The Telangana High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Emandi Ravi, accused of operating an illegal online movie piracy website iBomma. Ravi is also facing charges of online cheating and data theft. Justice K. Sujana of the High Court, allowing the criminal petition filed by the accused, said the petitioner was in judicial custody for...

6 min readAhmedabadFeb 17, 2026 09:03 PM IST The gaze and mind of the motley audience in the Narendra Modi Stadium shrinking on him, Abhishek Sharma stoutly defended the first ball from an intrepid net bowler. A collective gasp blew in the stands, where a few overzealous fans were waving the tricolour and hoping for...

Food safety standards have once again come under scrutiny after customers raised concerns at a Haldiram’s sweets outlet in Hyderabad. Customers alleged that a store of the popular brand in Attapur was selling food items beyond their expiry dates and without mandatory labeling, triggering worries over consumer safety and regulatory compliance. Customers alleged that food...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday met Bangladesh’s newly sworn-in prime minister Tarique Rahman and handed over a personal congratulatory letter by PM Narendra Modi.In a post on X, Bangladesh high commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah said, “PM Tarique Rahman, conveyed his greetings to India and PM Narendra Modi, at a courtesy meet following...

The confusion surrounding a possible reunification of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions appears to be taking a toll on the party’s grassroots presence in Kerala. In a significant development, the entire district committee of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) [NCP(SP)] in Pathanamthitta has disbanded and joined the Kerala Congress led by P.J. Joseph....

The Telangana High Court Monday dismissed a writ petition filed by a man against his 80-year-old father, and upheld the constitutional validity of rules that empower district collectors to order the eviction of children from the property of their elderly parents who complain of harassment, intimidation or unlawful occupation. While observing that the case was...

A major accident was narrowly averted in Karnataka’s Mangaluru after a speeding motorcycle rammed into an electric pole. It did not result in any casualties as the students, who were on the motorcycle, miraculously escaped without sustaining major injuries. As per the CCTV footage, the two students were riding in a break-neck speed and suddenly...

Mallikarjun Kharge (PTI image) NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday criticised the Centre over mismanagement at the ongoing AI Impact Summit in the national capital. Party president Mallikarjun Kharge called it an example of “PR hungry” government that had turned a global opportunity into “utter chaos”.In a post on X, Kharge said that what could...

Along the Kerala coast, particularly in areas such as Vypin, Chellanam, Edakochi, and Perumbadappu in the Kochi Corporation, as well as Kumbalanghi panchayat, recurrent tidal flooding due to by seawater ingress occurs frequently. A scene at Chellanam in Kochi (file) | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The story so far: Kerala has declared that flooding caused...

OpenAI has introduced two new security measures for ChatGPT users: lockdown mode and “elevated risk” flags. These two security measures work in tandem to give users better information about risks and more control over the system. Lockdown mode is an advanced security feature that is optional and meant for a small group of users who...