Hindustan Times (Patiala)
Assam gets key project, Modi sharpens poll pitch
GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stepped up the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for a third consecutive term in Assam with a sharp political attack on the Congress, while the Union cabinet in New Delhi separately...
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BNP clinches massive mandate in B’desh polls
DHAKA : Bangladesh’s opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party won a landslide parliamentary election on Friday, returning to power after nearly two decades and positioning party leader Tarique Rahman to become prime minister as the country emerges from...
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DAC nod for Rafale fighters, sub hunters
NEW DELHI: The defence acquisition council (DAC) on Thursday cleared the purchase of military hardware worth ₹3.6 lakh crore, including 114 Rafale fighter jets, six P-8I long-range maritime surveillance aircraft, SCALP deep-strike cruise missiles and...
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Rahul slams govt on trade deal, gets cutting response
NEW DELHI: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took aim at the India-US trade deal, accusing the government of compromising on national interests and asserting that the INDIA bloc would have negotiated a superior...
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India committed to stopping Russia oil buys: US fact sheet
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: The White House released a fact sheet late on Monday asserting India has committed to stop purchasing Russian oil, reduce tariffs on “certain pulses”, and ending digital services taxes — claims the Indian government has not...
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Pak to face heavy ICC penalties if it boycotts T20 WC
MUMBAI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) could face a range of penalties from the International Cricket Council (ICC), including the withholding of its revenue, restrictions on future bilateral series, and reduced influence in upcoming multi-nation...
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US hints ‘path’ to scrap 25% levy on India over Russia oil
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said on Saturday there is a “path” to remove the 25% tariffs imposed on India as a penalty for buying Russian oil, noting that such purchases by Delhi from Moscow have “collapsed”. The levy is...
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Modi draws battle lines in TN, Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/ CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday embarked on a high-octane campaign across Kerala and Tamil Nadu, intensifying outreach, targeting incumbent state governments and highlighting National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led...
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SC revives Bhojshala case, allows prayers at site today
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday revived proceedings before the Madhya Pradesh High Court in the long-running dispute over the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar district, in the first such order of its kind after a moratorium...
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12 years at -21 deg C: Body frozen, but faith grows
JALANDHAR: For the followers of Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan (DJJS), time has stood still since January 28, 2014. For 12 years, their faith, and the body of their founder, Ashutosh Maharaj, has remained frozen at a constant -21°C. While doctors...
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Trump’s clash with Europe tests world order, roils markets
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND: European leaders drew a clear line over Greenland on Tuesday, vowing an “unflinching” response to Washington’s threats even as US president Donald Trump, who completed one year of his second term, said he was ready to hold a meeting...
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Exports brave US tariffs, global churn to log rise
NEW DELHI: Defying global headwinds and hefty US tariffs, India’s merchandise exports increased 1.9% to $38.51 billion in December from $37.8 billion a year earlier, and 2.44% to $330.29 billion in the first nine months of fiscal 2026, which was...
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Pak told to rein in drones: Army chief on intrusions
NEW DELHI: India asked Pakistan to rein in its drone activities after Islamabad launched defensive drones to assess if New Delhi was preparing to take any action against it, army chief General Upendra Dwivedi said on Tuesday, speaking against the...
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Stay united, defeat those trying to divide us: Modi
VERAVAL/AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned against appeasement politics and whitewashing history, saying those who opposed the reconstruction of the Somnath Temple were still active today, even as he asserted that India was...
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India junks claim Modi not calling Trump held up deal
NEW DELHI: India on Friday rejected US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick’s claim that a bilateral trade deal could not be sealed last year because Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not call president Donald Trump, and said New Delhi remains interested...
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UP SIR: 28.9mn names deleted from draft roll
LUCKNOW: The name of nearly every fifth voter in Uttar Pradesh might be removed after the special intensive revision (SIR), as the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday published the draft roll that dropped 28.9 million people, marking the...
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SC denies Umar, Sharjeel bail in ’20 Delhi riots case
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant bail to former Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid and activist Sharjeel Imam in the alleged larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots, citing the gravity and statutory...
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Maduro loyalists vow to defy US
CARACAS/WASHINGTON: A top Venezuelan official declared on Sunday that the country’s government would stay unified behind President Nicolas Maduro, whose capture by the US has sparked deep uncertainty about what is next for the oilrich South American...
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US spirits away Maduro
Venezuela Prez, wife captured from bedroom after US helicopters reach deep into Caracas Trump says US will run Venezuela, tap its vast oil reserves and sell ‘large amounts’ to others Major powers denounce operation as breach of international law,...
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Trump, Tehran exchange 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...
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Police arrest ex-SGPC auditor Kohli in missing saroops case
AMRITSAR: Punjab Police on Thursday arrested Satinder Singh Kohli, former internal auditor of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and close associate of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal, in the 328 missing saroops...
