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Seone Mendez remained unbeaten in the league stage of the World Pickleball League, winning all six singles matches for Hyderabad Superstars. Her strong tennis foundation and consistency have powered the team into the top four with two games left

Bengal struck late through Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep to share honours on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Andhra. Ricky Bhui’s 83 guided Andhra to 264 for six after steady partnerships through the day

Rudrankksh Patil won gold in men’s 10m air rifle at the Asian Championship, with Arjun Babuta second. India also secured team gold and swept the junior podium as Himanshu, Ansh Dabas and Suresh Pranav clinched medals

India’s Aadrash Ram Jothi Shankar clinched bronze in men’s high jump with a 2.19m effort at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin. Praveen Chithravel and Yogita finished fourth in triple jump and shot put as Chinese athletes dominated

England sealed the Mixed Disability T20I series 4-1 with a nine-wicket win over India in Jaipur. Akash Singh’s 51 and Ravindra Sante’s 33 lifted India to 125, but Angus Garant Brown’s 62 powered England to a comfortable chase

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup begins in Colombo with India defending their crown, Italy making a debut, and Pakistan’s refusal to face India adding intrigue. Twenty teams will compete in a tournament mixing politics, passion, and cricketing drama

Hyderabad pacer Mohd Siraj has replaced injured Harshit Rana in India’s T-20 World Cup squad. Rana sustained a knee injury in the warm-up match against South Africa in Navi Mumbai, with BCCI confirming his unavailability after medical scans

India’s challenge in the Badminton Asia Team Championships ended in the quarterfinals at Qingdao, China. The men lost 1-3 to Korea despite Kidambi Srikanth’s win, while the women fell 0-3 to China in the absence of PV Sindhu

Tamil Nadu won the team title at the Invitation Boxing Tournament in Bolarum, with 14-year-old Joshika named best boxer. Telangana bagged silver while Andhra Pradesh finished third. Dignitaries from Blue World Boxing Association and local organisations attended the prize distribution

Forest officials in Andhra Pradesh successfully captured a tiger near Rajahmundry after six days of extensive operations involving expert teams from Pune, Delhi, and Hyderabad. The tiger will be shifted to Visakhapatnam zoo.

Indian cueist Keerthana Pandian settled for silver at the Asian Snooker Championships in Doha after losing 1-3 to defending champion Narantuya Bayarsaikhan. The 23-year-old, who impressed throughout the tournament, faltered in the final despite a strong semifinal win

Sandhya Gora’s fine 72 and debutant Kesari Drithi’s five for 25 helped Hyderabad defeat Tripura by 58 runs in the BCCI Senior Women’s One-Day Championship opener at Ranchi. Hyderabad also dominated in men’s and junior cricket matches across formats

Former India spinner SL Venkatapathi Raju, part of the 2007 selection panel, recalls the team’s historic T-20 World Cup win under MS Dhoni. He sees similarities in the current squad led by Surya Kumar Yadav as India begins its 2026 campaign

The privatisation of IDBI Bank has been stalled for over three years, after the government and LIC invited expressions of interest in October 2022 to sell a combined 60.72 per cent stake

The GHMC has intensified its special sanitation drive, focusing on cleaning lakes and nalas across the city. Launched on February 3, the campaign covered 579 areas in 300 wards over four days.

Hyderabad police arrested Rinita Raita of Odisha for allegedly possessing 11.4 kg of marijuana valued at Rs 5.7 lakh. The arrest was made by the Task Force (West) team in coordination with SR Nagar Police.

Bartronics India Limited is set to launch its first voice-first, multilingual AI-powered agri-tech application in March, following successful pilots in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. The platform will enable farmers to access contextual advisories, proactive alerts and interactive knowledge support.

A synthetic running track is being built at Sardar Patel Stadium in Khammam at a cost of Rs 8.50 crore to promote athletics. The track, designed to international standards, includes levelling, fencing, line marking, catch basins and high-mast lighting as per ISO norms.

Hyderabad-based MIC Electronics Limited has secured its first order in the Passenger Announcement and Passenger Information System (PAPIS) segment from the Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala.

Adilabad police busted a seven-member gang led by self-styled godman Raj Kumar, who duped people with fake treasure hunts. The gang collected Rs 1.03 crore from 26 victims by planting counterfeit gold coins bought online and staging rituals to convince people of divine possession.

The Meitei–Kuki-Zo divide remains deep, and rebuilding trust will test the new State government 

Senior BRS leader B. Vinod Kumar strongly refuted Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s claim of a “Fevicol bond” between the BJP and the BRS, calling it baseless.

While the inclusion of OBCs is welcome, key questions remain over equality, representation, and safeguards in higher education institutions

The district police in Kothagudem are constructing a Rs 4.50 crore bridge between Vaddipet and Pusuguppa villages to improve connectivity for adivasis in Cherla mandal. Superintendent of Police Rohith Raju inspected the site and urged speedy completion.