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Trust, distrust converge in Ayodhya amid Ram Mandir donation theft case

The controversy has become a test case in the decades-long debate over private control of temples in India and the first major challenge to what became the nerve centre for Hindutva.
Updated on Jul 13, 2026 08:09 am IST

All that’s on your plate isn’t healthy: FDA crackdowns force a reckoning

FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe says not all food is adulterated, but consumers cannot be certain unless it complies with food safety norms.
Updated on Jul 12, 2026 07:12 am IST

‘My mother had started planning my funeral’: The Norway coach who cheated death

Stale Solbakken, Head Coach of Norway, attends a training session. (Getty Images via AFP)
Updated on Jul 11, 2026 10:54 am IST

‘If people care for Delhi, they’ll shift to EVs’: CM Rekha Gupta

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 05, 2026 05:59 pm IST

El Niño to amplify in coming months, likelihood of extreme weather events: WMO

El Niño events typically occur every two to seven years and usually last between nine and twelve months. (iStock | Representative)
Updated on Jul 04, 2026 12:01 pm IST

Why AAIB’s AI-171 investigation faces a major crisis of confidence

Wreckage of the crashed Air India plane AI-171 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (PTI File)
Updated on Jul 02, 2026 07:35 am IST

New role for man’s best friend: Detecting cancer

Currently the canine olfaction technology needs a dog to express what it’s smelling and a trained human to analyse what the dog’s communicating. (Dognosis)
Published on Jun 30, 2026 06:35 am IST

How Marathi plays Shivaji Underground, Sangeet Devabhabhli are reshaping theatre

How two Marathi plays – ‘Shivaji Underground’ and ‘Sangeet Devabhabhli’ -- are reshaping the stage
Updated on Jun 21, 2026 10:25 am IST

The last army standing

Mumbai, India - September 20, 2019: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray interact media after meeting with all shiv sena ministers at Sena Bhavan, Dadar in Mumbai, India, on Friday, September 20, 2019. (Photo by Satish Bate/Hindustan Times) (Satish Bate/HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 20, 2026 09:24 am IST

From Messi to Mbappe: The joy of the GOAT debate

France's forward Kylian Mbappe. (AFP)
Updated on Jun 18, 2026 07:29 am IST

Naxalbari | Marx, Mao, Majumdar and a town that birthed insurgency

A memorial in Naxalbari dedicated to communists Karl Max, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Lin Biao and Naxal leader Charu Majumdar. (HT Photo)
Published on Jun 15, 2026 06:56 am IST

Looking for love: Delhi zoo seeks partners for its 20 wild singles

Blue and Yellow Macaws Birds getting a shower on a harsh sunny afternoon at Delhi Zoo in New Delhi, India, on Friday, April 24, 2026.
Updated on Jun 14, 2026 09:18 am IST

The tech-enabled rich face is here

Thanks to new-age surgeries, biologics and chemicals, people, especially the rich, have started to look different after they age and they’re flaunting this rich face. (Reuters/ Representative photo)
Updated on Jun 13, 2026 10:26 am IST

One year of Air India crash that killed 260: No cause, no closure

Aircraft debris at the crash site of Air India’s AI171 flight in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on June 12, 2025. (Bloomberg)
Updated on Jun 12, 2026 03:35 pm IST

Désiré Doué, France’s man for the big stage

French forward Désiré Doué at a training session before the FIFA World Cup.
Updated on Jun 09, 2026 07:40 am IST

The making of an urban absurdity

The Mira-Bhayandar bridge in Mumbai.
Published on Jun 08, 2026 03:08 pm IST

Seeing Mumbai beyond skyline and landmarks

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Writer Shormistha Mukherjee with Joe Vessaokar, the famed jazz and brass trumpeter from Bazaar Road, Bandra, whose story she is chronicling for her next ‘Pudding’ volume.
Updated on Jun 07, 2026 06:35 am IST

Maharashtra government bets on 16.7 lakh crore data centre push

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State government bets on 16.7 lakh crore data centre push
Updated on Jun 06, 2026 10:30 am IST

Top cops who fought Mumbai’s underworld chronicle its history

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Top cops who fought Mumbai’s underworld chronicle its history
Published on May 31, 2026 06:45 am IST

Fuel switches and the competing theories in Air India Dreamliner crash probe

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A fire offical stands next to the crashed Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, in Ahmedabad, India, June 13, 2025. (REUTERS)
Published on May 30, 2026 06:29 am IST

Unpacking nutrition science behind the sub-2 marathon

Kenyan marathon record-breaker Sabastian Sawe (left) delivers a speech in Nairobi. (AP)
Published on May 29, 2026 03:03 pm IST

The relevance of people’s poet Narayan Surve, 100 years on

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The relevance of people’s poet Narayan Surve, 100 years on
Updated on May 27, 2026 05:48 pm IST

Restless Tibet recalls decades of exile

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In Dharamsala, the seat of the 14th Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile after he fled into India in 1959 along with thousands of followers, the agreement is seen as a forced treaty which they do not recognise. (REUTERS)
Updated on May 23, 2026 07:37 am IST

Maharashtra's Latur, epicentre of NEET leak, confronts unwelcome scrutiny

Six of the 10 accused arrested so far in the NEET probe are from Maharashtra.
Updated on May 21, 2026 08:36 am IST

India’s 1st underwater warship museum: INS Guldar submerged off Sindhudurg coast

India’s first underwater warship museum takes shape as INS Guldar successfully submerged off Sindhudurg coast
Published on May 20, 2026 06:54 am IST

Family man Aaron Rai’s skills changing the stereotype of golf champions

Aaron Rai poses with The Wanamaker Trophy after winning the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club. (AFP)
Updated on May 19, 2026 08:09 am IST

Dunagiri, Agray & Sanshodhak: Indian Navy to induct three indigenous vessels

Dunagiri, the fifth stealth frigate under the 45,000-crore Project 17A programme, is expected to be commissioned within a month.
Published on May 18, 2026 05:59 pm IST

Stench of neglect: Citizens gasp for clean air around Kanjurmarg landfill

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iiMumbai, India - May 09, 2026: Sanjay Yelve 52 years old, Petitioner, pollution and odour emitting from Kanjurmarg dumping site in suburban eastern Mumbai affecting lakhs of residentsin suburban eastern Mumbai affecting lakhs of residents in Mulund, Vikhroli and Bhandup in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, May 09, 2026. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)
Updated on May 17, 2026 07:09 am IST

Heat, moisture, wind shear came together to brew deadly UP storm

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The immediate trigger, as IMD director general M Mohapatra noted on Thursday, was a passing western disturbance compounded by an unusually strong moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal (PTI)
Updated on May 16, 2026 07:15 am IST