nation. Yesterday morning, fans of actor Rajinikanth woke up to celebrations: for five decades, he has entertained Indian audiences and embodied the \"superstar\" label. And today, his legacy is front-page news.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
Cops seek Meta’s help to trace prison videos
Bengaluru Police have written to tech giants Meta, seeking details of the WhatsApp accounts involved in uploading and forwarding a series 0 videos that appear to show high-risk inmates enjoying access to mobile phones, alcohol and other prohibited items inside the Bengaluru Central Prison, officials said on Wednesday.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
Nitish stakes claim to form Bihar govt again
Nitish Kumar on Wednesday staked claim to form the next government in Bihar after being elected the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), setting the stage for his 10th oath-taking ceremony scheduled at 11.30am on Thursday.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
Modi: India on path to become global hub of organic farming
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India was on the path to becoming the global hub of organic farming and asserted that it is native and traditional to the nation as he released the 2lst instalment of PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi of more than 218,000 crore for 90 million beneficiaries.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
Curacao, home to just 156k, make Fifa history
“Only a couple of us had heard of them.” And even those that had did not know what to expect against Curacao, said Sunil Chhetri.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
SC tells CAQM to consider shifting school sports days
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to consider directing schools in Delhi-NCR to postpone open air sports competitions planned in November and December to \"safer months\" keeping in mind air pollution levels.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
INDIGENOUS CRISPR THERAPY TO TREAT SICKLE CELL DISEASE
Over two years after the Centre launched the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission, Union minister for science and technology Jitendra Singh on Wednesday launched the country's first indigenous CRISPR-based gene therapy for the genetic blood disorder, which significantly affects India's tribal population..
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
INDIRA RESHAPED INDIA WITH HER POVERTY, CONFLICT POLICIES: SONIA
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi reshaped the country with her policies dedicated to \"ameliorating poverty, deprivation, conflict, and inequality\", Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi said on Wednesday.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
ICHR to publish composite volume on Aryans
The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) has launched a project to publish a composite volume including previous and latest scholarly works on the Aryans, that seeks to move beyond “outdated colonial frameworks” and contribute to an emerging scholarly consensus rather than “merely refuting” various Aryan-related theories and hypotheses.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
Three held in Sohna for ‘links’ to bomber
Three men - a cleric at a mosque in Sohna, his 18-year-old son, and a madrasa teacher —have been detained for questioning over suspected links to Red Fort suicide bomber Umar-un-Nabi, police officers aware of the matter said on Wednesday.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
Court clears son in father's murder case
Delhi court has discharged a 36-year-oldman from a murder charge after Delhi Police arrested him earlier this year for allegedly killing his father in Narela and described him as a “mastermind” who planned and contracted the murder.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Trump berates ABC reporter after query about killing of Saudi Arabian journalist
President Donald Trump denounced ABC News’ Mary Bruce as a “terrible reporter” on Tuesday and threatened the network's licence to broadcast after she asked him three sharp questions at the White House.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Diluting green protection
Supreme Court withdrawing its prohibition of ex post facto green clearances weakens environmental regulation
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
GAME ON FOR PICKLEBALL
Pickleball's rising popularity in India took a major step forward as the Indian Pickleball League announced its first five franchises, welcomed by Vineet Jain, MD, The Times Group, at a launch event in Chennai.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
NIA gets custody of Anmol Bishnoi after deportation
A Delhi court on Wednesday sent gangster Anmol Bishnoi to ll-day National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody, noting that allegations against him were serious and the role played by him in the execution of terror conspiracy at the behest of the gang headed by his brother Lawrence needed to be unearthed.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
Time ticking on one stalled second
A city secret in city’s heart
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
Erigaisi defeat snuffs out India's WC hopes
After flying smoothly in a tournament where its top prospects had bumpy rides, Arjun Erigaisi met with turbulence at possibly the worst time for him.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
BUILT AT COST OF ₹63.7 CRORE Blocked by trees, parking lot stands obsolete
Almost two months after chief minister Rekha Gupta inaugurated the automated multilevel parking facility in Greater Kailash-1 Block M Market, the structure stands unused and obsolete, its entrance blocked by trees, an HT spot check has found.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
DJB flags UP, Hry’s ‘polluting drains’
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has written to neighbouring states flagging sewage and industrial waste being carried to the Yamuna through their drain networks, and urged them to take corrective measures, such as ramping up sewage treatment, at the point of origin of the waste.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Ashes: England face daunting task
The highly anticipated five-Test series gets under way ona fast, bouncy track at a soldout Perth Stadium and with Ben Stokes’s visitors insisting they are not scarred by past failures.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
ED flags ₹415cr ‘proceeds of crime’ in Al-Falah case
A Delhi court on Wednesday sent Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, chairman of Faridabad-based Al-Falah University, to 13 days of Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody, observing that the money-laundering investigation against him was at a “nascent stage” and that the allegations carried “significant gravit
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC denies seniority quota for higher judicial service
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that length of service cannot be a criteria to create a separate quota for officers in appointment to the higher judicial services (HJS), as it would amountto sacrificing merit.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
TOP COURT DROPS AUTHORSHIP IN JUDICIAL OFFICERS QUOTA VERDICT
Breaking from convention, a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday chose not to ascribe authorship to its ruling relating to quota for entry-level judicial officers in appointments to the district judge cadre—the first time the top court has chosen to do so since the 2019 Ayodhya verdict.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘How is this allowed in modern society?’ SC on Talaq-e-Hasan
The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned whether the practice of Talaq-e-Hasan, under which a Muslim man can divorce his wife by pronouncing “talaq” once a month over three months, can continue in its present form ina modern, civilised society, observing that it may need to be regulated, if not struck down altogether, to safeguard the dignity of women.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
Anmol sent to 11-day NIA custody after Delhi return
A Delhi court on Wednesday sent gangster Anmol Bishnoi to 1l-day National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody, noting that allegations against him were serious and the role played by him in the execution of terror conspiracy at the behest of the gang headed by his brother Lawrence needed to be unearthed.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times
Grap rejig: Some measures moved to lower thresholds
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed major revisions to the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) for the National Capital Region as part of short-term measures proposed by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in response to the Capital's winter pollution crisis.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
GILL RESPONDING WELL TO MEDICAL TREATMENT: BCCI
India captain Shubman Gill has responded well to treatment for a neck injury, the BCCI said on Wednesday, but it remains to be seen if he plays the second Test.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
K’taka to introduce bill permitting online bets on horse races
The Karnataka government is preparing to introduce a bill that would permit licensed online betting on horse-racing events, a move the state says will expand the popularity of digital wagering at race clubs across India.
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