Breaking News, February 26 | HIGHLIGHTS

A man allegedly killed his wife and later attempted suicide in the wee hours of Monday after an argument over money matters at a village in Nagpur district, a police official said.

Former Maharashtra minister Basawraj Patil Murumkar on Monday resigned from the Congress, a party functionary claimed.

A 19-year-old woman suffered from suffocation due to smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a two-storey commercial centre situated in Santacruz suburb of Mumbai on Monday evening, civic officials said.

The NHRC has sent a notice to the Rajasthan Police chief over the reported death of a prisoner under suspicious circumstances in the Ajmer Central Jail and sought a report in six weeks, officials said on Monday.

The rupee gained 3 paise to settle at 82.88 against the US dollar in a range-bound trade on Monday, tracking volatility in the equity market.

An 8-year-old boy was sexually abused and murdered allegedly by a man who lured him with a 'vada pav' in Pimpri Chinchwad area of Pune, a police official said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday virtually laid foundation stones for redevelopment of 45 rail stations in the southern parts of West Bengal under the 'Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.'

The opposition Congress on Monday urged the Centre to improve the healthcare services at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in Puducherry and also in its hospital in the Karaikal branch of the college.

 A bandh (shutdown) observed in Harda in Madhya Pradesh on Monday for higher compensation in connection with the February 6 firecracker unit blast-blaze evoked good response and passed off peacefully, officials said.

Two officers in New York shot and killed a man over the weekend, prompting authorities to launch an investigation and his family to demand answers. Edward Holmes, 58, was fatally shot Saturday morning in Buffalo after police say he discharged his shotgun and officers returned fire.

A 25-year-old rape survivor was seriously injured when she was shot at and attacked with a sharp-edged weapon by a man accused of raping her and his two accomplices in Kotputli-Behror district of Rajasthan.

CBI probe into killing of INLD's Haryana chief Nafe Singh Rathee will be ordered, State Home Minister Anil Vij said in Assembly on Monday (February 26). The development comes amid massive protests by the Opposition which is questioning the government over law and order in the state. Soon after the incident, Vij had assured strict action against the perpetrators and said that they would not be spared.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a video conference of the inauguration of Railways infra projects, said "Today, the foundation stone of more than 2,000 projects related to railways has been laid and inaugurated.  The third term of this government is going to start from June but the scale and speed with which work has been started is surprising everyone."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 2,000 rail infrastructure projects worth Rs 41,000 crore on Monday.

The opposition Congress and AIUDF staged walkouts from the Assam Assembly on Monday, protesting the decision by the state Cabinet to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935. The AIUDF had moved an adjournment motion to discuss the cabinet decision, which was rejected by Speaker Biswajit Daimary. The Congress maintained that amendments could have been made to the original bill without repealing it altogether. The Assam Cabinet on Friday had approved the decision to repeal the Act in a bid to end the social menace of child marriage in the state, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The Supreme Court sought the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) response on Monday on a bail plea moved by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh in a money-laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. 
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta issued a notice to the federal agency on the plea, in which Singh challenged the Delhi High Court order that refused to grant bail to him in the case. The bench tagged the bail plea along with another plea of Singh, in which he has challenged his arrest and remand in the money-laundering case.

Shares of Paytm owner One97 Communications jumped 5 per cent in the morning trade on Monday after Reserve Bank asked retial payment settlement body NPCI to examine the possibility of migrating Paytm Payments Bank customers using '@paytm' UPI handle to other banks. The stock of crisis-hit fintech company climbed 5 per cent each to Rs 428. 10 and Rs 427. 95 apiece -- also its upper circuit limit -- on the NSE and BSE. In the morning trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex benchmark slumped 288. 71 points or 0. 39 per cent, while NSE Nifty fell 71. 55 points to 22,141. 15.

The West Bengal Police on Monday arrested TMC leader Ajit Maiti from the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on the charges of land grabbing from villagers, an officer said. Maiti, considered a close aide of absconding TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh, was detained on Sunday evening from the residence of a civic volunteer where he had locked himself for over four hours after being chased by villagers, he said. "We have arrested him from Bermadjur area after getting complaints from villagers regarding land grabbing. We will produce him before a court later in the day," the police officer told PTI. After getting over 70 complaints, the police lodged an FIR against Shajahan Shiekh, he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Bharat Tex-2024, the country's largest global textiles event, on Monday at Delhi's Bharat Mandapam. The event, spanning four days from Monday to Thursday, aimed to bolster India's textile industry and promote its global competitiveness.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday skipped the Enforcement Directorate's 7th summons for questioning in the excise policy-linked money laundering case.

The Allahabad High Court is set to deliver its verdict on Monday regarding the appeal filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC) challenging the Varanasi District Judge's order allowing Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the 'Vyas Ka Tehkhana' area within the Gyanvapi mosque complex.

Five laborers lost their lives in a tragic road accident in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. According to reports, the incident occurred late Sunday night in the Samadhanganj area under Sikrara police jurisdiction, when a Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus collided with a tractor-trailer.

Two Congress MLAs and two legislators from the National People’s Party (NPP) joined the ruling BJP on Sunday in Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu, in a post on X, said, "Warmly welcomed Hon Congress MLAs -Ninong Ering and Wanglin Lowangdong; and 2 NPP MLAs Mutchu Mithi and Gokar Basar in the BJP."

Congress MLAs Ninong Ering, and Wanglin Lowangdong along with National People's Party's (NPP) Mutchu Mithi and Gokar Basar joined the BJP in Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu tweeted, "Warmly welcomed Hon Congress MLAs -Ninong Ering & Wanglin Lowangdong; and 2 NPP MLAs Mutchu Mithi & Gokar Basar in the BJP."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually inaugurated the 960-bed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Kalyani in West Bengal's Nadia district. West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose and Union ministers Sarbananda Sonowal, Santanu Thakur, Subhas Sarkar, Nishit Pramanik and John Barla attended the inauguration event from the AIIMS campus.

At least nine people, including two women, were killed in a major road accident involving the collision of three vehicles in Bihar's Kaimur district on Sunday night.