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In Dhaka for Zia’s last rites, EAM hands her son letter from Modi
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar represented India at the funeral of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia in Dhaka on Wednesday and told her son and political heir Tarique Rahman that her vision will guide the development of...
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SC stays Aravalli order, stresses ecological risks
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed its November 20 judgment narrowing the definition of Aravalli hills to landforms rising at least 100 metres above the surrounding terrain, holding that there was a “dire need to further probe and clarify”...
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Bangladesh ramps up rhetoric, Indian agencies push back
Bangladesh on Sunday sharpened its rhetoric against India, with Dhaka accusing New Delhi of spreading a “misleading narrative” on the condition of minorities in the country and the Bangladeshi police claiming that suspects in the murder of radical...
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4% of Assam voters marked for deletion
GUWAHATI: The Election Commission (EC) has marked 1.06 million names for deletion from the electoral rolls of Assam following a special revision exercise that involved house-tohouse verification across the state, officials announced on Saturday with...
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‘Can’t be brushed aside’: India on B’desh attacks
NEW DELHI: India on Friday expressed grave concern at the “unremitting hostility” against minority communities in Bangladesh and reiterated its call for those responsible for the lynching of a Hindu man named Dipu Chandra Das to be brought to justice,...
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CBI files chargesheet against five Punjab cops in Col’s assault case
MOHALI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has submitted a chargesheet in a Mohali court against five Punjab Police officers in connection with the alleged assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son in March this year. The development...
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No new Aravalli mining leases: Centre amid row
NEW DELHI: The Union environment ministry on Wednesday directed Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat to enforce a strict ban on new mining leases across the Aravalli range, a direction that experts said is part of complying with a Supreme Court order in...
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India-NZ deal to boost exports, services sector
NEW DELHI: India and New Zealand announced the conclusion of an ambitious and mutually beneficial free trade agreement (FTA) on Monday, with New Delhi securing zero-duty access for all Indian goods in the island country, a $20 billion investment...
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Fog chaos in north: Haze to persist for 2 more days
NEW DELHI: Thick fog continued to reduce visibility across the northern plains and the national capital on Sunday, disrupting trains and flights for a seventh straight day, as weather agencies forecast that the hazy conditions will hobble travel for...
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Cold snap, dense fog paralyse north India
NEW DELHI: Air pollution surged into the severe category in Delhi on Saturday while blinding fog and frigid temperatures swept much of northern India and disrupted air, road and rail traffic across 10 states as authorities issued red and orange alerts...
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Unrest returns in B’desh, Indian missions on edge
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh continued to be on edge on Friday, after protests near the Indian high commission in Dhaka and assistant high commissions in Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi, attacks on the offices of several newspapers including the influential...
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India inks Oman FTA, gains duty-free boost
NEW DELHI: India and Oman on Thursday signed a free trade agreement that allows duty-free access of almost all Indian goods in the West Asian country, a comprehensive services package spanning 127 sectors, and a liberalised mobility framework for...
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Oz gunman had Hyderabad roots, left India 27 years ago
NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: Sajid Akram, the 50-year-old gunman killed during a terror attack he unleashed on a Jewish gathering in Australia, was an Indian national, the Philippines’ Bureau of Immigration said on Tuesday, with the Telangana Police confirming...
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Govt to bring ‘G RAM G’ to replace UPA’s MGNREGS
NEW DELHI: The Union government is set to propose a new federal jobs scheme, the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G, to replace the twodecade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme...
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11 killed in mass shooting at Jewish event in Sydney
SYDNEY: Gunmen opened fire at a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing at least 11 people in what Australian officials described as a targeted antisemitic attack. One of the suspected gunmen was also killed. A second was...
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SIR deletions: Kolkata may bear max impact
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal is set to remove around 5.82 million names and four out of the five assembly constituencies with potentially the highest percentage of deletions are in the state...
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Cabinet clears key bills, approves census budget
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the budget for the upcoming census and a new economic partnership with Oman, allowed the export of coal, and cleared key bills proposing a unified national education regulator, opening up the insurance...
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DGCA deploys officials in IndiGo office, airports
a day the airline cancelled 220 flights and delayed hundreds more, despite the airline’s chief executive officer Pieter Elbers claiming the previous day that it had got its operations back on track after eight days of mayhem. DGCA summoned Elbers to...
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IndiGo scaled up ops but pilot count dipped: Data
NEW DELHI: Weeks after the country’s aviation regulator approved a 6% increase in flights for IndiGo, as part of the airline’s winter schedule, the ministry of civil aviation said there would be a 10% reduction instead, a consequence of the inability...
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Cong compromised on Vande Mataram, says PM
NEW DELHI: Vande Mataram will remain an inspiration to create a self-reliant and prosperous India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, initiating the discussion on the 150th anniversary of India’s national song in the Lok Sabha. Modi blamed...
