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Bribery arrests in Prayagraj division jump to 29 this year

PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 19 -- Arrests of government employees caught taking bribes have jumped sharply in Prayagraj division, climbing from 11 in 2023 and 24 in 2024 to 29 this year, according to data from th... Read More


'Won't spare anyone, even if it's Sourav Ganguly': Argentina football fan club president vows revenge

India, Dec. 19 -- The Lionel Messi Kolkata incident refuses to die down. The Argentine football legend is back home, but his brief three-day trip to India has caused equal distress and joy. While the ... Read More


Who is Sarah Dzafce? Miss Finland at the center of 'eating with Chinese' racist photo row

India, Dec. 19 -- Sarah Dzafce, a 22-year-old Finnish model who was recently crowned Miss Finland and took part in the Miss Universe 2025 pageant in Thailand, has landed in hot water for posting a pho... Read More


HT reviewer Chittajit Mitra picks his favourite read of 2025

India, Dec. 19 -- It always blows my mind that people are reading less fiction than non-fiction. This year, my recommendation is this petite book that I really relished, Courtesan Don't Read Newspaper... Read More


Students, teachers protest against closure of Marathi-medium BMC schools

India, Dec. 19 -- More than 60 people, including teachers and students of schools run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), mobilised outside the BMC headquarters on Thursday morning to pro... Read More


From bicycle to supercars: Rise of a fantasy cricket influencer draws ED action in betting case

LUCKNOW, Dec. 19 -- The village roads of Khajur in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh once saw a young man pedalling his bicycle through dusty lanes. Today, the 25-year-old Anurag Dwivedi arrives in the ... Read More


HT reviewer Chintan Girish Modi picks his favourite reads of 2025

India, Dec. 19 -- People often ask me what I like to read outside of work, and the answer almost always is "children's literature" because it nourishes and soothes me. The sheer variety of books that ... Read More


HT reviewer Akankshya Abismruta picks her favourite read of 2025

India, Dec. 19 -- Rural India doesn't have much representation in Indian fiction in English. But, every once in a while, a book comes along that reminds us that villages still exist as do their associ... Read More


Dehradun residents write to Gadkari, oppose Rispana-Bindal elevated road

India, Dec. 19 -- Around 150 residents from Dehradun and Mussoorie in Uttarakhand have written a letter to Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari, raising concerns over the propo... Read More


HT reviewer Arunima Mazumdar picks her favourite read of 2025

India, Dec. 19 -- British author Deborah Levy's Hot Milk is a novel that lives inside 25-year-old anthropology student Sofia's head. A memory, in fact, fragmented, sensory and unreliable. Add to that ... Read More