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Zohran takes oath on Quran; NYC's 2nd youngest mayor
Zohran Mamdani was formally sworn in as New York City’s 112th Mayor in a private ceremony held just moments into the New Year in an old subway station here.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Rajat Bedi in talks to step into Vikrant Massey's role in Don 3
There's been considerable buzz around Farhan Akhtar's much-anticipated Don 3, and not always for the right reasons.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
TRUMP BLAMES BRUISED HAND ON ASPIRIN, DENIES FALLING ASLEEP
US President Donald Trump blamed aspirin for large bruises on his hand and denied falling asleep while attending public meetings in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
'Bombay Velvet failure distanced me from Ranbir, Anushka'
A decade after the commercial failure of Bombay Velvet (2015), filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has reflected on how the experience affected his relationships with its stars Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
India, Pak exchange list of nuclear installations and civilian prisoners
THE LISTS WERE EXCHANGED A DAY AFTER INDIA EAM INTERACTED WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER OF PAK
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Gangster Mohol’s murder: HC declares Shelar’s arrest illegal
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has recently declared the arrest of gangster Vitthal Shelar in the high-profile murder of his rival, gangster Sharad Mohol, in Pune as illegal and ordered the authorities to release him on bail.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Dozens feared killed in NYE Swiss bar fire
About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through a bar's New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, police said.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Kriti steps into NY with 20th Hindi film
She's ringing in the new year still basking in the success of her 2025 release Tere Ishk Mein (TIM), which earned both strong reviews and big box-office numbers.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
JM ROAD BLASTS CASE: TWO HELD IN BUNTY JAHAGIRDAR MURDER CASE
Shrirampur police have arrested two men in connection with the murder of Aslam Shabbiralias Bunty Jahagirdar, a key accused in the 2012 JM Road serial blasts case, who was shot dead in broad daylight in Shrirampur town of Ahilyanagar district on Wednesday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Cops book over 450 for drink driving on Dec 31
Police in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad launched a massive crackdown on drink driving on December 31 as part of New Year's Eve enforcement, booking more than 208 motorists in Pune city and 240 in the Pimpri-Chinchwad police commissionerate limits for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Trump slams George Clooney over actor and wife becoming French
{ PASSPORT POLITICS } FRENCH GOVT DIVIDED OVER CITIZENSHIP
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
GST revenue at ₹1.75 lakh cr; IGST shows strength in trade
A strong growth in imports helped the central and state governments collect ₹1.75 lakh crore in goods and services tax (GST) receipts in December before adjusting for refunds, a 6.1% improvement over the year-ago period.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
The final word: Succinct to expansive, SC verdicts in 2025 spanned varying lengths
In 2025, the Supreme Court crossed a numerical milestone as over 1,400 judgments were delivered in a single year.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Russia says Kyiv strike kills 24 in occupied Ukraine
A Ukrainian drone strike Killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 more as they celebrated the New Year in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine's Kherson region, Russian officials said Thursday, as tensions between the two nations continue to spike despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
ADD VULNERABLE GROUPS IN ELECTORAL ROLLS, SAYS BENGAL CEO
The office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer has issued a detailed set of instructions to all district election officers (DEOs) to facilitate the inclusion of vulnerable and marginalised groups in the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a notification said.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
AFTER PLAINTS, SEC TO PROBE ‘UNOPPOSED’ MAHAYUTI WINS
With many instances of ruling alliance candidates getting elected unopposed in the local body elections, the State Election Commission (SEC) has sought reports from various authorities to check if there was either coercion or allurement involved in getting opposing candidates to withdraw.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Thriving in chaos on the board: The streetfighter named Arjun
His style has won him the crowds but can it win over the big tournament organisers as well?
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
BJP withdraws Pooja More's nomination
PUNE: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday withdrew its candidate from Ward No. 2 after facing strong internal opposition, following which nominee Pooja More-Jadhav stepped aside amid mounting pressure from party workers.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
HINDU SET AFIRE IN BANGLADESH, JUMPS INTO POND TO SAVE HIMSELF
A Hindu businessman was attacked, hacked and set on fire in Bangladesh, police said on Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Arjun Bijlani's FIL dies; actor cuts NY trip short
Actor Arjun Bijlani and his family had to cut short their New Year vacation in Dubai after his father-in-law, Rakesh Chandra Swami, was admitted to the ICU on Monday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
PM to flag off 1st Vande Bharat sleeper train this month: Min
VAISHNAW SAID INDIA’S FIRST BULLET TRAIN SERVICE IS SET TO BE LAUNCHED ON AUGUST 15, 2027
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Restoring trust in the State, the Chhattisgarh experience
Chhattisgarh’s creation 25 years ago rested on a simple premise: A smaller state would listen better, govern closer to the ground, and respond faster to its people.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Govt clears 22 more projects under ECMS
The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) has approved 22 new proposals under the third tranche of the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), involving a projected investment of ₹41,863 crore, according to a note shared with select media on Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Pant stares at a challenging road to white-ball redemption
The keeper-batter hasn't consistently been part of India's white-ball plans since his return
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Why a 17-year wait continues in men’s boxing
Several things happened around Indian boxing recently: Santiago Nieva, its former high-performance director (2017-2022) returned as women’s coach, the senior nationals were rescheduled within nine hours of being announced and more personally, a document with a startling independent test result around some elite men showed up on email.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Rajnath pays homage to Zia at B’desh high commission
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday visited the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi and expressed his condolence on the demise of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Guwahati-Howrah: 1st Vande Bharat sleeper set for launch
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the country’s first Vande Bharat sleeper train this month between Kamakhya in Guwahati and Howrah, marking the launch of India’s first overnight semi-high-speed service, Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
2K ILLEGAL B’DESH NATIONALS SENT BACK IN PAST FEW MONTHS: HIMANTA
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that nearly 2,000 illegal Bangladeshis have been sent back across the international border in the past few months under provisions of the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act (IEA)
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Aubameyang banned as Gabon government suspends national team
{ AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Lokpal withdraws tender for 7 BMW cars after furore
THE VEHICLES WERE INTENDED TO BE ALLOCATED INDIVIDUALLY TO THE CHAIRPERSON AND SIX MEMBERS OF THE LOKPAL
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