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In Kota deaths, a wake-up call

Only a mix of policy incentives and punitive action can spur the necessary change

A surge in suicide cases in Kota has prompted the state government to consider a law to regulate private educational institutes (Representative Photo)
Published on Aug 17, 2023 09:55 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Bathinda military station firing: Punjab Police pick holes in eyewitness account

Soldier claims he saw two unidentified men carrying a rifle and an axe, but autopsy of four jawans does not reveal any sharp-edged weapon injury; ADGP says witness claim being scrutinised as murders are targeted killings

Vigil was increased at the Bathinda military station after Wednesday’s murder of four soldiers in the high-security zone. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 02:20 PM IST
ByVishal Joshi

Mukul Dev on the Bollywood drug nexus case: Look at it as a cleaning drive, not slandering of the film industry

Actor Mukul Dev feels that rather than obstructing or doubting the intentions of the authorities investigating the case, people should let them do the job.

Actor Mukul Dev turned writer with Rajkummar Rao-starrer Omerta.
Updated on Sep 26, 2020 06:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByJuhi Chakraborty

Twinkle Khanna writes on Rhea Chakraborty’s media trial: ‘They took a young woman and cut her in half’

Twinkle Khanna has written about the media trial faced by Rhea Chakraborty ever since the death of her boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput. The author drew the allegory of a magician’s act to get her point across.

Twinkle Khanna has written about Rhea Chakraborty in her latest column.
Updated on Sep 14, 2020 07:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Malavika’s Mumbaistan: That Old School Tie

It was brave of news anchor Rajdeep Sardesai to ask his Twitter followers to try and guess what the three men in the picture he’d posted — namely, Congressman Shashi Tharoor, NCP leader Praful Patel and he himself — had in common.

(From left) Rajdeep Sardesai, Shashi Tharoor and Praful Patel.(Rajdeep Sardesai/Twitter)
Updated on Dec 09, 2019 11:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByMalavika Sangghvi

Cong alleges 5,000 cr ‘mining scam’ under Khattar-led govt, seeks probe by sitting HC judge

Citing latest findings of the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) of India, the Haryana Congress on Saturday alleged that a ‘scam’ to the tune of ₹5,000 crore had been committed by mining mafia and demanded a probe into the matter by a sitting high court judge.

Haryana Congress chief Kumari Selja and senior party leader Randeep Singh Surjewala addressing a press conference in Chandigarh on Saturday(PTI)
Published on Nov 30, 2019 08:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh’s move to review cases against tribals is much-needed

But this move has to be followed up with better rollout of State welfare programmes, investigations into the atrocities and penalising the wrong doers, among other things.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel in Nagpur, Maharashtra, October.14, 2019(PTI)
Updated on Oct 16, 2019 06:14 PM IST

Urban forests: A green step in the right direction

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), said the report, has already finalised 61 of the 100 sites on which it wants to develop ‘urban forests’ and enhance Mumbai’s green cover.

These urban forests will be modelled on the Japanese Miyawaki system of plantation.
Updated on Aug 16, 2019 12:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAyaz Memon

Donald Trump’s China tariffs to increase cost of Bible, upsets religious groups

The US and China have been locked in a bruising trade war since Trump imposed heavy tariffs on imported steel and aluminium items from China in March last year, a move that sparked fears of a global trade war.

President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 24, 2019. Trump’s sudden decision against military strikes may have prevented open conflict with Iran, but it also showed him to be an unpredictable, if unreliable, partner at home and abroad. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)(AP FILE)
Updated on Jun 26, 2019 11:21 AM IST
Washington | ByPress Trust of India

Needless State meddling will harm higher education

Choice of research topics should ideally be driven by the motivation towards the subject

Who gets to decide whether a research topic is irrelevant?(Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Mar 27, 2019 10:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By

India’s crackdown on Amazon and Walmart likely to hurt online shoppers

Amazon and Flipkart will make presentations before India’s finance and commerce ministries to contest the new rules, local news channel BTVI said in a Twitter post, citing unidentified people.

An employee uses a laptop computer while packages move along a conveyor belt at the Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center in Hyderabad.(Bloomberg)
Updated on Dec 28, 2018 12:25 PM IST
Bloomberg | ByNupur Acharya and Shruti Srivastava

Review: Half Gods by Akil Kumarasamy

Stories of lives torn asunder and fused uneasily at the crossroads of adopted cultures

Not the usual Sri Lankan immigrant story: Rapper, singer-songwriter M.I.A. performs at a concert in Philadelphia on July 13, 2018.(Getty Images)
Updated on Nov 30, 2018 09:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | BySonali Mujumdar
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