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The development comes a week before the draft electoral roll is expected to be published following the SIR enumeration. File. NEW DELHI The number of polling booths in Delhi has increased from 13,033 to 14,947, with the Election Commission (EC) having approved the rationalisation of booths to cap the number of electors at each booth…
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TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) agreed to hear a plea filed by Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee contending that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was delaying disqualification proceedings under the anti-defection law against 20 rebel party MPs who have aligned themselves with the…
U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor having chai near Charminar in Hyderabad on Monday (August 24, 2026) | Photo Credit: Handle @USAmbIndia on X U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor and U.S. Consul General Laura Williams convened top Indian industry leaders and Telangana Minister D. Sridhar Babu at the Taj Falaknuma Palace to accelerate bilateral…
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: The Hindu Security forces arrested two suspected overground workers of terrorists in a forest area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, disrupting the terror network in the region, officials said on Tuesday (August 25, 2026). “In a significant success towards disrupting terror networks and preventing attempts to…
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The Joint Civil Society on Monday (24 August 2026) opposed the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, calling it a serious threat to Constitutional freedoms, privacy and social harmony, days before the Act is set to come into force on August 28, 2026. In a statement, the group said provisions requiring prior notice, declarations, reporting…
Multiple cracks developed in a colliery hospital building in Jharkhand’s Giridih district on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) morning following land subsidence in the area, an official said. The incident took place in Baniyadih village in the Mufassil police station area, which is within the command area of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL). No one was injured…
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The Delhi University said that over 13,300 of the approximately 71,600 undergraduate seats across its affiliated colleges remain vacant after multiple rounds of admissions. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The story so far: Admissions to undergraduate courses in the University of Delhi have, for the second year in a row, entered a mop-up round,…
Filmmakers have always used the beach to represent love and life.. | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Filmmakers have always used certain symbols, motifs, and signifiers to represent ideas, concepts, and places. Over the many years, popular city landmarks, including the hotel Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai and the Cubbon Park in Bengaluru, have been…
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Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Ahead of talks in Beijing on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Hu Shisheng, a leading Chinese strategic affairs scholar on South Asia, said the focus of both countries would be on “institutionalising stability” even as…
Consumers queue up at an LPG gas agency for e-KYC verification in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: File photo Cooking gas households that missed the August 23 deadline to complete the e-KYC for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connections have got a breather, with the last date extended till August 31. The e-KYC or Aadhaar biometric authentication…
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