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Amit Shah To Be In Assam Ahead of Polls, Will Visit Bangladesh Border
- Feb 19, 2026 23:36 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Union home minister Amit Shah will arrive in Assam's Silchar on Thursday night for a three-day visit to the state, ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
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Advantage BJP As 37 Seats Up For Grabs In Big Rajya Sabha Battle
- Feb 19, 2026 22:37 pm IST
- Reported by: Aishvarya Jain, Manoranjan Bharti
The race for the Rajya Sabha is set to intensify with elections to 37 seats across 10 states scheduled for March 16, and early trends suggest the BJP-led NDA could further consolidate its position in the Upper House.
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Shillong MP Ricky Syngkon Collapses During Football Match, Dies
- Feb 19, 2026 22:35 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Shillong MP Ricky AJ Syngkon, of the Voice of the People Party (VPP), died on Thursday evening after suddenly falling ill while playing football, triggering widespread shock and grief across Meghalaya's political spectrum.
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Boon, But Problem Too: DMDK's Entry Tightens Seat Math For DMK, Congress
- Feb 19, 2026 22:20 pm IST
- Reported by: Sriram Ganesh
Tamil Nadu has 234 constituencies, and the Congress contested 25 in 2021 as part of the alliance.
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Shocking Suicide Data In Madhya Pradesh -- 44 A Day, Minister Tells Assembly
- Feb 19, 2026 21:38 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
In a sobering admission during the ongoing Budget Session 2026, the Madhya Pradesh government confirmed in Assembly that 32,385 people died by suicide between December 13, 2023 and January 20, 2026.
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Madhya Pradesh's Cough Syrup Red Flag That Didn't Stop The Next Shock
- Feb 19, 2026 21:23 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
- Edited by: Debanish Achom
Long before the cough syrup controversy exploded into a tragedy in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara, a chilling warning had already surfaced in Indore and it was not vague, not technical, not debatable. It was chemical, measurable, and terrifying.
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130 Women Go Missing Every Day In Madhya Pradesh, Reveals Data
- Feb 19, 2026 21:00 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
Nearly 130 women and girls go missing every single day in Madhya Pradesh. That staggering average has emerged from official data tabled in the Assembly after Congress MLA Vikrant Bhuria raised the issue.
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Switzerland To Host Next AI Summit, Keen To Learn From India Says Top Official
- Feb 19, 2026 20:34 pm IST
- Reported by: Aditya Raj Kaul
As India wrapped up one of the world's largest and most inclusive discussions on artificial intelligence, Switzerland has confirmed it will host the next major global AI summit in Geneva in 2027.
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Next Round of SIR, Including in Delhi, Maharashtra, To Begin in April
- Feb 19, 2026 20:31 pm IST
- Reported by: Ashwine Kumar Singh
The move comes as the SIR process in 12 states and Union Territories is nearing completion.
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Next Decade To See Energy-Efficient AI Systems Operating Locally: NXP Top Official To NDTV
- Feb 19, 2026 20:11 pm IST
- Reported by: Aditya Raj Kaul
As world leaders, policymakers, and technology giants gathered at the AI Summit in New Delhi, a clear message emerged from the semiconductor industry: the future of AI will not sit in distant data centres, but at the "edge" - inside everyday devices.
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'We Have Many Strong Warriors': Priyanka Gandhi Downplays Bhupen Borah Exit
- Feb 19, 2026 20:10 pm IST
- IANS
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Thursday, reacted to reports of former veteran party leader Bhupen Borah's imminent switch to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that political movements ahead of elections are not unusual.
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Delhi Crash Exposes India's Road Crisis: Two-Wheeler Riders at Highest Risk
- Feb 19, 2026 19:55 pm IST
- Reported by: Subham Singh
In 2023, two-wheeler users accounted for nearly half of all road deaths in the country.
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Salon Owner By Day, 'Madam Zeher' By Night: Delhi Lady Don's Dual Life
- Feb 19, 2026 19:34 pm IST
- Reported by: Mukesh Singh Sengar
The Delhi Police Special Cell Counter Intelligence has arrested Khusnuma Ansari, alias Neha, a woman accused of managing a drug syndicate for the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
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In Reply To NDTV Query On India Ties, Macron's Rafale Deal Mention
- Feb 19, 2026 18:59 pm IST
- Reported by: Vishnu Som
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Delhi today, on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
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Labelling Kashmiri Pandits Exodus Propaganda Akin To Genocide: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha
- Feb 19, 2026 18:39 pm IST
- Reported by: Pradeep Dutta
Manoj Sinha said those responsible for the trauma inflicted on Kashmiri Pandits will be neither forgotten nor forgiven.
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No More Borrowed AI, India Needs Independent Models With "Kill Switch"
- Feb 19, 2026 18:10 pm IST
- Reported by: Pallava Bagla
AI will soon sit at the core of how a nation governs, heals, teaches, feeds and delivers justice to its citizens.
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OpenAI CEO Says AI Regulation 'Urgently' Needed At India Summit
- Feb 19, 2026 17:48 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
The world urgently needs to regulate artificial intelligence, OpenAI head Sam Altman said on Thursday at a summit in New Delhi on the risks and opportunities posed by the fast-evolving technology.
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'India Needed For Peace, Development': UN Human Rights Chief To NDTV
- Feb 19, 2026 17:27 pm IST
- Reported by: Aditya Raj Kaul
With more than 70 countries participating and over 300,000 people attending, the summit has become one of the largest global gatherings focused on AI.
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Bangladesh Bars SpiceJet From Using Airspace Over Unpaid Dues
- Feb 19, 2026 16:57 pm IST
- Reported by: Tanushka Dutta
Budget carrier SpiceJet has been barred from using Bangladesh's airspace over pending air navigation charges, forcing the airline to reroute certain flights and potentially raising fuel costs.
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Opinion | Delhi Scorpio Tragedy: Why These Four States Top The Hit-And-Run List
- Feb 19, 2026 16:42 pm IST
- Deepanshu Mohan, Saksham Raj
The share of hit-and-run cases in total road fatalities has expanded from roughly 13-14% to nearly 18%, indicating that fleeing the scene has become a pattern in a growing proportion of fatal crashes.