India entered the US-led Pax Silica strategic alliance on Friday, as the two sides signed Pax Silica Declaration in presence of Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and US under secretary of state for economic affairs, Jacob Helberg. This comes after US envoy Sergio Gor invited India to enter the bloc last month continuing efforts to finalise...

The accused allegedly stopped a boy and a girl, belonging to different communities, while they were returning from school on a bike, and questioned them. | Photo Credit: Illustration by Satheesh Vellinezhi Chikkamagaluru police took three people into custody on February 19 on the charge of moral policing. The accused allegedly stopped a boy and...

3 min readNew DelhiFeb 20, 2026 09:30 AM IST On Instagram, Ariya recently shared an informative video on baggage tags issued by airlines, saying, “The tags that you get to put on suitcases, you should not just take them off and throw them away. Here’s why. You see, these bar codes contain all of your...

French President Emmanuel Macron signed off from India with a digital hug. As he concluded his visit that blended diplomacy with digital ambition, Macron posted a video of his favourite moments from the trip on X with a simple message: “Thank You India!” He said he deeply appreciated the warm welcome he received. The visit...

New Delhi: More than six years after its enactment sparked riots in Delhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday scheduled a four-day final hearing from May 5 on 243 petitions challenging the validity of Citizenship (Amendment) Act that provides a pathway for citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christians who may reach India after fleeing...

Determined to fund the education of his two sons and daughter, Panchanan Muduli, 44, of Balangir, a western Odisha district that depends on rain for agriculture, left home in early 2025 for Hyderabad. He had been promised work on a poultry farm and a place to sleep with the chicks  he would be rearing. Though...

1 min readNew DelhiFeb 20, 2026 05:12 AM IST Wanted in his own country for allegedly killing a police officer, a Bangladeshi student activist was questioned by Delhi Police and immigration officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Thursday, officers said. He was then sent back to Bangladesh after questioning, police added. According...

The Delhi Police Special Cell on Thursday arrested gangster Mahfooz alias Bobby Kabootar of the Lawrence Bishnoi–Hashim Baba gang, along with his girlfriend Khushnuma Ansari alias Neha. Police said the arrest marks a significant development in their crackdown on the gang, particularly highlighting what officers describe as the increasing involvement of women within the network....

Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh with children during the distribution of financial assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Alternative Housing Complex in Langol, Imphal West, on Thursday. Imphal/Churachandpur: A fractured state tried to talk to itself. For the first time since ethnic violence tore Manipur apart in May 2023, chief minister Yumnam...

When 57 members of the PSMO College alumni association who were elected to the three-tier panchayats and municipalities in the recent local body elections reunited on the campus at Tirurangadi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SAKEER HUSSAIN PSMO College, Tirurangadi, turned into a rare confluence of public life and alma mater on Tuesday as people’s...