Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)
MPSC aspirants likely to call off protest after most demands met
The 11-day protest by Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) aspirants at Pune’s SM Joshi Bridge is likely to end soon after the state government agreed to address most of their demands, including a time-bound inquiry into examination...
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9 killed across 3 Manipur districts in deadly 24 hrs
IMPHAL: At least nine people were killed across three districts of Manipur in 24 hours as Nagakuki clashes flared up again, officials aware of the matter said on Saturday, in one of the deadliest days in the strife-torn state. The violence unfolded...
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Ruling parties win bypoll battles across 4 states, UT
KOLKATA/GUWAHATI/CHENNAI: Ruling parties in three states and a Union Territory won the byeelections to five assembly seats and one parliamentary constituency for which results were announced on Friday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept both seats...
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FORGIVING NATURE OF SUPREME COURT MUST COME TO END, SAYS JUSTICE DATTA
MUMBAI: The government is considering delaying the rollout of a fee on large payments via UPI by a few months, according to a regulatory official and an industry executive familiar with the discussions. The fee, set to come into effect from October...
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‘Mark VIP’: EC rolls out new feature in app used by BLOS
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) introduced a feature called ‘Mark VIP’ in the app used by booth level officers (BLOS) in the middle of the ongoing special intensive revision exercise (SIR) in 16 states and three Union territories, HT...
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Judges differ, refer call on bench for CEC law to CJI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred challenges to the 2023 law governing the selection of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) for setting up a constitution bench after a split...
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Parents demand arrest of IIT-B director, prof
MUMBAI : The parents of an Iitbombay student who died by suicide on September 18 have demanded the arrest of institute director Shireesh Kedare, Professor Suryanarayana Doolla and others named in the FIR. Speaking to the media outside the Mumbai Crime...
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IIT-B suspends dean, agrees to review its punishment system
MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Technology-bombay (IIT-B) has suspended its dean of administrative affairs, Prof Suryanarayana Doolla (in pic below), after massive student protests prompted the institute to take action after a secondyear Btech student...
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BMW falls off Coastal Road; 3 dead, 1 critical
MUMBAI: Three students were killed and a fourth critically injured after a speeding BMW smashed through the Coastal Road’s barrier and plunged 75 feet onto a construction site at 5.20 am on Sunday. The four students, from NMIMS in Juhu and an...
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Rejinagar bypoll pick says will exit, then makes U-turn
KOLKATA/BERHAMPORE: Fresh political drama unfolded in West Bengal on Saturday after Rabiul Alam Chowdhury, the candidate fielded by Mamata Banerjee for the October 6 Rejinagar bypoll, said that he will withdraw his nomination only to go back on his...
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Tata Sons’s Chandra move short of shareholder math
BENGALURU/MUMBAI: The shareholding math required for N. Chandrasekaran to retain his Tata Sons directorship appears heavily stacked against him, a day after the board revolted against the majority owner Tata Trusts to grant him a third term as...
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Tata turmoil: Chandra U-turn void, says Trusts
BENGALURU/MUMBAI: An unprecedented revolt at Tata Sons has plunged India’s largest conglomerate into a critical governance crisis, after directors voted to grant chairman N Chandrasekaran a fresh fiveyear extension in the face of objections by Noel...
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Delhi lodges protest after India, Pakistan naval vessels collide
NEW DELHI: A Pakistan Navy vessel collided with a frontline Indian warship in the Arabian Sea after manoeuvring in an “unprofessional and unsafe” manner, prompting New Delhi to summon Pakistan’s most senior diplomat on Wednesday to lodge a strong...
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Meta to report child abuse cases to govt
NEW DELHI: Meta will report cases of child sexual abuse and other child-safety concerns directly to the cybercrime portal run by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Union home ministry, a Meta spokesperson and officials at the...
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Modi flags ‘weaponisation’ of tech, critical minerals, calls for Brics unity
India on Sunday flagged concerns over the “weaponisation” of technology and critical minerals at the Brics Summit, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for greater cooperation within the grouping to develop solutions that can be extended to...
