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Sr. Correspondent, @htTweets Ex @timesofindia. A journo for country. Tweets/views personal.

Gurgaon, India
Joined April 2010
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One of our best Diwali celebrations where we laughed and enjoyed heartily..!!🎊❄️ Best wishes to everyone. 💐
The @HTGurgaon team wishes everyone a very Happy Diwali! 🪔✨ As we celebrate the #festival of lights, the entire team, sends warm wishes to all our readers, well-wishers and the wonderful people of this city. May the festival bring joy, #prosperity, good health and endless reasons to smile. May the #light of Diwali inspire hope, positivity and new beginnings in every home. From our HT family to yours, a very Happy and Prosperous Diwali! #HappyDiwali #HindustanTimes #HTGurugram #FestivalOfLights #Diwali2026
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Virtually, its means the Government of India completely dilutes the Agniveer scheme or say 'Tour of Duty'..!! Better late than never.
Cabinet creates a pathway for all Agniveers to be absorbed in Defence Forces | Performance assessment by the Defence Forces carried over last four years of the Agniveers has yielded positive feedback on the overall performance. Based on merit, as envisaged earlier, 25% of Agniveers will be offered regular employment in the Defence Forces. Remaining Agniveers will be offered another engagement period of two years based on their willingness. Post completion of this two-year engagement period, ALL Agniveers will be enrolled as regular soldiers subject to their willingness their meeting selection criteria.
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This seems to be a X handle operating from outside India & working on misinformation campaign to spread unrest here. @DelhiPolice better knows what to do now.
Replying to @Anushitiwari22
Please refrain from spreading fake news. The video shared in this post originates from Bangladesh and has no connection to ongoing events in Delhi. Disseminating malicious misinformation is a punishable offence under cyber laws and penal codes, and appropriate legal action will be initiated against violators.
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Families are going to get nothing for the last time to see probably!! Investigators/forensic experts going to have a extremely tough time!
Thousands of people watched the video of the Florida jet crash and asked the same thing: where’s the plane? Here’s why you can’t see it: • It fell almost straight down. Unofficial flight tracking shows the Learjet dropped from over 35,000 feet nearly vertical, possibly at several hundred miles per hour. • It shattered on impact. Planes are mostly lightweight aluminum, and hitting the ground nose-first at that speed breaks a jet into thousands of small pieces, many driven deep into the ground. That’s why there’s a crater in the road. • The fuel fire did the rest. Jet fuel ignited instantly, burning and melting much of what was left. • We’ve seen this before. Flight 93 in Shanksville on 9/11 left the same scene: a smoking crater with almost no recognizable wreckage. What most people don’t know: private and charter jets don’t follow the same safety rules as commercial airlines. Airlines operate under the strictest FAA standards for pilot training, rest, and maintenance. Charter flights follow a lighter set of rules, and privately flown jets have even fewer requirements. The NTSB will now collect every fragment to find out what happened in those final seconds. Praying for all 9 families. Should private jets face the same safety rules as commercial airlines?
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This crash is insane!!
NEW: Witnesses say it sounded like a missile. A $2 million private jet dropped out of the sky and slammed into a mobile home park in Palm Beach County, Florida, and authorities say multiple people are dead. The plane, believed to be a Learjet 60 that took off from Austin, Texas, crashed just before 2 p.m. Sunday in Greenacres, west of West Palm Beach. Flight tracking data shows it was cruising at more than 35,000 feet before it suddenly plunged almost straight down. It clipped a tree, took out power lines, and hit a mobile home, leaving a fireball and a crater in the ground. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue declared a mass casualty incident. No one knows yet how many people were on the plane or if anyone was inside that home. The FAA and NTSB are now investigating what caused it. Please keep every family touched by this in your prayers tonight. What’s the first thing that went through your mind when you saw this video?
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Most wanted criminal Shahid@Advani, 32, killed in encounter after a chase by crime branch team on Nuh-Gurugram border today morning. Associate fled. Cattle being smuggled inside Thar rescued. Shahid was wanted in more than 30 criminal cases in Haryana, Rajasthan. @nuhpolice
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😂😂
40 ke baad life ke aise pakode lagte hain na...👻😅😬
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We were taught this poem in school days.. We still not only remember it by heart, but understand it in real world scenario too..!!
We don’t hype Dinkar enough. Read these four stanzas to witness absolute genius! Every word remains undeniably true across time, generations and species. क्षमा, दया, तप, त्याग, मनोबल, सबका लिया सहारा, पर नर-व्याघ्र सुयोधन तुमसे, कहो, कहाँ, कब हारा? (You tried forgiveness, patience, and sacrifice, but did Duryodhana ever back down because of your restraint?) क्षमाशील हो रिपु-समक्ष, तुम हुये विनत जितना ही, दुष्ट कौरवों ने तुमको, कायर समझा उतना ही। (The more humble you were before your enemies, the more they dismissed you as a coward.) अत्याचार सहन करने का, कुफल यही होता है, पौरुष का आतंक मनुज, कोमल होकर खोता है। (When a person becomes excessively soft and passive, they lose the healthy fear or respect that their strength and valor ought to command in others.) क्षमा शोभती उस भुजंग को, जिसके पास गरल हो, उसका क्या जो दंतहीन, विषरहित, विनीत, सरल हो। (Forgiveness is a noble attribute only for a venomous snake that commands fear. What value or dignity is there in the "forgiveness" of a snake that has no teeth, carries no venom, and is inherently harmless and meek?)
