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Students of KSNUAHS in Shivamogga blocked the gate of the campus on August 6, 2026. They prevented the faculty and other staff from entering the campus. | Photo Credit: S.K. Dinesh Students of the Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences staged a protest on August 6, closing the gate of the campus…
The Finance Commission, an institutional innovation embedded in India’s constitutional architecture, was never intended to be a routine allocator of funds. It was designed as a central pillar of India’s fiscal federal compact and as a corrective institution that would mediate the inherent asymmetry between a fiscally dominant Union and structurally constrained States, while also…
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: Dairy products maker Milky Mist Dairy Food Ltd on Thursday fixed a price band of ₹133-140 per share for its ₹1,553 crore initial public offering (IPO), which will open for subscription on August 11. The Erode-based company’s IPO comprises a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to ₹1,428 crore and an Offer For…
Apollo Quiboloy was arrested in the Philippines in August 2024 on human-trafficking charges and he pleaded not guilty and has been held in a Manila jail ever since. File. | Photo Credit: AP The United States has formally requested the extradition of a Filipino pastor wanted on sex-trafficking charges, the Philippines’ ambassador to Washington said…
Three men accused of burglaries were arrested by Hyderabad Police. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES The Hyderabad Police Commissioner’s Task Force has arrested three habitual offenders allegedly involved in a string of house-breaking and property offences across multiple police commissionerates, besides apprehending a man accused of receiving…
Iran has warned Gulf states that any new U.S. attack on its territory would trigger retaliation against critical energy infrastructure across the region, according to five sources, as Tehran seeks to raise the cost of military action by threatening Washington’s closest regional allies. The warning was delivered through a flurry of high-level diplomatic contacts after…
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England’s Joe Root. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Dan Lawrence was recalled by England after two years on Thursday (August 6, 2026) to play in the first test against Pakistan and Jacob Bethell was ruled out of the three-match series by a right knee injury. The post-Ben Stokes era starts in Leeds on Aug. 19…
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Chief Minister said people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan have gathered to express solidarity with Imran Khan and that the large turnout reflects his continued popularity. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters will march towards Islamabad on September 27 if “justice” is not provided to the party’s founding…
When asked about Rajya Sabha proceedings, CPI MP P Sandosh, said, “That was in fact a big achievement for the opposition, we were continuously demanding that the HM should come and make a statement, it was a very earnest, sincere, simple, genuine demand, which the government was not ready to concede, many reasons, but finally…
North Korea has repeatedly declared itself an “irreversible” nuclear state since leader Kim Jong Un’s 2019 summit with U.S. President Donald Trump collapsed over the scope of denuclearisation and sanctions relief. File | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile over the Sea of Japan on Thursday (August 6, 2026), Seoul’s…
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