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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicUS Department of State

Topic: US Department of State

Houston horror: Employee beheads Indian-origin motel manager in front of wife & kids; murder on CCTV

Killer went on to kick around man's severed head in a parking lot. Victim identified as Chandra Nagamallaiah. Accused Yordanis Cobos-Martinez in custody of Dallas police.

US dials Jaishankar & Shehbaz Sharif, calls for de-escalation. ISI chief named Pakistan NSA

EAM Jaishankar says he discussed the Pahalgam attack with US Secretary of State Rubio, and ‘its perpetrators, backers and planners must be brought to justice’.

US says won’t be satisfied without ‘meaningful accountability’ from India’s ‘Pannun plot’ probe

State Dept says ‘valuable engagement’ took place between US authorities & Indian high-level inquiry committee looking into alleged murder-for-hire plot, and expects to see further steps.

Two India-registered firms face US sanctions for ‘using deceptive practices’ to ship LNG from Russia

US Department of State issued statement saying it was imposing additional sanction measures to 'degrade' Russia’s attempts to operationalise its Arctic LNG 2 project.

Days before Trump goes, US releases report pointing finger at Wuhan lab for Covid origin

In a statement, US Department of State says researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology fell sick much before first Covid case was officially recorded in December in the city.

On Camera

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Post-elections, Bangladesh Army shuffles top military & intel posts, defence adviser in India recalled

Orders issued by Army Headquarters reassign key operational commanders and senior intelligence officials, including the head of DGFI, the country’s premier military intelligence agency.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.