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Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) suspended classes from noon on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) after a police encounter with one of the accused in the Astha Kunj Park gang-rape case took place barely 50 metres from the college’s back gate,…
An Indian rhinoceros, also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros, at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary on World Rhino Day, in Morigaon district, Assam, on September 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Twenty years ago, western Assam’s Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve had no one-horned rhinos. A reintroduction programme begun in 2006 helped its number increase…
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On September 20, 2026, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a major mandate in yet another State election in Germany, this time in the coastal province of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, also a former East German region. It won 38.2% of the vote. This is the second major victory for the AfD after winning the State…
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BJP national president Nitin Nabin receiving a warm welcome from party workers in Khatauli, Muzaffarnagar, on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would retain power in Uttar Pradesh for a third consecutive term in the 2027 Assembly election, party national president Nitin Nabin said on Tuesday. “Neither our workers nor our leaders are part-time politicians. Our only aim is to serve the public,”…
L-G Taranjit Singh Sandhu | Photo Credit: ANI Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Tuesday directed the Delhi police to set up a dedicated “Pink Force” of trained women personnel to patrol around schools, colleges, metro stations and other sensitive areas, particularly during vulnerable hours, for visible deterrence and rapid response. The direction came a…
By Tuesday morning (September 22, 2026), sections of Astha Kunj Park had been cordoned off with police tape, marking the spot where a 17-year-old was gang-raped by three men posing as policemen the previous evening. The usually busy park appeared unusually quiet, with fewer people taking the shortcuts they routinely use to cross between neighbourhoods….
The foundation day celebrations of Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) were held at the company’s Udyogmandal club here on Tuesday (September 22). Madhu S. Nair, former chairman and managing director of Cochin Shipyard Limited, delivered the first C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer memorial lecture. A portrait of Iyer, the Dewan of the erstwhile princely State of…
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For over four decades, the English language served as the primary linguistic bridge connecting China to the global order. It was the critical catalyst for the reform and opening-up era initiated in 1978. English functioned as the ultimate vehicle for upward social mobility, global integration, and national modernisation. It attained an unparalleled status in the…
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Kabaddi Maran, a fishing leader, said that big projects such as the new Secretariat have to be constructed away from the sea, given the threat of rising sea levels. | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B Fishermen from Ennore to Kovalam have planned to stage an agitation on September 29 against the proposal to construct the…
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India on Monday (September 21, 2026) joined the Partnership for Multilateralism, endorsing the “non-superpower” grouping originally launched by the European Union (EU), Brazil, Canada and Kenya, and became an additional co-sponsor of the initiative along with Australia and Barbados. The meeting of the grouping, called P4M, which is expected to build support for the United Nations…
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