Determined to fund the education of his two sons and daughter, Panchanan Muduli, 44, of Balangir, a western Odisha district that depends on rain for agriculture, left home in early 2025 for Hyderabad. He had been promised work on a poultry farm and a place to sleep with the chicks  he would be rearing. Though...

1 min readNew DelhiFeb 20, 2026 05:12 AM IST Wanted in his own country for allegedly killing a police officer, a Bangladeshi student activist was questioned by Delhi Police and immigration officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Thursday, officers said. He was then sent back to Bangladesh after questioning, police added. According...

The Delhi Police Special Cell on Thursday arrested gangster Mahfooz alias Bobby Kabootar of the Lawrence Bishnoi–Hashim Baba gang, along with his girlfriend Khushnuma Ansari alias Neha. Police said the arrest marks a significant development in their crackdown on the gang, particularly highlighting what officers describe as the increasing involvement of women within the network....

Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh with children during the distribution of financial assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Alternative Housing Complex in Langol, Imphal West, on Thursday. Imphal/Churachandpur: A fractured state tried to talk to itself. For the first time since ethnic violence tore Manipur apart in May 2023, chief minister Yumnam...

When 57 members of the PSMO College alumni association who were elected to the three-tier panchayats and municipalities in the recent local body elections reunited on the campus at Tirurangadi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SAKEER HUSSAIN PSMO College, Tirurangadi, turned into a rare confluence of public life and alma mater on Tuesday as people’s...

Alleging a calculated operation to avoid detection, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has stated in its charge-sheet that a team of Chandigarh Police personnel drove dentist Dr Mohit Dhawan around internal roads for nearly three hours after allegedly abducting him, deliberately steering clear of main routes and CCTV-covered stretches. In the 2022 abduction case,...

A speeding car hit a girl as she was crossing the road in Madhya Pradesh’s Itarsi. The impact was such that the girl was flung into the air and was dragged 15–20 feet along the road. The girl’s condition is critical and she is undergoing treatment at a government hospital.  Source link

US President Donald Trump on Thursday praised the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan after they shook hands following a peace agreement aimed at ending decades of hostility between the two countries.Speaking at a Board of Peace event in Washington, Trump described how the two leaders initially kept their distance before eventually coming together to finalise...

 “The communal statements of Mr. Sarma are a matter of urgent public interest, and legal action is a must by the courts,” Congress said. File | Photo Credit: PTI Some leaders of the Uttar Pradesh Congress on Thursday (February 19, 2026) alleged that police in many parts of the State are not accepting their complaint against...

Arsenal dropped two more points in the Premier League on Wednesday as the title charge is starting to appear increasingly shaky for the North London club, who have finished second in the last three seasons. Arsenal have had one hand on the Premier League title; it is, after all, still in their hands. If they...