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Hindustan Times Pune
93.3 mn to decide fate of 5,501 in Bengal, TN polls
Around 93.3 million voters will decide the fate of 5,501 candidates in the fray across all 234 assembly seats in Tamil Nadu and 152 of the 294 constituencies in West Bengal on Thursday.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
NEPAL HOME MIN QUITS AMID ROW OVER FUNDS CASE
Nepal home minister Sudan Gurung announced his resignation on Wednesday amid growing criticism over his financial transactions since his election last month on an anti-corruption platform.
1 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Iran oil tankers go dark to sail past US blockade
At least two fully laden Iranian tankers have sailed out of the Persian Gulf and past a US blockade this week, part of a flotilla that has made its way around the warships and ferried roughly 9 million barrels of oil to the market.
2 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
BJP to intensify efforts for remaining 142 seats
WEST BENGAL
1 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Manush-Diya targeting Asian Games success
Of the three Asian Games medals ever secured by Indian paddlers, two have a doubles stamp on it.
3 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
India’s textile exports edge up 2.1% in FY26
India’s textile exports rose 2.1% in the previous fiscal year (FY26) to ₹3.16 lakh crore, according to data released by the ministry of textiles on Wednesday, reflecting steady but restrained growth amid global trade headwinds.
1 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Shah, Mamata kick off 2nd phase campaign
WEST BENGAL
2 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
The stakes are high in the Sabarimala matter
As the Supreme Court hears the Sabarimala reference, an old idea has returned to centre stage: Constitutional morality, the conscience that allows courts to navigate difficult terrain.
3 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
In Bengal hinterland, poll victory might hinge on ground visibility
“When the floods came, nobody helped us.
4 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Tamil Nadu’s economic rise and the discontent beneath
Tamil Nadu is one of India’s richest states.
2 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Batting issues consign LSG to yet another defeat
An inconsistent batting continued to haunt Lucknow Super Giants as they suffered their third consecutive home defeat in the IPL, their fifth overall loss this season in seven games, going down to Rajasthan Royals by 40 runs here on Wednesday.
2 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Strait blockade drives up costs at Panama Canal
The war in the Middle East has boosted demand to move vital cargo through the Panama Canal to such an extent that one vessel carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) paid $4 million to skip the line and avoid a wait that can take up to five days, according to an official report.
1 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
HC stays EC's preventive action order against 'troublemakers'
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday stayed an order from the Election Commission's police observer, who had directed the West Bengal director general of police (DGP) to take preventive action against several citizens terming them as “troublemakers” ahead of the first-phase polling in the eastern state.
2 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
‘Heatwaves will become major threat to rice, agri labour’
Heatwaves will become a major threat to both Indian agricultural workers and the country’s rice production, with labour capacity in the worst-affected regions falling below 40% by the end of the century, a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Meteorological Organisation has warned.
3 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
RBI in talks with global regulators to review Mythos risks
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is in talks with global regulators, Indian lenders and government officials to understand the potential risks posed by Anthropic’s new artificial intelligence (Al) model Mythos, three people said.
1 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Vijay's politics began at box office, but will it click at ballot?
ing for his two-year-old Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party, which has turned the election into a three-way contest, he told his adoring fans who had come in droves to hear him: “You can trust your Vijay 100%.
3 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Making health care affordable
The government must expand public health care network as well as insurance coverage
2 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
POLL SEIZURES IN TAMIL NADU, WEST BENGAL CROSS ₹1,000-CR MARK
Poll-related seizures, including cash, drugs and liquor meant to allure voters, have crossed the ₹1,000 crore mark in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission said on Wednesday.
1 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Kochhar hopes for a ‘perfect week’ in sapping Singapore
It’s 30°C outside, but it feels like 40 degrees.
2 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Only 139 of 1.4 mn get tribunal clearance for Bengal’s Ist phase
Only 139 names were included on Wednesday in the final voter rolls for the first phase of the assembly election in ‘West Bengal after appellate tribunals cleared these people, earlier placed under a controversial “logical discrepancy” and “unmapped voters” category and rejected by judicial officers after adjudication.
2 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
NCLAT reserves its judgement in Jaiprakash insolvency case
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Wednesday reserved its judgment on pleas filed by Vedanta Ltd challenging the selection of Adani Enterprises as the successful bidder for debt-laden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) under the insolvency process.
2 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Lifetime smoking ban for 17 or younger in UK
Children in Britain who are 17 or younger, and anyone born in the future, will never be able to legally buy cigarettes after lawmakers approved new stricter restrictions on smoking.
1 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Information war in West Asia and lessons for India
The first battle is for attention, and it begins on the phone screen. The side that seizes it shapes much of what follows: TV debate, newspaper framing and diplomatic chatter
4 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
‘Butter chicken tsunami’: NZ min gets flak for racist India trade deal barb
A senior New Zealand minister has sparked outrage by deriding a planned free trade deal with India as a “butter chicken tsunami”.
1 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Under-fire home minister resigns
Nepal's home minister stepped down on Wednesday over growing criticism of his finances, the second member of the cabinet to leave the new government just weeks after it was formed.
1 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Traders warn Iran strait tolls risk setting global precedent
Shipping executives at two of the world’s biggest commodity traders said they're concerned Iranian tolls on the Strait of Hormuz set a dangerous precedent for the free flow of global trade.
1 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Caution at MPC as war blurs view
The minutes showed that while members expect inflation to rise further, it would be primarily driven by supply shocks, something that monetary policy has limited control over.
1 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
What Delhi’s TOD policy gets right, what it does not
Transit-oriented development (TOD) rests on three fundamentals: Density, diversity, and design.
4 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Mamata put democracy in jeopardy: SC on I-PAC raid
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had put “the whole democracy in jeopardy” by allegedly obstructing search operations carried out by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the Kolkata offices of political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its director Pratik Jain earlier this year.
1 min |
April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Can IPL’s legacy coaches survive the test of time?
Stephen Fleming and Mahela Jayawardene have been the longest serving head coaches in the league so far
3 min |