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California declares Diwali an official holiday
California has become the third U.S. state to designate Diwali — the Hindu “Festival of Lights” — as an official statewide holiday.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
COMEY PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO FELONY CHARGES
Former FBI director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to felony charges ina case widely seen as an escalation of President Donald Trump's campaign of retribution against political opponents.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
Govt releases draft national job policy
The Union labour ministry on Wednesday released a draft national labour and employment policy that stresses green and technology-driven career opportunities to ramp up earnings amid a widely reckoned view that job creation has not kept pace with the rate of economic expansion.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
Centre seeks time to frame cracker policy
The Centre on Wednesday sought more time to decide on petitions filed by firecracker manufacturers challenging the permanent ban on the sale and use of firecrackers in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), saying it was negotiating a balance between protecting citizens' health and safeguarding the livelihood of those employed in the industry.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
Adani taps SBI, Temasek, others for NMIA terminal
Airport entity in talks to raise ₹30,000 crore for Terminal-2 opening in 2029
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
Celebrity dietician shares her 'Al diet' for quick inches loss
Struggling to lose weight or find a diet that fits your routine? You can take a cue from celebrity dietician Richa Gangani, who lost 7 kgs and 2 inches from her waist in just 21 days, thanks to an \"AI diet.\"
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
Delhi targets fly ash waste with new rules
In a bid to tackle the growing problem of fly ash and burnt residue disposal from Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is introducing new clauses in its plant tendering process that will mandate the setting up of recycling facilities to convert ash and other processing rejects into marketable byproducts, senior civic officials said on Wednesday.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
New army rule: Physicals must even for brass
The Indian Army has recast its physical fitness rules to boost combat readiness within its ranks, promulgating new guidelines that will be applicable even to its topmost officers who will have to undergo and clear combined physical tests twice a year, officials aware of the development said on Wednesday.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
SC LAWYER SEEKS CONTEMPT ACTION ON SHOE-HURLING ATTEMPT AT CJI
A Supreme Court lawyer on Wednesday wrote to Attorney General R Venkatramani seeking permission to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against the advocate who attempted to hurl a shoe at Chief Justice of India BR Gavai earlier this week, terming that the action diminished the majesty and authority of the court.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
1GB data cheaper than a cup of tea today: PM
One gigabyte of mobile data in India now costs less than a cup of tea, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he challenged the country to become a reliable global supplier of telecommunications equipment.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
Momentum for peace deal after Putin-Trump meeting ‘gone’: Russia
Russia said on Wednesday that momentum towards reaching a peace deal in Ukraine following Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump's presidential summit in Alaska had largely “gone”.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
40% of govt vehicles in city lack valid PUC
Nearly 40% of around 31,000 registered government vehicles (nonelectric) in Delhi did not have a valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate as of June 19, 2025, the Delhi's transport department has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
MRI, CT scans halted at LNH; patients given dates for 2028
For more than two weeks now, MRI and CT scan services at Lok Nayak Hospital (LNH), one of Delhi's largest government-run medical institutions, have been suspended - forcing hundreds of poor and ill patients to turn to private centres, or wait years.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
TVK moves SC against HC’s SIT probe order
Tamil actor Vijay's political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday, challenging a Madras high court order constituting a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the Karur stampede that claimed 41 lives last month.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
SC denies govt plea for death penalty deadline
The Supreme Court on Wednesday summarily rejected the Union government's 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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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
Woman pours boiling oil over husband, adds chilli to wounds
A 28-year-old man suffered severe burns after his wife allegedly poured hot oil on him while he was asleep and then threw chilli powder over his wounds in south Delhi's Madangir last week, police said Wednesday.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Trans act ‘toothless,’ inclusion under rape law up to Parl: HC
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, was a \"toothless tiger\" while hearing a petition seeking recognition of rape as an offence against transgender women and transgender children under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
Delhi to get Jungle Book, insect-themed parks
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has approved the development of three new theme-based children's parks in the city, at Mayapuri, GK II (M Block), and Saket.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
Goyal, UK counterpart commit to boosting trade, investment
Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and UK secretary of state for business and trade Peter Kyle on Wednesday decided to reposition the existing institutional mechanism, the India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) to realise the full potential of recently signed India-UK free trade agreement that aims to double bilateral trade by 2030.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
4 accused ‘paraded’ with shaved heads in Ggm
GURUGRAM: Bizarre scenes unfolded in Haryana's Palwal on Tuesday evening as four men, arrested for a late-night robbery at the home of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader, were allegedly made to march on foot through a marketplace and a residential area with their heads shaved in striking chequered patterns.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SEBI PREPS PLAN FOR QUANTUM COMPUTER THREAT
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is bracing India's markets for a future where ultra-powerful quantum computers could crack today's passwords in seconds-a threat its chief likened to the Y2K scare of the 1990s.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
India, UK to reposition JETCO to boost potential of trade pact
Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and UK secretary of state for business and trade Peter Kyle on Wednesday decided to reposition the existing institutional mechanism, the India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) to realise the full potential of recently signed India-UK free trade agreement that aims to double bilateral trade by 2030.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Lawyer seeks AG’s nod for action over CJI attack
CJT HAD DISMISSED A PLEA FILED BY RAKESH KISHORE SEEKING THE RESTORATION OF LORD VISHNU’S IDOL AT KHAJURAHO WHEN THE LATTER TRIED TO HURL HIS SHOE
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times
The new great game in Af-Pak
The Moscow Format statement shines light on the emerging power relations in the region
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Adulterated ghee seized, two held
The Delhi Police crime branch on Wednesday seized 2,651 kg of adulterated ghee of at least six popular brands after arresting two men and busting a factory in outer Delhi's Budh Vihar.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
MCD working on app to issue birth, death certificates
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) public health department is developing a dedicated mobile application to simplify the process of issuing and downloading birth and death certificates.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
S DELHI WOMAN FOUND DEAD WITH MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS
A 25-year-old woman was found murdered in her rented apartment in south Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur on Tuesday night.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Court tells Kundras to deposit ₹60 cr; Raj reacts
On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court said it will consider actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and husband, businessman Raj Kundra’s plea to travel abroad only after they deposit ₹60 crore, the amount involved in a cheating case filed against them.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
CONGRESS EXPECTS SEAT TALKS WITH RJD TO FINALISE ON RAHUL'S RETURN
The Congress is expecting that the party's seat sharing agreement with RJD will be amicably finalised with the involvement of Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, once returns from Colombia.
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October 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
6 killed in firecracker unit blaze in Andhra
Atleast six people, including four women, died and eight others were injured in a major explosion in a firecracker unit in Andhra Pradesh’s B R Ambedkar Konaseema district on ‘Wednesday afternoon, police said.
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