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Latest News Live Updates | According to Sudipto Ghosh's complaint, associates of Shankar Routh forcibly entered his home, assaulted him in front of his wife, and dragged him to a local club.

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has confirmed that Indian national Nikhil Gupta, charged in the 2023 assassination plot against Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York, has pleaded guilty — and said that his sentence will be pronounced on May 29. In their statement, the DoJ also said that Gupta worked at the “direction” of Vikash Yadav, “employed by the Government of India’s Cabinet Secretariat, which houses India’s foreign intelligence service, the Research and Analysis Wing”, to arrange the plot.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar underlined Saturday that India remains committed to strategic autonomy and will make “independent” choices which may not agree with someone’s thinking. He said this when asked if the recent trade agreement with the United States and its terms on “weaning” off Russian oil didn’t undermine India’s strategic autonomy.

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Describing Artificial Intelligence as a “good catalyst” and a “bridge”, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at the Express Adda Friday that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 focuses on using technology to “fill learning gaps” and “take education to inaccessible areas”.

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Feb 15, 2026 04:17 PM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | Dragged to club and thrashed for not giving Rs 1 lakh, claims Baranagar interior designer in complaint against TMC trade union leader
According to Sudipto Ghosh's complaint, associates of Shankar Routh forcibly entered his home, assaulted him in front of his wife, and dragged him to a local club.
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Feb 15, 2026 04:04 PM IST
India News Live Updates | 120 days after he died in Saudi shootout, migrant worker’s body back in India; but his family is not yet ready to accept the remains
While the Jharkhand govt has offered Rs 5 lakh, the grieving family demands clarity from his employer to ‘secure the future of his sons’
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Feb 15, 2026 03:58 PM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | How does mucus behaviour in the lungs affect asthma and pollution risks?
Researchers at IIT Bombay explain how excess mucus forms narrow humps that leave airway walls exposed, offering new insight into asthma attacks and drug delivery
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Feb 15, 2026 03:51 PM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | The invisible war for your Tatkal ticket: Railways blocks 17 billion bot attacks in a month
Discover how Aadhaar-based OTPs and a decoy system are finally defeating unauthorised agents and automated scripts.
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Feb 15, 2026 03:40 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Vande Bharat Express: A timeline of the train service as it turns 7 today
Vande Bharat Express turns 7: The Vande Bharat Express marks a shift from conventional locomotive-hauled trains to integrated train systems optimised for efficiency and safety.
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Feb 15, 2026 02:35 PM IST
Lucknow News Live Updates | UP woman dies in elephant attack near India-Nepal border, her sons injured
Forest officials suspect that the victims may have lost control of their motorcycle after spotting the elephant in the Nishangarh range in Bahraich, leading to a fall that resulted in her death and injuries to her sons.
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Feb 15, 2026 02:28 PM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | Over 1.1 lakh Maharashtra teachers above 50 do not have TET qualification
State data shows nearly 90% of in-service teachers lack the qualification after SC’s retrospective mandate
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Feb 15, 2026 02:06 PM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | Why Tipu Sultan keeps triggering political flashpoints in Maharashtra
From Malegaon’s portrait row to wider debates over history and identity, the 18th century Mysore ruler remains a recurring flashpoint in the state’s politics.
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Feb 15, 2026 02:01 PM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Amritsar police ‘Fact-Check’: After son’s death, cop accuses govt of ‘failing to control drugs’, retracts within 24 hours
ACP uploads a video with the statement of cop Ashok Kumar
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Feb 15, 2026 02:00 PM IST
World News Live Updates | BNP seeks total reset in ties with India as Tarique Rahman prepares to lead Bangladesh
Kabir described Hasina, who fled to India after the 2024 uprising, as a "terrorist", who he said was responsible for over 1,500 deaths.
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Feb 15, 2026 01:58 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Railways conducts 160 kmph Kavach trial on Dadri-Tundla section using Vande Bharat rake
Kavach Railway News: The Kavach is an makes rail operation safer by applying brakes in trains in critical situations. The system automatically protects against Signal Passing at Danger (SPAD), Head-on and rear-ends collision risks.
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Feb 15, 2026 01:37 PM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Military Digest | Seniority vs merit in Army promotions: How Nehru’s Govt in newly Independent India addressed this challenge
As India prepares for the appointment of a new Chief of Defence Staff and Chief of Army Staff, Jawaharlal Nehru’s remarks on "scientific warfare" resonate.
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Feb 15, 2026 12:33 PM IST
Pune News Live Updates | Against All Odds | From a suicidal wreck to the woman who brought endurance cycling to India, how Divya Tate pedalled her way out of the fog
Unstoppable, Divya Tate has built a lakeside cabin in the countryside, riding her old Trek MTB, working towards sustainable living, and is planning her own version of a triathlon for her 60th this year.
