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44 illegal colonies in Sangam Vihar, DJB tells tribunal
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it identified 44 unauthorised colonies in Sangam Vihar while attempting to lay a sewage network, of which 33 are encroachments on forest land. According to its affidavit, 22 of these colonies are built entirely on forest land, while 11 are partly located on it.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Flipkart under the lens for alleged GST billing tweaks
Flipkart is under preliminary investigation over allegations that the Walmart-owned online marketplace altered its billing structure to reduce its goods and services tax (GST) liability, two tax investigators said.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Centre increases loan limit of PM SVANidhi
The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday increased the loan amount of the PM SVANidhi (Prime Minister Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi) scheme and added a provision of UPI-linked RuPay credit cards.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Anti-Taliban conference gets Pak army backing
Pakistan's military establishment has thrown its weight behind a conference that seeks to bring together exiled Afghan politicians and rights activists, many of them once perceived as close to India, as part of efforts to build pressure on the Taliban setup in Afghanistan, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Content creators don’t recognise Amit Sadh, but social media loves his humility
We've seen you somewhere but don't remember your name — public figures often get this during random fan encounters.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Trump eyes post-war Gaza plan in key meet
The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump hosted a White House meeting on postwar plan for the shattered Palestinian territory.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
‘Trade ties must be on our own terms’
Rashtriya Swayam-sevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday underscored the need to promote swadeshi (indigenously produced) goods and self-reliance and said the country’s trade relations should be on its own terms, not under duress, with the comments coming on a day the additional tariffs imposed on Indian exports by the US kicked in.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
CM extends spl sanitation drive, reviews biomining
Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, in a cleanliness review meeting with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), decided to extend the ongoing month-long special sanitation drive until October 2, officials aware of the matter said.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Large factories drive mfg gains in FY24
India’s bigger factories outperformed their smaller peers for the fifth consecutive year in 2023-24, according to data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on ‘Wednesday. Registered factories also continued to increase in size both in terms of capital and labour employed, a trend seen after the covid-19 pandemic.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Despite dissent note on one judge, Centre clears SC collegium picks
The Union government on Wednesday notified the appointment of two new judges to the Supreme Court — Bombay High Court chief justice Alok Aradhe and Patna High Court chief justice Vipul M Pancholi— moving quickly to confirm an elevation that turned controversial after Justice BV Nagarathna recorded a strong note of dissent against Justice Pancholi’s elevation, warning that his appointment would be “counterproductive” to the administration of justice and imperil the credibility of the collegium system.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Rakesh Gangwal's IndiGo exit path is paved with gold
In one of the most remarkable exits by a company founder, Rakesh Gangwal has sold the majority of his stake in IndiGo, turning a 2006 investment of ₹14.7 crore into a monumental ₹45,000 crore or $5 billion in less than 20 years.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Plenty to play for as Duleep Trophy starts
After a brief dalliance with the four-team round robin format, Duleep Trophy will revert to the traditional zonal structure as it kicks off with North facing East and Central meeting North East at BCCI's CoE grounds in Bengaluru from Thursday.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
{ WORTH ₹12,328 CRORE } Cabinet clears 4 key rly projects
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved four major railway projects, worth ₹12,328 crore, aimed at boosting passenger convenience, freight movement and regional connectivity while supporting India’s green and sustainable growth goals.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Diversion of forest for road approved
{ UTTARAKHAND } DESPITE WARNING
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
2 months after CUET results, wait for ICAR counselling continues
OFFICIALS CITED “STREAMLINING OF ADMISSION MECHANISM’ BEHIND THE DELAY, ADDING THAT THE COUNSELLING PROCESS WILL BEGIN IN SEPT
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
MALDIVES GOVT REVOKES SHARK FISHING BAN AFTER DECADES
The Maldives, a luxury holiday destination and top diving spot in the Indian Ocean, will lift a decades-old ban on shark fishing, the president's office said on Wednesday.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
New Parl building set to host its 1st VP poll
For the first time, the Vice President's election will be conducted in the new Parliament building where the polling will take place in a conference room between 10am and 5pm on September 9, the Rajya Sabha secretariat announced on Wednesday.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
HP admits lags in efforts to tackle grave weather challenges in SC report
The Himachal Pradesh government has acknowledged “shortcomings” in its efforts to tackle the grave environmental challenges posed by cloudbursts and flash floods in a recent report filed before the Supreme Court, although it denied that hydroelectric (hydel) projects and dams were responsible for these.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Ashwin quits IPL, to play on in T20 leagues
MUMBAI: R Ashwin called it a day from the Indian Premier League, nine months after retiring from international cricket, to end his distinguished career.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘Differences over joint structures to be solved’
Chief of defence staff General Anil Chauhan on Wednesday said there may be a certain degree of dissonance among the three services over theaterisation —a long-awaited military reform for the best use of the military's resources to fight future wars — but alternative points of view were being heard without temperatures rising.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Making a case for transparency
Justice BV Nagarathna’s note of dissent flags important issues concerning the elevation of judges to the Supreme Court
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Shah felicitates Op Mahadev personnel
Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday met and felicitated personnel of Indian Army, CRPF, and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police who were part of Operation Mahadev — the joint counterterror operation against the perpetrators of April 22 Pahalgam attack.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Satwik-Chirag, Sindhu enter third round at Paris Worlds
ROUND 2 (INDIANS ONLY)
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Homes crumbling under weight of dreams
Ona crisp November afternoon in 1990, the living room of a modest two-bedroom flat in Mayur Vihar Phase I was transformed into a makeshift wedding hall. Neighbours strung marigold garlands across the ceiling, plated laddoos were distributed on borrowed trays, and people hummed film songs while waiting for the bride to appear.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Don't force EWS kids to buy costly books: Plea in HC
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice in a plea seeking to restrain private unaided schools in the city from forcing students from the economically weaker section (EWS) and disadvantaged group (DG) from buying high-priced private-publisher books and excessive school material.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Yamuna crosses ‘danger’ mark
{ RISING AGAIN } SECOND TIME THIS YEAR
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Hrithik rents out his luxury Juhu flat to girlfriend Saba for ₹75k
Actor Hrithik Roshan has leased out his three-floor sea-facing luxury property in Juhu to girlfriend, actor Saba Azad for ₹75,000 a month, as per the documents accessed by Zapkey.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Inter-religious land transfer only after police scrutiny in Assam
The Assam cabinet on Wednesday approved standard operating procedures (SOPs) that mandate police scrutiny of all land transfers between people belonging to different religions, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
India can cap tariff hit at 0.1% of GDP: EY
The actual impact of tariffs would depend on the elasticity of demand for Indian goods in the US
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August 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
As tariffs bite, farms, mills diverge on import duty cut
In India’s cotton belt of Vidarbha, the monsoon months of July and August are busy. Farmers across the districts of western Vidarbha in Maharashtra plant the cotton crop, readying them for harvest in the winter months of November-December. Despite persistent indebtedness and news of farmers ending their lives, this area has remained India’s unofficial cotton capital, supplying roughly 25% of India’s production of 30 million -32.5 million bales. Across the state, roughly 4.08 million hectares are under cotton production.
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