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President Donald Trump departs after speaking at the David Mack Center for Training and Intelligence on August 14, 2026, in New York. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (August 14, 2026) said he would “soon” declare the Strait of Hormuz waterway part of U.S. territory after defeating Iran. Also read |…
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Student Bar Council (SBC) of NALSAR University of Law affirmed that universities must protect independent thought and criticism of authority. The Student Bar Council (SBC) of NALSAR University of Law has strongly condemned the events of Thursday (August 13, 2026), after Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairman and Member of Parliament Manan Kumar Mishra initially…
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters In their latest fortnightly review, the government cut the export duty on petrol to nil, whilst reducing the levy on export of diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to ₹24 for every litre and ₹19.5 for every litre respectively. Also read | Export duty on…
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Bhubaneshwar, Mar 16 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Odisha and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Naveen Patnaik speaks to media, in Bhubaneshwar on Monday. (ANI Video Grab) | Photo Credit: ANI Former Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik on Friday demanded a special session of the Assembly to voice dissent against the…
A film reel of Baashha being brought ahead of the analogue screening at Kripa theatre at Kurumassery near Perumbavoor | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Before digital files replaced film reels and online bookings replaced queues at ticket counters, going to the movies was an experience in itself. Theatre Diaries, a collective formed by people associated with…
KL Rahul plays a shot during the day one of the first cricket test match between Sri Lanka and India in Galle, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP India captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the first Test of their two-match series on…
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday (August 15, 2026) said that government-run schools in India remain neglected irrespective of parties in power as he prepared to launch ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign from Hingoli in Maharashtra, marking Independence Day. Before leaving…
On the morning of August 15, 2001, as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa hoisted the national flag at Fort St. George, about 3.5 km away, scores of journalists sat on a fast outside the M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium, near the State Guest House in Chennai. About 48 hours earlier, several journalists, particularly photographers and…
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PK Narayanan sits crosslegged in front of a scroll filled with tiny illustrations. After a moment’s silent prayer, he points a thin wooden stick at it and begins to sing. A centuries-old story unspools, in a mix of prose and poetry, in ancient Malayalam. Narayanan from Vengola in Perumbavoor is one among the few artists…
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The MJ Market was one of the sites where ‘Independent Hyderabad Day’ was celebrated with flags and festoons in 1947, while another programme got underway at the Exhibition Pavilion. Serish Nanisetti | Photo Credit: Serish Nanisetti “Sheher khamosh tha. Sab jagah khamoshi thi (the city was silent. There was silence everywhere),” recalls Oudesh Rani Bawa,…
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