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Delhi bridges divide, delivers declaration
NEW DELHI: India pulled off a diplomatic victory at the Brics Summit on Saturday with the adoption of a consensus joint declaration despite divergences between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the West Asia crisis, though the document was...
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PM reiterates call for Ukraine peace, stresses risks to seafarers with Putin
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi again nudged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to end the conflict in Ukraine, reiterating that dialogue and diplomacy is the way forward, as the two leaders assessed progress in economic, defence,...
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Pivotal PM-XI bilateral set for Brics sidelines
NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in New Delhi on Saturday for his first visit to India in seven years, setting the stage for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that will provide an opportunity for the two sides to...
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CM: Maha to be first to have ‘tokenised’ land
MUMBAI: Maharashtra will become the first state in India to tokenise land using blockchain technology, to unlock the full value of property, thus enhancing liquidity in the real estate market while also improving transparency. To this end, the state...
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PM: India’s growth can boost global confidence
MUMBAI: At the seventh Global Fintech Fest (GFF) in Mumbai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the event by putting the spotlight on India’s structural reforms, macroeconomic stability and rising economic momentum. The country’s fintech story,...
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Baba Amte’s Anand Niketan seeks private bidders to run it
NAGPUR: The peerless Anand Niketan Arts, Science and Commerce College in Warora, Chandrapur—a living testament to the legendary Baba Amte’s visionary social movement—is fighting for survival. Starved of resources to repair its decaying infrastructure,...
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Iran threatens harder reply after US attacks
TEHRAN: Iran’s top negotiator on Sunday threatened a more forceful response to any further US attacks after Tehran targeted American warships in their latest round of clashes. The exchanges of fire, which began with US raids last week, come amid a...
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Census to begin early in 4 poll-bound states: Centre sets Dec 1 date
NEW DELHI: The Centre has moved the population count in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa and parts of Uttarakhand to December, two months ahead of the rest of the country, clearing the census out of the quarter in which all four states are expected to go to...
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Air India A320 briefly lost all hydraulics, says AAIB
NEW DELHI: An Air India Airbus A320neo lost all three of its hydraulic systems within seconds while cruising at 36,000 feet on August 4, triggering an “altitude upset” that injured 24 people on board, according to a preliminary report by the Aircraft...
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Belgium, India boost ties; pacts on defence manufacturing inked
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Belgian counterpart Bart De Wever on Thursday agreed to bolster cooperation in defence, advanced technology and law enforcement and set a target for doubling trade in five years, as defence firms of the...
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Oil near a 5-week high as West Asia crisis escalates
DUBAI: Oil steadied near the highest closing level in five weeks as hostilities broke out again between the US and Iran, renewing the threat to energy exports from the Middle East. West Texas Intermediate traded near $90 a barrel after surging 5.2% on...
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PM renews appeal to avoid gold buying, foreign travel
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday renewed his appeal to citizens to avoid buying gold unless necessary and to choose domestic destinations over foreign holidays, linking greater spending within the country to the goal of sustaining and...
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India shrugs off oil shock to post 7.8% growth in Q1
NEW DELHI: The Indian economy grew at 7.8% in the first quarter (April-june 2026) of the current fiscal year braving what has been described as the largest oil shock in the history of capitalism. The data, released by the National Statistics Office...
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Nepal toll nears 800 as rising waters hamper rescue efforts
CHITWAN/BEIJING: Rescuers in Nepal and China raced on Sunday to find thousands of people missing after a glacier collapse unleashed a catastrophic mudslide across the Himalayas, as they faced challenging weather conditions and rising water...
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Four days on: Hope fades, missing tally crosses 3K
BIDUR/NEW DELHI: The toll from the Himalayan flash floods neared 700 and the missing count approached 3,000 on Saturday, as hopes of finding more survivors faded among rescuers in Nepal and China, who scoured through mud, rock and debris, four days...
