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Identity fault lines, growth goals shape battle for India’s richest civic body

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray during a joint rally ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election, in Mumbai. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 13, 2026, 2:26 PM IST

An exhibition that forces Mumbai to look at what it throws away

Mumbai, India - Jan. 11, 2026: Author Saumya Roy, during a conversation at Priyasri Art Gallery, Kathiwada City House, as part of Mumbai Gallery Weekend, ahead of the exhibition “Necropolis of Remains” inspired by Roy’s book Mountain Tales in Mumbai, India, on Sunday, January 11, 2026. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

Published on Jan 12, 2026, 6:10 AM IST

‘Nothing easy about it’ as India face depleted NZ in ODIs

Rohit Sharma bats during a practice session ahead of the first ODI. (AP)

Updated on Jan 10, 2026, 10:18 PM IST

Can data centres produce drinking water?

If we extract water from air, it is replenished within 8-9 days. It’s a massive potential for a planet which is fast coming under water stress thanks to the climate crisis. (Bloomberg)

Published on Jan 10, 2026, 5:02 AM IST

Madhav Gadgil: Green warrior, and a lasting conservation legacy

Madhav Gadgil (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jan 9, 2026, 11:34 AM IST

In Bengal, a battle over who gets counted

People during hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, at a centre in Balurghat, West Bengal on January 2. (PTI)

Published on Jan 8, 2026, 6:06 AM IST

Sheikh Hasina’s niece Tulip Siddiq may sue Bangladesh’s anti-corruption body

Tulip Siddiq (left) and former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. (AP)

Updated on Jan 7, 2026, 9:09 AM IST

‘Different footing’: Why Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam were denied bail by SC

According to the bench, the FIR and successive charge sheets consistently portray Khalid and Imam as ideological drivers and coordinators of the alleged plot, operating at the level of planning, mobilisation and strategic direction from December 2019 onwards, immediately after the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Updated on Jan 6, 2026, 9:46 AM IST

Venezuela’s vast oil reserves: Key questions

The country has the largest proven reserves in the world, with 303.221 billion barrels. REUTERS

Published on Jan 5, 2026, 12:07 PM IST

Leaders bet on ‘parivarvad’ for winning civic elections

Leaders bet on ‘parivarvad’ for winning civic elections

Published on Jan 4, 2026, 6:28 AM IST

Bitter harvest: The rise of bad loans in the agriculture sector

Workers plant paddy in the fields in Wayanad district of Kerala. (Representational image)

Updated on Jan 3, 2026, 12:34 PM IST

Succinct to expansive, SC verdicts in 2025 spanned varying lengths

The Supreme Court of India.

Published on Jan 2, 2026, 4:20 AM IST

Quota can’t bar candidate from merit selection in unreserved category: SC

By clarifying that merit cannot be subordinated to labels, the ruling reinforces the constitutional balance between affirmative action and open competition, and is likely to guide adjudication of disputes pertaining to recruitment processes across public services in the years ahead. (Representational image)

Published on Dec 30, 2025, 4:52 AM IST

Displaced Gazans struggle with winter chill as heavy rains lash shelters, camps

Damaged tents at a beach camp shelter in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS

Published on Dec 29, 2025, 12:20 PM IST

From 21 members to five in a year: Top Maoist command decimated

In the past year, security forces across Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Odisha neutralised at least 270 Maoists.

Published on Dec 28, 2025, 4:01 AM IST

‘Junta with nukes’: NSA files show Bush, Putin were worried about Pak’s arsenal

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Published on Dec 27, 2025, 5:20 AM IST

Vanity in a vial: The perils of a raging, and untested, peptide health trend

The US Anti-Doping Agency has banned several popular injectable peptides, warning of cardiac risks. (Shutterstock)

Published on Dec 26, 2025, 4:06 AM IST

Unnao verdict: When MLA isn’t ‘public servant’

The court ordered Sengar’s release pending his appeal, noting that he has already undergone about 7 years and 5 months of imprisonment following his conviction by a trial court. (Representational image)

Updated on Dec 25, 2025, 11:04 PM IST

Red corridor to white flag: The lives of former Naxalites

Surrendered Maoists (from L to R), Dhannu, Rajman, Chaitu and Rupesh. (HT PHOTO)

Published on Dec 24, 2025, 4:28 AM IST

China likely loaded over 100 ICBMs in silo fields: Pentagon

China is expanding and modernizing its weapons stockpile faster than any other nuclear-armed power. (Reuters photo)

Updated on Dec 23, 2025, 10:10 AM IST

Stan Swamy: A continuing legal struggle to safeguard his legacy

To his supporters, Stan Swamy was an activist dedicated to the rights of tribals. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 20, 2025, 11:17 AM IST

Hallucination in machines: Why AI makes things up

It was to fix ChatGPT’s reliability amongst other things, that a slightly panicked Sam Altman declared a Code Red in a memo to his employees, in December. (AP)

Published on Dec 19, 2025, 4:54 AM IST

Men’s tennis body buckles: Games to be paused, stopped if heat hits break point

Novak Djokovic cools off during the Paris Olympics. (Getty Images)

Published on Dec 17, 2025, 3:40 AM IST

4.3mn SIR cuts likely in Rajasthan, urban hubs like Jaipur may be most hit

Booth Level Officers and their teams check and collect enumeration forms as voters fill them out and queue to submit them during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in Prayagraj. (ANI)

Published on Dec 16, 2025, 5:04 AM IST

The megacity dream that isn’t

The merger of 27 urban local bodies has expanded Hyderabad to a whopping 2,000 sqkm, making it India’s largest municipal corporation by area. (Shutterstock)

Published on Dec 15, 2025, 6:04 AM IST

A mother-daughter duo’s different strokes keep up the Chemould legacy

iMumbai, India - December 05, 2025: Shireen gandhy and her daughter Atyaan Jungalwala pose for the photos at Bandra in Mumbai, India, on Friday, December 05, 2025. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Published on Dec 14, 2025, 6:04 AM IST

How a scientist couple reinvented jaggery

Dr Vishal Sardeshpande and his wife, Madhavi Sardeshpande. (HT)

Updated on Dec 13, 2025, 9:42 AM IST

Why Mumbai is choking

Mumbai, India. Dec 10, 2025 - View of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project site at Bandra-Kurla complex (BKC) in Bandra, Mumbai, India. Dec 10, 2025. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Raju Shinde)

Updated on Dec 11, 2025, 5:22 AM IST

Making journalism ‘great and humane’: An editor reflects on New Yorker's century

David Remnick and his team plan the countdown to Trump’s re-election in October 2024. (NETFLIX)

Updated on Dec 10, 2025, 6:48 PM IST

IndiGo crisis exposes a broken regulatory system

Luggage piled up at Delhi’s IGI Airport amid the IndiGo flight cancellations and delays. (ANI)

Published on Dec 9, 2025, 3:48 AM IST

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