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Hindustan Times Amritsar
Small-town gold buyers brighten jewellers’ hopes
Consumers in India’s smaller towns are increasingly buying jewellery from organized retailers, drawn by brand trust, better designs, and transparent pricing.
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July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Trump faces backlash in US over Epstein case: Poll
Most Americans think President Donald Trump's administration is hiding information about accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and give it poor marks on the issue after pledging to make public documents in the case, a Reuters/ Ipsos poll found.
1 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Murder convict out on parole shot dead in Patna hospital, 6 held
A murder convict, who ‘was out on parole, was shot dead by gunmen inside a private hospital in Patna on Thursday, police said, adding six people have been detained in the incident while all the accused have been identified.
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July 18, 2025
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Takht-appointed panel invites Sukhbir to join joint poll process
A committee formed by the Akal Takht has invited Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal to take part in the election of office-bearers for the party, to be elected within a month.
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July 18, 2025
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DMK suggests Aadhaar to be valid birth proof
The MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider accepting Aadhaar and family ration cards to prove an elector's date of birth and place of residence during voter list revisions.
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July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Operation Sindoor should be discussed in Parliament
Moments of national crisis often unify a country, prompting collective grief, introspection, and institutional learning. In the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, India stood at such a juncture.
3 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
{ KARNATAKA HC TOLD } Meta not yet on Sahyog portal: SG Mehta
Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, has not yet been onboarded onto the government's Sahyog portal, solicitor general Tushar Mehta disclosed in written submissions to the Karnataka high court, making it the second major tech company after X to remain outside the ambit of the platform that facilitates the process of sending takedown notices to intermediaries.
1 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
KAPURTHALA MAN ABDUCTED BY TRAFFICKERS IN COLOMBIA RETURNS HOME
Balwinder Singh, 25, from Kapurthala’s Baaz village, who was stuck in Colombia for over six months after being ‘abducted’ by human trafficking conduits, returned to India and reached his village on Thursday.
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July 18, 2025
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SIT must probe role of senior cops in Bishnoi interview case, says HC
It must be ensured that lower-level officials are not made scapegoats in the controversy, observes high court
1 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Details of spies, SAS troops in Af leak
Details of more than 100 British nationals including spies and special forces soldiers were included in one of the country’s worst ever data breaches that led to thousands of Afghans being relocated to the UK, British media reported on Thursday.
1 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Punjab to form 22 sector-specific panels to draft new industrial policy
The Punjab government has decided to form 22 sector-specific committees to engage with the industry for developing a new industrial policy aimed at improving the ease of doing business and accelerating industrial growth.
1 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Finding Murari Lal in the world of e-friends
The 1971 cult classic, Anand, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, isa poignant tale that beautifully integrates the themes of joy, friendship, mortality and human connection.
2 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Classroom to courtroom: Surge in service matter cases
Analysis of the petitions filed by teachers of higher educational institutions (HEIs) of Chandigarh and Punjab in tribunals and courts shows that at every stage of their careers they have to knock at the doors of the judiciary for the redressal of their grievances related to service matters.
4 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Uneasy truce holds in Syria as toll from clashes crosses 500
Syrian troops pulled out of the Druze heartland province of Sweida on orders from the Islamist-led government on Thursday, following days of deadly clashes that killed more than 500 people, according to a war monitor.
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July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Ahmedabad gets cleanest city status in Swachh Survekshan
NEW DELHI: Ahmedabad, which was the 18th cleanest city last year across all categories, was declared the cleanest city in the million-plus cities (population of over one million) category in the Swachh Survekshan (Urban) 2024-25 Awards, even as past winners such as Indore were elevated to the new Super Swachh League (SSL) introduced this year.
2 min |
July 18, 2025
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Detailed chapters on Sikh history in NCERT's new Class 8 textbook
THE BOOK NARRATES HOW THE SIKH GURUS STOOD AGAINST MUGHAL PERSECUTION
1 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Will the sun shine for India at 'mostly overcast' Old Trafford?
Next week, the Indian team will descend on this second oldest Test ground in England - which has hosted highest level of cricket since 1884
3 min |
July 18, 2025
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CM REVIEWS SECURITY AT GOLDEN TEMPLE
AMID REPEATED BOMB THREATS
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July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
14 DETAINED AFTER DEADLY CLASHES IN BANGLADESH
Military troops, paramilitary forces and riot police ‘on Thursday patrolled the thoroughfares in Gopalganj, the home town of Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to ensure a 22-hour curfew after 14 people were detained following clashes that left four dead.
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July 18, 2025
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Arms smuggling ring busted, one arrested with 10 pistols
Punjab Police's counter intelligence (CI) wing, Amritsar, has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with links to Pakistan and arrested one of its operative after recovering 10 .30-bore sophisticated pistols along with magazines from his possession, said director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Thursday.
1 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
A Bill for Big Brother to weaponise speech
Towards the end of June, it was reported that the government of Karnataka was planning to introduce a bill for the prohibition of “misinformation and fake news”.
3 min |
July 18, 2025
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{ NEW BIOGRAPHY } REVELATIONS ‘Vajpayee had plan to solve Babri dispute, was upset by demolition’
As LK Advani's controversial Rath Yatra kicked up dust in the autumn of 1990, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his team came up with a formula to resolve the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.
2 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Punjab-origin youth charged for death threat to GTA Mayor
A young Indo-Canadian male has been charged by Canadian law enforcement for allegedly emailing a death threat to the Mayor of a town in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
1 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
PRE-INDEPENDENCE BIRTH QUALIFIES AS PERSON OF INDIAN ORIGIN: DELHI HC
The Delhi high court has held that an individual can be recognised as a “person of Indian origin (POI)” for citizenship by registration, if one of the parents is born in India before Independence — August 15, 1947.
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July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
WIPRO STARTS YEAR SLOW, BUT PINS HOPES ON LARGE CONTRACTS
Wipro Ltd has started the fiscal year on a gloomy note with a third consecutive revenue decline, but is pinning its hopes for a better second half on its large deals despite macroeconomic uncertainties.
1 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
UK-based gangster demands ₹5-cr ransom from ex-gurdwara chief
ROHTAK } PROBE ON, SAY POLICE
1 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Goyal asks missions to push exports amid global headwinds
Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has asked commerce representatives in 74 Indian missions abroad to identify new export opportunities, address non-tariff barriers and strengthen communication between embassies and industry to boost the country's exports amid global headwinds.
1 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
The focus on the Air India pilot
Full transparency regarding the probe is the most compelling way forward in light of new claims.
2 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Amarnath Yatra suspended for a day due to heavy rains
As the Amarnath Yatra was suspended for a day today due to continuous rainfall for the past two days, around 2.51 lakh pilgrims have performed darshan till date.
2 min |
July 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Amritsar
HC judge Varma moves SC against panel report
Petition before SC in cash row
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