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Hindustan Times Ranchi
Konkona to venture into comedy for next directorial
Konkona Sensharma has confirmed that she will be venturing into the territory of comedy, not as an actor but a director.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
SC strikes down clauses of Tribunal Reforms Act
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down several provisions of the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021, including the four-year tenure for tribunal members and the minimum age of 50 for appointments, holding that Parliament had effectively resurrected provisions earlier invalidated by the top court and thereby committed an impermissible act of “legislative overwrite”.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Ranveer, Hardik to make cameos in AP's shows?
Come December, and Canadian singer-rapper AP Dhillon will be here for his eight-city pan-India tour.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
7 more Maoists killed in Andhra encounter
Seven Maoists of the banned CPI (Maoist) Party were shot dead in an exchange of fire with police in Maredumilli forests of Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district on Wednesday, marking the second encounter in the last 24 hours in the same region.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Air India lobbies to utilise airspace over China’s Xinjiang
Air India is lobbying the Indian government to convince China to let it use a sensitive military airspace zone in Xinjiang to shorten routes as the financial toll from a ban on Indian carriers flying over Pakistan mounts, a company document shows.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
'PEOPLE MOCKED ME, SAID WOMEN PLAY UNDERARM CRICKET'
Celebrations for India's historic cricket World Cup win on November 2 are still going strong! And one smile that beams brightest with pride is that of former cricketer Jhulan Goswami.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
US Congress approves release of Epstein files
The Republican-controlled US Congress voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to force the release of justice department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an outcome President Donald Trump had fought for months before ending his opposition.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
JHARIA MAN'S KILLING A FALLOUT OF INTER-STATE GANG RIVALRY: SP
A day after unknown assailants gunned down a youth in broad daylight at Katras Mor under Jharia police station limits, police on Wednesday said the killing appeared to be the fallout of an interstate gang rivalry linked to Bihar's Saran district.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Wanted criminal Anmol Bishnoi arrested upon arrival from US
Anmol Bishnoi, the brother of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and an accused in the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, was arrested on Wednesday by the National Investigation Agency upon his arrival to India after being deported from US.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
7 more Maoists killed in Andhra encounter
Seven Maoists of the banned CPI (Maoist) Party were shot dead in an exchange of fire with police in Maredumilli forests of Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district on Wednesday, marking the second encounter in the last 24 hours in the same region.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Revised waqf law raises constitutional red flags
A waqf is, at its heart, a gift to God, a property dedicated in perpetuity for religious or charitable purposes.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
A neurologist’s ‘brain hack’ to calm an anxious mind
Anxiety is something most of us experience at some point, whether it’s before a big meeting, during stressful situations, or even for no obvious reason at all.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Nitish to be sworn in today; PM to attend
JD(U) president Nitish Kumar on Wednesday staked his claim to the Governor for forming the new government soon after being elected the legislature party leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Being on guard against perpetrators of terror
The car blast near the Red Fort on November 10 — later identified as a terror incident by the government — has shocked the nation. Often, such incidents spark immediate speculation and deepen divides, with all sorts of narratives not based on facts fanned by various parties. Against such a backdrop, the media must be commended for providing exhaustive yet objective and fact-based coverage of the incident this time. This is the ideal way we can build public opinion against terror and induce our society to lend its weight to our security agencies fighting the uneven war that is terrorism.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Diluting green protection
Supreme Court withdrawing its prohibition of ex post facto green clearances weakens environmental regulation
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Goyal to review progress on India-Israel FTA
India and Israel are expected to review progress on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) during commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal’s two-day visit to the country during November 20-22, the ministry said on Wednesday.
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
MATCHA HAS OFFICIALLY LEFT YOUR CUP AND ENTERED YOUR FACE
The matcha craze is driving beauty trends, but does it truly deliver skin benefits?
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November 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Deregulation as a tool to discipline the State
Deregulation is among the most consequential administrative reforms undertaken by the State. India’s ongoing efforts to simplify procedures, reduce paperwork, and replace imprisonment ‘with monetary penalties marka decisive shiftin ‘governance, enhancing predictability, lowering transaction costs, and signalling trust in citizens and enterprises. The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 and the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025 embody this transition from a permission-and-penalty regime to a trust-based government. Yet, beyond these efficiency gains lies a larger question: Do they fulfil the true purpose of deregulation? With the Prime Minister calling for deeper reforms and announcinga High-Level Committee on Deregulation, it is evident that India must now move from administrative simplification toamore fundamental rethinking of whyand how the State regulates.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
In new Bhutan, tradition & progress march in step
Against the backdrop of high youth migration, Thimphu seeks to reinvent while keeping its traditional core intact
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Finish heinous crimes’ trials in 6 months: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that heinous cases are crimes against the nation and trials in these should conclude within six months, directing the Centre to presenta concrete action plan within a month on setting up exclusive courts for this purpose
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
DELHI'S TOXIC AIR TAKES A TOLL ON MUSICIANS
Delhi's dense smog has left the city's live music scene struggling. Amid the peak concert season, artistes are dealing with throat issues and feeling compelled to cancel shows
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Delhi HC flags 'bias' in Aryan Khan's The Ba***ds of Bollywood satire of Wankhede
The Delhi High Court on Monday resumed hearing former NCB official Sameer Wankhede’s defamation plea against The Ba***ds of Bollywood.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
A movement in disarray
Hidma’s killing in an encounter points to the waning strike power of the Maoists
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Europe and the Indo-Pacific: Partners for a resilient future
When the European Union (EU) launched its Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific in September 2021, the world looked different.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
'ACCOUNTABILITY AESTHETICS': THE OTT SPOTLIGHT ON MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH
On International Men's Day, here's how this OTT trend makes men's emotional intelligence aspirational, turning them into internet's favourite.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Aishwarya reacts to trolls amid divorce rumours
Rumours about actor-couple Aishwarya Sharma and Neil Bhatt separating after four years of marriage began circulating in June, and a report emerged earlier this month stating that they had filed for divorce. Since then, Aishwarya has been facing a wave of negative remarks online. Now, the actor has broken her silence.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
The time of 'mard ko dard nahin hota' is gone: Abhay
Actor Abhay Verma rose to fame playing the soft-spoken Bittu in Munjya (2023) and has two romcoms up next including Laikey Laikaa.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Parasocial is Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year
After Collins Dictionary selected 'vibe coding' as its word of the year and Dictionary.com chose '6-7,' Cambridge Dictionary has announced its own 2025 word of the year: 'parasocial.'
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Alaya F's nighttime routine: A DIY detox to try at home
Actor Alaya F has truly made a name for herself with her fitness routines and diet plans. Taking to Instagram, she spilled the beans about her go-to nighttime juice which helps her with detox, de-bloat and digestion.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
TEJASHWI GETS LoP NOMINATION AND 'FREE HAND' TO REBUILD RJD
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who was reelected from the Raghopur assembly constituency, was unanimously elected as leader of the RJD legislature party in presence of party chief and former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad at a meeting here on Monday.
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