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The Statesman Delhi
CM speaks to athletes, says will make city sports capital
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday shared her vision for Delhi's athletes, which is that the players from the national capital take part in national and international sporting events, carrying the Indian tri-color to new heights across the globe and return home with medals.
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August 31, 2025
The Statesman Delhi
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories - A Review
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq, awarded the International Booker Prize 2025 is a rewarding collection of tales dealing primarily with the lives of Muslim women and their neglect, oppression and commoditization in a deeply patriarchal structure noted for its social constraints and cultural codification.
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August 31, 2025
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Meetings on the margin
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China has attracted a lot of strategic significance, not because of the SCO summit meeting taking place in Tianjin, but because of his scheduled meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in an effort to recalibrate the frosty relations between the two countries.
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August 31, 2025
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UP min seeks apology from TMC MP on her indecent remark against Amit Shah
Uttar Pradesh excise minister Nitin Agarwal (photo) has sought immediate apology from Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for her alleged indecent comment on Union Home minister Amit Shah.
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August 31, 2025
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'Calling Rahul, Tejashwi 'Jannayak' an insult to Karpoori Thakur':
Janata Dal (United) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav for calling Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and RJD's Tejashwi Yadav \"Jannayak\" during the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar, saying the comparison insults the legacy of Bharat Ratna awardee Karpoori Thakur.
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August 31, 2025
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Congress Pushes for GST Reforms, Eight Opposition-Ruled States Back Rate Cuts With Conditions
The Congress, along with eight opposition-ruled states, said it favors significant reforms to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and would back rate cuts on essential items.
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August 31, 2025
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Indonesia: Protesters burn legislature, 2 dead
An angry mob set fire to a local parliament building in an Indonesian provincial capital, leaving at least three people dead and five others hospitalized, officials said.
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August 31, 2025
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Himachal disaster should be declared national calamity, demands BKU
In the wake of the recent natural disaster that has caused massive destruction to farmers, the public, and infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh, the Bharatiya Kisan Union has appealed to all state legislators to leave the ongoing Assembly session and reach Delhi to press the Centre to declare the calamity in Himachal as a national disaster.
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August 31, 2025
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PM Modi arrives in China for SCO summit, to meet Prez Xi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived in Tianjin, China, to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit, marking his first visit to China in seven years.
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August 31, 2025
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Keep Delhi clean: Massive human chain spreads message
Under the \"Delhi Ko Koode Se Azadi: Swachhta Abhiyan\" campaign, Social Welfare Minister Ravinder Indraj Singh, along with a large number of local residents, youth, women, and students, on Saturday became part of a large human chain and appealed to people to extend their cooperation in the city's sanitation drive.
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August 31, 2025
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Conspiracy to replicate SIR in TN will be defeated
Asserting that any conspiracy to replicate Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu by the Election Commission (EC) will be defeated, Chief Minister and ruling DMK president MK Stalin on Saturday said the state had the necessary wherewithal to accomplish that.
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August 31, 2025
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CAQM awareness drive brings clean air lessons to students, officials, and locals
Before the smog season grips Delhi and the NCR, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) gathered students, officials, and residents in Ghaziabad for a two-day workshop on tackling air pollution.
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August 31, 2025
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Cloudburst, landslide kill at least 11, including 5 children, in J&K
At least 11 people, including 5 children, were killed and four are feared washed away in two separate incidents of cloudburst and landslide triggered by incessant rain on Saturday in Reasi and Ramban districts of Jammu division.
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August 31, 2025
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Manjinder Sirsa urges DPCC to establish two biomedical-waste treatment plants
Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa has directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to commence an immediate feasibility study for setting up two state-of-the-art biomedical-waste (BMW) treatment plants in the national capital.
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August 31, 2025
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Manushi to hit the screens after prolonged court battle challenging CBFC terming it anti-national
Successfully challenging the Censor Board denying film certification on the ground that the Andrea Jeremiah-starrer 'Manushi' is anti-national and directing 30 cuts, the film is all set to hit the screens shortly.
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August 31, 2025
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'Fractured Wings of the Golden Bird' brings Indian administrative landscape in focus
\"Fractured Wings of the Golden Bird\" is a fictional novel which offers an imaginative yet thought-provoking portrayal of the Indian administrative landscape through the journey of an IAS couple navigating the complex realities of public service.
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August 31, 2025
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Govt working to find solution to Maratha quota demand
Deputy Chief Minister and NCP President Ajit Pawar on Saturday said that the Mahayuti government is positive about the demand for Maratha reservation made by activist Manoj Jarange-Patil and is working to find a solution to it.
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August 31, 2025
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Mini-Secretariats to be set up in all zones: CM Gupta
Gupta says district administration offices play an important role in ensuring good governance
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August 31, 2025
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Asia Cup: Match timings pushed back by 30 mins due to UAE heat
Eighteen of the 19 matches at the upcoming T20 Asia Cup, including the final, will now begin at 6:30 pm local time, half an hour later than originally scheduled, to help teams and players cope with the extreme heat in the UAE.
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August 31, 2025
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Garv Se Swadeshi: Mandaviya pushes Atmanirbhar agenda in sports sector
Reaffirming the government's commitment to an Atmanirbhar Bharat in sports, Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chaired the first-ever Sports Goods Manufacturing Conclave here on Saturday.
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August 31, 2025
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One dead in Kerala's Kannur in suspected bomb-making incident
One person was killed in a powerful explosion that took place at a house at Keezhara near Kannapuram in Kerala's Kannur district.
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August 31, 2025
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NDA alliance in UP is united: Anupriya Patel
Apna Dal (Sone lal) president and Union Minister Anupriya Patel said that the political parties of the NDA alliance in Uttar Pradesh are strongly united, and there is no question of bickerings.
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August 31, 2025
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Govt will protect the interests of its citizens
A disguised warning issued at the changing dynamic with the US, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that in international relations there are \"no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests.\"
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August 31, 2025
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Reliance Retail to invest ₹40K cr to set up Asia's largest integrated food park
Reliance Retail plans to invest Rs 40,000 crore ($ 4.7 billion) to create Asia's largest integrated food parks with AI-driven automation, robotics and sustainable technologies, securing lasting cost leadership,
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August 31, 2025
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Tourism to See Boost After Sairang-Bairabi Link
Tourism industry between West Bengal and Mizoram could soon run on a fast track.
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August 31, 2025
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BJP govt must stay alert against China 24 hours a day: Akhilesh
Reacting to India's growing closeness with China after US tariff war, Samajwadi Party (SP) National President Akhilesh Yadav has said that the Central BJP government needs to be alert 24 hours a day from China.
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August 31, 2025
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E-rickshaw driver arrested for schoolgirl's death
A 34-year-old e-rickshaw driver was arrested for his alleged involvement in the death of a minor schoolgirl after his vehicle overturned in Maujpur, which lies in the northeast of Delhi, police said on Saturday.
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August 31, 2025
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Fourteen years of limbo: A child lost between parents, law, and institutions
In Jharkhand's Palamu district, the life of a 14-year-old boy reads like a tragic screenplay.
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August 31, 2025
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US Open: Zverev, De Minaur march into Round 3; Altmaier upsets Tsitsipas
Alexander Zverev advanced to the third round of the US Open with a straight-set win over Jacob Fearnley.
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August 30, 2025
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INS Tamal, INS Surat arrive in Jeddah to strengthen India-Saudi defence ties
INS Tamal, the eighth ship of the Talwar-class stealth frigates, and INS Surat, the latest indigenously constructed guided-missile destroyer of the Indian Navy, arrived at Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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