Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Minister of Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw during the India AI Impact Summit, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on February 18, 2026. Photo: PMO via PTI Photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the AI Impact Summit on Thursday (February 19, 2026), joined by fellow world leaders and senior...

CHIEF MINISTER Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday said Gujarat’s Budget advances the state’s continuous development journey, focusing on public welfare and imposing no new tax burden on citizens. The Opposition, however, hit out at the Budget, calling it disappointing for farmers, youth and common people and election-oriented. CM Patel said 65 per cent of the Budget...

A key accused in the 2024 murder of a Hindu police officer in Bangladesh was detained at Delhi airport while allegedly attempting to flee to Europe, sources said. The accused, Ahmed Raza Hasan Mehdi, was intercepted by the Immigration Department at the airport. According to sources, authorities detained him when he was trying to leave...

Hardik Pandya, left, celebrates with captain Suryakumar Yadav the wicket of Netherlands’ Michael Levitt during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Netherlands in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Ahmedabad: It’s been four games and four wins but India are yet to have a complete performance with the...

Kibithu, one of the eastern most villages in Arunachal Pradesh, is very close to the Line of Actual Control with China, which is being developed under the Vibrant Village Programme. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The second phase of the Vibrant Village Programme (VVP) will cover 1,954 strategic villages along the land borders with...

3 min readMumbaiFeb 18, 2026 09:30 PM IST As marriage rumours linking Mrunal Thakur and Dhanush continue to circulate, the actor recently opened up about insecurities in relationships while promoting her upcoming film Do Deewane Seher Mein. In a recent appearance on Raunaq Rajani’s YouTube channel, Mrunal shared that while she sometimes feels insecure and...

A controversy erupted in the Rajasthan Assembly after BJP MLA Bahadur Singh Koli made remarks during the budget debate, comparing the state budget to the birth of a boy and a girl. Speaking in the House, Koli said the BJP government’s budgets were like giving birth to a “son,” while the Congress’ last budget was...

Ashwini Vaishnaw and Mahua Moitra NEW DELHI: The Modi government’s ambitious AI summit on Wednesday was overshadowed by controversy over Galgotias University’s contested displays of robotic exhibits, with Trinamool (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra calling the I-T minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to quit.Taking a sharp dig at the minister, who also holds crucial railway and information &...

Three persons died in a road accident in Alakhnur, near Raibag, in Belagavi district on February 18. Gireppa Kundrali, his wife Manjula, and son Aradhya, who were travelling on a bike from their village in Maharashtra to Jamkhandi, were crushed under a lorry. Officers from Haroorgeri police station visited the spot. The relatives of the...

India can become the innovator in the Global South as it leads the fight against climate change from the frontlines, said Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State of the United States of America and board member of the Clinton Foundation, during the Mumbai Climate Week on Wednesday. Calling for the need to shift resources from...