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Hindustan Times Ranchi
States are key to driving e-truck adoption in India
When Madhya Pradesh launched the second phase of its electric vehicle (EV) policy in February 2025, it became the first state in India to support electric truck (e-truck) deployment. A few months later, Maharashtra announced its EV policy, with a clear target for e-trucks to reach 20% of new sales by 2030. Both came after the ministry of heavy industries launched the PME-DRIVE scheme, which includes demand incentives for e-trucks, in October 2024.
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October 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Durga Puja isn't just a festival, it's our identity: Konkona Sensharma
Durga Puja rekindles in Konkona Sensharma the childlike excitement she felt growing up in Kolkata.
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October 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Boeing 737 MAX replacement said to be in early development
LONDON: Boeing is in early stages of developing a single-aisle airplane to eventually replace the 737 MAX, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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October 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Bihar govt being run by Centre, alleges Tejashwi
PATNA: Leader of the Opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Tuesday kicked off his \"Bihar Adkhikar Yatra\" seeking support from people to dislodge chief minister Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in the forthcoming elections and alleging that BJP had \"hijacked\" the CM, who has been dancing to the tunes of the central government.
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September 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
PM'S GAYA JI VISIT FOR SPL RELIGIOUS RITUALS UNLIKELY
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September 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
APEX COURT SEEKS STATES' REPLIES ON ANTI-CONVERSION LAWS' SUSPENSION
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from several states on applications seeking suspension of their anti-conversion laws, with petitioners arguing that the statutes are arbitrary and infringe the fundamental rights of individuals to convert and to exercise free will.
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September 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Process to recruit 26K teachers on: CM Soren
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren said on Tuesday that his government had initiated a process to recruit 26,000 assistant school teachers in the state and underlined that the education department was taking all measures to upgrade the government-run schools at par with private schools.
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September 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Cong rejigs poll panel ahead of seat-sharing
In order to fast-track preparations for the upcoming Bihar elections, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Tuesday reconstituted the Pradesh Election Committee (PEC) of the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC).
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September 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Interest-free loans for 12th pass in Bihar: CM
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday announced that interest-free loans will be provided to students who passed Class 12 board examinations under the Student Credit Card scheme to support their higher education.
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September 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
MAOIST WITH ₹5L REWARD KILLED IN ENCOUNTER
Security forces on Sunday shot dead Mukhedev Yadav alias Tufan Ji, a Maoist associated with the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) and carrying a ₹5 lakh reward, during an encounter inside a forest in Palamau district, officials familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
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September 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Tejashwi’s ‘243 seats’ remark creates ripples in INDIA bloc
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav's remarks of “contesting all 243 seats” in Bihar assembly polls fuelled speculations of rift within the Opposition INDIA bloc amid the crucial seat-sharing talks among the alliance partners, including the Congress and other Left parties.
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September 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Cong backed illegal immigration: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stones for multiple infrastructure projects in Assam, including the Guwahati Ring Road, a Brahmaputra bridge, and a medical college in Darrang, while accusing the Congress of ignoring the sentiments of the Assamese people during its time in power.
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September 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Uniform compulsory for all PSUs' staff
The Union coal ministry has decided to introduce a compulsory uniform for all employees of the public sector undertakings (PSUs) under it and approved an increase of the ex-gratia amount paid to its workers by ₹10 lakh, besides hik-
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September 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
PM to inaugurate ₹36K-cr projects in Bihar on Sept 15
In a major boost to development in poll-bound Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth around ₹36,000 crore at Purnea on September 15 during his brief visit to Bihar.
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September 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
MAN WANTED FOR GRENADE ATTACK ON AMRITSAR TEMPLE ARRESTED BY NIA IN GAYA JI
A 35-year-old man wanted for the grenade attack on the Thakur Dwara temple in Amritsar was arrested on Friday evening from a roadside eatery on Nation Highway-19 (GT Road) in Gaya Ji district of Bihar.
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September 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
INDIA bloc leaders inch closer to sealing seat pact
Pashsupati Kumar Paras-led Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar under the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc.
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September 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Spl teachers to run live classes for 4,500 schools in J'khand
RANCHI: The Jharkhand education department is planning online classes in government schools by specialist teachers, which will be streamed live simultaneously in around 4,500 schools across the state, officials aware of the development said on Saturday.
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September 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
I will always be friends with Modi, says Trump
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September 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
‘Demand spike likely to help meet targets’: FM
An expected spurt in consumption once the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates take effect from September 22, coinciding with the festival season, Will most probably help the government meet its revenue, and fiscal deficit, targets by the end of the financial year without any expenditure cuts, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.
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September 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
MEGHALAYA COPS FILE CHARGESHEET IN RAGHUVANSHI MURDER CASE
The Meghalaya Police on Saturday filed a 790-page chargesheet in the Sohra court of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, formally naming five accused in the murder of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi during his honeymoon trip to Meghalaya.
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September 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Before NDA announcement, Nitish declares JD(U)'s Rajpur candidate
Even before the seat-sharing between NDA alliance partners could be announced, JD(U) national president and chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced the name of JD(U) candidate from Rajpur (reserved constituency for SC) of Buxar district on Saturday.
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September 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
RJD MAKING BIHAR WOMEN APPLY FOR A SCHEME THAT EXISTS ONLY IN PROMISE: JD(U)
Bihar parliamentary affairs minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on Friday hit out at the Opposition alliance in Bihar, especially the RJD, for trying to hoodwink innocent women by making them fill forms for “nonexistent Mai Bahin Yojana” in an organised way.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
BODY OF TRIBAL LEADER PART OF MANIPUR PEACE TALKS RECOVERED
IMPHAL: The body of a 59-year-old tribal leader involved in peace talks in ethnic violence-hit Manipur has been recovered from a river in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, days after five men linked to a Kuki militant group allegedly abducted and killed him, police said on Friday.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
India reaffirms its ties with US as Trump takes jibe
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday declined to comment on US President Donald Trump's latest remarks in which he mentioned India, Russia and China.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Palestinians seeking war crimes probe in Gaza face sanctions
WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed sanctions on three Palestinian human rights groups that asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel over allegations of genocide in Gaza, according to a notice posted to the US Treasury Department's website on Thursday.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
More than smart classrooms, we need smart teachers: Prez
Smart blackboards, smart classrooms and other modern facilities have their own importance in schools and higher education institutions but the most important thing is smart teachers, President Droupadi Murmu said on Friday.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Cong’ sX post on ‘bidi& Bihar’ stirs political row
‘BIDIS AND BIHAR START WITH B’ AND ‘CANNOT BE CONSIDERED A SIN ANYMORE’, SAID THE POST, AFTER THE GST CUT ON LOW-COST BIDIS
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
MINING VEHICLE FALLS INTO 300-FT DEEP PIT, 2 KILLED
At least two people were reported dead after a service van belonging to outsourcing company Ambey Mining Private Limited slipped nearly 300-feet into a deep pit in Bharat Coking Coal Limited's (BCCL) Area-IV mine under Ramkanali police station of Dhanbad’s Baghmara on Friday.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
NDA's 5-hr Bihar Bandh evokes mixed response
The five-hour bandh called by Women's Cell of BJP in protest against the alleged derogatory remarks made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during a Mahagathbandhan rally in Darbhanga last week, passed off with sporadic incidents of clashes, road jams and forceful closure of business establishments across the state on Thursday.
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September 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
IIT-P only institution from Bihar in NIRF's top 100 list
Indian Institute of Technology, Patna (IIT-P) significantly improved its position from last year's 73rd, to settle at 39th rank in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), released on Thursday.
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