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"Selective": Court Seeks Change To Plea On BJP Chief Ministers' Hate Speech
- Feb 17, 2026 16:04 pm IST
- Reported by: Nupur Dogra
Flagging "selective" selection of three Chief Ministers, the Supreme Court today refused to hear a petition for strict guidelines against hate speech by people in high constitutional posts
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Opinion | 'Team Rahul' And 'Team Priyanka': Inside Congress' Plans For Kerala And Assam
- Feb 17, 2026 15:38 pm IST
- Rasheed Kidwai
The two siblings don't function at cross-purposes or differ on key ideological issues. However, in practice, they are often seen following slightly different 'chaal, chalan, chehra', as they say, from each other.
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Man, 70, Dies After Being Allegedly Assaulted By Son In Bengaluru
- Feb 17, 2026 15:16 pm IST
- Reported by: Deepak Bopanna
A 70-year-old man died in Bengaluru after being allegedly assaulted by his son over property and family disputes.
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23 Years Later, Court Directs Convicted-Boyfriend To Surrender In Actor Pratyusha's Death
- Feb 17, 2026 15:14 pm IST
- Reported by: Nupur Dogra
- Edited by: Aastha Ahuja
Pratyusha's mother has, for years, alleged that her daughter was raped and murdered by influential men, including people linked to political families.
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What Rajasthan Congress Chief Govind Dotasra Did When He Met His Look-Alike 'Dharam Bhai'
- Feb 17, 2026 15:11 pm IST
- Reported by: Harsha Kumari Singh
A casual wedding-day video turned into a viral moment and brought Congress President Govind Singh Dotasra face to face with his look-alike, 43-year-old Naresh Kumar Sindhi, at the Rajasthan State Assembly.
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BJP's Jibes And The Congress' Bhupen Borah See-Saw In Assam
- Feb 17, 2026 15:09 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Fractures in the Congress' Assam unit - unwelcome with an election weeks away - made headlines Monday after senior leader Bhupen Borah, an influential two-time MLA and former state chief, stormed out of a party he has represented for 32 years.
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Assam Polls Likely In First Week Of April, Announcement In March: Sources
- Feb 17, 2026 14:31 pm IST
- Reported by: Akhilesh Sharma
Assembly polls in Assam are likely to be held in a single phase in the first week of April, and the Election Commission may make an announcement in the second week of March, sources have said.
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Opinion | Pak 'Impostors' To Jamaat Trolls: What's Going On With Bangladesh Social Media?
- Feb 17, 2026 14:07 pm IST
- Tara Kartha
The largest single spends on social media were from DailyNews24, which masquerades as a news organisation but is, in reality, a Jamaat organ. The second and fourth spenders are also Jamaat sites.
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Hours After Valentine's Day Dinner, Chartered Accountant Slits Wife's Throat
- Feb 17, 2026 13:55 pm IST
- Edited by: Anwesha Singh
What began as a Valentine's Day evening for a young couple in Haryana ended in a shocking and brutal death. A man, who had just spent the evening with his wife celebrating the day, later murdered her and then tried to mislead the police
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UP Sub-Inspector Killed, 4 Cops Injured As Police SUV Crashes Into Tree
- Feb 17, 2026 13:48 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A sub-inspector was killed and four police personnel, including a woman officer, were injured after a speeding police SUV rammed into a tree in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district on Tuesday morning, an official said.
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Fire In Coach Of New Delhi-Chennai Express Train In Maharashtra, None Hurt
- Feb 17, 2026 13:40 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A coach of the New Delhi-Chennai Grant Trunk Express caught fire in Maharashtra's Wardha district on Tuesday morning, railway officials said.
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"My $1,000,000 Year": Unfulfilled Dreams Of Sahil Dhaneshra, Killed In Crash
- Feb 17, 2026 13:25 pm IST
- Reported by: Aaquil Jameel
- Edited by: Aastha Ahuja
A poster on Sahil's study table reads "They want to fly first class. I want to own the plane."
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5 Teachers Suspended For Facilitating Mass Copying During Exam In Maharashtra
- Feb 17, 2026 13:24 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Five teachers, who were caught allegedly facilitating large-scale copying during an HSC (Class 12) examination paper at a centre in Maharashtra's Beed district, have been suspended, an official said on Tuesday.
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Adani Group Commits $100 Billion To Sovereign AI Infrastructure
- Feb 17, 2026 13:00 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
The Adani Group on Tuesday announced one of the world's largest integrated energy-compute commitments, a direct investment of $100 billion to develop renewable-energy-powered, hyperscale AI-ready data centres by 2035.
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7 In 10 Indians Plan To Use AI For Online Shopping Despite Privacy Concerns: Survey
- Feb 17, 2026 12:59 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
The survey was conducted by LocalCircles, a civic engagement platform, across 332 districts and received over 75,000 responses from online shoppers
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Tina Ambani Skips Enforcement Directorate Summons, 2nd Time In 2 Weeks
- Feb 17, 2026 12:13 pm IST
- Reported by: Mukesh Singh Sengar
Tina Ambani, actor and wife of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, skipped a summons by the Enforcement Directorate today
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Video: Kiren Rijiju Helps Push Stranded Vehicle Amid Snow In Arunachal Pradesh
- Feb 17, 2026 11:58 am IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju helped push a stranded vehicle during heavy snowfall in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang.
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Opinion | The Great AI Race: India Must Decide Whether It Writes The Code, Or Lives By It
- Feb 17, 2026 11:57 am IST
- Harsh V. Pant
In a century where power will be increasingly mediated through code, compute, and control over data, India cannot afford to drift into technological dependency.
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Australia To Promote National AI Plan At India AI Impact Summit 2026
- Feb 17, 2026 11:46 am IST
- Reported by: Aditya Raj Kaul
Australia is stepping up its global engagement on artificial intelligence, with Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy Dr Andrew Charlton visiting India this week to participate in the AI Impact Summit.