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Hindustan Times
HC JUNKS PLEA ON REMOVAL OF GRAVES OF AFZAL GURU, BHATT FROM TIHAR
The Centre took a conscious and sensitive decision to bury Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru and Kashmiri separatist leader Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt inside Tihar Jail after their execution, and this cannot be revisited after over a decade, the Delhi high court said on Wednesday, dismissing a plea seeking removal of their graves from the prison premises.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
U.S. SENATOR CALLS TO END STUDENT VISA WORK NODS
A senior Republican senator called for ending work authorisations for foreign students on Wednesday, proposing another restriction that could further block pathways to American employment following President Donald Trump's H-1B visa fee hike.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
4 dead, 100 injured in violent Ladakh clash
MHA blames activist Sonam Wangchuk for provoking protesters
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
ELECTIONS FOR 4 RAJYA SABHA SEATS IN J&K, 1 IN PUNJAB ON OCTOBER 24
Four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu & Kashmir, vacant since February 2021, will finally go to polls on October 24, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Wednesday, adding that three separate elections (for one, one, and two seats) will be held as each vacancy technically falls under a different election cycle.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
CDS Chauhan gets extension to enforce key military reforms
Wednesday announced thatit has extended the tenure of chief of defence staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan by eight months, signalling its confidence in him to implement key military reforms underway in the defence ministry, including theaterisation.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
Cabinet clears ₹70k-cr plan for shipbuilding, more med seats
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a ₹69,725 crore package to reform India’s shipbuilding and maritime sector, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced and added that a ₹15,034.50-crore plan to create 10,023 additional medical seats across government institutions by 2028-29 was approved to address the acute shortage of doctors in the country.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
TWO ROBBED OF ₹60L JEWELLERY AT GUNPOINT ON BHAIRON MARG
Two robbers on a bike waylaid two employees of a south Delhi businessman riding a scooter and robbed them of a bag containing gold and silver jewellery worth ₹60 lakh at gunpoint near Bharat Mandapam on Bhairon Marg, in the high-security zone of central Delhi around 5pm on Wednesday, police said.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
Delivery meltdown: Festive orders pile up as riders quit
The festive surge in online sales is being hampered by delivery delays, frustrating customers, potentially denting brand reputation and raising doubts about logistics firms’ preparedness to handle high volumes of e-commerce traffic.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
College head molests 17 students, on the run
A former chairman of a Delhi management college has been on the run for a month after being booked for allegedly molesting more than 17 students on campus in Vasant Kunj, police said on Wednesday.
4 min |
September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
Poonam Pandey dropped as Mandodari from Old Delhi Ramlila
Actor Poonam Pandey will no longer portray Mandodari (Ravana’s wife) in the Luv Kush Ramlila at Old Delhi's Red Fort grounds.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
K'TAKA HC JUNKS X'S PLEA AGAINST GOVT'S CONTENT FLAGGING PORTAL
The Karnataka high court on Wednesday dismissed X Corp's petition challenging the Union government's Sahyog portal, holding that social media content cannot be left unregulated in the name of free speech and that the system represents a legitimate tool for ensuring digital accountability.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
H-1B mess is set to kill US tech’s golden goose
Last Friday, just as Americans were winding down for the weekend, the White House dropped a shock-and-awe measure affecting many leading US businesses.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
Govt planning cloud-seeding trials between Oct 9-I1: Sirsa
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government is planning to trial cloud-seeding to trigger artificial rain in the Capital between October 9 and 11, officials aware of the matter said, confirming that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued clearance for the trials anytime between October 1 and 30.
