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Senior Assam politician Bhupen Borah, who recently quit the Congress Party ahead of the state elections, will join the Bharatiya Janata Party on February 22, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Monday.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday met Bangladesh’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and handed over a warm letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, congratulating him on his party’s victory in the parliamentary elections and his appointment as Prime Minister.
In a symbolic display of “car diplomacy” and personal rapport, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron travelled together in the same vehicle during the latter’s visit to Mumbai after holding wide-ranging talks to boost bilateral ties.
As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes industries worldwide, concerns about job losses have intensified, particularly among young professionals.
Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, announced on the second day of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 that India will scale its compute capacity beyond the existing 38,000 GPUs with the addition of 20,000 GPUs in the coming weeks.
Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia today led an Indian delegation in a bilateral meeting with Jack Chambers, Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform, and Digitalisation of Ireland, at Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court of India on Monday pulled up the Centre over the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, observing that there appeared to be “a certain malice” in the transcription of his speech, media reports said.
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday ahead of his meeting with PM Narendra Modi, during which the two leaders will review progress in the India-France Strategic Partnership.
Police have revealed chilling details about the murder of an MBA student in the Dwarkapuri area of Indore. The accused, Piyush Dhamnotiya, is currently in a three-day police remand, and investigators say his actions after the crime have sent shockwaves across the city, media reports said.
Delhi/IBNS: Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav, who had been lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with a ₹9-crore cheque bounce case, was granted interim bail by the Delhi High Court on Monday, offering him temporary relief in a prolonged legal battle.
The Indian Navy inaugurated the Milan Village on February 15 at the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam as part of its flagship international naval exercise, Milan 2026.
Mumbai/IBNS: India's wholesale inflation climbed 1.81% year-on-year (YoY) in January 2026 led by the surge in costs in the manufacturing sector.
New Delhi/IBNS: Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a 22-year-old MSc student from Karnataka, was found dead in the United States days after he went missing, media reports said.
Indian PM Narendra Modi will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Mumbai on Tuesday, officials said.
Narendra Modi will inaugurate the India AI Impact Expo 2026 on February 16, 2026, at 5 PM at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will co-chair the 6th India-France Annual Defence Dialogue with French Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Catherine Vautrin in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on February 17, when the two leaders are expected to renew the defence cooperation agreement for another 10 years.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sent flowers and sweets to BNP chief Tarique Rahman over his political outfit's strong victory in the general polls, a democratic step taken by the country for the first time since former PM Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power on August 5, 2024.
Indian Speaker Om Birla will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of Tarique Rahman, who is set to take charge as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh following his party’s landmark victory in the general elections.
As India gears up to inaugurate the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, under the IndiaAI Mission and in collaboration with Intel India, will launch a nationwide campaign titled “Most pledges received for an AI Responsibility campaign in 24 hours.”
A young couple was found dead inside a car in Noida on Valentine’s Day, in what police initially believe to be a suicide, though the man’s family has raised doubts over the circumstances, media reports said.
The Union Cabinet has approved a ₹18,662-crore project to build a four-lane, access-controlled greenfield corridor between Gohpur and Numaligarh, featuring India’s first combined road-and-rail tunnel beneath the Brahmaputra in Assam.
A 22-year-old Indian student who went missing in California earlier this month has been found dead, the Indian Consulate in San Francisco confirmed on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been formally invited to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman Tarique Rahman, who is set to be sworn in as the next Prime Minister of Bangladesh on February 17, a development being closely watched in New Delhi and across South Asia, media reports said.
Seven years after the Pulwama terror attack, the incident continues to define a decisive shift in India’s response to terrorism.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Three (3) projects of Ministry of Railways with total cost of Rs. 18,509 crore.
The spotlight after Bangladesh’s general election did not rest solely on the sweeping national victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by Tarique Rahman.
India on Saturday marked the anniversary of the 2019 Pulwama terror attack — the first observance since the launch of Operation Sindoor in May 2025, which was carried out in retaliation for the killing of 26 tourists in the Pahalgam region of Jammu and Kashmir last year.
Dispur/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday began his visit to poll-bound Assam with a historic landing at the Northeast’s first Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) aboard a C-130J aircraft in Moran, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday met farmer leaders at his Parliament office and heard their concerns over the India-US interim trade deal, media reports said.
The body of a 24-year-old MBA student was found at a rented house in Indore on Friday, days after she was reported missing. Police said preliminary findings suggest she was strangled, media reports said.
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