January 2026

NEW DELHI: Ayush Badoni had just wrapped up his practice session on Monday and was heading back to the hotel when a message popped up on his phone. It was the moment he had been waiting for — his maiden India call-up. Keeping his composure, Badoni first showed the message to his Delhi coach and

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Ahmedabad. © Reuters January 12, 2026 18:36 JST Updated on January 12, 2026 19:46 JST AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz floated the possibility that the European Union and India could sign a free trade agreement as early as the end

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Kerala Chief Minister with other LDF leaders during the protest against the Central government’s policies towards the State, at Martyrs Column Thiruvananthapuram on Monday (January 12, 2026). | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran A high-profile protest led by the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala against the policies of the BJP-led Union government began at

KVN Productions approached the Supreme Court against a January 9 order of a High Court Division Bench, which froze the implementation of a Single Judge Bench’s nod to the issuance of U/A 16+ certificate to the film, effectively stalling its immediate release ahead of Pongal.  | Photo Credit: The Hindu The production house of Vijay-starrer

Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Punjab Police on Monday (January 12, 2026) said it has arrested two shooters and five other accused in the murder case of an AAP sarpanch who was killed at a wedding in Amritsar on January 4. The two shooters —Sukhraj Singh alias Ganga from

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu An Air India flight from the national capital to Vijayawada was diverted to Jaipur due to a medical emergency on Monday (January 12, 2026) morning, according to a source. The source said an elderly passenger became unwell onboard the flight AI2517 following which the

One person was killed and three others were critically injured after an explosion rocked a firecracker factory in Champahati area of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Saturday night, the police said. Representational image. “One of the injured, identified as Gourhari Banerjee (60), died in the hospital in the early hours of Sunday. The