Morning Digest | In midnight hearing, Karnataka HC allows Ganesh festival in Hubballi Idgah Maidan; NASA to make second attempt at debut moon rocket launch on Sept. 3, and more

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Karnataka High Court clears Ganesh festival at Hubballi Idgah Maidan

In a late-night court proceeding, the High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday declined to interfere with the decision of the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) to permit celebration of Ganesha festival at Idgah Maidan, Hubballi.

NASA to make second attempt at debut moon rocket launch on Sept. 3

NASA aims to make a second attempt to launch its giant next-generation moon rocket on Saturday, September 3, five days after a pair of technical issues foiled an initial try at getting the spacecraft off the ground for the first time, agency officials said on August 30.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, dies aged 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, Russian news agencies cited hospital officials as saying.

Congress president to be elected via fair process, says party election authority chief