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Feb 15, 2026 11:57 AM IST
World News Live Updates | Bangladesh likely to invite PM Modi, regional leaders for Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in ceremony on February 17
Tarique Rahman, chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, is set to take oath following his party’s return to power.
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Feb 15, 2026 11:37 AM IST
Delhi News Live Updates | In Noida, couple found dead with gunshot wounds in locked car, cops suspect suicide; kin claims man taunted over caste
Police identified the deceased as Sumit (32), a resident of Trilokpuri in Delhi, and Rekha (28), a resident of Salarpur in Sector 101, Noida.
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Feb 15, 2026 11:16 AM IST
Delhi News Live Updates | ASI to inform Delhi HC if it will hear representation against stopping namaz at Mughal masjid
The Mughal period mosque, distinct with its 3 bulbous domes and situated on the right side of the eastern entrance gateway to the otherwise Mamluk and Tughlaq dynasty complex, is one of the two masjids situated in the complex, the other being Quwwat-Ul-Islam mosque.
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Feb 15, 2026 11:09 AM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | MMRDA imposes Rs 5 crore penalty on contractor trio Reliance, Astaldi & Milan Road, Rs 1 crore on general consultant, sets up investigative committee
Additionally, a Rs 1 crore penalty was imposed on the general consultant, in charge of supervision, a consortium of DB Engineering & Consulting, Hill International Inc and Louis Berger Consulting Private Limited.
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Feb 15, 2026 10:40 AM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | A silent IAS association, and a tale of two Aroras in Punjab
Capt Amarinder shot into news last week as ED came calling on him and his son Raninder
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Feb 15, 2026 10:18 AM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Kashmiri garlic: Crop that took Mohali’s marginal farmer from 1.5 acres to 4 acres
A farmer from Saini Majra in Mohali has turned premium Kashmiri garlic into a high-income enterprise, earning up to Rs 23 lakh per acre in seven months and transforming his family’s fortunes.
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Feb 15, 2026 10:09 AM IST
Delhi News Live Updates | AI Impact Summit 2026 in Delhi: Traffic advisory issued for school students as CBSE exams begin on Feb 17
Delhi Police Traffic Advisory: The Delhi Police has issued a traffic advisory for schools and students in the national capital, as the CBSE exams and AI Impact Summit 2026 are scheduled to start around the same time.
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Feb 15, 2026 10:07 AM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Pay Rs 27.99 lakh for wrongly denied cancer claim, Chandigarh panel tells insurer
Commission says companies cannot sell ‘green pastures’ and later reject claims without proof of pre-existing disease
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Feb 15, 2026 10:06 AM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Insurers show green pastures…. but invent excuses to deny claims: Consumer panel
The order, passed on February 9, 2026, by Commission president Amrinder Singh Sidhu and member Brij Mohan Sharma, came on a complaint filed by Vidya Bhushan Sharma, a Sector 43B resident. He had taken a health insurance policy effective October 2021 after porting his earlier coverage and had disclosed that he underwent angioplasty in 2008.
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Feb 15, 2026 09:50 AM IST
World News Live Updates | Indian student found dead days after going missing in California: Who was Saketh Sreenivasaiah?
A 22-year-old Indian student enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley has been found dead nearly a week after he was reported missing in California. Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a postgraduate student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, had been missing since February 9. Authorities recovered his body six days later following an intensive search operation around Berkeley. […]
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Feb 15, 2026 09:27 AM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | One dead, three injured after Metro parapet collapses on LBS Road, Mulund
A 60-year-old man was killed and three others injured after a parapet wall segment from an under-construction Metro Line 4 stretch collapsed onto vehicles on LBS Road in Mulund, prompting arrests, heavy fines and a high-level probe.
