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Hindustan Times Delhi
Rise, fall of luxury in music
“You know my style and I love Christian Dior.” If you've heard these lyrics at a party recently, you're not alone. The infectious dance track, titled simply, “Dior,” has become a summer anthem, topping the charts in the UK and gaining traction in the US.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Kharge calls Oppn meet over V-P polls
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has called a meeting of floor leaders of Opposition parties on August 18, with the meeting expected to see discussions on strategy for the Vice Presidential polls, party leaders aware of the matter said on Thursday.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
AFRICA CALLS TO ADOPT WORLD MAP SHOWING TRUE SIZE OF CONTINENT
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa's size.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
HC upholds right to marry outside faith
Article 21 enables every adult citizen may shape the course of their own life, free from fear, coercion or unlawful restraint.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
HAPUR DENIES TRANSFER OF 16 VILLAGES TO GZB AUTHORITY
The Hapur-Pilk-huwa Development Authority (HPDA) has raised objections and denied handing over 16 revenue villages to be included in the jurisdiction of the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA).
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
TALES OF HOMES LOST, HOPE FOUND
Seventy-eight years after Partition, those who crossed the border in 1947 still remember the pain and upheaval it brought. In conversations with HT, survivors who left Pakistan for Delhi recall harrowing journeys, lost homes, and the resilience that helped them rebuild their lives.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
A time to celebrate Laddu Gopal with timeless Janmashtami treats
Across India, Janmashtami is more than a festival.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Top court cancels Darshan’s bail; actor, main accused held
The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled the bail granted to Kannada actor Darshan along with six others facing trial over the murder of a fan, observing that leniency in such grave cases sends the wrong message to society and undermines public confidence in the system.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
Op Sindoor heroes conferred with top gallantry honours
India on Thursday acknowledged the heroism of its soldiers who took part in Operation Sindoor and played a pivotal role in hitting terror and military targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir three months ago, with President Droupadi Murmu approving scores of wartime honours for them.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘Attackers thought our train carried only cargo’
For 84-year-old Mohinder Singh, a two-night train ride in August 1947 remains the longest and most terrifying journey of his life.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Everyday heroes who helped win freedom
At an age when most children are busy learning the alphabet and numbers, Iqbal Singh was learning the harsh realities of oppression — inside a prison cell.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Reform the economy to defeat tariff threat
The world is in flux, and India is being tested. But every challenge is also an opportunity. Tariffs and global headwinds should not weaken our resolve; they must galvanise us. India must act boldly to seize this moment. This is our once-in-a-generation opportunity to lead. We must not let it slip.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Woman doc shot dead in ‘honour killing’ in Pakistan’s Punjab
A 24-year-old foreign-qualified woman doctor was allegedly shot dead by her younger brother “in the name of honour” in Pakistan’s Punjab province, police said on Thursday.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Indian aquanauts dive a record 5km into Atlantic Ocean
Around a month after Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian to reach the International Space Station, India sent an aquanaut 5,000 metres deep into the ocean in a first-of-its-kind expedition earlier this month.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
When monuments became shelters
In the chaos after Partition, Delhi's monuments turned into refugee camps. Beneath domes, thousands of families cooked, wept, and picked up the pieces of their lives
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
India needs homegrown management consultancies
India has built global leaders in IT services, pharmaceuticals and AI, but not yet in management consulting. India-bred management consulting firms still face challenges due to weaker brand recognition and legacy biases. This needs to change. Thinking in India is as important as making in India.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
From Snoop Dogg to Tom Brady, global stars flock to second-tier clubs of English football
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
City gets its yearly quota of rain with 4 months to spare
The Capital was lashed by its fifth “heavy” rainfall spell of the year on Thursday, pushing August into the “excess” category and propelling Delhi past its annual rainfall average, with more than four months to spare. India Meteorological Department (IMD) data showed that Delhi's yearly total has now touched 818.1mm, surpassing the long-period annual average of 774.4mm.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
Indian migrants' problem of document transfers
The run-up to India's 79th Independence Day has been mired in debates around citizenship and voting rights.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'Our home became a shelter'
\"I am at the edge of partly reminiscing about this episode and partly reliving it,\" says 82-year-old Nina Puri, seated in her Vasant Vihar home.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
July WPI inflation contracts by 0.6%
Wholesale inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), contracted for the second consecutive month in July by 0.6%, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Thursday.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Batting blues: Where does Kuldeep Yadav go from here?
In his time on the sidelines, the wrist spinner would have realised why he must make chances count
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Survivors recall screams, then a ‘deafening silence’
“I don’t know how I survived.. it's nothing less than a miracle,” said Sanjay Kumar (42), a resident of Udhampur, as he recounted the carnage that unfolded at a community kitchen in Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir after it was struck by flash flood on Thursday afternoon.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Melania Trump asks Hunter Biden to retract his remarks on Epstein
WASHINGTON: First lady Melania Trump demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and threatened to sue if he does not.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
{ ON DUTY DURING OP SINDOOR } Posthumous Vir Chakra for 2 BSF soldiers
The government on Thursday awarded Vir Chakra — India’s third-highest wartime honour — posthumously to two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel for their heroic act during Operation Sindoor. President Droupadi Murmu also approved 16 BSF personnel for the gallantry medal for their exceptional bravery during India's direct military response to the Pahalgam terror strike.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Aid groups call on Israel to end ‘weaponisation’ of aid in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH: Over 100 nonprofit groups warned on Thursday that Israel's rules for aid groups working in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank will block much-needed relief and replace independent organisations with those that serve Israel's political and military agenda — charges that Israel denied. At the same time, hospital officials reported more deaths from Israeli airstrikes and an increasing toll from mal-
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Report: Over 35% vehicles on city roads overspeed
Over a third of vehicles on Delhi roads were found motoring above prescribed speed limits, with heavy and commercial vehicles accounting for the most offences, according to a study on 600,000 roadside observations collated between December 2021 and April 2025.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
Roads paralysed, agencies immobile
Heavy rain triggered waterlogging across Delhi on Thursday, cutting off many of the Capital's most crucial road links as unprepared authorities struggled to tackle the ensuing logjam and clear the streets, with half-baked measures leaving thousands of commuters stranded in traffic for hours, well after the showers ended.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Introducing... Sachin Tendulkar's future bahu
Arjun Tendulkar, son of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, is engaged! The 25-year-old cricketer got engaged to Saaniya Chandok, granddaughter of Mumbai-based businessman Ravi Ghai, in a private ceremony on Wednesday, as reported by India Today. Only close family and friends were present.
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Pragmatic manoeuvres
Reset in India-China ties is in step with India’s pursuit of strategic autonomy
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