DT Next brings you the top 12 headlines of the day (August 21, 2026). Head to http://dtnext.in or download our app for the full stories.
1) Tamil Nadu government sets up joint committee to inquire into mass fish deaths at Ennore Estuary
The Tamil Nadu government has set up a four-member joint inquiry committee, comprising officials from the Fisheries Department and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, to inquire into the mass death of fish at the Ennore Estuary
2) Won't budge until FIR is lodged: Rahul on dharna with pellet victim at police station
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday sat on a dharna at the Parliament Street police station here and said he would not budge until an FIR is registered on a complaint by a youth who suffered pellet injuries during the CJP-led July 20 protest
3) Ashutosh Ranka, CJP members attacked while on school visit in Jaipur
A scuffle broke out at a village in Rajasthan when villagers, allegedly accompanied by BJP workers, put up barricades and forcibly pushed back a Cockroach Janta Party team that had gone there to inspect a government school as part of its “School Thik Karo” campaign
4) Veteran actress Sowcar Janaki, who acted in over 400 films, passes away at 94
Veteran Tamil film actress Sowcar Janaki passed away at the age of 94 on Friday (August 21) following health complications.
5) 3 workers, including Nepali national, killed as building shuttering collapses in UP's Vrindavan
Three workers, including a Nepali national, were killed and several injured when the shuttering of a multi-storey building where construction was underway collapsed in Vrindavan here on Friday, police said
6) Rashtrapati Bhavan withdraws communique announcing rehearsal for Bangladesh PM visit
A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique on Friday announcing the cancellation of Saturday's Change of Guard ceremony to accommodate the full rehearsal of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's ceremonial welcome was withdrawn, adding a fresh layer of confusion to the status of the high-profile visit
7) Bhavnagar spurious liquor tragedy: 61 affected; 25 still in hospital; 10 critical
Sixty-one persons have been affected so far due to consumption of spurious liquor in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district, with eight deaths confirmed and 10 patients being critical, officials said Friday
8) Over 1,700 swine flu cases logged in Delhi this year amid surge in seasonal influenza infections
Delhi has registered more than 1,700 cases of swine flu this year, health department officials said on Friday, as the national capital sees a surge in seasonal influenza cases during monsoon
9) Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan shifted back to jail from hospital
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was shifted back to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Friday morning after undergoing a medical examination at a private hospital in Islamabad, where he was taken from prison in compliance with a Supreme Court order
Star Indian men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's dream of winning a third medal at the BWF World Championships ended with a straight-game loss to China's world No. 3 Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in the quarterfinal here on Friday
11) Treesa-Gayatri in semifinals, assured of medal at World Championships
India's Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand assured themselves of a medal at the World Championships with a come-from-behind win over China's Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian in the women's doubles quarterfinal here on Friday.
12) Two vessels with 22 Indians on board hijacked by pirates in Yemen, Somalia
Two commercial vessels carrying a total of 22 Indian nationals have been hijacked by pirates in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia, a senior shipping ministry official said on Friday