Image for the purpose of representation only. | Photo Credit: File GUWAHATI Days after two Agniveer trainees died of suspected meningococcal bacterial infection at a training centre in Shillong, the Meghalaya government has issued an advisory urging people to avoid crowded places and follow health protocols. One of more than 30 trainees at the Assam...

3 min readKolkataFeb 27, 2026 05:15 PM IST Asian Games gold medallist and heptathlete Swapna Barman joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday, ahead of the Bengal assembly elections. “I am inspired by the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The way she rose from the grassroots and elevated Bengal to its present stature is...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Mumbai on a four-day visit to India aimed at boosting trade and resetting bilateral ties between the two nations. The visit comes after relations suffered a setback in recent times. Ahead of the trip, Canadian officials stated that India is no longer a security threat, marking a...

NEW DELHI: A Rouse Avenue Court on Friday discharged former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the Delhi excise policy case, refusing to take cognisance of the CBI’s chargesheet.The order was delivered by Special Judge (PC Act) Jitender Singh of the Rouse Avenue Court. ‘I Am...

Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: File The Supreme Court on Friday (February 27, 2026) assured that judicial officers deployed for verification of claims and objections filed by voters excluded from the electoral roll during the West Bengal Special Intensive Revision would remain objective and accept documents of proof of citizenship and identity listed...

3 min readNew DelhiFeb 27, 2026 01:13 PM IST Stating that the prosecution case doesn’t stand scrutiny and pointing out that the chargesheet is filled with lacunae, a Delhi court on Friday discharged Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and 21 others in the CBI’s corruption case linked to the alleged excise...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has secured mandatory prosecution sanction against Congress veteran P Chidambaram in the INX Media and Aircel-Maxis money-laundering cases, removing a key legal hurdle and clearing the way for expedited trial proceedings. Both cases relate to alleged financial irregularities during Chidambaram’s tenure as the Union Finance Minister. He and the co-accused have...

Hillary Clinton denies knowledge of Epstein crimes in House Testimony (AP) Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton testified for more than six hours behind closed doors on Thursday before the Republican-led House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.The deposition, held in the Clintons’ hometown of Chappaqua, New...

If they miss the deadline, thousands of properties, some of them centuries old, may slip into a digital void. That fear hangs heavy outside a central masjid in Hyderabad, where small groups of men wait in silence, files pressed close to their chests. Some hold rolled gazette notifications and title deeds while others carry electricity...

2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Feb 27, 2026 08:59 AM IST Days after a six-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped in Southeast Delhi and her body recovered from a well, police on Wednesday said that according to the postmortem examination report, the girl was sexually assaulted before she was killed. “The charge of rape, under the Protection...