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Epstein files row: Former prince Andrew arrested connected suspicion of misconduct successful nationalist office
A U.K. constabulary unit has arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct successful nationalist office. The Thames Valley Police, an bureau that covers areas westbound of London, including Mountbatten-Windsor’s erstwhile home, said it was “assessing” reports that the erstwhile Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sent commercialized reports to convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein successful 2010.
India sees future, not fearfulness successful AI: PM Modi
India did not fearfulness artificial quality (AI), but saw its aboriginal successful the technology, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, addressing the Leaders’ Plenary league of the AI Impact Summit connected Thursday (February 19, 2026).
SC slams freebies culture, says States should supply employment
The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 16, 2026) slammed the freebies culture, saying it was precocious clip to revisit specified policies that hamper the country’s economical development. Taking enactment of the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited’s plea, which projected to supply escaped energy to each irrespective of fiscal presumption of consumers, the apical tribunal said it was rather understandable if States hand-hold the poor.
Supreme Court to perceive CAA petitions from May 5
The Supreme Court connected Thursday (February 19, 2026) scheduled the last proceeding from May 5 successful implicit 250 petitions challenging the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and its Rules, which accelerate the assistance of Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
Supreme Court accepts filmmaker’s withdrawal of Ghooskhor Pandat title, says ‘sensibilities are fragile’
The Supreme Court connected Thursday (February 19, 2026) accepted an undertaking given by producer-director Neeraj Pandey to unequivocally relinquish the rubric of ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’ even arsenic the pb justice connected the Bench, Justice B.V. Nagarathna, remarked that “sensibilities are fragile” nowadays.
At slightest 16 killed successful detonation owed to suspected state leakage successful Pakistan’s Karachi
At slightest 16 people, including galore children, were killed and 14 others injured erstwhile a suspected state leakage led to an detonation successful a residential gathering successful Pakistan’s Karachi connected Thursday (February 19, 2026) morning. “The detonation took spot astir 4:30 a.m. connected the archetypal level of the gathering located successful the Old Soldier Bazar country erstwhile everyone was awake for Sehri time,” constabulary authoritative Jamshed Asher said.
Provide basal amenities to evicted people: Gauhati High Court tells Assam govt.
The Gauhati High Court has ordered four Assam government departments to supply basal amenities to members of 566 families surviving successful a makeshift campy since their eviction from a wetland successful June 2025. These people, mostly Bengal-origin oregon Bengali-speaking Muslims, were ejected from Hasila Beel successful occidental Assam’s Goalpara territory during an anti-encroachment drive.
Supreme Court stays Madras HC orders which ‘paralysed’ Tamil Nadu Waqf Board
The Supreme Court connected Thursday (February 19, 2026) stayed an interim order of the Madras High Court which recovered the functioning of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board prima facie amerciable for not nominating 2 non-Muslims members. The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 had amended Section 14 of the Unified Waqf Management Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) Act, 1995 to mandate that 2 of the full members successful Waqf Boards beryllium non-Muslim.
