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Govt inks ₹62k-cr deal to buy 97 LCA Mk-lAs
The defence ministry on Thursday signed a ₹62,370-crore contract with aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to buy 97 more light combat aircraft (LCA Mk-1As) and associated equipment for the Indian Air Force which is wrestling with a worrying shortage of fighter jets.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
SC SETS NORMS FOR SPEEDY TRIAL IN CHEQUE BOUNCE CASES
The Supreme Court on Thursday unveiled a fresh set of directions to tackle the mounting pendency of cheque bounce cases across the country calling for their conclusion at the threshold stage wherever possible and directing that if an accused is willing to pay the cheque amount on the very first day, the matter should be disposed of immediately, without dragging on for years.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
APEDA Pavilion at WFI 2025 Showcases BHARATI Initiative
lhe Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)—an export promotion partner for World Food India (WF) 2025—showcased India’s agricultural and processed food prowess at the 4th edition of WFI.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
KAPUR CASE: HC SAYS KIDS HAVE RIGHT TO VERIFY ASSET DETAILS
The Delhi high court on Thursday questioned Sunjay Kapur's wife, Priya Kapur, over her request to keep the details of her late businessman husband's assets and liabilities confidential in an ongoing partition suit filed by Samaira and Kiaan Kapur over their father’s estate, even as it asked her to suggest a method to maintain confidentiality without restricting the children’s rights.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
PM pushes self-reliance, hails India’s Russia ties
GREATER NOIDA: India is moving towards its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047 despite global disruptions and uncertainty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, highlighting the country’s historic ties with Moscow at a time when Washington DC is pushing New Delhi to stop buying Russian oil.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
Wankhede files defamation suit over scenes in Aryan Khan's Netflix series
Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede on Thursday filed a ₹2 crore defamation suit in the Delhi high court against Red Chillies Entertainment Limited, owned by actor Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan, over their series “Ba***ds of Bollywood”, alleging that the makers deliberately maligned his reputation.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
China reveals its climate plan, experts call it weak
China on Wednesday announced an update to its carbon dioxide emissions reduction target (or Nationally Determined Contribution, NDC) at the United Nations Climate Summit, positioning itself as the global leader in tackling the climate crisis ahead of the big UN Climate meeting (COP30) in Brazil, although experts adjudged the NDC itself as extremely modest.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
FINISH TRANSFERS BEFORE OCT 6, ECI TELLS BIHAR ADMIN
The Election Commission of India has directed Bihar's bureaucratic machinery to complete mandatory transfers of all election-related officers and employees by October 6, a move that suggests the date when state assembly elections are called may be imminent.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
SC: Parity for builders, buyers on interest rate
In a ruling that seeks to level the playing field between builders and homebuyers, the Supreme Court has held that real estate developers, who delay handing over possession, can be ordered to compensate buyers at the same punitive rate of interest they themselves levy on buyers for late payments.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
Fugitive 'monk' filmed students: long trail of abuse alleged in FIR
Fresh allegations have emerged against the former chairman of a Delhi management college already facing charges of molesting over 17 students, with former students on Thursday detailing systematic surveillance and sexual harassment at the institute.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
RAIDS AT ZUBEEN'S STAFFERS' HOMES; WILLING TO HAND CASE TO CBI: SARMA
Assam Police's Special Investigating Team (SIT), probing the death of singer Zubeen Garg, conducted raids at the residences of Northeast India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and his manager Siddhartha Sharma on Thursday, officials said. Protesters demanded their arrests and the situation turned tense outside Sharma's apartment block.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
Can never go against India'
At his concert in Malaysia on Wednesday, Diljit Dosanjh finally addressed all the controversies surrounding him.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
Double standards in global responses to conflicts: EAM
External affairs minister S Jaishankar cited “double standards” in global responses to conflicts and warned against making energy supplies “more uncertain in an economically fragile situation” in remarks at a G20 meeting on Thursday.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Assam may seek CBI probe into Zubeen’ S death: Sarma
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'Climbed the tea, drank the stairs'
Poet and the city
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
WIPRO REJECTS K'TAKA CM'S PLEA TO OPEN CAMPUS FOR TRAFFIC RELIEF
Wipro chairman Azim Premji has rejected a request from chief minister Siddaramaiah to open the company's Sarjapur campus-owned by the company and a special economic zone to boot - for limited public use to address jams along the city's Outer Ring Road.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Why SPEED is critical for India’s defence acquisitions
India’s defence innovation ecosystem faces a hidden but critical internal threat —procurement delays.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Govt inks ₹62K-cr deal with HAL for 97 light combat jets
The defence ministry on Thursday signed a %62,370crore contract with aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to buy 97 more light combat aircraft (LCA Mk-lAs) and associated equipment for the Indian Air Force which is wrestling with a worrying shortage of fighter jets.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
3 foot overbridges planned in W Delhi
The Public Works Department (PWD) plans to construct three new foot over bridges (FOBs) at key west Delhi intersections, two on Pankha Road and one in Uttam Nagar.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
DALCORE'S THE FALCON: TOWERING ABOVE IT ALL, RESHAPING GURGAON'S SKYLINE
Dalcore redefines Gurgaon's skyline with The Falcon, the sky high tower on Golf Course Road, uniting global design, sustainability, and luxury living
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
After deadly stir, Ladakh NGO’S FCRA licence nixed
The Union home ministry on Thursday cancelled the foreign funding licence of a nongovernmental organisation run by activist Sonam Wangchuk, a day after blaming him for the violent clashes over statehood in Ladakh that killed four people and injured 100 others.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
T20 CAPTAIN S.K.Y. FACES ICC MATCH REFEREE AFTER PAK COMPLAINT
India T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav was summoned for an official hearing by ICC match referee Richie Richardson at the ongoing T20 Asia Cup following a complaint filed by the Pakistan Cricket Board.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times
Two burials, two cremations: In Tihar, a sparse record of last rites
A plain patch of unremarkable land behind the high walls of Tihar jail has seen the last rites of four controversial convicts sentenced to death in the past four decades, three senior officials said on Thursday.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Surya pleads not guilty at ICC hearing
India T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav was summoned for an official hearing by ICC
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
PM MODI INAUGURATES WORLD FOOD INDIA 2025
The 4th edition of World Food India (WFI) commenced on September 25 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, with a grand inauguration ceremony led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Dmitry Patrushev, Union Ministers Chirag Paswan, Ravneet Singh, and Prataprao Jadhav were present among other dignitaries at the event
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Flying pests that need to be kept under check
Civic bodies and government agencies passing the buck on pigeon population control is telling of the dysfunction within government that often drops the ball on public health.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Avneet Kaur: Garba helped me make friends in Mumbai
Born in Punjab and now a Mumbaikar, Avneet Kaur shares a longstanding connection with garba. The actor says that being exposed to the Gujarati dance form, especially in a city with a large Gujarati community, has deepened her love for Navratri festivities.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Saraswati also faces several multi-crore fraud allegations
Besides a slew of sexual harassment charges by students, former chairman Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati of the Shri Sharada Institute of Indian Management also faces another set of charges from his former employer, Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, including changing the college's name, creating a trust worth ₹122 crore, vesting plots in the trust, appointing key members, diverting funds through fake lease deeds, and soliciting money for fake degrees.
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September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC’s Waqf order: A delicate balancing
The order has provided relief to the petitioners and also upheld the law. But while it has calmed passions for now, it has not fully doused the possibilities of future fires
4 min |
September 26, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
FINISH MANDATORY TRANSFERS OF STAFF ON BIHAR ELECTION DUTY BY OCT 6: ECI
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