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Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik brings Marathi training for auto, cab drivers back on agenda | HT Exclusive

India, Oct. 7 -- After chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in August intervened in the issue of non-Marathi auto/taxi drivers needing to learn Marathi and extended the deadline granted to them for this, ... Read More


A century to give Shreyas the T20I captaincy momentum

India, Oct. 7 -- In the unpredictable format that T20 cricket is, Shreyas Iyer's two fifties in his first seven games as India skipper is at least modest batting success. Losing all seven though wiped... Read More


Ludhiana: Water crisis grips Ward 34 as taps run dry for nearly a month

Ludhiana, Oct. 7 -- Residents of Ward no 34 have been facing a severe water shortage for nearly a month, leaving families struggling with prolonged disruption and putting their daily lives in disarray... Read More


'Very happy': Ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe's widow tears up as memorial corridor honouring husband opens in Varanasi

India, Oct. 7 -- Akie Abe, the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was moved to tears in Varanasi on Wednesday as India and Japan opened a memorial corridor honouring her husband and h... Read More


'Very happy': Ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe's widow tears up as memorial corridor honouring late husband opens in Varanasi

India, Oct. 7 -- Akie Abe, the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was moved to tears in Varanasi on Wednesday as India and Japan opened a memorial corridor honouring her husband and h... Read More


Kieron Pollard in Super Kings yellow: 16 years after CSK lost the auction battle, Joburg land MI legend for R1.5 million

India, Oct. 7 -- Certain cricketers sometimes become synonymous with certain franchises over time. The two names become so closely associated that it eventually becomes difficult to separate them. MS ... Read More


Delhi: Opposition takes fight against CEC to streets as Rahul Gandhi to lead protest at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Following a meeting of opposition parties chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the leaders are set to march towards the Jantar Mantar to protest against the Chief Ele... Read More


In 1936, a Rockefeller heir transferred a Canadian island to Bowdoin for $1; its deed required it to remain a bird sanctuary

India, Oct. 7 -- A single dollar transformed the legal destiny of an island measuring 150 acres in Canada's Bay of Fundy. The Bowdoin Biological Station's 1936 Annual Report records that J. Sterling R... Read More


Four indicted over alleged China-funded surveillance of Taiwan's lawmaker

Taipei, Oct. 7 -- Taiwan prosecutors have indicted four people over the alleged surveillance of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker and Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen, in a case involving ... Read More


RBI raises repo rate by 25 points in first hike in four years, loan EMIs may rise

India, Oct. 7 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5% on Wednesday, its first rate hike in nearly four years, as inflationary pressures mounted des... Read More