- The Supreme Court has suggested that all political parties could come together to debate and reach a consensus on the steps to curb the tendency of doling out freebies.
- The National Conference’s provincial committee members have resolved to contest all future assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir alone.
- The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) said tourist footfalls at the Ajanta caves must be controlled to preserve the heritage site for future generations.
- CM Nitish Kumar won the trust vote in Bihar assembly with 160 votes in favor, while ally turned political foe BJP staged a walkout.
- Assam government plans to shut as many as 34 government schools, as students in these schools could not secure a pass in the X state board examination conducted in March.
- Kickboxer Yora Tade, from Arunachal Pradesh, collapsed after a severe blow to his head in a National-level Kickboxing Championship in Chennai. Though an emergency surgery was performed on him, he did not survive.
- The Congress party will host a Congress Working Committee meeting (CWC) on Sunday, Aug 28, to decide on a poll schedule to elect the next party President.
- Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the Ayushman Bharat Card would carry the logos of both the central government and the respective state governments.
- A terrorist captured along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Naushera sector of the Rajouri district in J&K has claimed that a Pakistani Colonel paid Rs. 30000 (Pakistani Rupees) to attack an Indian Army post.
- Jean Bicketon, a former nurse in Victoria, was handcuffed and arrested by Police Officers as she turned 100. You could think it is unjust. But wait a moment, Bicketon says it was her best birthday experience ever because getting arrested is on her bucket list. The Victoria Police, which cherished the fake arrest, wrote on its FB page, “Now these kinda arrests, we’re happy to make.”
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