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Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: V. V. Krishnan Elections to all 309 urban local bodies in Rajasthan will be held in two phases on September 9 and 11, the State Election Commission announced here on Wednesday (August 19, 2026). The counting of votes will be held on September 14, while the…
England’s Harry Brook celebrates after reaching his half century. | Photo Credit: Reuters England’s Harry Brook extended his remarkable record against Pakistan to put the hosts into a commanding position on the second day of the first test at Headingley. Brook cashed in on some indisciplined bowling from a lightweight seam attack to make 91…
Around 1 a.m. on July 3, cab driver Angoth Thulja stepped out of his white sedan near Mangole X Road in Siddipet to use the washroom. When he turned around, his passenger had driven away in his car. What Thulja did not know then was that the passenger was not a first-time thief. Police would…
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August 21, 2026 07:36 Oil prices hit three-week high on U.S. threats to end war Oil prices rose to more than a three-week high on Thursday following those U.S. threats of financial penalties aimed at forcing an end to a nearly six-month-old war that has stranded millions of barrels of oil. Source link
Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary pose for a photo at the Griha Pravesh ceremony in Patna on August 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan, along with Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, participated in a programme…
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos Under lights cricket in once-volatile and conflict-ridden Pulwama district in south Kashmir has come as a catharsis for locals. For a change, hundreds of locals, along with family members and carrying food items, stayed back till late Wednesday (August 19, 2026) night to watch the first…
Police officers take a position outside the Shifa International Hospital, where imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan will be transferred for a medical examination following Pakistan’s Supreme Court order, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was transferred to a hospital in Islamabad early…
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It has been five years since the Taliban returned to Kabul, bringing an end to the U.S.-led military presence in Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic that had ruled the country for two decades. On August 15, 2021, the Taliban entered the Afghan capital as President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. The collapse of the government…
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., on August 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States on Thursday (August 20, 2026) warned allies and China to join President Donald Trump’s new campaign to isolate the Iranian economy, vowing that Washington would “collapse this regime” in…
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Tarun Tejpal speaks to media after being convicted in the 2013 sexual assault case on August 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI Journalist Tarun Tejpal has appealed to the Supreme Court against a Bombay High Court judgment sentencing him to 10 years’ imprisonment in a 2013 rape case. The Bombay High Court Bench sentenced him…
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