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Hindustan Times Delhi
In Sivakumar’s story, the best and worst of India
\"I come from a very simple, humble background.\" K Sivakumar's every sentence was punctuated by inconsolable tears. \"Please forgive me if I get emotional.\" I had reached out to the former CFO of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) after being moved like hundreds of thousands of other Indians on reading his now viral Linkedin post.
4 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
NEW EXCISE POLICY TO BE 'BETTER', WITH 'HIGHER' PROFITS
The Delhi government's upcoming excise policy may soon bring sweeping changes to how liquor is retailed in the city with proposals for larger, better-designed government-run stores and higher profit margins for retailers.
1 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Sunny skies, brisk winds bring Delhi respite — for now
Delhi's air quality saw a remarkable improvement on Friday as sunny skies and brisk winds helped disperse pollutants, weather scientists said.
1 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
5 held in terror funding case after raids in Raj
THE JOINT RAIDS WERE CONDUCTED BY RAJASTHAN ATS AND IB. TWO CLERICS FROM A MADRASA WERE AMONG THOSE ARRESTED
1 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
A new coast story
There are places that look exactly like you imagined them: The pyramids of Giza, the desert sands of Morocco, the mountains of Tibet.
2 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Indian exporters secure new markets to offset US tariff hit
Indian gem and jewellery, textile and marine exporters have successfully diversified into new markets across Asia, Europe and Latin America, offsetting the impact of punitive US tariffs that have dampened demand from their traditional largest buyer, trade data shows.
2 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Vedanta Q2 PAT drops 38% to ₹3,479 crore
Vedanta Q2 PAT
1 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Jemi, Harman & new realities
There are people I know personally, who on Friday morning found their eyes welling up.
3 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘Renewed engagement with the river’: 2-day Yamunotsav in city
The Delhi government is set to organise a two day “Yamunotsav” festival at Vasudev Ghat, on November 2 and 3, culture minister Kapil Mishra said on Friday.
1 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
AAP, BJP ROW ON RTI THAT SAYS 37 STPs FAILED TO MEET STANDARDS
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Deihi government of misleading the public with “false claims” of cleaning the Yamuna, citing an RTI reply that revealed all 37 sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the city were failing to meet prescribed treatment standards.
1 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Opportunity for India in US shift in nuclear policy
President Trump's decision to end Washington's moratorium on nuclear testing offers a window for New Delhi to reassess its nuclear arsenal
4 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
TWO HELD, THREE FIRS FILED OVER STRONGMAN'S DEATH IN MOKAMA
A day after gangsterturned-politician Dularchand Yadav was allegedly killed while campaigning for a JSP candidate in Mokama, 100km away from Patna, police on Friday registered three FIRs and arrested two people.
1 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Jobs, women in focus as NDA releases its manifesto for Bihar
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Friday released its manifesto for the Bihar assembly polls, promising jobs to 10 million people, making 10 million “Lakhpati Didis”, metro train services in four cities and seven international airports in the state, hiking the cash transfer to farmers to ₹9,000, and sops for extremely backward classes and scheduled castes and tribes.
3 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
15% of all 2023 deaths linked to polluted air
GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE DATA
1 min |
November 01, 2025
Hindustan Times
Delhi school girl raises ₹2 lakh for stray canines by selling organic soaps
A nine-year-old girl in Delhi has turned compassion into action one bar of soap at a time.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
HC ORDERS STAY ON S.I.T. PROBE IN DHARMASTHALA CASE TILL NOV 12
The Karnataka high court on Thursday ordered an interim stay on the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into allegations of “multiple murders, rapes and burials” in the temple town of Dharmasthala, until November 12.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
78% of paddy harvesting complete, 202 new fires
With paddy harvesting being completed in around 78% fields across Punjab, the state on Thursday reported 202 fresh farm fire cases, taking the total tally to 1,418 so far this season.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
Hasina moves ICC over 'retaliatory violence'
With a Bangladeshi war crimes court widely expected to deliver its verdict in a case against former premier Sheikh Hasina by mid-November, her Awami League party has approached the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into “retaliatory violence” against party officials since July 2024
2 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
Barakhamba heights
On a segment of the city’s contemporary architecture
2 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
Navy gets nod for construction in morphological ridge at Cantt
The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has given its nod to the Indian Navy to carry out construction in the morphological ridge adjacent to Nausena Bhawan in Delhi Cantonment, saying no trees will be felled and the construction project was of strategic importance.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
'Bogey of jungle raj is just a ploy by NDA'
The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, which is contesting 20 seats in Bihar as part of the Opposition INDIA blog, has promised new initiatives for land reforms, identity cards to sharecroppers, land for landless and regular wages to scheme workers.
2 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
'22 Delhi hit-and-run: Kin get 36L redress
A Delhi court awarded a compensation of ₹36 lakh to the family of Anjali, three years after the 20year-old was hit by a car and dragged for around 13 kilometres, killing her.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
POLICE BRIEFLY DETAIN STRIKING MTS STAFF FROM PROTEST SITE
Delhi Police on Thursday briefly detained several on-strike Multi Task Staff (MTS) of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) from their protest site outside the MCD Civic Centre on Minto Road, before releasing them by the evening.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
Where the jewels stolen from Louvre Museum might end up
Seven people have been arrested in the investigation of a stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, but the lavish, stolen jewels that once adorned France's royals are still missing.
2 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
562 provinces to 14 units: The colossal task of uniting India
“Today we think of the integration of the states only in terms of the consolidation of the country, but few pause to consider the toils and anxieties that had to be undergone till, step by step, the edifice of a consolidated India was enshrined in the Constitution,” VP Menon wrote in his classic The Story of Integration of Indian States in 1955.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
'20 riots: Police oppose bail to Khalid, Sharjeel
The Delhi Police on Thursday strongly opposed the release of student activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and three others booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case, arguing before the Supreme Court that the alleged offences involved a deliberate attempt to destabilise the State and therefore warranted \"jail and not bail\".
2 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
'WE SHOULD STOP USING THE TERM PAN-INDIA ACTOR'
Priya Mani Raj, who is set for the release of The Family Man Season 3 next month, has worked in both regional and Hindi industries, but is averse to the tag of “pan-India actor”.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
World Cup: Nothing to lose, experience to gain for Divya
A lot has changed for Divya Deshmukh in a little over three months.
3 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
Circle rate revision ‘may not be uniform’ in capital
Officials from the revenue department have called for a meeting over the next week to review the circle rate structure across various zones of the city, with senior officials saying that the revision in rates may not be uniform, with some likely to log rises and others, a dip, depending on the development and infrastructure of localities.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Hindustan Times
Scaring people is my cardio, says Adah Sharma
Adah Sharma made her debut with the supernatural hit 1920, so scares and spooks are hardly new to her.
1 min |