Six arrested in Drug Inspector paper leak case
The Hinduby Yohaan Varghese·26 Aug 2026
Six people have been arrested on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) in the Drug Inspector, Group-B question paper leak case conducted by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC).
New Pink metro line gets go-ahead in the outskirts of Kolkata
The Hinduby Shrabana Chatterjee·26 Aug 2026
The proposed Pink Line Corridor of Metro Railway, Kolkata, between Baranagar and Barrackpore, has received a big boost after Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) granted a No Objection Certificate.
The high cost of India’s private health-care boom
The Hinduby Chandrakant Lahariya·26 Aug 2026
For crores of Indian families, the financial shock of hospitalisation — especially in a private hospital — begins even before treatment is complete.
Making India’s food system climate-proof cannot wait
The Hinduby Elisabeth Faure; Purvi Mehta·26 Aug 2026
India’s food security journey is undoubtedly one of the most significant agricultural transformations in the world.
M.P. Minister’s remarks on sugar price surge draw Congress’ ire
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·26 Aug 2026
Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday (August 326, 2026) appeared to defend the rising sugar prices as he said that it...
Drawing lines: On the India-China 25th Special Representatives’ talks
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors·26 Aug 2026
Following Tuesday’s talks between the Special Representatives (SRs) on the boundary question, India and China have agreed to substantial outcomes on managing the disputed border.
Grounded: On Tamil Nadu’s Parandur airport project
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors·26 Aug 2026
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led government, in dropping the ₹27,400-crore greenfield airport project at Parandur near Chennai, appears to have considered the opposition to the project...
Bihar Police to conduct DNA test on buffalo to settle ownership dispute
The Hinduby Amarnath Tewary·26 Aug 2026
A senior Bihar police official has instructed the Gaya Superintendent of Police (Rural) to conduct a DNA test on a buffalo to determine the bovine’s rightful owner.
‘JMI admission lapses’: protest site cleared, 4 students suspended
The Hinduby Ashna Butani·26 Aug 2026
Students protesting at Jamia Millia Islamia ( JMI) since August 24 against alleged irregularities in the admission process accused the administration of forcibly removing them from the agitation...
Restoring lakes by going beyond quick fixes
The Hinduby Mohan Chandra Pargaien·26 Aug 2026
Covering nearly 6% of the planet’s surface, wetlands — including urban lakes — are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth.
Bengaluru’s risk-averse force
The Hinduby K V Aditya Bharadwaj·26 Aug 2026
The Bengaluru City Police recently registered a suo motu FIR against a woman for holding a placard which read “Umar Khalid Zindabad”, “Sharjeel Imam Zindabad” at a students’ protest.
Delhi Lakshmi Yojana: CM hands sanction letters to over 4,000 women
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·26 Aug 2026
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta distributed sanction letters to 4,190 eligible women under the Delhi Lakshmi Yojana at an event in the Capital on Wednesday.
SC youth’s death: CB-CID names six police officers as accused
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·26 Aug 2026
The CB-CID chargesheet filed in the Scheduled Caste youth Akash Delison’s custodial death case revealed that a murder case has been registered against six policemen, including a police inspector.
Karnataka govt. to call special legislature session on Kasturirangan report
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·26 Aug 2026
Reiterating Karnataka’s opposition to the Kasturirangan report, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday announced a special session of the legislature to discuss the consequences of...
Gauhati High Court issues notices to Assam, Nagaland in petition on flood damage
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·26 Aug 2026
The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam and Nagaland governments and other authorities concerned to submit detailed affidavits by November 3 on eastern Assam’s devastating floods, in response...
Deepender Hooda targets BJP over Gurugram civic woes; MP Rao seeks CM’s intervention on waterlogging
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·26 Aug 2026
Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda on Wednesday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party government over Gurugram’s recurring waterlogging, traffic congestion, sanitation and civic infrastructure problems...
Police may bar CJP’s Sept. 5 protest in New Delhi district
The Hinduby Lavpreet Kaur·26 Aug 2026
Delhi Police will not allow the protest march called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on September 5 in New Delhi, nearly a week before the two-day BRICS leaders’ summit, a senior officer said on...
In Chennai the beach finds its way into love and heartbreak
The Hinduby Meghna M·26 Aug 2026
The beach is woven into the lives of every person in Chennai. Whether a native, resident, or visitor, everyone is bound to have a beach story. It might be about love, grief, or solace.
When mobility paves the way for city’s development
The Hinduby R Srikanth; Sunitha Sekar·26 Aug 2026
Chennai has always been a trendsetter in the public transport scene in the country, be it the first train service to be operated in South India from Royapuram railway station to Walajah Road (now...
Childhood cancer: India has the treatment, but not the reach or the data
The Hinduby R Sujatha·26 Aug 2026
Sumana* was an energetic child until she turned 11. Then she began complaining of tiredness, could no longer play as she previously used to, and fell ill frequently.
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