1 min |
September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
Don't demean structure of Hindu society we have: SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stressed that it would tread carefully while examining challenges to provisions of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, cautioning that it would be \"wary of shattering the Hindu social structure and its basic tenets that have been in existence for thousands of years\" merely because some cases present \"hard facts\" of parents or siblings of a woman being deprived of her property.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
2 decades after maiden win, Kiran Desai is back in Booker shortlist
Booker Prize-winning author Kiran Desai is a favourite to win the coveted fiction trophy for a second time with \"The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\", her first novel in two decades.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
MONSOON LEAVES DELHI 1 DAY AHEAD OF USUAL; EARLIEST EXIT SINCE 2002: IMD
The southwest monsoon withdrew from Delhi a day before usual on Wednesday, marking the city's earliest exit since 2002, the India Meteorological Department said. Last year, the retreat came on October 2.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times
'Fix timelines on death row appeals, execution'
The Union government on Wednesday pressed the Supreme Court to expedite hearing on its plea seeking stricter timelines for death row convicts to avail legal remedies and for executions to be carried out within seven days after rejection of a mercy petition.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
FC Goa defender gears up for historic clash against Cristiano Ronaldo
Indian footballer and FC Goa defender Sandesh Jhingan has his eyes set on what promises to be one of the biggest nights of his career.
1 min |
September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
HC JUNKS PETITION SEEKING RETURN OF BALLOT PAPERS
The Delhi high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct India’s general elections using ballot papers instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
1 min |
September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
5-day UP trade show begins today; PM Modi to inaugurate in Gr Noida
Greater Noida is all set to host Uttar Pradesh's flagship trade event - the third Uttar Pradesh International ‘Trade Show (UPITS) — beginning Thursday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the five-day spectacle.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Garbage gap: Ambitious rules, ineffective systems
Progressive targets and legislation are not enough. Pragmatic, locally grounded interventions by empowered, proactive municipalities are key to having cleaner cities
4 min |
September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC raps Centre over delay in deciding Rajoana mercy plea
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the Centre alone was responsible for the delay in taking a decision on the mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa sympathiser on death row for the 1995 assassination of former Punjab CM Beant Singh, and told the government that it was for the executive, not the court, to take a call on his execution.
1 min |
September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘I had to drop out as they threatened me’
Among the alleged victims of Swami Chaitanya-nanda Saraswati, former chairman of the Sharada Institute of Indian Management, one had dropped out of college in March due to financial pressure and harassment.
1 min |
September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'Climate change to cost world 25% GDP per capita by 2100'
{ CLIMATE } $1.6 TRILLION IN WORLD INCOME ALREADY LOST BETWEEN 1960 AND 2014
2 min |
September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
{ SALIMGARH FORT } ‘Khaau Gali’ set to open in fortnight, to accommodate 50 vendors daily
Ina bid to promote tourism and revive nightlife in the Capital, a “Khaau Gali”, ora night-food street, is likely to open near the historic Salimgarh Fort within the next fortnight, officials from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said.
1 min |
September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
US lawmakers move bill targeting Indian shrimps
Two Republican lawmakers introduced last week an anti-dumping bill in Congress specifically seeking to impose steeper duties on shrimps, a move that comes amid New Delhi’s renewed trade talks with Washington.
1 min |
September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Shipbuilding, maritime get ₹70K-cr cabinet nod
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a %69,725 crore 10-year-long revival package with’a four-pillar approach, to reform India’s shipbuilding and maritime sector, Union minister for railways, IT and I&B Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
25km Munak Canal stretch to be cleaned for riverfront link
With the monsoon season nearing its end, the Delhi government's Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) Department has begun preparations for a large-scale cleaning and desilting drive along the Munak Canal, clearing the way for its proposed riverfront development.
1 min |
September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Prosecution nod for suspended CBI judge
The Haryana government has given the sanction to prosecute suspended Central Bureau of Investigation judge Sudhir Parmar for alleged corruption and criminal misconduct, officials said on Wednesday.
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September 25, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
CM urges LG to hasten ’41 master plan
While inaugurating several development projects across rural Delhi on Wednesday, chief minister Rekha Gupta urged lieutenant governor VK Saxena to fast-track the long-pending Delhi Master Plan 2041, the draft of which was completed nearly three years ago.
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