News Reports

News reports about current affairs encompassing various topics, fields, and entities.

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US President Donald Trump resorts to blatant hypocrisy, grants one-year exemption from sanctions to Hungary over purchase of Russian oil and gas

OpIndia Staff - 8 November, 2025

This was the first meeting between Orbán and Trump since the latter swore in as the US President for the second time.

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Boost to defence sector: HAL signs major deal with US-based GE Aerospace for 113 engines for Tejas Mk1A jets

OpIndia Staff - 8 November, 2025

India's HAL is buying 113 F404 jet engines from US-based GE Aerospace for its Tejas Mk1A fighter programme. This deal strengthens US-India defence ties and will power 97 new jets, with deliveries scheduled from 2027 to 2032 to bolster the IAF.

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Operation Pimple: Indian security forces gun down 2 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, search underway for other terrorists

OpIndia Staff - 8 November, 2025

On 7th November, based on specific intelligence input from agencies, regarding an infiltration attempt, a joint operation was launched in the Keran sector of Kupwara.

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Varanasi: PM Modi flags off 4 new Vande Bharat trains, Delhi-Firozpur and Bengaluru-Ernakulam included

OpIndia Staff - 8 November, 2025

On Saturday, November 8, PM Modi flagged off four new Vande Bharat trains. PM Modi had arrived at the Banaras Railway Station for the...

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Bihar Assembly Elections: No re-poll recommended after first phase of elections as no discrepancy or malpractice found after scrutiny

OpIndia Staff - 7 November, 2025

Apart from recording the highest ever voter turnout, the first phase of Bihar assembly election was also among the most peaceful. The voting went...

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As India commemorates 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, read how Congress and Nehru truncated India’s national song to please Islamists

Rukma Rathore - 7 November, 2025

Nehru referred to "Vande Mataram" as too intricate to function as a national song and aimed to replace it with another piece.

Crime

Maharashtra: Second FIR filed in Pune land deal case involving Ajit Pawar’s son Parth Pawar, the Deputy CM says the deal has been cancelled...

OpIndia Staff - 7 November, 2025

An FIR has been filed in a Pune land deal involving Ajit Pawar’s son, Parth. The case concerns ₹1,800 crore government land sold for ₹300 crore. CM Fadnavis has ordered a probe, and two officials have been suspended.

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Adani Power wins tender to build new 2400 MW thermal power plant in Bihar by offering lowest tariff, state govt calls the bid “highly...

OpIndia Staff - 7 November, 2025

The Bihar government awarded the 2,400 MW Bhagalpur (Pirpainti) power project to Adani Power Ltd after a competitive bidding process in which the Ahmedabad-based...

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India fortifies ‘Chicken’s Neck’: Indian Army establishes 3 new military garrisons, including 2 camps at Kishanganj and Chopra. and Lachit Borphukan Military Station in...

OpIndia Staff - 7 November, 2025

The Supreme Court will hear the DMK's plea on November 11. The party is challenging the Election Commission's "Special Intensive Revision" of voter lists in Tamil Nadu, calling the exercise "unconstitutional" and a "threat to democratic rights."

Law