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Meghalaya MP seeks freeze on environmental clearance process for new cement plant
Mr. Syngkon said East Jaintia Hills already has several cement and extractive industries and cautioned that evaluating projects in isolation without assessing cumulative regional impacts could undermine environmental safeguards.
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Former Congress leader Nasimuddin Siddiqui joins Samajwadi Party
The fresh round of inductions is seen as a strategic move by the SP to strengthen its social base for the upcoming 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections
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Security agencies bust massive 'mule account' network in J&K; fear misuse by terror groups
The officials said more than 8,000 mule accounts operating in the region have been identified and frozen over a period of three years, exposing a sophisticated network of money laundering
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Free helicopter ride for 10 students and five progressive farmers at Budanur fest, says Mandya MLA
The Budanur festival is an annual religious and cultural celebration centered around the 12-13th century Hoysala-era Ananthapadmanabha temple and Kashi Vishwanatha Temple, which draw large crowds to Budanur situated close to Mandya town
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Second edition of Tamil Nadu’s economic survey likely to be released on Monday
The State will present the interim budget in the Assembly on Tuesday (February 17, 2026)
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Sasikala to continue her consultations with her followers on finalising strategy for 2026 T.N. Assembly poll
The purpose of Ms. Sasikala’s ongoing discussion is to finalise her camp’s strategy for the 2026 Assembly election; she has planned to hold discussion up to February 18, says her follower who is a former legislator.
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Retired High Court judge to head judicial probe into blast at Meghalaya's coal mine
The panel has been tasked with fixing accountability and examining possible constitutional exemptions to central mining laws, said the notification dated February 14.
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Missing married woman found safe in Kunigal, Hassan police confirm
The 29-year-old woman, who sparked fears of foul play after disappearing following a wedding, was located unharmed with a friend
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U.P. cough syrup smuggling case: SP youth wing's former state secretary arrested
The U.P. Police is probing an alleged illegal network involved in the storage and distribution of highly regulated codeine-laced cough syrups across the State
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PM Modi receives invite to attend Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in ceremony in Bangladesh on February 17
PM Modi declines the invitation, as he will be in Mumbai for bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, and then will chair the AI impact summit in Delhi
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VHP president Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad seeks allocation of an additional ₹50 crore to Andhra University in A.P. Budget
As Andhra University celebrates its centenary, VHP president emphasises the need for enhanced funding to support academic growth and development
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Assam government has written to Centre for more emergency landing facilities: Himanta
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the state government will ink a pact with the Civil Aviation Ministry to carry out a study to construct four more airports at Majuli, Diphu, Umrangso and Manas
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Maharashtra ATS conducts raids in two districts over suspected terror activities
The ATS combed more than 20 locations in the two districts in the raids launched around midnight and has rounded up over a dozen suspects, they said.
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Pawan Kalyan launches Jana Sena membership drive
Mr. Kalyan said the JSP had started with just 150 people and enrolled 90,000 members during the first membership drive conducted in 2021.
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Bengaluru student Saketh Srinivasaiah found dead in the U.S.
Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, hailing from Karnataka, had been missing since Monday (February 9, 2026)
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India ‘very successful’ emerging economy; right place to host AI summit: UN Chief Guterres
Mr. Guterres asserted “it would be totally unacceptable that AI would be just a privilege of the most developed countries or a division only between two superpowers”, an apparent reference to the U.S. and China
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Woman from Uttar Pradesh murdered over dowry in Jharkhand
In his complaint, the father alleged that his daughter was frequently beaten and harassed over dowry since the wedding.
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Caste row over Dalit woman’s engagement at anganwadi centre in Odisha resolved, says official
The anganwadi centre will function normally from February 16, as the parents consented to send their children, Sujata Nayak, member of State commission for protection of child rights, saidKendrapara
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Bangladesh seeks reset in India ties, onus on New Delhi to recognise changed reality: Tarique's Advisor
Bangladesh has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other regional leaders to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the country's next Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman
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