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Search on for hundreds of hydropower workers
Nepal and China resumed rescue operations that had been suspended briefly in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday after risks from an overflowing lake were found to be manageable, easing fears of fresh devastation. A glacier collapse on Wednesday...
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NADDA HOLDS TALKS WITH GROUP OPPOSING CASTE RESERVATIONS
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Thursday reached out to a group demanding castebased reservations in education and government jobs be replaced by income-based quotas, a week after the little-known group held a stir at Jantar Mantar. The government...
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LS notice to 20 rebels in TMC defection row
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha secretariat sent a notice to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress lawmakers on Tuesday, asking them to reply within seven days to the disqualification petitions filed by party floor leader Abhishek Banerjee. The notice comes amid the...
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Let July 20 probe kick off: SC on plea to widen remit
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the five-member high-powered enquiry committee (HPEC), headed by its former judge Justice R Subhash Reddy, should be allowed to conduct its independent inquiry into allegations of excessive use of force...
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US puts Iran trade partners on notice
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Monday and warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever those financial ties or face retaliation from Washington. The new...
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PM pitches India as global hub for space start-ups and talent
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India can emerge as a global leader in the space sector, calling on private players to build an ecosystem capable of attracting global talent and investment while reaffirming government’s commitment to...
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Monsoon deficit to widen, no big revival till Sept, warns IMD
NEW DELHI: India’s monsoon is weakening at a point in the season when it should be at its most productive. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said below-normal rainfall is expected across the country for at least the next two weeks — through...
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Biggest El Nino in ‘over a century’ to dial up global heat
NEW DELHI/LONDON: This year’s El Niño is on track to become the most powerful in over a century, with Pacific waters expected to heat up more than 3°C above normal — a level that would dwarf every El Niño event in the modern climate record and could...
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Mumbai has lost 12 open spaces in the last 3 years
MUMBAI: A city starved of open spaces has lost 12 plots originally marked for parks and playgrounds to alternate developments since 2023. Another three are on the precipice of similar changes, having been placed before the BMC’S Improvements Committee...
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SC asks NTA where things stand on ’24 exam reforms plan
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union government to present details of its implementation of the recommendations of the K Radhakrishnan committee, constituted in the aftermath of the NEET-UG 2024 controversy, along with a definite...
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SC to set up probe panel on violence during student stir
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that “getting heard” and having a “promise of future” were the biggest assurances for the youth, as it indicated that it would on Wednesday constitute a high-powered committee to inquire into allegations of...
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BJP reshuffle may set course for cabinet rejig
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced its much-anticipated new organisational team, bringing a few key leaders back into the party, promoting a bouquet of women leaders and inducting a number of young people with an eye on...
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Suspected suicide of TMC leader sparks political row
Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former West Bengal assembly deputy speaker Asish Banerjee was found dead at a party office on Sunday in a suspected case of suicide, triggering a political blame game in the state. The 75-year-old Banerjee, a...
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7 pillars, 1 goal: PM lays out blueprint for ‘Viksit Bharat’
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled seven streams of strength that he said will power the country’s journey to Viksit Bharat (developed India) by 2047, announcing mega plans for student coaching classes, civil defence...
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7 dead, 3 trapped in latest Himalayan project mishap
DEHRADUN/ NEW DELHI: Seven workers were confirmed dead and three remained trapped inside a flooded, under-construction hydropower tunnel in Chamoli late on Friday, more than 24 hours after a suspected aquifer burst sent a surge of water and debris...
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Badal injured in Maha ‘kirpan’ attack; 1 held
MUMBAI/CHANDIGARH: A Punebased lawyer attacked Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal with a kirpan on the steps of a gurdwara outside Nanded in central Maharashtra on Thursday, the second time in three years that the former Punjab deputy...
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Landslide crushes slum homes in Kurla, kills 7
MUMBAI: Four members of a family were among seven killed after a landslide on a hill slope crushed slum homes in Chirag Nagar in Kurla west, at around 3.30am on Wednesday. Seven others were injured in the incident. A peepal tree on the hillside was...
