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SC says courts must end ‘stale, frozen’ marriages
Emphasising that courts should not allow parties to remain trapped in “stale and frozen” matrimonial relationships, the Supreme Court has urged the judiciary to bring prolonged marital disputes to a close by granting effective relief where a marriage has irretrievably broken down, observing that such an approach serves not only the interests of the estranged spouses but also those of society at large.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Is apex court’s confidence in SIR exercise misplaced?
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s verdict last week upholding the constitutional validity of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), senior advocate Prashant Bhushan described the ruling as a “blot” on the Court, comparable to ADM Jabalpur during the Emergency.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Tensions escalate as Iran hits Kuwait airport; Indian killed
Kuwait briefly shut its main airport on Wednesday after Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal, killed an Indian national, and wounded dozens — the latest in back-and-forth attacks by Iran and the US that test a fragile ceasefire.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
SEBI flags Rajesh Exports financials
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) alleged that Rajesh Exports Ltd misrepresented nearly all of its revenue over five financial years, raising serious questions over the accuracy of the jewellery maker's financial statements.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Govt condemns Kuwait airport attack that killed Indian staffer
India on Wednesday condemned an Iranian attack on Kuwait international airport that left an Indian national dead and called for an end to the targeting of civilian infrastructure, even as the total number of Indians killed in the region since the start of the West Asia conflict rose to 10.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
INDIA AHEAD OF U.S. IN SOLAR CAPACITY ADDITIONS IN 2025
India has become the world’s second-largest solar growth market, overtaking the USA in annual solar capacity additions in 2025, new and renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
DKS takes oath as K’taka CM; Parameshwara named his dy
DK Shivakumar on Wednesday took oath as Karnataka chief minister, formally taking charge of the state government alongside deputy CM G Parameshwara and a 12-member ministerial team, ending the leadership tussle with predecessor Siddaramaiah.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Dipanshi hopes to shine on Asian Games debut
The just-ended women's Asian Games wrestling trials was focussed on the drama around a failed comeback attempt of Vinesh Phogat.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
ED summons Abhishek Banerjee in PMLA case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday served summons to Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, asking him to appear before it on June 15 in connection with its money laundering probe in the primary teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal, people familiar with the matter said.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Cabinet clears ₹10k-cr fund to offset jet fuel price swings
The Union cabinet has approved a ₹10,000 crore fund to shield airlines from volatility in the price of jet fuel even as it offsets losses that fuel sellers incur.
3 min |
June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Unnao hospital owner held for killing woman
A private hospital owner and his nephew from Unnao have been arrested for allegedly abducting and killing a 21-year-old woman, who had gone missing two days after lodging a sexual harassment complaint against the hospital owner, police said on Wednesday, adding the accused dumped her body nearly 450km away in Bulandshahr.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Mix of castes, minority faces in cabinet
The cabinet led by new Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar has the stamp of social engineering, featuring a mix of important castes and two minority faces—a Muslim and a Christian - but no women.
1 min |
June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
India's Cup-winning skipper Suryakumar set to be dropped
India's 2026 T20 World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav is set to lose his place in the team, according to people in the know of things in the Board.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Can the goal-machine lift the World Cup again?
The goals have come for Real but not the trophies generating noise that only a World Cup can silence
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
9 dead as Israel strikes Beirut, south Lebanon
Lebanon said Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed at least nine people in the country’s south, including two paramedics, while another raid hit a car near Beirut.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
‘Trump can’t force the Abraham Accords’
Normalisation of the Arab world’s relationship with Israel, if it is to be meaningful and lasting, cannot bypass Palestine and cannot be bundled into geopolitical horse-trading
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Wind and Shnaider sweep aside Sabalenka in quarters
The Russian faces Poland’s qualifier Chwalinska in a battle of left-handers at the
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
HC allows embryo transfer beyond legal age limit
The Delhi High Court has allowed frozen embryo transfer of cryopreserved embryos to a woman, despite her having exceeded the upper age limit prescribed for the procedure under the law, observing that reproductive rights and access to parenthood cannot be defeated by purely technical or pedantic reading of the law.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
TMC rift widens; Ritabrata states he has LoP status
Fifty-eight Trinamool Congress lawmakers disowned the party's general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, pleaded with chairperson Mamata Banerjee to become their adviser, and staked claim on Wednesday to become the principal opposition party in the West Bengal assembly, with the leader of the rebel unit, expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, announcing after a meeting with the speaker that he had been appointed leader of the Opposition, plunging the party into an existential crisis.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
TVK allocates lone TN RS seat to Cong
Tamil Nadu chief minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday allocated the lone Rajya Sabha seat from the state that felt vacant after AIADMK leader C Ve Shanmugam resigned from the Upper House following his election as a member of the legislative assembly last month.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
West Bengal’s rise needs new energy, where is it?
With a new government taking shape in West Bengal, one of its defining challenges will be reviving the state’s economic momentum.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
‘I work more on the board than computer like Magnus’
Javokhir Sindarov spent a good chunk of last year working 10 hours a day on chess with his coach Roman Vidonyak in Munich.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Indian-Americans face tough night in US primary elections
Indian American politicians faced a tough night in primary elections in key states like California and New Jersey with rising challengers losing their bids to represent their parties in the forthcoming general elections in November.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
NEET paper leak, OSM to be key focus of INDIA bloc meet
Controversies surrounding a leak of the NEET exam paper and on-screen-marking of CBSE Class XII answersheets will be one of the main focus areas of the upcoming meeting of the INDIA bloc of opposition parties, a Rajya Sabha member from one of its constituents said -- although the internal problems of the Trinamool Congress, and the chill in relations between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Congress (three of the largest members of the group by representation in Parliament) could overshadow proceedings.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
DKS sworn in as Karnataka CM
DK Shivakumar was on Wednesday sworn in as the chief minister of Karnataka, formally taking charge of the state government alongside deputy chief minister G Parameshwara and a 12-member ministerial team, ending his long-drawn leadership tussle with his predecessor Siddaramaiah.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Mamata allowed Kolkata mayor to resign, says Ghosh
Senior Trinamool Congress leader Firhad Hakim is set to resign as the mayor of Kolkata after party chief Mamata Banerjee accepted his request to step down, party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said on Wednesday.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Safety gaps spark another Delhi tragedy as 21 die in B&B blaze
Owner arrested for lapses: 26 rooms instead of the six allowed, no fire exit | Police say 12 foreigners among victims | Locals heroic first responders, use most travelled to Capital for treatment | mattresses, bedsheets to save lives
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
A tough road ahead for DKS
This is the most public-facing role of Shivakumar’s career, and he will have to shed the strongman image and don the garb of a statesman
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Trump admits he called Bibi crazy in phone call
Donald Trump acknowledged criticising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as ‘‘crazy’’ in a phone call that involved expletives, saying he was ‘‘a little bit perturbed’’ that Israel’s fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon was holding back peace talks with Iran.
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June 04, 2026
Hindustan Times Punjab
Court frames charges against Jacqueline, Sukesh in PMLA case
A Delhi court on Wednesday formally framed charges against actor Jacqueline Fernandez, alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar and 16 others in a ₹200-crore money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
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