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Nitish heads to RS, Bihar set to get its first BJP CM
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced his candidature for the Rajya Sabha as a Janata Dal (United) nominee, signalling the end of an era in the heartland state just four months after winning a thumping majority in assembly polls along with ally the Bharatiya Janata Party which now looks set to have its first chief minister in one of the country’s most electorally important provinces.
4 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times
US's reckless act that widens Iran war zone
With one ill-thought-out action, the US has recklessly expanded its conflict with Iran and brought it to India's doorstep.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times
CONFUSION AND DISQUIET GRIP JD(U) RANKS AMID POLITICAL CHURN
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's move to the Rajya Sabha triggered disquiet among JD(U) leaders and workers on Thursday as large groups gathered at the party office and the CM’s Patna residence, seeking clarity on the decision.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times
Veteran journalist, diplomat HK Dua passes away
Hari Krishan (HK) Dua, former editor-in-chief of the Hindustan Times, died on Wednesday after a brief illness.
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March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times
Unpacking 2 decades of state’s longest-serving CM
Bihar's longestserving chief minister Nitish Kumar's 20-plus years at the helm shaped key trends in the state’s politics, economy and society.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times
New guvs for Bengal, TN, Delhi and 6 others in major reshuffle
President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday evening appointed former diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu as the new lieutenant governor of Delhi and shifted retired IPS officer RN Ravi from Tamil Nadu to West Bengal, as part of a wider reshuffle across nine regions that came just weeks before high-stakes assembly elections.
2 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times
CONFUSION AND DISQUIET GRIP JD(U) RANKS AMID POLITICAL CHURN
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's move to the Rajya Sabha triggered disquiet among JD(U) leaders and workers on Thursday as large groups gathered at the party office and the CM's Patna residence, seeking clarity on the decision.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times
US's reckless act that widens Iran war zone
With one ill-thought-out action, the US has recklessly expanded its conflict with Iran and brought it to India's doorstep.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times
Khamenei death: India registers condolences
India on Thursday condoled the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in joint Israel-US military strikes after maintaining silence on the matter since the weekend, even as external affairs minister S Jaishankar spoke to his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi to discuss the situation in West Asia.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Singhvi, HP distt chief among Congress picks
The Congress has announced its six candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, renominating Abhishek Singhvi and Phulo Devi Netam, while fielding a district unit chief for the lone seat from Himachal Pradesh.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Sen holds nerves to enter quarters
The top Indian shuttler wasted all three chances before getting a fourth opportunity at 21-20.
2 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
China sets modest growth target as old model falters
WASHINGTON: China set its most modest growth target since 1991, a tacit acknowledgment that the model powering the country’s economic rise is showing strains, Bloomberg reported.
2 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
PM to inaugurate 2 new Delhi Metro corridors on Mar 8
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate two new Delhi Metro corridors and lay the foundation stone for three additional routes on March 8, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Thursday.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Thar driver mows down biker in Ggm
A speeding Thar, being driven on the wrong side of the road without a valid registration plate, mowed down a 40-year-old motorcyclist on Vyapar Kendra Road in Sector 44 on Wednesday afternoon, police said on Thursday.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Urea output cut as gas supplies tighten
Indian fertiliser companies have begun trimming urea output and reworking supply schedules to stretch their inventories of gas after Qatar halted production of the key feedstock amid the sharpest rise in crop-nutrient prices since the West Asian conflict broke out last weekend.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times
Maha cabinet clears draft anti-conversion bill with jail provision
The Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday approved the draft of the proposed Freedom of Religion Bill, popularly known as anti-conversion bill, aimed at curbing forced religious conversion through marriage, often referred to by Hindu right-wing groups as \"love jihad\".
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times
STONE-PELTING IN U.P. VILLAGES AFTER HOLI REVELRY ROW; 11 INJURED, 20 HELD
Tension prevailed in a village on Thursday, with Il people getting injured in stone-pelting that followed a dispute during Holi revelry, a police officer said.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
10 Indians aboard oil tanker targeted by Iran’s military
Nine vessels have come under attack since the conflict broke out between the US, Israel and Iran on Saturday
2 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Lankan SC judge moves K'taka HC, seeks to block defamatory content
THE HC DIRECTED THE CENTRE AND GOOGLE INDIA TO RESPOND TO JUSTICE NAWAZ’S PLEA BY MARCH 16
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Refiners have room to hold line on fuel prices
State-run refiners will shield consumers from any immediate fuel price hike despite surging international oil prices, backed by strong financials, with their combined net profit rising 192% to %57,810 crore in the first nine months of FY26 from 219,768 crore a year earlier, people aware of the development said.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times
'U.S. WAR WITH IRAN BEING BROUGHT TO INDIA'S DOORSTEP'
Former navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash (retd) on Thursday said India must articulate its concern to the US about its ongoing war with Iran being brought to the country's doorstep, a day after an American submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian frigate in the waters near Sri Lanka.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Cong attacks PM over sinking of Iranian ship in Indian Ocean region
The Congress on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and alleged that he has “surrendered” India’s “strategic autonomy”, after the US torpedoed and sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean in India’s zone of influence.
2 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Nomination for RS polls ends, voting on Mar 16
Nominations for 37 Rajya Sabha seats going to the polls across 10 states later this month were filed on Thursday with contests likely in Odisha and Bihar.
2 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Kurdish groups say ready to fight against Iran with US govt’s support
Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the US has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials told The Associated Press.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Nishant Kumar, a reluctant politician, to finally take plunge
THE 50-YEAR-OLD NISHANT’S ENTRY INTO POLITICS IS IMMINENT AND HE MAY EVEN BECOME A DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER OF THE STATE
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
An American in Lodhi Garden
Pink trumpet flowers in bloom
2 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
NO PERSONAL ENMITY WITH MUSLIMS: SARMA
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said he has no personal enmity with the Muslim community but added that friendship with them would only be possible if certain conditions are fulfilled, including chanting of “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and singing “Vande Mataram”.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
DJB to build 17 new STPs, PWD to install IK mist sprinklers in 2026-27 green push
From expanding wastewater treatment capacity and implementing dust control measures to large-scale beautification of public spaces, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and the Public Works Department (PWD) have listed the priority projects to be taken up in the next financial year in their annual reports released on Thursday.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times
Unpacking 2 decades of state's longest-serving CM
Bihar's longest serving chief minister Nitish Kumar's 20-plus years at the helm shaped key trends in the state's politics, economy and society.
1 min |
March 06, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Energy drinks, quacks behind deaths in Palwal distt
A spate of deaths due to liver-related complications in Haryana’s Palwal district in January and February was primarily caused by “consumption of energy drinks” and “treatment by unqualified medical practitioners,” the district deputy commissioner said Thursday, citing a report prepared by expert teams.
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