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80 schools get bomb hoax, $2,000 demand
At least 12] schools in the Capital received bomb threat emails on Tuesday claiming explosives have been planted inside the premises. This is the second such incident in a week.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Amazon plans major revamp of Fire tablets amid backlash
Amazon is plottinga big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app developers over the company's homegrown operating system.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Hydropower output may rise 10% on bountiful rain
Heavy monsoon rains across India may be creating havoc on the roads, but the brimming reservoirs are expected to deliver higher hydropower output for a second consecutive year.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Desirable, but unfeasible
In an ideal world with apolitical institutions, a minister's conduct should be above reproach. The realpolitik backdrop of the three bills raises the possibility of misuse
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
ECI accountability call must not erode faith in democracy
India’s democratic experiment has been predicated on our constitutional architecture which distributes power in a manner that tempers tyranny of majority, protects minority voices and institutional-ises dissent. Electoral process remains the primary instrument through which legitimacy is conferred and accountability secured.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
ATTACKER WORKS AS AUTO DRIVER, HAS BOOTLEGGING HISTORY: POLICE
NEW DELHI: Forty-one-year-old Rajeshbhai Khimjibhai Sakriya, who allegedly attacked chief minister Rekha Gupta during a public grievance redressal programme on Wednesday, works as an autorickshaw driver in Rajkot, Gujarat, and lives with his wife and two sons, police said.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
PUNJAB GOVT CITES DATA LAW TO SHUT BJP'S RURAL DRIVE
The Punjab government on Wednesday stopped the Bharatiya Janata Party's mega outreach programme named 'Sewadaar Aa Gaye Thu-ade Dwar' in rural areas of the state, under which 39 camps had been set up across different constituencies to enrol people in central government schemes such as Ayushman Bharat health insurance and PM-Kisan.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
India, Eurasian bloc agree to start FTA talks
India and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)- the five-member post-Soviet bloc including Russia-on Wednesday formally agreed to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA).
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
New bills will ensure morality, probity: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said the three bills moved by union home minister Amit Shah in the Lok Sabha that seek the removal of the Prime Minister or chief ministers facing corruption or serious offences if they remain in detention for 30 consecutive days, are intended at ensuring “morality and probity” in publiclife.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Naruka wins men’s skeet gold
Paris Olympian Anant Jeet Singh Naruka won a close contest against Kuwaiti Mansour Al Rashidi 57-56 to win gold in the men’s skeet final at the 16th Asian Shooting Championships in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
HC pulls up MCD, PWD for inaction over tree pruning
AFTER A MAN'S DEATH IN KALKAJI DUE TO A TREE FALL, HC ORDERED TREE SURVEY IN 10 DAYS TO IDENTIFY PRUNING NEEDS
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
2022 HATE SPEECH CASE: HC STAYS CONVICTION OF ABBAS ANSARI
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday quashed the conviction of Mukhtar Ansari’s son Abbas Ansari in a 2022 hate speech case.
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August 21, 2025
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India successfully tests ‘Agni 5’ missile
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Cricket likely to feel heat with fantasy gaming law
Online gaming The bill to regulate online gaming, when passed into law, is likely to impact big cricket sponsorships. A look:
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Tree care is not a luxury but an urgent necessity
Last week, yet another heartbreaking and entirely preventable tragedy struck Delhi when a man and his daughter were crushed by a falling tree in Kalkaji, an incident that lays bare the ongoing systemic failure to protect both urban trees and the people who live among them.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'VP election a battle for India's ideological soul'
The upcoming Vice-Presidential election is not just a contest for an office; it is an ideological battle for the soul of our nation, announced Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, as Opposition lawmakers gathered in the historic Central Hall of the old Parliament building (now Samvidhan Sadan) to felicitate former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy, their candidate for the upcoming Vice President election.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Musk halts plans for new political party
Billionaire Elon Musk is quietly putting the brakes on plans to start his new political party, telling allies he wants to focus on his companies, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, citing people ‘with knowledge of the plans.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Tapsya wins gold in 57kg, Srishti claims 68kg silver
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
RS approves bill to set up IIM in Guwahati
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to set up an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Guwahati, Assam, only the second IIM in the Northeast after the one in Shillong and overall 22nd premier management institution across the coun-
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Say no to drugs, but don't comment?
Actor Alia Bhatt's appearance in an anti-drug campaign by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has sparked online criticism, prompting the agency to disable comments on the post. The Chandigarh division of NCB shared the video on August 14 via its official X handle, where Alia urged viewers to “say no to drugs” and support the bureau's mission. Captioned with hashtags like #DrugsFreeBharat #NashaMuktBharat, the clip drew over 1.1M views and more than 680 reposts.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'Conspiracy': Attack sparks political row
The attack on chief minister Rekha Gupta during a “Jan Sunwai (public hearing)\" programme sparked a war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), with the former alleging a “conspiracy” behind the attack and the opposition party an attempt by the BJP to defame the AAP. The row started over an image posted by BJP MLA Harish Khurana, in which the attacker was seen with Gopal Italia, an AAP Gujarat leader. The AAP refuted the allegation, calling it an Al-generated image. BJP parliamentarian Ramvir Singh Bidhuri demanded a screening of the attacker's phone logs. “The conspiracy behind the attack must
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
IT ministry says DPDP Act does not dilute RTI
The IT ministry clarified that it does not believe the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, dilutes the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Veterinary dept shortages hit stray dog capture, sterilisation
At a time when the issue of stray animals in the national capital is directly under the spotlight, the key department which is expected to control the stray dog and cattle population is notonly headless but also suffers from large-scale vacancies across different job profiles ranging form animal catcher field staff, drivers to operate van, inspectors and veterinary officers.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Heavy rains hit Thane, 1 killed, areas flooded
THANE CIVIC BODY RECORDED 186.91MM RAIN IN 24 HOURS TILL 8.30AM ON WEDNESDAY
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Paper trails, lost salaries: Stories of struggle, success in Bihar SIR drive
The first phase of the controversial special intensive revision (SIR) in Bihar excised 6.56 million names from the state’s voter rolls, The exclusions have generated a political firestorm and reverberated in Parliament and the Supreme Court. But another key facet are the 72.4 million people who managed to fill their forms. Across five districts, HT attempts to sketch the contours of the exercise, shaped by identities, differing access to government services, migration and socioeconomic status.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
BRS slams Cong, yet to decide on VP pick
'VP election a battle for India’s ideological soul'
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
{ EUROPE } SHIFTED TO ALLOW EUROPE'S BIGGEST UNDERGROUND MINE TO EXPAND Landmark Swedish church relocates to new site
A landmark Swedish church in the Arctic arrived on Wednesday at its new home after a two-day move across the town of Kiruna to allow Europe's biggest underground mine to expand.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
THREE CHARRED TO DEATH IN UNNAO ROAD ACCIDENT
Three people were burnt alive and another suffered serious injuries when a dumper and truck collided head-on in Unnao district early Wednesday, police said.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Parliamentary panel raises concern on finances of SAI
Sports Authority of India (SAI) is “critically” underfunded and understaffed, the parliamentary standing committee on sports has said, recommending a slew of measures to the union sports ministry.
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August 21, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Justin breaks silence on Isabela's bullying allegations against him
Actor-director Justin Baldoni (41) has responded to co-actor Isabela Ferrer’s bullying and harassment allegations amid his legal battle with actor Blake Lively.
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