India news Live Updates, 8 September 2026: Two BRS MLCs arrested over alleged derogatory remarks against Telangana Assembly Speaker under SC/ST Act

Gujarat-based NGO withdraws defamation suit against BBC for documentary on PM Modi

A Gujarat-based trust has withdrawn its defamation suit against UK broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and its Indian arm, in which it had accused the broadcaster of making false and defamatory insinuations…

Architect and designer Kulapat Yantrasast: ‘Objects from all over India (at Yuge Yugeen museum), we need to ensure they sing’

After leading the renovation of New York’s MET Museum in 2025, and a museographic overhaul at the Louvre in Paris, architect and designer Kulapat Yantrasast is spearheading the transformation of the iconic…

Once Bollywood’s favourite backdrop, now-forgotten Kashmir opens doors to cinema again

When Chief Minister Omar Abdullah lit the ceremonial lamp to inaugurate Jammu and Kashmir’s first International Film Festival – Rang-e-Cinema (the Colours of Cinema) Monday evening, it was more than an opening…

No privatisation, but space economy has to grow: ISRO chief’s message to staff

The Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), V Narayanan, on Monday allayed apprehensions of the space agency being privatised, saying that it is working with the private sector to expand the…

Exclusive: 4 districts account for 85% of SIR deletion requests in Uttarakhand

The Election Commission has extended the deadline for disposal of claims and objections under Uttarakhand’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by 17 days, with the final voter list now scheduled…

Mystery deepens, probe widens into weapons theft from Secunderabad cantonment

Senior Indian Army officers are questioning a senior officer from one of the units of the 20 Madras Regiment in connection with the Secunderabad Cantonment arms heist case, . Officers of the…

Luxembourg Deputy PM Xavier Bettel: ‘Tariff war is a lose-lose situation… you just make it more expensive for consumer’

In November 2020, the then Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, held the first virtual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, as Deputy PM and Foreign Minister,…

Om Birla: Women’s quota to open new avenues for leadership

LOK SABHA Speaker Om Birla on Monday said the 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies would open new avenues for women’s political leadership, and asserted that the…

Telangana Assembly Speaker seen in tears after ‘insult’, Congress files complaint against BRS leader

Unprecedented scenes emerged from the Telangana Assembly on Monday as Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar was seen in tears after alleged derogatory and objectionable remarks made in the House. District Congress Committee President…