Coco Jones performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium, drawing both praise and backlash online. While many applauded her powerful vocals, critics questioned the NFL’s continued inclusion of the song, often called the Black national anthem. The league has featured it since 2020 following nationwide protests against racial injustice....

Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The ruling AAP in Punjab on Sunday (February 8, 2026) slammed Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa, accusing him of making objectionable remarks against Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh. Congress leaders, however, rejected the charge and accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of attempting to twist...

3 min readNew DelhiFeb 9, 2026 04:12 AM IST As the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) prepares to introduce the two-exam system for Class 10 students in 2026, the move aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has raised questions among students, parents, and schools about structure, eligibility, flexibility, and evaluation. CBSE Controller...

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday alleged that the previous BRS regime blackmailed businessmen and extorted hundreds of crores of rupees through phone-tapping. While addressing a public meeting at Chelpur in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district ahead of the February 11 municipal elections, the CM dubbed the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) the “Blackmail Rajakeeya (Political)...

NEW DELHI: NSA Ajit Doval’s first bilateral visit to Canada since the diplomatic strife over the killing of a Khalistani separatist in 2023 rocked the relationship between the countries saw both sides agreeing to a “shared workplan” to guide bilateral cooperation on national security and law enforcement issues, and to enable “practical collaboration” on respective...

Tirupattur SP P. Shymala Devi addressing a gathering of tribals of the Yelagiri and Jawadhu Hills during an awareness drive held in Tirupattur. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In a special gesture, the Superintendent of Police (SP) P. Shymala Devi has appealed to tribals in the Yelagiri and Jawadhu Hills in the district to voluntarily...

2 min readPuneFeb 8, 2026 11:05 PM IST A speeding cement mixer truck, passing through a road on which heavy vehicles were banned, knocked down a two wheeler head on and causing the death of its rider and leaving the pillion rider injured, in Chikhali, on Friday morning. Police identified the deceased two-wheeler rider as...

Three youths, including two minors, were apprehended on Sunday for two gun-firing incidents – one at a private hospital and the other outside a shopping mall here, officials said. The youth were captured after a police encounter in the morning near the Kasanpur area of Yamunanagar. According to police, no casualties were reported in the...

Abandoned car found at Peeragarhi flyover (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Three people were found dead inside a car near the service lane of the Peeragarhi flyover in outer Delhi on Sunday, police said. Preliminary findings suggest that the case may be a suicide, though further investigation is underway.According to the Delhi Police, a PCR call was...

“To ensure that our Bihar Navnirman Abhiyan materialises seamlessly on the ground, I will spend some time in each district and meet old associates and new aspiring ones to strengthen the party’s organisational structure,” Jan Suraaj Party chief Prashant Kishor said. File | Photo Credit: ANI Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Sunday (February 8,...