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Hindustan Times Bengaluru
PROF, 3 STUDENTS BOOKED AFTER 19-YEAR-OLD DIES IN HIMACHAL
Three students of a government college in Himachal Pradesh have been booked for raging, while a professor at the institution has been booked for sexual harassment after a 19-year-old student died on December 26, police officers aware of the matter said on Friday.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Fit-again Gill to make competitive return
The last couple of weeks have been far from ideal for India’s Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
India must speak out against the fringe’s attack on Christmas
The only way to stop bullies is to look them in the eye. Our condemnation should be unequivocal and immediate
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
WILL SMITH AND HIS COMPANY SUED FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Hollywood actor Will Smith and his company have been sued by a musician who was part of the actor's 2025 tour for sexual harassment, wrongful termination and retaliation, NBC News, People and The Guardian reported on Friday.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
EAM slams ‘bad neighbours’, says India has right to defend
India’s relations with neighbouring countries are guided by their behaviour and New Delhi has the right to defend the country’s citizens when a “bad neighbour” decides to deliberately and persistently continue supporting terrorism, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Friday, referring to Pakistan.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
China taxes condoms, drugs to spur birth rate
China removed a three-decade-old tax exemption on contraceptive drugs and devices from January 1 in new steps to spur a flagging birth rate.
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January 03, 2026
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Centre rolls out ₹7,295 cr export support package
The government on Friday announced a ₹7,295-crore export support package, comprising a ₹5,18I-crore interest subvention scheme along with a ₹2,1l4-crore collateral support, to improve exporters’ access to credit.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
U.S. TELLS CHINA TO HALT MILITARY PRESSURE AGAINST TAIWAN, OTHERS
Chinese war games around Taiwan “unnecessarily” spiked tensions in the region, the US State Department said Thursday, calling on Beijing to “cease its military pressure.”
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
BJP plans 2-pronged strategy for assembly polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will begin the new year with a two-pronged strategy — strengthening its organisational structure across states and launching an extensive outreach programme in the poll-bound states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, people familiar with the matter said.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
SA retain 7 from 2024 T20 WC team
Hard-hitting middle-order batter Tristan Stubbs was one of the biggest names to miss out on selection as South Africa, led by Aiden Markram, retained seven players from the 2024 edition, in its provisional squad of 15 for the upcoming T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
BJP MLA among four booked in Ballari clash, SP suspended
BJP’S JANARDHANA REDDY, EX-MIN SRIRAMULU AND 2 OTHERS HAVE BEEN BOOKED FOR THE VIOLENCE: POLICE
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Top Indian football players urge FIFA intervention on ISL
India’s leading footballers, including Sunil Chhetri, along with several foreign players featuring in the Indian Super League (ISL), on Friday made a collective appeal to FIFA, urging the world governing body to intervene as the country’s top-tier league remains suspended indefinitely.
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January 03, 2026
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Manufacturing PMI at 2-yr low
The seasonally adjusted manufacturing PMI fell to 55.0 in December, from 56.6 in November.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
{ PAKISTAN } TERROR CHARGES Journos, YouTubers get life term over riots after Imran Khan’s arrest
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Friday awarded two life sentences each to seven persons, including journalists, former military officials and YouTubers, in the case of violence and riots following the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan in 2023.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
B’desh invites India for ODI, T20I series
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday announced it will host India for a three-match ODI as well as T20I series in September.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
After months of negligence, key officials face action over deadly Indore water crisis
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Friday ordered the suspension of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) additional commissioner and Public Health Engineering (PHE) department engineer, and transferred the municipal commissioner, finally cracking down on errant senior officials who allegedly sat on complaints of contaminated water for at least six months before a spate of deaths sparked national outrage.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Grief for oneself in an abandoned world
\"My father was a gardener.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Suffering transformed into acts of beauty
A Good Life by Jerry Pinto uses stories of patients, doctors and caregivers to raise awareness about inclusive approaches to medical care for those living with illness
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Nuclear power critical to AI future: Vaishnaw
Union minister for electronics and IT (MeitY) Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said the recently passed Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI Bill was crucial to preparing India for a new Al-driven industrial economy, arguing that nuclear power will be central to meeting the massive energy needs of future data centres.
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January 03, 2026
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Trump, Tehran trade threats as Iran stir grows
US President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged duelling threats Friday as widening protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June.
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January 03, 2026
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HC grants bail to ex-CM Baghel’s son Chaitanya
{ CHHATTISGARH LIQUOR ‘SCAM’
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January 03, 2026
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{ JAIPUR ANTI-ENCROACHMENT DRIVE } Demolition action on stone pelting accused
JAIPUR: Illegal structures at more than two dozen properties owned by people who were allegedly involved in the December 25 stone pelting incident at Chomu town were cleared by municipal authorities on Friday.
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January 03, 2026
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NIA inspects Solan blast site, police probe claims by pro-Khalistan group
A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Friday visited the site of an explosion near a police station in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district, even as pro-Khalistan groups Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and the Punjab Sovereignty Alliance (PSA) purportedly claimed responsibility for the incident in a social media post, police said.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Maduro open to US dialogue on drugs, oil
President Nicolas Maduro Thursday dodged a question about an alleged US attack on a dock in Venezuela but said he was open to cooperation with Washington after weeks of American military pressure.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Slim, but a little shady
Thin is back in. Almond moms dominate the chat. Has the era of body-positivity come and gone, already? What a pity
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
MHA RESTORES ₹100-CR PROJECT APPROVAL POWER TO LADAKH LT GUV
The Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) on Friday restored the delegation of powers to the lieutenant governor of Ladakh for appraisal and approval of projects costing up to ₹100 crore under the delegation of financial powers rules (DEPRs).
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Bitter harvest: The rise of bad loans in the agriculture sector
The RBI released its biannual Financial Stability Report (FSR) on December 31.
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
Mamata to visit Delhi soon as TMC gears up to intensify SIR protests
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is likely to escalate its protest against the Election Commission (EC) over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee hinted on Friday, saying that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will soon go to Delhi to challenge the poll panel.
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January 03, 2026
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This way to Gali Dilsukh Rai Khajanchi
As part of the Walled City encyclopaedia
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January 03, 2026
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
India seeks weekly Russian oil import data amid US trade talks
India is asking refiners for weekly disclosures of Russian and US oil purchases, people familiar with the matter said, adding that they expect Russian crude imports to dip below | million barrels per day as New Delhi seeks to clinch a trade deal with Washington.
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