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Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Zohran takes oath on Quran; NYC's 2nd youngest mayor
Zohran Mamdani was formally sworn in as New York City’s 112th Mayor in a private ceremony held just moments into the New Year in an old subway station here.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Govt plans to pull cough syrups out of OTC list
The government is proposing to remove cough syrups from a class of drugs that are allowed to be sold over the counter with less strict licensing and manufacturing norms after cases of adulteration claimed the lives of scores of children in several states recently.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Trump slams George Clooney over actor and wife becoming French
{ PASSPORT POLITICS } FRENCH GOVT DIVIDED OVER CITIZENSHIP
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Speed up release of those who can’t afford bail: Govt to states
ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE GOVT HAS REVISED ITS GUIDELINES DEALING WITH UNDERPRIVILEGED PRISONERS
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
ADD VULNERABLE GROUPS IN ELECTORAL ROLLS, SAYS BENGAL CEO
The office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer has issued a detailed set of instructions to all district election officers (DEOs) to facilitate the inclusion of vulnerable and marginalised groups in the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a notification said.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Police arrest ex-SGPC auditor Kohli in missing saroops case
Confirming the arrest, Amritsar deputy commissioner of police (DCP-investigation) Ravinderpal Singh Sandhu said Kohli is in the custody of the Amritsar police commissionerate and will be produced in court on Friday.
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January 02, 2026
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Dozens feared killed in NYE Swiss bar fire
About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through a bar's New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, police said.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Detox done, now aim for growth
The health of the country’s banks suggests that the economy is well-placed to see an investment revival once animal spirits are rekindled
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Cummins, Hazlewood in spin-heavy Oz WC squad
Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were Thursday named in a spin-heavy provisional Australian squad for this year’s Twenty20 World Cup after their Ashes campaign was ruined by injury.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
On bail, man accused of molestation sets victim’s husband afire
Three family members, including a molestation accused out on bail, have been remanded in police custody in Maharashtra’s Nanded district after allegedly setting the victim’s husband ablaze, police said
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Restoring trust in the State, the Chhattisgarh experience
Chhattisgarh’s creation 25 years ago rested on a simple premise: A smaller state would listen better, govern closer to the ground, and respond faster to its people.
4 min |
January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
2025 eighth warmest year, 2,760 died due to harsh weather: IMD
India recorded its eighth warmest year in 2025 despite a relatively mild summer and robust monsoon, while January 2026 is expected to bring cooler days across most of the country with relief from severe cold waves in the northwest, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
MCA EASES KYC NORMS FOR DIRECTORS, MOVES TO 3-YR FILING CYCLE
The corporate affairs ministry has eased compliance requirements for company directors by replacing the mandatory annual KYC filing with an abridged requirement of once every three years under the Companies Act, 2013.
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January 02, 2026
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Voda Idea hit with ₹638-cr GST order
Telecom operator Vodafone Idea (VIL) on Thursday said it has received about ₹638-crore GST penalty order from the Office of Additional Commissioner, Central Goods and Service Tax, Anmedabad.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Oprah on stopping weight- loss medication at 70, and why she went back
American talk-show host Oprah Winfrey is back in the spotlight, this time opening up about her widely discussed weight-loss journey and her decision to use GLP-1 medications to manage her health.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
HINDU SET AFIRE IN BANGLADESH, JUMPS INTO POND TO SAVE HIMSELF
A Hindu businessman was attacked, hacked and set on fire in Bangladesh, police said on Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
6 KILLED AS POLICE, PROTESTERS CLASH DURING IRAN STIR
Protesters and security forces clashed in Iran on Thursday, with six people reported killed, the first deaths since the cost-of-living demonstrations broke out.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Managing wealth and assets in the New Year
The third ashram of life, vanaprastha or retirement, is a good time to practise active detachment and consolidate assets
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
TAIWAN VOWS TO DEFEND ITSELF AFTER CHINA DRILLS, XI SPEECH
TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Thursday vowed to defend the self-ruled island's sovereignty in the face of China’s “expansionist ambitions,” days after Beijing wrapped up live-fire military drills around the island.
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January 02, 2026
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Hijab row doctor yet to join service, govt extends joining date till Jan 7
PATNA: The Bihar government has extended till January 7 the deadline for newly-appointed AYUSH doctors to join service, marking the second such extension in il days, an official said on Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
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Dharmendra is the heart of this moving biopic on Arun Khetarpal
I exited the theatre after watching Ikkis with a heavy lump in my throat.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Why a 17-year wait continues in men’s boxing
Several things happened around Indian boxing recently: Santiago Nieva, its former high-performance director (2017-2022) returned as women’s coach, the senior nationals were rescheduled within nine hours of being announced and more personally, a document with a startling independent test result around some elite men showed up on email.
4 min |
January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
From investigator to suspect: Railway police officer probing ₹1.44-cr train gold heist held
On November 21, a passenger stepped off a train at Howrah, lighter by gold biscuits worth ₹1.44 crore that he had left with 14 hours ago.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Pant stares at a challenging road to white-ball redemption
The keeper-batter hasn't consistently been part of India's white-ball plans since his return
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Russia says Kyiv strike kills 24 in occupied Ukraine
A Ukrainian drone strike Killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 more as they celebrated the New Year in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine's Kherson region, Russian officials said Thursday, as tensions between the two nations continue to spike despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Cigarettes set to get costlier from Feb 1 as excise duty hiked
NEW DELHI: The government has imposed a new excise duty on cigarettes ranging from ₹2,050 to ₹8,500 per 1,000 sticks, a move that sent tobacco company shares plummeting on Thursday and is expected to significantly raise prices for the country's approximately 100 million smokers.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Another Hindu man set on fire in Bangladesh
Another Hindu man in Bangladesh was allegedly attacked by a mob of miscreants, who seriously injured him and then set him on fire in Shariatpur's Damudya region of the country.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Rajnath pays homage to Zia at B’desh high commission
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday visited the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi and expressed his condolence on the demise of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
TRUMP BLAMES BRUISED HAND ON ASPIRIN, DENIES FALLING ASLEEP
US President Donald Trump blamed aspirin for large bruises on his hand and denied falling asleep while attending public meetings in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
PAK LAUNCHES GOVERNANCE REFORMS UNDER IMF LENS
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has launched economic-governance reforms to address the vulnerabilities identified in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Governance and Corruption report.
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