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The demolition of the East Wing of the White House. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday (August 31, 2026) allowed President Donald Trump to continue construction of his White House ballroom, granting him a major victory against opponents of the project. The conservative-dominated court voted 5-4 to lift a lower…
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The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday (August 31, 2026) recommended Chhattisgarh High Court judge, Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal, for appointment as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. The resolution by the Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant came days after letters written by serving top court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta,…
A city’s greatness is measured as much by what it safeguards as by what it builds. On that count, Delhi has few equals. Its ecological wealth spans the Yamuna and its floodplains, the Ridge, urban forests and biodiversity parks, while its cultural wealth lives on in monuments, historic precincts, and archaeological sites that span centuries….
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A Booth Level Officer tallying enumeration forms in New Delhi | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Among the documents published by the office of the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Monday, two — the minutes of a meeting between Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and booth-level agents (BLAs), and a media statement — placed voters…
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A Booth Level Officer tallying enumeration forms in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The names of 47.56 lakh (32.78%) voters in Delhi were removed from the draft electoral roll published on Monday. The deletion of names, carried out during the 49-day enumeration phase of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) drive, is…
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The Delhi Police have drawn up a multi-layered security plan involving online monitoring, drone surveillance, call records’ analysis at sensitive locations ahead of the proposed Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest on September 5, stressing that no permission has been granted for a gathering at India Gate, Police Headquarters (PHQ) or the approach routes. Days before…
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A 10-year-old girl student at a government school in east Delhi’s Vinod Nagar died during treatment after suffering a seizure, with her family alleging days later that she had fallen ill after a teacher made her stand in the sun as punishment for not bringing a book. The teacher has been transferred. However, the police…
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Argentina fans on the beach with a drum showing Lionel Messi. File picture | Photo Credit: Reuters Argentines saluted Lionel Messi on Monday (August 31, 2026) after the soccer great confirmed the news many had long expected but still found painful: his retirement from the national team. “It’s going to be difficult, but I’m super…
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and his Cabinet colleagues will attend a special two-day training session, ‘Reimagining Keralam’ at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) on September 4 and 5. The residential workshop is aimed at enhancing governance and administrative efficiency. The programme also seeks to bring together Keralam’s political leadership, senior faculty members from…
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Adibhatla Foundation representatives felicitating a senior Harikatha artist in Vizianagaram on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Adibhatla Foundation president Adibhatla Ananda Narayanadas on Monday urged the State government to encourage Harikatha artistes and arrange their programmes in major temples on auspicious occasions. Harikatha Pithamaha A. Narayanadasu‘s 162nd birth anniversary was celebrated in Vizianagaram. Mr….
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