‘City of ponds’: residents of Bihar’s Darbhanga town wade into legal battle to save water bodies
The Hinduby Amarnath Tewary·28 Aug 2026
Darbhanga in Bihar’s Mithilanchal region, about 160 km north of State capital Patna, had over 350 ponds till 1969 as per the district gazetteer and was known as the ‘city of ponds’.
Chennai takes sides | Conservancy workers seek permanency; residents demand action on open dumping
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
While conservancy workers continue to press for permanent jobs, residents in parts of the city have called for stricter action against open dumping, even as some areas have seen improved garbage...
‘Not taken into confidence’: Shiv Sena upset over Maharashtra CM’s ‘unilateral decision’ to relax Marathi rule for autorickshaw, taxi drivers
The Hinduby Vinaya Deshpande Pandit·28 Aug 2026
Leaders of the Shiv Sena, a constituent of the ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra, expressed displeasure on Friday with its ally BJP over Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s “unilateral decision” to...
High-powered task force looking into NTA reforms invites stakeholder suggestions
The Hinduby Maitri Porecha·28 Aug 2026
A high-powered task force constituted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to recommend reforms in public examinations has invited suggestions from stakeholders, including students, parents, teachers...
BJP’s challenge is the BJP itself, says Ram Madhav
The Hinduby Nistula Hebbar·28 Aug 2026
The newly appointed national vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ram Madhav, has worn many hats, from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) spokesperson in the early 2000s to party...
57 lakh active workers await e-KYC under VB GRAM G
The Hinduby Sobhana K Nair·28 Aug 2026
The e-KYC verification rate of registered workers stood at 71% two months after the launch of the new rural employment scheme, the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)...
Chennai Corporation floated over 14,500 tenders last year, says Commissioner
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) floated more than 14,500 tenders in the last financial year, against the usual 4,000 to 4,500, Commissioner G.S.
Councillors raise concern over faecal contamination of water
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
: Councillors complained about faecal contamination of drinking water and the rising public health risk in Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) zones, at the Council meeting on Friday.
₹1.50-crore project to redevelop Vyttila Junction nearing completion
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
The ₹1.5 crore project of the Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA) to redevelop Vyttila Junction here is nearing completion, with a bulk of works being completed.
Campus on edge: ongoing stir at IIT Delhi places spotlight on student suicides, mental health
The Hinduby Ashna Butani·28 Aug 2026
Unprecedented scenes have unfolded at one of India’s most prestigious engineering institutions — the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi — over the past week, following the death by suicide...
STS: Students of PSBB KK Nagar emerge winners in The Hindu Madras Quiz
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
(two pics, one with Su Ve launching the book, and one with Jeyaseelan giving the prizes- no TH staffers in the frame) K.L. Dheeraj and Ramesh Krishna S. of PSBB, K.K.
Congress alleges Penguin India succumbed to ‘pressure’ to demand changes in Sonia memoir
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
Congress leaders on Friday (August 28, 2026) accused Penguin Random House India of giving in to pressure over the publication of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A...
Hockey World Cup: India goes down fighting to Belgium
The Hinduby Aashin Prasad·28 Aug 2026
India could only manage an eighth-place finish in the hockey World Cup after a 3-4 penalty shootout loss to Belgium.
In cases where parties know the truth, ‘judge is on trial’: Supreme Court
The Hinduby Krishnadas Rajagopal·28 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court began a 15-page judgment concerning a bitter tussle between a litigant and her former lawyer with the observation that in a trial in which the parties already know the truth, “it...
‘Peptide Party’ in Bengaluru cancelled after FSDA seeks regulatory details
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
The ‘Peptide Party’ scheduled to be held in Koramangala in Bengaluru on Saturday has been cancelled by the organisers following an enquiry by the Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration...
Nagendra’s resignation comes as a morale booster for Karnataka BJP as it tastes first ‘political victory’ against new regime
The Hinduby B S Satish Kumar·28 Aug 2026
The resignation of Minister B. Nagendra within 25 days of being sworn in has come as a much-needed shot in the arm for the Opposition BJP, which had taken up vociferous protest throughout the...
Singareni’s short-supply of quality, quantity coal forces Genco to seek 5 MT supply from CIL, MCL
The Hinduby B Chandrashekhar·28 Aug 2026
HYDERABAD The Telangana Power Generation Corporation Ltd (TG-Genco) has requested the Ministry of Power for supply of additional 5 million tonnes of coal to its thermal generation stations with...
Andre Siddarth gifts Vida Kovai Kings their third title
The Hinduby S Dipak Ragav·28 Aug 2026
Andre Siddarth celebrated his 20th birthday in style, smashing a stunning 47-ball 82 (7x4, 5x6) to power Vida Kovai Kings to its third TNPL title with a 84-run win over Madurai Panthers in the...
Five years on, Taliban are still at a fork in the road
The Hinduby Mahesh Sachdev·28 Aug 2026
For a people long regarded as at the crossroads of civilisations, the past five years of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) under Taliban rule resemble the backwaters.
A shared disaster, beyond borders and geopolitics
The Hinduby Bhaskar Koirala·28 Aug 2026
On Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at approximately 8.44 a.m. Nepal time, what initially appeared to be a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the Nepal-China border.
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