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Hindustan Times Delhi
Diversion of 68ha protected Aravalli forest approved
The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the union environment ministry has approved, in principle, the ex-post facto forest clearance for diversion of 67.68 hectares of Aravalli forest areas notified and protected under section 4 of Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA) in Haryana's Faridabad, according to people familiar with the matter.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
UP: 26 die in fog-related accidents
At least 26 people were killed and dozens injured in a series of dense fog-linked road accidents across Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, with the worst tragedy unfolding on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura, where a multi-vehicle pileup turned into an inferno claiming 13 lives, police said.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
IFFK to screen all films despite Centre denying clearance: CM
The International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) has decided to screen all films as scheduled despite the information and broadcasting ministry denying censor exemption to over a dozen movies charted for screening at the festival, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
130+ flights cancelled as fog fallout drags on
Despite the national capital recording only shallow fog in the early hours of Tuesday, operations at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) were impacted for a second consecutive day, with over 500 flights delayed and at least 131 cancelled, officials said.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Meta allowed scams to retain China profits
CHINA SALES OVER $18BN IN 2024
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Rakul slams doctor over claims that she underwent plastic surgery
Actor Rakul Preet Singh addressed online speculation after a man claiming to be a plastic surgeon alleged she had undergone plastic surgery.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
India, Israel adopt plan to shape bilateral ties
India and Israel on Tuesday adopted a joint working plan to shape bilateral ties in 2026, even as external affairs minister S Jaishankar said New Delhi backs the Gaza Peace Plan in the hope that it will lead to a lasting solution.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Rishab reacts to Ranveer's Kantara mimicry controversy
At the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, actor Ranveer Singh courted controversy when he mimicked daivas on stage.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
THREE INDIAN STUDENTS AMONG THOSE INJURED
Three Indian students were among 40 people injured in the terrorist attack on Sydney's Bondi Beach in Australia, according to a media report on Tuesday.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Bengal min resigns amid criticism over Messi event
West Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas has resigned amid mounting criticism over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event at the Salt Lake stadium last week.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
White House chief calls Musk drug user, Vance a 'conspiracy theorist'
Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc, was an \"avowed\" ketamine user, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair in interviews with the magazine.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC flags flaw in bid to remove justice Varma
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS IN PARL
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
{ VVVIP CHOPPER SCAM CASE } Why work with Agusta, but ban its 'conduit': SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Union government for continuing to suspend business dealings with Defsys Solutions Private Limited, a defence supplier, over its alleged role in the Agusta-Westland VVIP chopper scam, even though the suspension imposed on AgustaWestland (now part of Italian firm Leonardo SpA) itself -- the principal accused in the case, was revoked in 2021.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
This world a ren basera
An aspect of the city winter
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
TRUMP SUES BBC FOR $10 BILLION OVER DOCU EDIT
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump sued the BBC for at least $10 billion over a misleading edit in a documentary last year that gave the impression he'd made a direct call for violence in a speech leading up to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
10 held in 7 states for ₹50cr 'digital arrest' fraud
Delhi Police busted an interstate cyber fraud syndicate and arrested 10 people from seven states, for allegedly defrauding people by impersonating law enforcement officers and threatening victims with \"digital arrest\", officers aware of the matter said on Tuesday.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
₹7.3K-CR PLAN TO PUSH PRODUCTION OF RARE-EARTH MAGNETS NOTIFIED
The Centre has notified the \"Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnet (REPM)\" with an outlay of ₹7,280 crore.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'Baramulla's Steyn' gets the prize for consistency
When Delhi Capitals picked Auqib Nabi for ₹8.4 crore at the IPL auction, the eight-figure price tag told only part of the story.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Court upholds Maha min Kokate's 2-yr jail term in 1995 cheating case
A magistrate's court on February 20 convicted the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and his brother Vijay, and sentenced them to two-year imprisonment in the case pertaining to submitting fake documents to get flats under state government quota.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
The Surya question lingers as India hope to seal series
Skipper's batting woes and Shubman Gill's patchy form will stay in focus against SA in fourth T20I
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
DDA launches housing scheme for govt staffers
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Tuesday launched a special housing scheme exclusively for serving and retired government employees, offering 1,168 newly constructed flats in Narela's Pocket 9 on a first-come-first-served basis, officials aware of the matter said.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times
'I belong here,' says Lauren as she settles into her Mumbai home
Dancer and actor Lauren Gottlieb is currently busy setting up her house in Mumbai, as she prepares to welcome her husband, Tobias Jones, who currently resides in London. Lauren plans to eventually settle fully in the city after years of living between Los Angeles and New York.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
How air quality deteriorated in N India in the past week
Delhi's air quality index (AQI) was in the severe range - above 400 -- for the third consecutive day on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Orwellian inflection to US visa vetting
The US's new regime of expanded vetting of H-1B came into force from Monday. \"Online presence review\" may sound innocuous at first instance, but it is Orwellian in every sense.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
NIA names LeT, TRF in Pahalgam charge sheet
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a charge sheet against terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), its proxy The Resistance Front (TRF), and others in connection with the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, detailing conspiracy by Pakistan and roles of the accused nearly eight months after the incident that had brought India and Pakistan to the brink of a full-scale war.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
After 96 years, famous sweet shop to close on a bitter note
For the last many years, 59-year-old Meeta Prasad made Annapurna Bhandar her first stop for sweets for every occasion, from Durga Puja to birthdays.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
‘No Nehru docs found missing from PMML’
The government on Monday told the Lok Sabha that no documents related to India’s first PM, Jawaharlal Nehru, were found missing from the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) in 2025, and that the institution does not carry out an annual audit of its documents, marking a clear shift from the position taken by sections of the PMML in June this year.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Only 1 of 27 major drains met norms: DPCC report
As Delhi moves to modernise its infrastructure to improve the Yamuna's water quality, untreated sewage and industrial effluents continue to heavily pollute the drains flowing into the river, according to the latest report by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Bill to replace MGNREGA sparks row in Parliament
The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G, which seeks to replace the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, sparked a controversy on Monday with government officials saying the new bill aligns with the Viksit Bharat (developed India) goal and Opposition asking for the draft legislation to be sent to a standing committee.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Higher education bill in LS gets Oppn’s ‘centralisation’ flak
OPPOSITION MPS STATED THEY DID NOT GET ENOUGH TIME TO STUDY THE BILL AND LEGISLATION WEAKENS STATE GOVERNMENTS’ POWER
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