Five Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal are set to fall vacant, and the numbers in the state Assembly point to a seemingly clear outcome. There is no possibility of an alliance altering the arithmetic this time. In the previous cycle, four seats were held by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and one by the CPI(M)....

NEW DELHI: Defence and military experts, on Day 2 of DefSat2026 conference in New Delhi on Wednesday, intensified the strategic dialogue on building India’s persistent and resilient defence space capability, against the backdrop of rapid global transformation in space-based military infrastructure. With 1,602 space-based ISR satellites projected to launch globally between 2025 and 2030, the...

Be it the 275 data entry operators in the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) or organic farmers, all of them have been holding press meets and staging protests, desperately wanting to be heard before the Assembly election is announced. The TNCSC Computer Operators’ Association — comprising 275 members who have been working on contract since...

2 min readMumbaiFeb 26, 2026 12:22 AM IST Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been directed to develop a dynamic monitoring system based on Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to track sources of air pollution across the city. Replying during Question Hour in the...

A rare husband-wife face-off on the Assembly floor added political intrigue to a policy debate in Meghalaya on Wednesday, as NPP MLA Mehtab Chandee A Sangma pressed Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma over delays in key livestock education projects cleared by the cabinet three years ago. Raising the issue during proceedings, the Gambegre legislator sought...

NEW DELHI: A 27-year-old pregnant woman and her three young daughters were found dead with their throats slit inside their house in Prem Chand Park area of outer north Delhi on Wednesday morning. Police suspect the woman’s husband, who has been missing since early morning, and are investigating the motive behind the killings.Police suspect Anita’s...

BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra Taking exception to the State government not going ahead with recruitments to government posts as promised by the Congress before the Assembly elections, BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra on Wednesday warned of a protest if the recruitment process was not initiated. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Mr. Vijayendra alleged...

3 min readFeb 25, 2026 08:17 PM IST The Magnus Carlsen vs Hans Niemann cheating scandal is rearing its head again. This time, in the form of a documentary. Netflix has revealed that after nearly two years of following both players in the middle of the controversy the documentary will be releasing on April 7,...

What began as a missing person complaint in Lucknow’s Ashiyana area has resulted into one of the most chilling murder investigations in recent memory. The case has unfolded from what first appeared to be a sudden outburst over NEET pressure into a chilling narrative of alleged planning, dismemberment and an elaborate attempt to erase evidence....

The TOI correspondent from Washington: In an exhaustive State of the Union address lasting nearly two hours on Tuesday night, US president Donald Trump issued a stark warning to America’s trading partners: stick to the existing trade deals and continue negotiations along the established path, or face far harsher terms in any new agreements. “Don’t...