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SC suggests syllabi changes to raise dowry awareness
Eliminating dowry is a constitutional imperative to ensure every woman entering a marriage is an equal citizen, the Supreme Court observed on Monday, and asked the Centre and states to consider reinforcing this fact by making amends to the education curriculum to generate awareness about this “evil practice”.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC says pollution orders cannot be ‘forcibly enforced’
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that its orders on Delhi's air pollution cannot be “forcibly enforced” and that tackling the crisis would require a broader change in lifestyle and public understanding, as it agreed to take up the matter on Wednesday amid hazardous air conditions gripping the Capital.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
CAMBODIA ALLEGES THAILAND BOMBED PROVINCE HOME TO ANGKOR TEMPLES
Cambodia accused Thailand on Monday of striking deep inside its territory, bombing the province that is home to the centuries-old Angkor temples — the country’s top tourist draw —for the first time ina reignited border conflict.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Mass Tree Plantation Drive Takes off in the National Capital
The Delhi Government, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has launched the historic tree plantation campaign—“Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0”—aimed at making Delhi cleaner, greener, and healthier.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SIR is constitutionally valid, asserts Meghwal
NEW DELHI: Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Monday said the special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls is constitutionally valid, amid strong objections from the Opposition during a debate in the Rajya Sabha on electoral reforms.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Unemployment rate down to 4.7% in Nov
India’s headline unemployment rate has decreased to 4.7% in November, the lowest in the monthly series starting April this year, according to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Polls to BMC, 28 other civic corporations in Maha, on January 15
Elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra ~ including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) - will be held on January 15, 2026.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
For Messi, mere showing up is like showering happiness
‘Bring it on’ is the attitude of the global football's mega stars, especially in an era of social media frenzy.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
WHOLESALE INFLATION STILL IN NEGATIVE ZONE, NARROWS TO -0.32% IN NOV
India’s wholesale inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), remained in negative territory but edged up from -1.21% in October to -0.32% in November, according to data released by the Union ministry of commerce and industry on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
CAQM vehicular pollution panel holds 1st meet
THE EXPERT PANEL WAS CONSTITUTED ON DECEMBER 12 AMID CONCERN OVER TRANSPORT EMISSIONS IN DELHI'S RISING POLLUTION
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
UNION MINISTER CALLS FOR CHECK ON POLLUTING INDUSTRIES
Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday directed the state and central pollution control boards to inspect polluting industries in peri-urban (mix of rural and urban characteristics) areas and take action to keep emissions at check.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
‘Reconciliation of water bodies still incomplete’
The State Wetland Authority (SWA) has carried out a fresh reconciliation of all water bodies in the city, however, the activity has been done in collaboration with 17 land owning agencies and data from all of them has not been shared yet, thus presenting an incomplete picture, the SWA has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
Cyber criminals exploit fear, confusion: Police
Delhi Police on Sunday organised a comprehensive citywide cyber crime awareness session to sensitise senior citizens about the growing menace of “digital arrest” frauds, drawing participation from thousands of elderly citizens across all police stations in the Capital.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
Need better response to pollution in the Capital
The national Capital saw the toughest antiT pollution measures-Graded Action Response Plan (GRAP) Stage IV-kick in on Saturday after the air quality index (AQI) reached the \"severe\" category.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
‘Stuck in health vs education limbo, again’
With air quality deteriorating in the Capital, parents and teachers said they are once again forced to walk the tightrope between protecting the health of the children but at the same time ensuring there are no disruptions to their education.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
TEEN STABBED TO DEATH BY MINORS OVER RELATIONSHIP IN SHAKARPUR
An 18-year-old autorickshaw driver was stabbed to death allegedly by two boys outside his house in Shakarpur, east Delhi, on Saturday night, police said on Sunday.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
HRY DGP NAMED IN IPS SUICIDE CASE REMOVED FROM POST
The Haryana government on Sunday divested IPS officer Shatrujeet Kapur of the charge of director general of police (DGP).
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
Ushering in Pax Silica
India isn't in the grouping yet, but MNC interest in developing AI here remains significant
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
What India wears - II
The first part of this series looked at item-wise trends on spending by Indians on clothing and footwear.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
Zelensky offers to drop Nato bid for security promises but rejects US push to cede territory
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join Nato in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the US push for ceding territory to Russia as he held talks with US envoys on ending the war.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
Peepal's green siege on Connaught Place: As roots crack heritage bones, traders seek help
Amid the hustle of Connaught Place, an uninvited tenant has quietly taken root — literally.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
1-year-old dies after bed catches fire
A fire in a Vivek Vihar slum dwelling late Saturday night killed a one-year-old baby boy from burn injuries and seriously burned his four-year-old sister, police said.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
MEA JUNKS B'DESH CLAIM OF HASINA INCITING TERROR FROM INDIAN SOIL
India on Sunday categorically rejected the Bangladesh interim government's assertion that New Delhi is allowing former premier Sheikh Hasina to make \"incendiary statements\" to her supporters to engage in terrorist activities in the neighbouring country.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
MURDER ACCUSED ON RUN FOR 11 YRS NABBED IN HRY
A 41-year-old woman on the run for ll years in a murder case filed in southwest Delhi's Dwarka was nabbed from Haryana's Jhajjar, police said on Sunday.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
Messi leaves his footprint at Mumbai’s exalted venue
The football icon received a signed shirt from Tendulkar during a grand show at the Wankhede
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
‘A gold is gold’: India win squash WC title
Joshna Chinappa has been a professional squash player for over two decades.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
Woofs & meows: 2-day PetFed brings together more than 1k cats and dogs
The weekend at the Okhla NSIC ground in southwest Delhi saw participation of over 1,000 pets at the two-day annual Pet Fed India 2025 event.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
BJP MLAS FROM MANIPUR MEET PARTY'S CENTRAL LEADERS IN DELHI
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators from Manipur met party's national general secretary BL Santhosh and northeast coordinator Sambit Patra on Sunday in Delhi, where they were urged to take proactive steps to restore normalcy and promote peace between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities, people aware of the matter said.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
3 STATIONS MAX OUT AT 500 AQI, OTHERS HOVER IN BREACH ZONE
The air quality index (AQI) readings at three of the Capital’s monitoring stations maxed out at the 500-mark at various times on Sunday even as 38 of the 39 active stations hovered either in the “severe” or the “severe-plus” categories.
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December 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
DELHI POLICE BUST INTERSTATE GANG OF CAR THIEVES
The Delhi Police has busted an interstate gang of tech-savvy vehicle thieves who allegedly used electronic devices to clone car keys and steal vehicles, an official said on Sunday.
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