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‘I caught the petals’: Children soak in the spirit at PM’s I-Day Red Fort event
Amid light drizzle and overcast skies, the scene at the Red Fort before, during and after the Prime Minister's Independence Day address was one of high energy.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Knee-deep water in N Delhi schools, classes shift online
Six government schools in northwest Delhi's Nithari village have been battling knee-deep waterlogging for nearly a week, forcing hundreds of students to miss classes as campuses remain submerged.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Ola eyes new Diamondhead bike by mid-2027
Bhavish Aggarwal-led Ola Electric, which makes key product and strategy announcements on Independence Day every year, on Friday said the company is eyeing a new motorcycle called Diamondhead by mid-2027 that would “revolutionize” the industry.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
10 pilgrims killed, 35 injured as bus hits truck in Bengal
BIHAR CM NITISH KUMAR EXPRESSED GRIEF OVER THE INCIDENT AND ANNOUNCED EX GRATIA OF ₹2 LAKH EACH FOR THE NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Vanessa Kirby's tense overnight odyssey doesn't quite land its emotional punch
An adaptation of Willy Vlautin’s 2021 novel, Netflix's Night Always Comes swaps satire for grit. The film is tense but doesn’t always deliver the emotional depth it promises.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
In poll-bound Bihar, CM focuses on jobs promise
With an eye on the assembly elections scheduled to be held later this year, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday announced a fee relief for students appearing for competitive examinations in the state.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
AAP'S STUDENT WING OFFERS BACKING FOR DUSU ASPIRANTS
The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) student wing, Association of Students for Alternative Politics (ASAP), has pledged support for Delhi University students keen to contest student union elections but lacking the funds to do so.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Showers to remain over weekend: IMD
Delhi marked Independence Day under wet skies, with light to moderate showers through the day.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
HC backs dismissal of BSF man for rape
The Delhi High Court has upheld the dismissal of a Border Security Force (BSF) personnel found guilty of raping a dead BSF employee's wife, saying that deceitfully coercing a force member's widow into a physical relationship under false promise of marriage violates the standards and honour expected of the uniformed services.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Yamuna hosts Independence Day arti
The Yamuna’s usually quiet Vasudev Ghat in Civil Lines saw a festive fervour on the 79th Independence Day, as the ghat was flanked with Tricolours and diyas while the Public Works Department (PWD) minister Parvesh Verma performed an elaborate Yamuna arti on Friday.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Dessert in a bottle
Gourmand scents are in. We're spritzing on sugary, fruity, fragrances. Even men are sweet on candy. Deep breaths...
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
7-YEAR-OLD BOY FALLS IN NE DELHI DRAIN, RESCUE EFFORTS ON: COPS
NEW DELHI: A seven-year-old child allegedly fell in a drain in northeast Delhi’s Welcome area, while trying to catch a kite on Friday, police said.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Trump’s golden dome shrouded in mystery, even for its builders
The companies expected to create President Donald Trump's “Golden Dome for America” know the objective: to protect the US from missiles and airborne threats.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Govt warns against SC setting timelines for Prez, guvs on bills
The Union government has cautioned the Supreme Court that imposing fixed timelines on governors and the president to act on state bills, as mandated by the court in an April ruling, would amount to one organ of government assuming powers not vested in it, upsetting the delicate separation of powers and leading to a “constitutional disorder”.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
SEMICONDUCTOR TARIFFS SOON, COULD REACH 300%: TRUMP
US President Donald Trump said he would set levies on imports of steel and semiconductors in the next two weeks, the latest indication he’s readying a substantial expansion of his tariff regime.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
India looks East, deepens trade links with Singapore, Asean
OUTREACH COMES AS NEW DELHI BRACES FOR THE IMPACT OF US’ RECIPROCAL TARIFFS
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Qualifier Atmane stuns Rune to set up Sinner semi-final in Cincinnati
French qualifier Terence Atmane toppled another top-10 player in Holger Rune to line up a semifinal showdown with world No. 1 Jannik Sinner at the Cincinnati Open.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
PWD to start surveys for work on Savitri, Modi Mills flyovers
THE PROJECT AIMS TO DOUBLE THE ONE-WAY SAVITRI CINEMA AND KALKAJI FLYOVERS AND LINK THEM WITH A NEW ELEVATED STRETCH FROM THE MODI MILL FLYOVER
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Rescuers scour debris as J&K flash flood toll hits 60, may rise
Rescuers continued digging through mud and debris in a remote Jammu & Kashmir village on Friday in search of survivors as the toll from a flash flood that tore through the hamlet a day earlier rose to 60, with several still missing, officials said.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘Sudarshan Chakra’ to secure airspace: PM
Modi said the indigenous system to protect military and civilian installations against aerial attacks will be operational by 2035
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Global leaders extend wishes, reaffirm stronger bilateral ties
Global leaders and neighbours extended greetings to India on the 79th Independence Day on Friday while reaffirming strong bilateral ties with the country.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
India’s workload problem may have a simple answer
Having different teams for different formats might allow the current set of players the off-season they desperately need
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
So near, yet so Farah
Farah Khan hasn't made a movie in years. But her films are enjoying a second life online. Could her clever/camp/crazy be just what Bollywood needs?
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
S&P UPGRADES RATINGS OF 10 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
S&P Global Ratings on Friday upgraded ratings of top 10 financial institutions, including SBI, HDFC Bank and Tata Capital, a day after the US-based agency raised India’s sovereign credit rating.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Room at the top
It’s tricky to make a luxury hotel seem like home. But one chain has done it around the world. It’s now reinvented the formula
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
TACKLING THE HYPE AND HOPE OF WEIGHT LOSS
The downpour in Delhi may have brought traffic to a standstill on Thursday, but the Capital's swish set left their cars behind and walked through, eager to make it to the launch of Dr Ambrish Mithal and Shivam Vij's book The Weight Loss Revolution, which is part of the Prabha Khaitan Foundation's Kitaab series.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Interacting with judicial candidates helpful: CJI
Chief Justice of India (Cll) Bhushan R Gavai on Friday described the collegium’s recent practice of personally interacting with candidates being considered for high court appointments as “really helpful,” saying that even a brief 10-15 minute conversation can reveal how suitable a nominee would be in contributing to society.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SWIMMER BULA CHOWDHURY'S PADMA SHRI REPLICA STOLEN
At least 120 gold medals and a replica of the Padma Shri medal was stolen from former swimmer Bula Chowdhury’s house in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘THREAT TO LAW AND ORDER’: WASHINGTON DC SUES TRUMP ON POLICE TAKEOVER
The US capital sued to block President Donald Trump's takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration escalated its intervention into the city’s law enforcement by naming a federal official as the new emergency head of the department.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
FC Goa drawn with Ronaldo’s Al Nassr in ACL 2 grouping
ISL side FC Goa was on Friday drawn along with Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia in Group D of the AFC Champions League 2, the continent’s second tier club competition, beginning September 16.
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