diff --git a/recipes/hindu.recipe b/recipes/hindu.recipe
index b9379bdb68..4dbb83bed2 100644
--- a/recipes/hindu.recipe
+++ b/recipes/hindu.recipe
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ class TheHindu(BasicNewsRecipe):
     recipe_specific_options = {
         'location': {
             'short': 'The name of the local edition',
-            'long': 'If The Hindu is available in your local town/city,\nset this to your location, for example, hyderabad\nAvailable Editions: bengaluru, chennai, coimbatore, delhi, erode, hyderabad, international, kochi, kolkata,\nkozhikode, madurai, mangalore, mumbai, thiruvananthapuram, tiruchirapalli, vijayawada, visakhapatnam',
+            'long': ('If The Hindu is available in your local town/city,\n'
+                     'set this to your location, for example, hyderabad\n'
+                     'Available Editions: bengaluru, chennai, coimbatore, delhi, '
+                     'erode, hyderabad, international, kochi, kolkata,\n'
+                     'kozhikode, madurai, mangalore, mumbai, thiruvananthapuram, '
+                     'tiruchirapalli, vijayawada, visakhapatnam'),
             'default': 'international'
         },
         'date': {
diff --git a/recipes/hindufeeds.recipe b/recipes/hindufeeds.recipe
index 94b00acc88..dd6c5d39a2 100644
--- a/recipes/hindufeeds.recipe
+++ b/recipes/hindufeeds.recipe
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ class TheHindufeeds(BasicNewsRecipe):
         d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('days')
         if d and isinstance(d, str):
             self.oldest_article = float(d)
+        if self.output_profile.short_name.startswith('kindle'):
+            self.title = 'The Hindu (Feeds) ' + date.today().strftime('%b %d, %Y')
 
     ignore_duplicate_articles = {'url'}
 
@@ -76,14 +78,9 @@ class TheHindufeeds(BasicNewsRecipe):
             src.extract()
         return soup
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        BasicNewsRecipe.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
-        if self.output_profile.short_name.startswith('kindle'):
-            self.title = 'The Hindu (Feeds) ' + date.today().strftime('%b %d, %Y')
-           
 
     def get_cover_url(self):
-        soup = self.index_to_soup('https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/')  
+        soup = self.index_to_soup('https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/')
         if cover := soup.find(attrs={'class':'hindu-ad'}):
             return cover.img['src']
 
diff --git a/recipes/hindustan_times_print.recipe b/recipes/hindustan_times_print.recipe
index 94bf2db993..ea74c099f2 100644
--- a/recipes/hindustan_times_print.recipe
+++ b/recipes/hindustan_times_print.recipe
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from datetime import date
 
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
-
 index = 'https://epaper.hindustantimes.com'
 
 class ht(BasicNewsRecipe):
@@ -27,7 +26,11 @@ class ht(BasicNewsRecipe):
     recipe_specific_options = {
         'location': {
             'short': 'The name of the local edition',
-            'long': 'If The Hindustan Times is available in your local town/city,\nset this to your location, for example, Delhi\nAvailable Editions: Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Patna, Bengaluru, Pune, Gurgaon, Ludhiana, Rajasthan, Amritsar,\nEast UP, Haryana, Jammu, Navi Mumbai, Noida, Punjab, Ranchi, Thane, Uttarakhand, West UP',
+            'long': ('If The Hindustan Times is available in your local town/city,\n'
+                     'set this to your location, for example, Delhi\nAvailable Editions:'
+                     'Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Patna, Bengaluru, Pune, Gurgaon,'
+                     'Ludhiana, Rajasthan, Amritsar,\nEast UP, Haryana, Jammu, Navi Mumbai,'
+                     'Noida, Punjab, Ranchi, Thane, Uttarakhand, West UP'),
             'default': 'Delhi'
         },
         'date': {
@@ -55,7 +58,6 @@ class ht(BasicNewsRecipe):
         self.timefmt = ' [%s]' % today
 
         day, month, year = (int(x) for x in today.split('/'))
-        dt = date(year, month, day)
         today = today.replace('/', '%2F')
 
         get_edition = index + '/Home/GetEditionSupplementHierarchy?EditionDate=' + today
diff --git a/recipes/livemint.recipe b/recipes/livemint.recipe
index eba947ede0..60e7cf6fae 100644
--- a/recipes/livemint.recipe
+++ b/recipes/livemint.recipe
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class LiveMint(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 return cov['HighResolution']
 
     if is_saturday:
-        self.title = 'Mint Lounge'
+        title = 'Mint Lounge'
         masthead_url = 'https://lifestyle.livemint.com/mintlounge/static-images/lounge-logo.svg'
 
         oldest_article = 6.5 # days