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SC Expresses Reservations over Pre-Marital Consensual Physical Relationships

February 16, 2026 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 16: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed strong reservations over pre-marital physical relationships and also viewed the complaints against consensual relationship unworthy of trial and conviction. The observations were made by a bench of Justice BV Nagarathana and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan while hearing a bail plea in a case involving […]

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SC Directs Petitions against Assam CM’s “Hate Speech” to be Filed in High Court, Cautioned Political Leaders

February 16, 2026 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 16: Even while urging the political parties and political leaders to restrain themselves and “act within the boundaries of constitutional morality,” the Supreme Court on Monday found “no good reason” to entertain a series of petitions seeking a criminal investigation against the Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for giving communal […]

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Munir Almost Stopped from Entering Security Conference over Identity Card

February 15, 2026 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 15: A security officer at an event in Germany’s Munich almost stopped the Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir over his identity card. Field Marshal Munir and his team came to the German city to attend the Munich Security Conference. A video showing the security officer asking the Pakistani army chief […]

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India Negotiated from a Position of Strength in All Trade Deals: Modi

February 15, 2026 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 15: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India had been able to negotiate trade pacts with various countries from a position of strength because of its strength in manufacturing, service sector and Small and Medium Enterprises and helped by “political stability and political predictability” that restored investor confidence […]

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Om Birla to Represent India at Rahman Swearing-in, Modi Engaged

February 15, 2026 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 15: The Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent India at the swearing-in of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Tarique Rahman as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Tuesday. In a significant diplomatic outreach, the Chief Adviser of the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, invited heads of government from 13 […]

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Work on Wular Barrage Expected to Begin Soon

February 14, 2026 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 14: Nine months after suspending the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) following the Pahalgam terror attack, the Jammu and Kashmir government is set to resume work on the stalled Wular barrage which aims to regulate water storage from the Jhelum River. Since India no longer considers itself bound by the 1960 agreement, officials […]

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5 European Countries Accuse Putin of Murdering Opposition Leader Navalny

February 14, 2026 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 14: Five European countries accused Russia of “poisoning” opposition leader and staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin — Alexei Navalny—with a lethal toxin. The foreign ministries of the U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said on Saturday that analysis of samples from Navalny, who died two years ago, “have […]

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Bangladesh Wants to Build “People-to-People” Ties with India: BNP

February 14, 2026 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 14: The Bangladesh Prime Minister-in-waiting Tarique Rahman on Saturday said the interests of the country and its people would determine his country’s foreign policy with his close aide saying that the BNP government would want to build people-to-people ties with neighbouring India and strengthen bilateral relationship through trade and investments. Humayun […]

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Modi Inaugurates ELF at Moran, Launched Scathing Attack on Congress

February 14, 2026 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 14: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an all-out attack on the Congress accusing it of neglecting the Northeast and promoting insurgency in Assam during its rule. Addressing a massive rally in Guwahati after inaugurating a six-lane bridge on the Brahmaputra River in Assam, Mr Modi alleged that […]

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Pannun Murder Plot Accused Nikhil Gupta Pleads Guilty in US Court

February 13, 2026 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: The controversial accused Nikhil Gupta on Friday pleaded guilty in a US court for the unsuccessful murder plot of Khalistani separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Gupta was accused of plotting to kill Pannun on the orders of the Indian government and had earlier pleaded not guilty in a US federal court in […]