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Nearly one-fourth of BMC winners face criminal cases: ADR

New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Nearly one in four winning candidates in the 2026 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls have declared criminal cases against themselves, while close to four-fifths are c... Read More


Senior Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal joins Raijor Dal

Guwahati, Feb. 16 -- Three-time Assam Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal on Monday joined another Opposition party, Raijor Dal, just months ahead of the state Assembly elections. The development comes ... Read More


NGT clears Great Nicobar Island mega-infrastructure project, cites 'strategic importance'

New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- A Bench of the National Green Tribunal on Monday (February 16, 2026) cleared the way for the Rs.92,000 crore Great Nicobar Island mega-infrastructure project, noting that "consid... Read More


SC refuses to entertain pleas against Assam CM over 'shooting' video

New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain petitions seeking action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a viral video purportedly showing him taking aim a... Read More


Yogi highlights law and order, infrastructure push

Lucknow, Feb. 16 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Opposition while replying to the Governor's address in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, ... Read More


India manage games better

Colombo, Feb. 16 -- There was a time when India-Pakistan matches felt like tightrope walks-every run heavy, every mistake magnified. They were decided by temperament in the final overs, by who held t... Read More


AI, ambition and scale: PM inaugurates India AI Impact Summit with 600 startups on show

New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the five-day India AI Impact Summit and the accompanying India AI Impact Expo at Bharat Mandapam, marking what the government h... Read More


Bharat-VISTAAR AI platform for farmers to be launched today

New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will launch a new digital companion, Bharat-VISTAAR, from Jaipur on Tuesday, marking the rollout of an initiative announced in th... Read More


PM Modi to visit Israel on February 25-26

JERUSALEM, Feb. 16 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Israel on February 25 and 26, sources said on Monday. It will be his second trip to the country, the first being in 2017 which was al... Read More


Let institutions not be defunct: Supreme Court seeks uniform tribunal framework

New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday flagged persistent problems affecting the functioning of tribunals across the country and directed the Union government to place a comprehensive and u... Read More