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Feb 15, 2026 09:16 AM IST
Ahmedabad News Live Updates | Govt’s Sabarmati Ashram revamp in Ahmedabad runs into resistance — one family holds out
The other 250-plus families who lived on the premises have accepted compensation, moved out
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Feb 15, 2026 09:09 AM IST
Ahmedabad News Live Updates | How electric buses got under PM e-Bus Sewa will help Bhavnagar revive its public transport service
The Saurashtra city, which doesn't have a public transport service currently, gets 50 buses under the Central scheme, 50 more to come
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Feb 15, 2026 09:02 AM IST
Ahmedabad News Live Updates | Days after Gujarat couple rescued from abductors in Azerbaijan, agents who sent them to US via ‘dunki route’ held
The three accused were nabbed from Thane, Dahisar and Andheri areas of Mumbai
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Feb 15, 2026 08:56 AM IST
Ahmedabad News Live Updates | ‘Breaking Bad’ in Bharuch: Pharma firm employee sets up ‘MD drug lab’ in rented flat
74.88 grams of MD worth around Rs 2.24 lakh as well as a stash of raw materials used to make the MD drugs and apparatus were seized from "live laboratory"
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Feb 15, 2026 08:44 AM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | Mamata govt deprived Bengal students of Rs 10,000 crore Central funds: Pradhan
Says despite repeated reminders NEP not being implemented in the state
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Feb 15, 2026 08:41 AM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | Hany Babu permitted to travel to Kerala to meet mother, court allows law enforcement agencies to monitor his whereabouts
A special court has permitted Delhi University professor and Elgaar Parishad accused Hany Babu to travel to Kerala on humanitarian grounds, while allowing the NIA to monitor his whereabouts.
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Feb 15, 2026 08:31 AM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | TMC leader Raju Naskar held for assault, party says no political link
The real estate businessman was arrested while he was trying to leave the city, said police
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Feb 15, 2026 08:12 AM IST
India News Live Updates | ‘I only see losses’: Omar warns of threat to Kashmir’s fruit growers from new Indo-US trade deal
“I’m not sure what benefits this (the trade deal) would bring, but for now, I can only see the losses. Things that will now be allowed into the country duty free are things we produce -- almonds, walnuts, apples and other fruits,” he said.
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Feb 15, 2026 08:10 AM IST
World News Live Updates | Obama says ‘shame’ in public life has been lost after racist video shared by Donald Trump
Obama addressed the issue during a 47-minute interview with liberal podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen.
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Feb 15, 2026 08:07 AM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | In Mumbai for a wedding, Yadav family leaves with one deceased and two injured
A 60-year-old man died and two relatives were critically injured after an autorickshaw accident in Mumbai, just days after the family arrived from Uttar Pradesh for a wedding.
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Feb 15, 2026 08:05 AM IST
Patna News Live Updates | Patna Police book retired IPS officer, raid home over ‘provocative’ posts on NEET aspirant’s death
In a separate communication, the police sought permission to search Das’s house, saying it was “essential”. It also sought deputation of a magistrate and a videographer under the Bharatiya Nyaya Surkasha Samhita (BNSS) to conduct the search.
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Feb 15, 2026 07:45 AM IST
Patna News Live Updates | Bihar clears 17,000 ex-paramilitary, ex-Army recruits for auxiliary police, honorarium hiked
This is the first time the state is engaging ex-paramilitary personnel in state policing
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Feb 15, 2026 07:15 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Over 300 endangered turtles found hidden in AC First-Class coach of Patna-Indore Express
Local collectors allegedly trapped the turtles from wetlands and tributaries of Ganga and other river systems where these turtles thrive. They were then funnelled into a distribution system that spanned multiple states.
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Feb 15, 2026 07:15 AM IST
Thiruvananthapuram News Live Updates | Kerala to bid farewell with state honours to 10-month-old Alin, state’s youngest organ donor
Alin Sherin Abraham, who suffered serious injuries in a road accident while travelling with her family in Kottayam on February 5, was declared brain dead on Friday.
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Feb 15, 2026 07:12 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Srinagar’s heritage renaissance: Inside Rs 210 crore plan to transform walled city
A report detailing the initiatives at Qalai Andar states that the continued degeneration of the area poses a 'serious threat' to the preservation of Srinagar’s identity as a heritage city.
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Feb 15, 2026 07:11 AM IST
World News Live Updates | AI in warfare: US military reportedly deployed Anthropic’s Claude in Venezuela raid
Wall Street Journal says Claude used in operation via Anthropic’s partnership with Palantir Technologies
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Feb 15, 2026 06:12 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Madhya Pradesh vegetable vendor ‘burgled’ several police houses. Then, law caught up with him
Following the theft, Kotwali police registered a case against unknown persons and launched coordinated searches across Jhabua, Dhar and Alirajpur. Police said technical surveillance later indicated that the accused was moving towards Burhanpur.
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Feb 15, 2026 05:44 AM IST
World News Live Updates | Ukraine seeks 20-year US security guarantee before signing peace deal
Zelenskyy demands firm assurances from Washington and clear EU membership timeline at Munich summit
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Feb 15, 2026 04:59 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Former R&AW officer also named in Pannun Plot: Police preparing supplementary chargesheet against Vikash Yadav in extortion and kidnapping case
The first chargesheet in the case was filed in 2024. Yadav, who is currently out on bail, was arrested on December 18, 2023, along with Abdullah Khan of Greater Noida, by the Counter Intelligence Unit of the Special Cell.
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