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Hindustan Times Lucknow
SC TELLS HOSPITAL TO PAY ₹7.4L FOR LEAVING SPONGE IN ABDOMEN
The Supreme Court has directed a Patna-based hospital to pay over ₹7.4 lakh in compensation to a woman after a surgical sponge was left inside her abdomen during a caesarean section, forcing her to undergo a second surgery and endure prolonged physical and mental trauma.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
'Molotov' cocktail thrower tried to kill OpenAl chief
A man who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s luxury California home was trying to kill the boss of artificial intelligence giant OpenAT and in possession of an anti-AI document, US officials said on Monday.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
End of the road for India’s Red rebellion
Today, there is music in the midst of desolation.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Welfare, rail projects star in BJP manifesto
Welfare, big-ticket transport projects, and religion starred in the Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for the April 23 Tamil Nadu assembly elections released on Monday by Union health minister and the party's former national president JP Nadda.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
9 killed, 15 hurt in boiler explosion at C’garh plant
At least nine workers were killed and 15 sustained injuries after a boiler exploded at a power plant in Chhattisgarh’s Sakti on Tuesday, police said.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
MDMA supplier held after students die of overdose at Mumbai concert
2 STUDENTS DIED AFTER CONSUMING THE CONTRABAND AT A CONCERT AT NESCO, THE THIRD ONE IS IN AN ICU
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Maldives prez refused to meet Sergio Gor
{ SOUTH ASIA } MALE STAND-OFF
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
9 killed, 15 injured in boiler blast at C’garh power plant
Nine workers were killed and 15 sustained injuries after a boiler exploded at a power plant in Chhattisgarh’s Sakti district on Tuesday, police said.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Builder-banker nexus: CBI files 22 cases, raids 77 places
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered 22 fresh cases in its ongoing probe into a suspected “unholy nexus” between builders and financial institutions in sanctioning large sums under subvention schemes without due diligence, and conducted raids at 77 locations in eight states on Tuesday, the agency's spokesperson said.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
PM: Infra projects new ‘gateways of economic growth’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that large-scale infrastructural developments in India, such as the ₹12,000-crore Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor that was inaugurated on Tuesday, are new gateways of economic growth that boost trade and industrial development.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Campus hiring slows down amid war, AI
The first signs of cracks are appearing in campus hirings this year, with companies changing recruitment plans due to artficial intelligence and the West Asia war, prompting colleges to caution newly recruited students of delayed onboarding and bringing back memories of pandemic-era job uncertainty.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Judge to retire amid stalled impeachment
Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, the Allahabad High Court judge, whose remarks against Muslims during a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) event sparked nationwide outrage, will retire on Wednesday, even as the impeachment proceedings initiated against him remain stalled.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Bihar’s moment of transition
Samrat Choudhary as the state’s first BJP chief minister marks both change and continuity
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
US, Iran may resume talks in Pak to end war: Trump
Talks to end the Iran war could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, after the collapse of weekend negotiations prompted Washington to impose a blockade on Iranian ports.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
SC-APPOINTED PANEL BACKS REFORMS AT MATHURA TEMPLE
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-appointed high-powered committee overseeing the management of Mathura’s Bankey Bihari temple has defended a series of sweeping reforms, led by the discontinuation of VIP darshan slips and a restructuring of temple timings, as necessary measures to ensure safety, fairness and orderly access for the surging number of devotees visiting the shrine.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
INDIA AUTO SALES RISE 10.4% TO RECORD 28.3 MN UNITS IN FY26
Automobile wholesale sales in India posted a record at 28,265,519 units in FY26, up 10.4% year-on-year with all segments—passenger and commercial vehicles, two and three-wheelers—recording the highest-ever sales in a fiscal, with GST 2.0 proving to be a key growth driver, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said on Tuesday.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Delimitation reset to redraw India's electoral contours
The government is set to constitute a new Delimitation Commission to redraw constituencies and increase Lok Sabha and assembly seats based on the 2011 census.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
21 injured during fresh protests in Manipur
Tensions erupted in Manipur's Bishnupur district on Tuesday after protesters intercepted three private four-wheelers carrying armed security personnel in civil dress, leading to clashes that left 21 injured civilians, police said, adding that five protesters have been arrested.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Case for an atmanirbhar cyber suraksha mission
The cyberwar has already begun — and India is not responding at the level the threat demands
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION, FAR OFF TARGET, COMES UNDER SCRUTINY
India’s green hydrogen push remains far off target, with just 8,000 tonnes per annum commissioned by February ~ about 0.16% of the 5 mtpa target for 2030 under the ₹19,744 crore National Green Hydrogen Mission.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Protests in Noida continue despite wage hike promise
Stray incidents of stone-pelting, arson, and vandalism were reported in a few parts of Noida as workers continued protesting for a wage hike on Tuesday.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Women’s quota: Bills seek to take LS seats up to 850 based on 2011 census
The government's legislative push to reserve a third of the seats in Parliament and state legislative assemblies involves raising the cap on seats in the Lok Sabha from 550 to 850, with the allocation of seats to states, the reserved constituencies and their boundaries being defined by a delimitation commission on the basis of the latest census, which would mean the 2011 one in this case.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Ceasefire talks may resume in 2 days: Trump
TRUMP TALKS TRADE PACT, HORMUZ IN CALL WITH PM MODI
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Digitally map forest limits: Govt to states
The Union environment ministry has asked states and UTs to begin the process of demarcating forest boundaries digitally in keeping with its order in a 201] case in a move that it expects to help address issues such as misclassification of forest areas, prevent encroachments, and resolve overlapping claims under the Forest Rights Act, 2006.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Parents flag high costs of books prescribed by PVT CBSE schools
As the 2026-27 academic session begins, parents across CBSE-affiliated private schools have been raising concerns over the cost of textbooks for Classes 1 to 8, alleging that they are being compelled to buy expensive book sets from private publishers, often through authorised vendors and changed annually.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
CSK win again as Noor & Co leave listless KKR in a spin
CSK have notched up two wins in their last two games after starting with none in their first three.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
US sought 20-yr suspension of Iran’s nuke programme
The United States sought a 20-year suspension of Tran’s uranium enrichment programme as part of a deal to end the war, according to media reports on Monday, after Washington and Tehran failed to come to an agreement.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
250 PEOPLE FEARED MISSING AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES IN ANDAMAN SEA: UN
About 250 people, including children, were feared missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
SRH's Hinge finds fame in IPL after long injury layoff
The one person Praful Hinge thanked while accepting the player of the match award after his life-changing spell of fast bowling on IPL debut was Naveen Babu, the physio at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai with whom the Nagpur bowler spent six months for rehab after a stress fracture of the back.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Nitish steps down, Samrat to take oath as 1st BJP Bihar CM
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Samrat Choudhary will take oath as the 24th chief minister of Bihar on Wednesday, marking the first time the national party has claimed the top position in the state.
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