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After days of silence and mounting criticism over his delayed response, Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Thursday (July 30, 2026) addressed the nation, urging calm and restraint as authorities reported another death following clashes that triggered unrest across the country’s southern plains. A curfew, initially imposed in Dewangunj Rural Municipality of Sunsari district, where…
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju speaks in Lok Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI Kolkata The Union Minority Affairs Ministry has informed Parliament that 1,15,551 Waqf properties in West Bengal have been validated and approved on the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) portal as of July 15, 2026, up…
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Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham. File | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart, Andy Burnham, spoke on the telephone on Friday (July 31, 2026), agreeing to cooperate closely on several sectors and “fully harness” the recently operationalised trade agreement between New Delhi and London, as per the government. “We agreed…
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Workers engaged in maintenance work on the floating solar panel structures at Ukkadam Big Tank in Coimbatore city. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY The Union Cabinet on Friday (July 31, 2026) approved the Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana (PM-SSY), a ₹5,070-crore scheme aimed at accelerating floating solar power by providing central financial assistance (CFA) of…
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Starting August 1, 2026, limited copies of this collector’s edition will be available exclusively on Zepto across major Indian cities. When India awoke to freedom on the morning of August 15, 1947, The Hindu was there to chronicle the birth of a newly independent nation. Now, as the country prepares to celebrate its 80th Independence Day, the…
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The operational profit of the Kochi metro will go up when the second phase connecting the city with Smart City and Infopark in Kakkanad is commissioned, according to KMRL managing director Loknath Behera. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) claimed to have registered an operational profit of ₹52.64 crore in 2025-26….
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Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain is escorted into the Karkardooma Court in New Delhi on July 31, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI A war of words broke out between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday (July 31, 2026) following the sentencing of former AAP councillor Tahir…
C.K. Gariyali, former Principal Secretary of Tamil Nadu, inaugurating art fest for mental health organised by Schizophrenia Research Foundation (India) at Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Music and Fine Arts University in Chennai on Friday. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ An art festival promoting mental health awareness was organised by the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), in…
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Congress leader Pawan Khera. File | Photo Credit: ANI New Delh The Congress on Friday (July 31, 2026) took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “forgive children” video message and said that while the country was asking the PM to apologise, he had instead “forgiven the country”. Mr. Modi on Friday (July…
The extent and the nature of police action, which continues in Delhi against student protesters, remain a matter of grave concern for India’s democracy. The Supreme Court of India is seized of the matter, but it has done little so far to restrain the police, which appears to be acting outside of the law. To…