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Hindustan Times Delhi
Clean-up drive launched as city wraps up Chhath
Devotees on Tuesday wrapped up Chhath Puja celebrations with prayers to the rising sun.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times
Global resilience seems fading, despite IMF upgrade: Finmin
‘The world’s economic activity remained steady in the past few months despite trade disruptions, prompting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to upwardly revise its 2025 global growth estimates, but this “resilience seems to be fading” as core inflation and unemployment in the US have inched up, the finance ministry said in a report released Monday.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Quest for perfect electoral rolls
EC must guard against the SIR process leading to large-scale disenfranchisement
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Stations record 'very poor' air, app hit by 13-hr glitch
A visible haze lingered over Delhi on Monday as the city's air quality remained in the “very poor” category for the second consecutive day.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Cultural motifs shape parties’ electoral plans
In the floodplains of north Bihar, where mango orchards shade winding village lanes and ancient ponds mirror the skies, four simple symbols have quietly turned into political capital: Paag (the ceremonial Mithila turban), Maachh (fish), Makhana (fox nuts), and Paan (betel).
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Sensex surges 567 points on global cues
Benchmark BSE Sensex jumped by nearly 567 points and broader Nifty closed above 25,900 on Monday following a sharp rally in global markets, as softer-than-expected US inflation reignited hopes of Fed rate cuts this year.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Delhi bans non-BS-VI truck entry from Nov 1
The Delhi government's transport department on Monday issued a public notice stating that all commercial goods vehicles registered outside the Capital that are not BS-VI compliant will be barred from entering Delhi from November 1, in line with directions from the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM).
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Oppn calls SIR a ‘conspiracy’, BJP hits back
Opposition parties on Monday questioned the intentions of the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the launch of the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 states and Union territories, calling the move a “conspiracy against democracy”.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
SC reluctant to pursue contempt against shoe-hurling bid accused
The Supreme Court ‘on Monday expressed reluctance to initiate contempt proceedings against 7l-year-old lawyer Rakesh Kishore, who attempted to hurla shoe at Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai earlier this month, questioning whether it would be proper for another bench to act when the CJI, “in his glorious magnanimity,” already decided to let the matter rest.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
DU TEACHERS CALL FOR EXPULSION OF DUSU LEADER WHO SLAPPED PROFESSOR
The staff association of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar College has demanded the expulsion of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) joint secretary Deepika Jha for allegedly assaulting a professor inside the principal's office on October 16.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Woman of Indian origin raped in UK racial attack
A 20-year-old woman, locally identified as being of Indian heritage, was attacked in a “racially aggravated” rape in the West Midlands region of England over the weekend.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Haze lingers over city, cloud seeding may happen today
A western disturbance began influencing Delhi's weather on Monday, bringing overcast skies, though rain eluded the city.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Nitish has lost control, will not come back after polls: Tejashwi
Opposition's chief ministerial candidate and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav stepped up his attack on Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, saying that the senior JD(U) leader was losing his grip over the administration and was unlikely to reclaim the state's top post.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
UP’S MUSTAFABAD TO BE RENAMED AS ‘KABIR DHAM’, SAYS ADITYANATH
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced that Mustafabad, located in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhim-pur Kheri district, will be renamed as Kabir Dham saying itis part of the efforts to “restore pride”.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Tihar to get new wards to meet int'l standards
Inside Delhi's Tihar Prison Complex, construction crews are working around the clock to finish two new high-security wards — designed not for hardened local criminals, but for white-collar fugitives the Indian government is seeking to extradite back to the country.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Satish ji was like Indravadan in real life, says Deven
Early in his career, Deven Bhojani directed the late Satish Shah on the sitcom Sarabhai vs Sarabhai.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
SIR 2.0 announced in 12 states and UTs; Final rolls on Feb 7
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the launch of the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 states and Union Territories, covering roughly half of India’s nearly one billion-strong electorate in an exercise that will become a political flashpoint.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Top court upholds HC order to resume MGNREGA in Bengal
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Calcutta high court order directing the Centre to resume the employment guarantee scheme of MGNREGA in West Bengal.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Two eras at once
A stark way to experience the city contrasts
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Staffers rue govt's decision to close 121 mohalla clinics
As many as 121 mohalla clinics in the city are set to shut down, as per an order by the state programme officer of Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) under the Delhi health department.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
SC seeks Centre's reply on aid for acquitted death row convicts
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's response to determine whether prisoners on death row, who have received an acquittal from a constitutional court, should be compensated for the years of wrongful incarceration suffered by them due to faulty probes conducted by state agencies.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Social composition of candidates in the fray
The Bihar elections are being fought, at least on the face of it, on such issues as development, unemployment, migration etc.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Tihar builds high-security wards for extradited economic fugitives
Inside Delhi's Tihar Prison Complex, construction crews are working around the clock to finish two new high-security wards - designed not for hardened local criminals, but for white-collar fugitives the Indian government is seeking to extradite back to the country.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
UPSC selects 42 for DGCA posts in attempt to ease staffing crunch
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has selected 42 candidates for appointment as Assistant Directors (AD) of operations in the aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), in a large scale recruitment in four years, people familiar with the matter said, adding that the candidates will start working by the end of November.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Acid attack on student staged by father: Cops
The father of a 20-year-old Delhi University student who claimed on Sunday she was attacked with acid outside Lakshmibai College has admitted that he staged the incident to frame three men with whom he had personal disputes, investigators aware of the matter said on Monday.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
HC questions AFT authority to assess Navy gender rules
A full bench of the Delhi high court has sought the Union defence ministry's stance on whether the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has the authority to assess the constitutionality of the provision in the Navy Act that excludes transgender individuals from being eligible for appointment in the Navy.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
SC allows govt to review Vodafone Idea AGR dues
In a major relief for Vodafone Idea (Vi), the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Union government to review and reconsider the additional demand in adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues against the financially distressed telecom operator, marking what could be a fresh breath of life for the beleaguered company struggling to stay afloat in India’s hyper-competitive telecom sector.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Time to prepare for the tour really worked: Rohit
It was going to be his last time in Australia and it could have gone either way — he could send out a loud reminder that his best days are still not past him or it could end up hastening his exit from international cricket.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
Noida Airport awaits clean-up, DGCA nod
Two final tasks stand between the Noida International Airport at Jewar and its long-awaited opening to the public, officials said on Monday.
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October 28, 2025
Hindustan Times
MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUGGING, RAPING DOCTOR IN S DELHI: COPS
A 27-year-old doctor from a government hospital was allegedly drugged and raped by a man at her house in south Delhi's Safdarjung Enclave, police said on Monday, adding that the accused has been arrested.
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