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Mid-air plunge: AI pilot tests +ve for marijuana
NEW DELHI: The pilot-in-command of an Air India Phuketdelhi flight that plunged 300 feet last week tested positive for marijuana in a confirmatory drug test, said people aware of the matter, a finding that raises questions over passenger safety. The...
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SC orders filing of FIRS for every missing person
NEW DELHI The Supreme Court has directed all states and Union territories (UTS) to immediately register first information reports (FIRS) whenever a person goes missing, irrespective of age or gender, expressing “shock” that some states were under the...
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No W Asia headway as US dials down on talks
DUBAI/WASHINGTON/CAIRO: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States complied with a list of demands, including paying compensation for war damage US President Donald Trump,...
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PM asks students to put nation’s benefit over personal gains
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged graduating engineers at Iit-delhi on Saturday to measure their careers against the country’s needs rather than salary slips or startup valuations, telling students that “the basis of every decision of yours...
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US Senate clears bill for tariffs over Russian oil
WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Friday approved by 86 votes to 11 a bill that would authorise tariffs of up to 100% on countries buying Russian oil, gas and other exports, with India named as one of five target economies by the bill’s sponsors even as US...
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Echo Oppn sentiments to Amit Shah, V-P tells Rijiju
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Thursday asked Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju to “echo the sentiments of the Opposition” to Union home minister Amit Shah, a rare observation that came amid mounting disruptions...
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Hasina vows she will return to Bangladesh despite risk of arrest
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday signalled her determination to return home in December after two years in self-exile in India, despite the risk of arrest or a death sentence, saying she wanted to help put the...
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SC tightens rules to curb digital arrests, RBI to draw up SOP
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stepped up its oversight of the country’s battle against the growing menace of “digital arrest” scams, issuing a fresh set of nationwide directions aimed at plugging systemic gaps in cyber fraud investigations,...
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BJP loses Bankipur bastion, fails to unseat Cong in Datia
PATNA/BHOPAL/DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered twin setbacks in assembly bypolls on Monday, losing its bastion in Bihar’s Bankipur to poll-strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor and failing to win back its stronghold of Datia in...
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Modi credits youth with driving India’s all-round progress
MYSURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday credited the country’s youth with driving India’s rise as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, its third-largest startup ecosystem and the nation’s emerging strength in semiconductors, artificial...
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₹84,000-cr push for oil wells gets cabinet nod
The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday approved Samudra Manthan, a ₹84,084 crore national offshore exploration scheme that aims to boost depleting domestic oil and gas resources at a time when India’s crude oil import...
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SC to examine Centre’s SOPS on pellet gun use
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine the Centre’s standard operating procedures (SOPS) and standing orders governing the use of pellet guns for crowd control, following allegations that security forces deployed them against students during...
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Junk food near schools on FDA chief’s radar
In order to promote healthy eating among children, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now decided to target school canteens and shops selling deep fried and unhealthy foods around schools. FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said in a press...
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SC clears way for probe of attacks on students, cops
The Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for an independent inquiry into allegations of police excesses as well as attacks on police personnel during the recent student protests, holding that allegations disclosed a prima facie case warranting a...
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After protests, Parliament to debate tougher paper leak bill BIHAR ASSURES PROTESTERS: FIRS BEING DROPPED, NO LEGAL ACTION
Ragging complaints from higher educational institutions across India climbed to 1,369 in 2025, marking an over 100% increase from 655 cases in 2022, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha on Monday, maintaining that its response to the problem remains...
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PM unveils Nilekani-led panel for exam reforms
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced a six-member highpowered task force headed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani to recommend technological interventions and structural reforms to overhaul the National Testing Agency’s (NTA)...
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Pradhan steps down, Gen Z steps up
NEW DELHI: A 36-day stir by students achieved a landmark victory on Saturday as education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned following weeks of sweeping protests that brought central Delhi to a halt, energised a moribund Opposition, and heralded the...
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