India News Today LIVE Updates on May 26: POCSO case against WFI chief Brij Bhushan closed; separate sexual harassment trial to proceed

A Delhi court accepted the cancellation report in the POCSO case against ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan. However, a separate sexual harassment trial against him and aide Vinod Tomar will now proceed in another court.

India and the Maldives held their 2nd High-Level Core Group meeting to strengthen maritime security and economic ties. Maldives’ Foreign Minister condemned the Pahalgam terror attack and thanked India for timely financial support.

CISF Sub-Inspector Geeta Samota has made history as the first woman from the force to scale Mount Everest. She dedicated the feat to her colleagues, calling it a symbol of women's growing strength in uniformed services.

India releases first-ever image from Operation Sindoor’s war room, showing tri-service chiefs monitoring strikes on Pakistan-backed terror camps. The operation, backed by global outreach, targeted high-value terrorist sites post-Pahalgam attack.

Sadhguru received the 2025 Global Indian of the Year Award from Canada India Foundation for his global impact through Conscious Planet. He donated the CAD 50,000 prize to Cauvery Calling for ecological rejuvenation.

EAM S. Jaishankar told a parliamentary panel that Pakistan was informed only after India struck terror hubs under Operation Sindoor, rejecting Congress’s allegations of a pre-strike tip-off as “dishonest and misrepresented.”

The Southwest Monsoon arrived early in Kerala on May 24, eight days ahead of schedule. Priyanka Gandhi offered condolences to the family of the deceased and urged proactive assistance from UDF colleagues.

PM Modi said he gave Pakistan 15 days to act after the Pahalgam attack, but saw no action. Calling terror Pakistan’s “bread and butter,” he defended Operation Sindoor as a justified and necessary response.

At parliamentary panel meet, Congress grilled the government over India-Pakistan relations, abstention on IMF loan to Pakistan, and China-Pakistan ties, while the Centre defended its anti-terror strategy and dismissed ‘tip-off’ allegations as false.

Delhi Police arrested three men for cheating a senior citizen of Rs 25 lakh through a fake "digital arrest" scam. The fraudsters posed as police, misused Aadhaar data, and operated via WhatsApp from hotel rooms.

Customs will seize the containers that washed ashore on the Kerala coast and import duty will be levied, treating the goods in the containers as imported into India. The owner must pay the duty and take possession of the goods to avoid confiscation.

Haryana YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan, was guarded by at least six men armed with AK-47 rifles as she roamed around at Anarkali Bazar in Pakistan's Lahore.

Discussions focused on the recent Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor, with Qatar expressing solidarity and echoing India's stance against terrorism globally. 

Earlier on Saturday, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) stated that it had arrested Sahdev Singh Gohil, a multipurpose health worker from Gujarat's Kachchh district, for allegedly sharing classified information with a Pakistani agent.

India's first life-saving dual surgery combining a heart bypass surgery (Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting) and breast cancer surgery (Radical Mastectomy) in a single procedure/session on a 72-year-old woman from Bangladesh.

Abdul Rahim was arrested in November 2006 in connection with the murder of Saudi boy Anas Al Fayez and was sentenced to death in 2012.

Actor Dino Morea was questioned by Mumbai Police’s EOW over phone calls with the main accused in the Mithi River scam, which involves inflated equipment rentals and alleged collusion between BMC officials and contractors.

INS Vikrant’s deployment during Operation Sindoor forced Pakistan’s navy into a defensive posture, exposing strategic weaknesses. The Indian carrier’s presence led to a doctrinal rethink, marking a major shift in regional naval dynamics.