The Congress on Saturday said the India-US joint statement on the interim framework of a full trade agreement had only revealed that Russian oil import to India will stop Russian oil imports. The Congress also claimed that as a result of the trade deal, US imports to India will increase and “great uncertainty” will befall
4 min readNew DelhiFeb 7, 2026 11:03 AM IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday departed for a two-day visit to Malaysia, where he will hold bilateral talks with his counterpart Anwar Ibrahim. In his departure statement, Modi said he is visiting Malaysia at the invitation of his “friend” Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim, and aims
2 min readFeb 7, 2026 11:39 AM IST Over 1,000 revenue officers (ROs) and circle officers (COs), who had been on strike since February 2, called off their strike after the state government agreed to restore the position of deputy collector, land reforms (DCLR) to the Bihar Revenue Service (BRS). ROs and COs will return
3 min readHyderabadUpdated: Feb 7, 2026 01:13 PM IST Maoist leader L Prabhakar Rao, who was killed on Friday in an operation by security forces along the Maharashtra-Telangana border, was a senior leader in the CPI (Maoist) Gadchiroli hierarchy. Known by aliases such as Ravi, Swamy, and Chander, Rao, 53, hailed from Isrojiwadi village in
2 min readUpdated: Feb 7, 2026 04:39 PM IST Indian Railways verification of identity: The Ministry of Railways has made identity proof verification compulsory for reserved train journeys serving the international border areas including Nepal and Bangladesh. The move is expected to further strengthen security. Indian Railways ID Verification Rules In a letter dated February
3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Feb 7, 2026 07:52 PM IST Five cubs were born at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park to the Namibian cheetah Aasha on Saturday, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav broke the news over a post on X. Hailing Project Cheetah launched in 2022 by Prime Minister Narendra
3 min readBhubaneswarFeb 7, 2026 02:12 PM IST What began as a sensational burglary at a senior Congress leader’s home in Bhubaneswar, followed by an 18-day manhunt and the arrest of a so-called “notorious burglar”, collapsed in court 11 months later, with the judge flagging serious procedural anomalies in the investigation. The JFMC court in
3 min readUpdated: Feb 7, 2026 04:37 PM IST IRCTC Vande Bharat Sleeper Trains New Food Menu: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has released the revised food menu options for passengers on the first Vande Bharat Sleeper train. Flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 17, the Kamakhya-Howrah-Kamkhya Vande Bharat
4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Feb 7, 2026 06:57 PM IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India is seen as a “trusted partner for growth” and that trust has become the country’s “strongest currency,” citing the FTA finalised with the European Union last month, among other trade deals signed in recent years. The PM
4 min readNew DelhiFeb 7, 2026 05:58 PM IST Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Saturday delivered a blistering critique of the United States-India joint statement on the interim trade deal released on February 6, asserting that what the government has touted as a diplomatic triumph is, in substance, an opaque and one-sided framework rather