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Opportunity for India in US shift in nuclear policy

India, Nov. 1 -- US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that the US will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992. Just what kind of tests Trump envisages is not known... Read More


Manifestos and politics of hope

India, Nov. 1 -- The NDA manifesto ("Sankalpa Patra"), released Friday, three days after the Mahagathbandhan's "Bihar Ka Tejashwi Pran" (Bihar's Tejashwi Resolve), confirms a trend that Hindustan Time... Read More


In Sivakumar's story, the best and worst of India

India, Nov. 1 -- "I come from a very simple, humble background." K Sivakumar's every sentence was punctuated by inconsolable tears. "Please forgive me if I get emotional." I had reached out to the for... Read More


Census needs teachers, but schools even more

India, Nov. 1 -- India's population census will finally be held in 2027 - six years too late. The mammoth exercise will require an army of temporary staff - officers, enumerators, supervisors. Once ag... Read More


Can't look into claims of graft against khandu: union govt to SC

New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- The Union government has told the Supreme Court that it cannot look into the allegations of corruption and nepotism against Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu in award o... Read More


Green nods pave way for initial work on Great Nicobar project

New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- Recent approvals issued for the Great Nicobar infrastructure project indicate that preliminary work on the township and the International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) w... Read More


Movement of tourists curbed in Darjeeling after rains

Darjeeling, Nov. 1 -- The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) on Friday imposed restrictions on tourist movement and suspended all adventure sports in the Darjeeling and Kalimpong hill distric... Read More


Electronic waste 'mountain' weighs heavy on U.P.

LUCKNOW, Nov. 1 -- As Uttar Pradesh accelerates its digital and industrial growth, a silent environmental crisis is brewing in its belly in the form of an ever-growing mountain of electronic waste. De... Read More


Nehru attempted to make J&K 'disputed', Patel united India: CM

LUCKNOW, Nov. 1 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru attempted to keep Jammu and Kashmir disputed while the nation's first deputy PM Sa... Read More


Two Bareilly traders die, two hurt as car crashes into truck

Meerut, Nov. 1 -- Two textile traders from Bareilly lost their lives in a tragic road accident near Gajraula town, in Amroha district, early on Friday morning. The mishap took place when their car col... Read More