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CBI TAKES OVER PROBE INTO MP DOWRY DEATH
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday took over the probe into the death of 32-year-old actor-model Twisha Sharma in Madhya Pradesh, hours after the Supreme Court was informed that such a move was imminent, amid mounting allegations of institutional bias, and possible lapses in the investigation.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
DELHI GYMKHANA CASE: HC TO HEAR CHALLENGES TODAY
A member of the Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC) and its staff welfare association have moved the Delhi high court challenging the central government's order directing the club to vacate its 27.3-acre premises in 15 days.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
Good bot, bad bot: What happens when cops get AI
In a scene straight out of the Hollywood movie Minority Report, in April, UK's Metropolitan police launched investigations into hundreds of police officers thanks to an AI tool.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
Swimmer who flopped in four Olympics sets a ‘world record’ at Enhanced Games
Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev earned a $1 million bonus for beating a world record while sprinter Fred Kerley won a weak 100m as the drug-friendly Enhanced Games made a hyperbolic debut at a casino car park in Las Vegas on Sunday.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
Trump adds an Israel ties rider to Iran deal
US President Donald Trump on Monday urged Pakistan and several West Asian countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Jordan, to join the Abraham Accords and formally recognise Israel as part of a broader diplomatic effort to end the US-Iran conflict.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
ASSAM TABLES UCC BILL MANDATING LIVE-IN DISCLOSURE
Mandatory registration of live-in relationships, a ban on polygamy, and registration of all marriages and divorces including where one partner is a resident of the state were some of the key provisions of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill tabled in the Assam assembly on Monday.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
Centre took ₹1-lakh cr hit to shield consumers: FM
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government's decision to cut excise duty on petrol and diesel to shield consumers from rising crude prices due to the West Asia war is likely to cost the exchequer over ₹1 lakh crore in this financial year.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
3 teachers to be named in NEET leak charge sheet
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file a charge sheet within a week in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, naming three teachers — PV Kulkarni, Manisha Mandhare and Manisha Havaldar — as the key persons behind the leak of chemistry, biology and physics questions, respectively, people familiar with the matter said.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
In UP, the invocation of Dalit icons before polls
One of the most effective ways of leveraging caste in Indian politics is by appealing to community identity and pride.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
Weaponising privacy to curtail the right to know
Five separate public interest challenges to the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act now await the attention of a five-judge bench at the Supreme Court.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
The meltdown in West Bengal
The Falta poll result suggests that the TMC is confronting its toughest challenge yet
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
Cracking down on illegal sand mining
Illegal sand-mining at the Chambal's banks has become emblematic of a problem that several rivers in India now face. As HT reported on Monday, the bleak state of the National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary-with deep indentations fracturing the floodplains in several places and threatening the survival of many protected specieshighlights the ecological impact of illegal sand-mining.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
The engineer of human souls in the age of AI
When the idea of soul is reduced to data, something essential to being human is quietly erased
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
Petrol crosses ₹100 in Delhi with latest hike
State-run oil companies on Monday raised petrol prices by ₹2.61 per litre and diesel prices by ₹2.71 a litre, the fourth rate hike in two weeks that has cumulatively seen petrol and diesel becoming costlier by ₹7.35 and ₹7.53 per litre, respectively, since May 15, the date of the first retail fuel price revision since the West Asia conflict drove international crude to multi-year highs.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
K’taka buzz grows as CM, DKS reach Delhi
The Congress on Monday summoned Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar to Delhi with people aware of developments saying the party was looking to end a protracted tussle for the CM's position.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
SC TURNS DOWN PLEA FOR URGENT HEARING AGAINST COCKROACH PARTY
The Supreme Court on Monday declined a request for an urgent hearing of a petition seeking action against the so-called “Cockroach Janata Party” (CJP), saying the matter would be considered “in due course of time”.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
3 REBEL AIADMK MLAS QUIT, MAY JOIN TVK; 5 OTHERS BACK IN EPS FOLD
Tamil Nadu speaker JCD Prabhakar on Monday accepted the resignations of three AIADMK legislators, part of the rebel group led by CV Shanmugam and SP Velumani, hours after they quit the party and state PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna, hinting at joining the ruling TVK.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times
NO CLARIFICATION NEEDED IN STRAY DOGS EUTHANASIA VERDICT, SAYS SC
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to issue any clarification regarding its recent judgment that, for the first time, expressly permitted authorities to euthanise rabid, incurably ill and demonstrably dangerous stray dogs in areas witnessing frequent attacks, while holding that public safety and protection of human life cannot be compromised by an “unduly expansive” reading of animal welfare regulations.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Iran says it’s charging fees for ‘navigational services’ via strait
Iran's foreign ministry said on Monday that Tehran was collecting fees for “navigational services” on ships transiting the strategic Strait of Hormuz, rather than imposing tolls.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
CM announces Saraswati corridor at Bhojshala
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Monday said the state government will construct a grand Saraswati Lok (temple corridor) at the Bhojshala complex and establish a Raja Bhoj Research Institute in Dhar.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Iran’s top envoys discussing potential peace deal with Qatar
Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and its foreign minister Abbas Araqchi were in Doha for talks with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on a potential deal with the US to end the three-month-old war, an official briefed on the visit said on Monday, after Washington and Tehran played down hopes for an imminent breakthrough.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
No need to clarify stray dog euthanasia order: SC
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to issue any clarification regarding its recent judgment that, for the first time, expressly permitted authorities to euthanise rabid, incurably ill and demonstrably dangerous stray dogs in areas witnessing frequent attacks, while holding that public safety cannot be compromised by an ‘‘unduly expansive’’ reading of animal welfare regulations.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Xi meets Pak PM as diplomatic efforts to end Iran war drag on
China’s leader Xi Jinping met with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing on Monday, state media reported, as diplomatic efforts by several countries to formally end the Iran war drag on.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Arrangements to procure oil, fertilisers in place, says govt
India has made arrangements to procure oil and fertilisers to meet its immediate demand and there was no impending threat of a shortfall, Union government officials informed a Parliamentary panel on Monday.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
NGT pulls up DUSIB as sewage from JJ clusters enters Yamuna
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) and fined it ₹50,000 for its “non-cooperative attitude,” resulting in sewage from JJ clusters entering the Barapullah drain and subsequently the Yamuna.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
India Post, BSNL record strong revenue growth in FY26
India Post and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) recorded strong revenue growth in 2025-26, with the postal department's income rising to ₹15,373 crore and BSNL's revenue increasing to ₹25,000 crore, Union Minister of State for Communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani said.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Ebola epidemic is outpacing response efforts: WHO chief
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and Uganda was outpacing response efforts, giving the latest number of suspected deaths as 220.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Quad ministers to meet amid trade, energy concerns
Foreign ministers of the Quad countries will meet in New Delhi on Tuesday amid growing uncertainty over global trade, energy security and the future of the grouping’s summit, with the four partners seeking to reinforce cooperation aimed at keeping the Indo-Pacific free, open and secure.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
VSBA bill panel meeting: Higher edu institutes call for autonomy
Top higher education institutions on Monday urged the parliamentary panel examining the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, to strengthen safeguards for institutional autonomy, widen state representation and adopt a phased rollout, warning that some provisions could effectively “subordinate the regulator to the executive” and trigger Centre-state friction, people aware of the matter said.
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May 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘Don’t get sentimental’: SC on plea against CJP
{ URGENT HEARING DENIED }
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