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Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra. File | Photo Credit: Screenshot via X/@MishraManan01 Pressure on reigning Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra escalated on Saturday (August 22, 2026), after a senior BCI member and its Co-Chairperson Y.R. Sadasiva Reddy demanded his resignation and called for an independent probe into…
India’s coach Gautam Gambhir. File | Photo Credit: PTI Indian national coach Gautam Gambhir has backed the three-Test series format, terming it as ideal. Speaking to the media at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground here on Saturday (August 22, 2026), Gambhir said: “A three-Test series gives a chance to a team that has lost the…
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay. File | Photo Credit: X/@CMOTamilnadu Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Saturday (August 22, 2026) extended Madras Day greetings and said the city carries the imprints of history and moves forward with the pace of modernity. In a post on X, Mr. Vijay said Chennai is…
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari was present at the meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. File. Credit: X/@AmitShah Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (August 22, 2026) held a key meeting with senior hill leaders at a hotel in Sukna in the Darjeeling foothills on his third and final day of north…
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KMRL said that no such central directive has been issued to any State so far changing name of metro company. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has on Saturday (August 22, 2026) clarified that there is no ‘central directive’ behind the proposed change in name to Keralam Metro Rail…
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At least five people were killed, and several others were injured when a bus ploughed into a crowd attending a cultural programme in Bihar’s West Champaran district, police said on Saturday (August 22, 2026). The incident took place around 10:45 p.m. on Friday (August 21) along the Lauriya Marg in Parau Tola under the jurisdiction…
Officials from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Tiruppur unit, on Friday (August 21, 2026), arrested Jothimani, secretary of the Anna Co-operative House Building Society Limited, and two others, Thirunavukkarasu and Dhaksin, on charges of accepting a bribe of ₹45,000 from a housing loan applicant in exchange for disbursing the amount. The initial bribe demand…
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This year’s El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century and could make 2027 the hottest year globally, Britain’s national weather agency said on Friday (August 21, 2026). An El Nino weather event happens when warming sea surface temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific trigger worldwide changes in winds, atmospheric pressure…
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Thousands have been killed, including 168 Iranian school children on the first day of the war. The U.S. has reported more than 750 military personnel wounded and 18 killed. File. | Photo Credit: AP The United States and Iran exchanged defiant messages ahead of Monday’s (August 24, 2026) scheduled announcement of new U.S. economic sanctions…
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Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy walks on stage ahead of Vice President JD Vance’s speech at the Cleveland Cliffs Middletown Works, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, in Middletown, Ohio. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance has extended his support to fellow Republican and “great friend” Vivek Ramaswamy in the Ohio gubernatorial election,…
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