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Yamuna hosts Independence Day arti
The Yamuna’s usually quiet Vasudev Ghat in Civil Lines saw a festive fervour on the 79th Independence Day, as the ghat was flanked with Tricolours and diyas while the Public Works Department (PWD) minister Parvesh Verma performed an elaborate Yamuna arti on Friday.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Dessert in a bottle
Gourmand scents are in. We're spritzing on sugary, fruity, fragrances. Even men are sweet on candy. Deep breaths...
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
7-YEAR-OLD BOY FALLS IN NE DELHI DRAIN, RESCUE EFFORTS ON: COPS
NEW DELHI: A seven-year-old child allegedly fell in a drain in northeast Delhi’s Welcome area, while trying to catch a kite on Friday, police said.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Trump’s golden dome shrouded in mystery, even for its builders
The companies expected to create President Donald Trump's “Golden Dome for America” know the objective: to protect the US from missiles and airborne threats.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Govt warns against SC setting timelines for Prez, guvs on bills
The Union government has cautioned the Supreme Court that imposing fixed timelines on governors and the president to act on state bills, as mandated by the court in an April ruling, would amount to one organ of government assuming powers not vested in it, upsetting the delicate separation of powers and leading to a “constitutional disorder”.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
SEMICONDUCTOR TARIFFS SOON, COULD REACH 300%: TRUMP
US President Donald Trump said he would set levies on imports of steel and semiconductors in the next two weeks, the latest indication he’s readying a substantial expansion of his tariff regime.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
India looks East, deepens trade links with Singapore, Asean
OUTREACH COMES AS NEW DELHI BRACES FOR THE IMPACT OF US’ RECIPROCAL TARIFFS
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Qualifier Atmane stuns Rune to set up Sinner semi-final in Cincinnati
French qualifier Terence Atmane toppled another top-10 player in Holger Rune to line up a semifinal showdown with world No. 1 Jannik Sinner at the Cincinnati Open.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
PWD to start surveys for work on Savitri, Modi Mills flyovers
THE PROJECT AIMS TO DOUBLE THE ONE-WAY SAVITRI CINEMA AND KALKAJI FLYOVERS AND LINK THEM WITH A NEW ELEVATED STRETCH FROM THE MODI MILL FLYOVER
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
Rescuers scour debris as J&K flash flood toll hits 60, may rise
Rescuers continued digging through mud and debris in a remote Jammu & Kashmir village on Friday in search of survivors as the toll from a flash flood that tore through the hamlet a day earlier rose to 60, with several still missing, officials said.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘Sudarshan Chakra’ to secure airspace: PM
Modi said the indigenous system to protect military and civilian installations against aerial attacks will be operational by 2035
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Global leaders extend wishes, reaffirm stronger bilateral ties
Global leaders and neighbours extended greetings to India on the 79th Independence Day on Friday while reaffirming strong bilateral ties with the country.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
India’s workload problem may have a simple answer
Having different teams for different formats might allow the current set of players the off-season they desperately need
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
So near, yet so Farah
Farah Khan hasn't made a movie in years. But her films are enjoying a second life online. Could her clever/camp/crazy be just what Bollywood needs?
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
S&P UPGRADES RATINGS OF 10 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
S&P Global Ratings on Friday upgraded ratings of top 10 financial institutions, including SBI, HDFC Bank and Tata Capital, a day after the US-based agency raised India’s sovereign credit rating.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Room at the top
It’s tricky to make a luxury hotel seem like home. But one chain has done it around the world. It’s now reinvented the formula
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
TACKLING THE HYPE AND HOPE OF WEIGHT LOSS
The downpour in Delhi may have brought traffic to a standstill on Thursday, but the Capital's swish set left their cars behind and walked through, eager to make it to the launch of Dr Ambrish Mithal and Shivam Vij's book The Weight Loss Revolution, which is part of the Prabha Khaitan Foundation's Kitaab series.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Interacting with judicial candidates helpful: CJI
Chief Justice of India (Cll) Bhushan R Gavai on Friday described the collegium’s recent practice of personally interacting with candidates being considered for high court appointments as “really helpful,” saying that even a brief 10-15 minute conversation can reveal how suitable a nominee would be in contributing to society.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SWIMMER BULA CHOWDHURY'S PADMA SHRI REPLICA STOLEN
At least 120 gold medals and a replica of the Padma Shri medal was stolen from former swimmer Bula Chowdhury’s house in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘THREAT TO LAW AND ORDER’: WASHINGTON DC SUES TRUMP ON POLICE TAKEOVER
The US capital sued to block President Donald Trump's takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration escalated its intervention into the city’s law enforcement by naming a federal official as the new emergency head of the department.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
FC Goa drawn with Ronaldo’s Al Nassr in ACL 2 grouping
ISL side FC Goa was on Friday drawn along with Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia in Group D of the AFC Champions League 2, the continent’s second tier club competition, beginning September 16.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Nagaland Governor La Ganesan dies at 80
Nagaland Governor La Ganesan died on Friday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Chennai, a Raj Bhavan official said. He was 80.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Sarabjot starts from zero after high of Paris Olympics bronze
Winning a medal at the Olympics can be a lifelong memory for any athlete, especially for Indians given how rare it is to join the single-digit club every edition. Sarabjot Singh is made of an even rarer mindset.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
ILLEGAL SURROGACY RACKET BUSTED IN HYD, 8 ARRESTED
A major racket of commercial surrogacy and illegal human egg trading, allegedly operated in collusion with several fertility centres in Hyderabad, was busted, police said on Friday, adding that eight people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
TOURISM PUSH: CM GUPTA UNVEILS HERITAGE CIRCUIT, CRUISE PLAN
Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday unveiled an ambitious tourism plan to transform Delhi into a global hub for culture, heritage and spirituality, blending its historic grandeur with modern infrastructure to draw visitors from across the world.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
6 killed in wall collapse near Humayun's Tomb, 5 injured
At least six people were crushed to death and five others injured after two adjoining rooms of a dargah collapsed in southeast Delhi's Nizamuddin East on Friday afternoon.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
IT firms tap GCC consulting route to win tech contracts
Mid-sized information technology (IT) services companies like Mphasis and Hexaware Technologies are investing in advisory firms that help large corporations set up back-end technology hubs or global capability centres (GCCs) in India, in their bid to win substantial tech and engineering contracts later.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
PM declares mission to curb infiltration
India’s demography is being changed as a part of a well thought-out conspiracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged on Friday as he announced a high-powered demographic mission to tackle the “massive crisis lurking over India”.
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August 16, 2025
Hindustan Times
A TASTE OF NAVROZ
This Parsi New Year, chefs from the community talk about the Navroz Bhonu staples and how food signifies prosperity and good luck
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August 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Foot soldiers who won India freedom
Independence was won not just by stalwarts but also ordinary people, 13,212 of whom are still alive today. HT profiles some of them
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