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25 killed as midnight blaze tears through club in Goa
PANAJI: Twenty-five people, including four from a Delhi family, were killed and six injured after a massive fire ripped through a nightclub in the coastal village of Arpora in north Goa around 11.45pm on Saturday, officials said on Sunday, with chief...
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Bollywood? Now, love actually: Hugh Grant
NEW DELHI: Perhaps we love villains the way we do because people are inherently evil, Hollywood star Hugh Grant said, with a twinkle and a grin, speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Saturday. It seemed a fitting combination of the two...
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Seeking balance, India, Russia agree to deepen economic ties
NEW DELHI: India and Russia on Friday unveiled a range of measures to expand and strengthen their economic partnership, including a five-year plan to address growing imbalance in two-way trade, pacts on mobility and steps to ensure energy security,...
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PM-Putin bonhomie sets tone for crucial defence, trade talks
NEW DELHI: India rolled out the red carpet for President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally receiving the Russian leader at the airport on his arrival in Delhi for a visit that will be capped by an annual summit...
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150 IndiGo flights cancelled as roster norms rock airline
NEW DELHI: IndiGo cancelled at least 150 flights on Wednesday, triggering chaotic scenes at major airports across India as the carrier’s struggles to adapt to stringent new crew rostering rules meant even minor operational disruptions snowballed into a...
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LS agrees to break debate deadlock
The government and the Opposition on Tuesday agreed to discuss the ongoing SIR (Special Intensive Revision) of electoral rolls in the Lok Sabha next week, preceded by a debate to mark 150 years of “Vande Mataram”, signalling a breakthrough after two...
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SIR stir: Oppn sceptical of govt debate overture
NEW DELHI: A short winter session of Parliament, with a new Chairman of the Upper House, began on a fractious note on Monday, with opposition parties demanding an immediate debate on electoral reform, and disrupting business in the process, despite the...
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New cess bill on sin goods likely as Parl opens today
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to introduce a bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday to levy “Health Security se National Security Cess” on pan masala and any other items notified by the central government to meet...
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TRANSFORMING TOMORROW
1. Narendra Modi 2. Nirmala Sitharaman 3. Justice Surya Kant 4. Yogi Adityanath 5. Dr. S Jaishankar 6. Rekha Gupta 7. Hugh Grant 8. Omar Abdullah 9. Sunil Bharti Mittal 10. Amitabh Kant 11. James Galbraith 12. Michael Kugelman 13. Kate...
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Putin to visit India on Dec 4-5, ties in focus
NEW DELHI: President Vladimir Putin will make a state visit to New Delhi during December 4-5 for the annual India-Russia summit, the external affairs ministry announced on Friday, with the trip setting up an opportunity to reinvigorate bilateral ties...
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CJI: Delhi’s air ‘very bad’, will consider e-hearings
NEW DELHI: Delhi-NCR’s choking air overshadowed multiple proceedings in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, with Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and several senior lawyers repeatedly flagging the deteriorating air quality that has begun affecting basic...
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Modi hoists flag, Ayodhya project formally complete
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hoisted the saffron ‘dharma dhwaj’ flag atop the Ram temple in Ayodhya and marked the formal completion of the project, proclaiming that the “wounds and pain of centuries” were healing as a 500-year-old resolve...
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Herculean hit machine: Dharmendra dies at 89
MUMBAI: Hindi film icon and former Member of Parliament, Dharmendra, died at his home in Mumbai on Monday. The actor, widely considered to be one of the most successful stars in commercial Hindi cinema, was ailing for the past few weeks. He would have...
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AI a global good, but must guard against misuse: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for barring the misuse of artificial intelligence for deepfakes, crime and terrorism, suggesting the need for a global framework built on certain fundamental principles including human oversight and...
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Centre calls Delhi blast ‘terror incident’ as probe net widens
NEW DELHI/FARIDABAD/SRINAGAR: A rush-hour explosion near the Red Fort in Delhi that killed 10 people was a “heinous terror incident” by “anti-national” forces, the Union government confirmed on Wednesday, as security agencies worked to nab the...
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From F’bad to Pulwama: Red Fort blast probe focuses on terror web
NEW DELHI/FARIDABAD: Investigators probing the rush-hour car explosion outside Red Fort in Delhi turned their attention on Tuesday to an extremist module busted in Faridabad who they linked to terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and a doctor hailing...
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Car blast near Red Fort kills 8
NEW DELHI: Police and counterterrorism agencies are investigating an explosion in a slow-moving white Hyundai i20 car that ripped through a clutch of vehicles on an arterial road near the historic Red Fort in Delhi during the evening rush hour, killing...
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Pitched Bihar campaign finishes, Ph-2 tomorrow
Campaigning for the Bihar elections wrapped up on Sunday with a raft of rallies across the eastern state, with leaders from the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) trading...
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