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Hindustan Times Delhi
Waste mountain grows
The growing burden on the town has also led to mounting challenges in waste management.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC to Delhi: Ensure well-being of child in parentage dispute
The Supreme Court has stepped in to ensure that a girl child does not fall through the cracks of a bitter parentage dispute, directing the Delhi government to actively monitor and support her well-being, even as it upheld the denial of maintenance to the minor after a DNA test conclusively disproved paternity.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times
India, Germany agree to deepen defence ties
India and Germany on Wednesday signed a defence industrial cooperation roadmap to promote joint development and co-production of weapons and systems and bolster the bilateral military relationship, during talks between defence minister Rajnath Singh and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius in Berlin
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times
‘Butter chicken tsunami’: NZ min gets flak for racist India trade deal barb
A senior New Zealand minister has sparked outrage by deriding a planned free trade deal with India as a “butter chicken tsunami”.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times
Kailash Hills horror: IIT grad raped, killed
A 22-year-old woman was raped and strangled with a mobile phone charger cable at her home in south Delhi's Kailash Hills on Wednesday morning by a 23-year-old former household employee who apparently gained entry after exploiting a narrow window when her parents had stepped out as part of their daily routine, police said.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Modi lauds Indian cheesemakers’ big Brazil win
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Indian cheesemakers on their notable achievement at the Mundial do Queijo do Brasil 2026 (Brasilian Cheese world cup), a major biennial cheese-focused event and competition held in the South American country.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
MINISTER SEEKS STAFF FEEDBACK FOR ELECTRIC BUS ROUTE PLAN
Delhi transport minister Pankaj Kumar Singh has asked for suggestions from drivers, conductors and depot managers to strengthen last-mile connectivity as part of an ongoing route rationalisation exercise for electric buses, officials said on Wednesday.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘Wrestlers must improve tactically’
Nobody has pushed Bajrang Punia towards excellence ‘on the world stage like Emzarios Bentinidis did.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times
SC questions sharp drop in EWS patients at Delhi's pvt hospitals
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it is hard to believe that private hospitals in Delhi are finding it difficult to get poor patients to fulfil their obligation under concessional land allotment agreements to provide free beds and treatment to economically weaker sections (EWS) of society.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times
Traders warn Iran strait tolls risk setting global precedent
Shipping executives at two of the world’s biggest commodity traders said they're concerned Iranian tolls on the Strait of Hormuz set a dangerous precedent for the free flow of global trade.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
DDA to start work on 53km cycling corridor on Yamuna floodplains after NGT panel nod
The first phase of construction of a 52.95-kilometre cycling corridor along the Yamuna floodplains is set to begin in the next few weeks, after the National Green Tribunal's (NGT's) principal committee gave its final approval for the project, officials of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) said on Wednesday.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC sets aside eviction order against Centre
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted immunity from eviction to the central government over nonpayment of rent for properties it occupies in Capital's upscale Sujan Singh Park, holding that the relationship between the Centre and the lessee is governed by a pre-Independence government grant and not the conventional Delhi Rent Control (DRC) Act.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
The stakes are high in the Sabarimala matter
As the Supreme Court hears the Sabarimala reference, an old idea has returned to centre stage: Constitutional morality, the conscience that allows courts to navigate difficult terrain.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times
India’s textile exports edge up 2.1% in FY26
India’s textile exports rose 2.1% in the previous fiscal year (FY26) to ₹3.16 lakh crore, according to data released by the ministry of textiles on Wednesday, reflecting steady but restrained growth amid global trade headwinds.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Lifetime smoking ban for 17 or younger in UK
Children in Britain who are 17 or younger, and anyone born in the future, will never be able to legally buy cigarettes after lawmakers approved new stricter restrictions on smoking.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
POLL SEIZURES IN TAMIL NADU, WEST BENGAL CROSS ₹1,000-CR MARK
Poll-related seizures, including cash, drugs and liquor meant to allure voters, have crossed the ₹1,000 crore mark in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission said on Wednesday.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
HC backs NDMC move to end hotel's licence
A division bench of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the New Delhi Municipal Council's (NDMC) orders directing Bharat Hotels Limited to pay 21,063.74 crore in licence fee arrears for a 6.058-acre Barakhamba Road property housing The Lalit New Delhi and the World Trade Centre.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times
This place a poem
On the landmark year of a beloved hang-out
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Leicester held, relegated to third tier
Former Premier League champions Leicester were relegated to the third tier for only the second time in their history after a 2-2.draw against Hull on Tuesday.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
'Humble, full of life': Kin recall UPSC aspirant
“You have been sitting in dad’s official car with a red beacon.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Strait blockade drives up costs at Panama Canal
The war in the Middle East has boosted demand to move vital cargo through the Panama Canal to such an extent that one vessel carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) paid $4 million to skip the line and avoid a wait that can take up to five days, according to an official report.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Delhi HC seeks panel to monitor open jails
The The Delhi High Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of the establishment, functioning and expansion of Open Correctional Institutions (OCIs), or open jails, and directed the Delhi government to constitute a monitoring committee for their management.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
NGT rejects green clearance for Dwarka’s sports arena project
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rejected a plea seeking deemed environmental clearance for a proposed integrated multi-sports arena project in Dwarka and directed authorities to take action over illegal tree felling and unauthorised construction at the site.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
BJP to intensify efforts for remaining 142 seats
WEST BENGAL
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times
93.3 mn to decide fate of 5,501 in Bengal, TN polls
Around 93.3 million voters will decide the fate of 5,501 candidates in the fray across all 234 assembly seats in Tamil Nadu and 152 of the 294 constituencies in West Bengal on Thursday.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘Heatwaves will become major threat to rice, agri labour’
Heatwaves will become a major threat to both Indian agricultural workers and the country’s rice production, with labour capacity in the worst-affected regions falling below 40% by the end of the century, a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Meteorological Organisation has warned.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
DSCI link officer's appointment faces age rule scrutiny
The Delhi government's appointment of a “link officer for the director” at the Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI) has raised questions over compliance with service age rules, as the senior doctor is over the age of 62the upper limit for holding administrative posts - documents accessed by HT show.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Only 139 of 1.4 mn get tribunal clearance for Bengal’s Ist phase
Only 139 names were included on Wednesday in the final voter rolls for the first phase of the assembly election in ‘West Bengal after appellate tribunals cleared these people, earlier placed under a controversial “logical discrepancy” and “unmapped voters” category and rejected by judicial officers after adjudication.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times
Mamata put democracy in jeopardy: SC on I-PAC raid
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had put “the whole democracy in jeopardy” by allegedly obstructing search operations carried out by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the Kolkata offices of political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its director Pratik Jain earlier this year.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times
Shah, Mamata kick off 2nd phase campaign
Union home minister Amit Shah and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched campaigns for the second half of the two-phase Bengal assembly elections, focusing on the remaining 142 seats in eight southern districts of the state, including Kolkata, where the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has quashed the opposition in all elections since coming to power in 2011.
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