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Its full blown regime change attempt now by pushing the government to the corner on all fronts. Brace for extremely hard times countrymen..!!
US SUSPENDS IMMIGRATION PROGRAM FOR COGNIZANT, INFOSYS, TCS
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The situation is crystal clear now that what has been planned in name of protest.
Doesnt gets more clear than this ! Trump White House has now weighed in ! Turbulence ahead ! Disgraceful of LoP to back Musk’s accusation. Does he back Starlink misuse like Iran, Ukraine, Brazil & Bangladesh !
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Someday, everyone has to go.. But when legends like him depart, the country mourns.
Nana Patekar was seen addressing Samraat Club International installation ceremony in Goa. He was wearing a white Kurta, and white scarf (gamcha) at the event. The actor talked about former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar, praised him and his style of working as a politician. He went on to say that everyone has to go (die) someday, adding, "We all have to go someday. I don't know whether I will be here tomorrow or not. Every person's life will eventually reach that point. But before that happens, I have to ask myself: am I able to do what I want to do?" the actor said in Marathi while addressing the gathering at the event. #NanaPatekar
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Ohh god.. He was of a rare personality.. What a sad news to wake up..!! May his soul be at peace. Om Shanti.
Veteran actor Nana Patekar passed away at 5:20 AM today after suffering a severe cardiac arrest at his residence. Despite 45 minutes of continuous CPR, he could not be revived. A medico-legal case (MLC) has been registered, and a post-mortem will be conducted: Dr. Shekhar Salkar, Chief of Oncology Department, Manipal Hospital
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A murder just over a phone & selfie. Raj Kumar was not ready to give his new phone to click selfie to Mohammad Mufid. He tried to take it forcibly & it it fell into the lake which followed barrage of abuses from Kumar. Thus, Mufid pushed him off the cliff.
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Replying to @NHAI_Official
@NHAI_Official safety pipes installed atop crash barrier wall on entire length of Delhi-Jaipur expressway (NH-48) are broken/stolen/damaged at several locations, for over a year. Now it has led to death of a commuter. When will this be repaired? @nitin_gadkari
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God..!!
#WATCH | Manali, Himachal Pradesh: A huge crowd of tourists has flocked to Manali due to the long weekend. Traffic congestion is also being witnessed in the area. (02.10)
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It's rightly said everything is fair in love and war!! Cheated of hardly 1000 euros, this 50-year-old woman spent almost thrice to reach Gurugram from Italy & sought @gurgaonpolice help to teach her fraud lover a lesson by getting him booked..!!
Italian woman hunts ‘lover’ in Gurugram after being cheated of nearly 1,000 euros Read: hindustantimes.com/india-new… @DebashishHT ✍🏻 More in today's epaper 🗞️ epaper.hindustantimes.com
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Someone tell me the status of the injured Captain!! How he is doing?? Is he okay/stable?? Posts are filled with all kinds of accounts but the status of the Indian who was manning craft and fought bravely to save lives.
EXCLUSIVE: An Israeli passenger told me he had to shake two additional pilots into action as his flydubai flight was diving and fellow passengers fought an attacker near the cockpit. “I had to shake them to get them to move to the front and take control of the plane.” He said passengers used charging cables to restrain the attacker. An Israeli dentist treated the wounded pilot. We corresponded for several hours on WhatsApp while he was still in Saudi Arabia. He was precise about who had done what, describing his own role as “combat support,” with a smiley face. Then he told me about a girl whose father was fighting near the cockpit. She screamed that she didn’t want him to die. “That was the only moment when I stopped and thought about my own children.” Flydubai confirmed a safe landing in Tabuk and that all passengers were safe. His detailed account has not been independently verified; the motive remains unconfirmed. My full account for The Jerusalem Post is in the reply.
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With drones killing drones, world has officially entered the full-fledged drone warfare era. This has & will drastically change military radar tech & air defense system across globe. Country making ADs cheaper than these drones, will survive. Our Op Sindoor was a glimpse of this.
रूसी ड्रोन यूक्रेन के यूएवी गिरा रहे, युद्ध अब वीडियो गेम में बदल चुका है। भयानक दौर में प्रवेश कर रहा इंसान
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Almost 3yrs on, prosecution could even get charges framed to initiate trial. Mere five hearings held till now in the case from Feb 2024. It is this delay that perpetrators are not brought to justice & such incidents keep repeating like Noida this time that killed 9 passengers.
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