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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.
The latest edition of the Henley & Partners Passport Index presents a curious development for India. While the country has climbed 10 places in the global rankings, Indian passport holders now technically have access to fewer destinations without prior paperwork than they did last year.
Police have arrested two men in connection with the repeated sexual assault, extortion, and attempted forced religious conversion of a Class 11 student, media reports said.
In its very first set of decisions after shifting to Seva Teerth, his office in New Delhi, PM Narendra Modi on Friday signed important files relating to decisions that reflect the spirit of 'Seva'.
Chennai/IBNS: Actor-turned-politician Vijay has slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin for crediting Rs 5,000 — including an advance payment of Rs 3,000 — under a state-sponsored scheme for women just weeks ahead of the Assembly elections, media reports said.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) after the party, led by Tarique Rahman, claimed a decisive victory in Bangladesh’s parliamentary elections.
A 27-year-old YouTuber in Garhwa district, Jharkhand, set fire to his home-based video editing studio on Saturday night, leaving his family trapped inside, media reports said.
Two residents of Gujarat’s Anand district who attempted to reach the United States through an illegal migration route have returned from what their family described as captivity in Azerbaijan, following diplomatic intervention by the Indian government, media reports said.
In a major anti-corruption crackdown, the Karnataka Lokayukta Police have seized nearly Rs. 2 crore in unaccounted cash during raids on properties linked to a senior government official in Bengaluru, media reports said.
India has approved a proposal worth Rs 3.25 lakh crore to procure 114 Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF), marking the country’s largest defence acquisition, media reports said.
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