Top news of the day: PM Modi inaugurates bridge on Brahmaputra, unveils IIM, data centre in Assam; Supreme Court to hear pleas against Assam CM’s firearm video on Feb 16, and more

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and others during a BJP workers’ meeting, successful  Guwahati, connected  Saturday, February 14, 2026.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and others during a BJP workers’ meeting, successful Guwahati, connected Saturday, February 14, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

PM Modi inaugurates ₹3,030 crore span connected Brahmaputra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (February 14, 2026) inaugurated a six-lane bridge connected the Brahmaputra River successful Assam. The ₹3,030-crore Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu volition link Guwahati with North Guwahati. It is the archetypal extradosed Prestressed Concrete (PSC) span successful the Northeast. After the inauguration, PM Modi took a locomotion connected the bridge. Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were besides contiguous connected the occasion.

Himanta firearm video: Supreme Court to perceive pleas against Assam CM connected Feb 16

The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday (February 16, 2026) petitions seeking enactment against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma implicit a viral video allegedly showing him taking aim and firing with a firearm astatine members of a peculiar community. According to the apex tribunal origin list, a seat of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi is apt to perceive the matter.

Government cheating fabric farmers, textile exporters implicit tariffs successful India-U.S. deal: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi connected Saturday (February 14, 2026) accused the government of cheating cotton farmers and textile exporters successful the state over the India-U.S. interim commercialized deal and said the statement is apt to inflict heavy harm connected some sectors.

Bangladesh elections: Tarique Rahman dedicates triumph to those who ‘sacrified for democracy’

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister-in-waiting Tarique Rahman called connected Saturday (February 14, 2026) for each to stay agreed and dedicated his sweeping triumph to those who “sacrificed for democracy”. Mr. Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a landslide triumph successful the elections connected Thursday (February 12), the archetypal since a deadly 2024 uprising ousted the iron-fisted regularisation of Sheikh Hasina.

Part of metro obstruction pillar collapses successful Mumbai’s Mulund area; 1 killed and 4 injured

The Maharashtra authorities ordered an enquiry aft a information of a pillar of an under-construction metro obstruction way successful Mulund successful north-east Mumbai collapsed connected Saturday (February 14, 2026) afternoon, sidesplitting 1 person. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced ex gratia outgo of ₹5 Lakh to the household of the deceased, arsenic demands for strict enactment grew.

AI Impact Summit to output minimum 15 deliverables, says IT Ministry official

The authorities is aiming for “at slightest fifteen” outcomes from the AI Impact Summit to beryllium hosted successful the nationalist superior adjacent week, a elder authoritative successful the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said. The summit, expected to beryllium 1 of the largest planetary gatherings connected artificial intelligence, volition spot information from much than 100 countries. 

T20 World Cup: Ind vs Pak | Pakistan skipper Salman Agha backs spinner Usman Tariq implicit bowling action

The scrutiny implicit Usman Tariq’s bowling action and the unit of playing India, were the recurrent themes erstwhile Salman Agha faced the media astatine the R. Premadasa Stadium successful Colombo connected Saturday (February 14, 2026). “ICC has tested him and cleared him twice, I don’t cognize what the fuss is each about. Anyway, helium doesn’t get bothered,” the Pakistan skipper said while backing his off-spinner, whose intermission successful the transportation stride stirred debate.

Published - February 14, 2026 05:58 p.m. IST

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