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India has overtaken Japan to become the 4th largest economy, says NITI Aayog CEO citing IMF data

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NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) BVR Subrahmanyam said that India has overtaken Japan to become the world's fourth-largest economy, citing data by the International Monetary Fund.
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Terrorists used to say ‘Subhanallah’ after terror attacks on India, now say ‘Ya Allah’ following PM Modi’s response: Sudhanshu Trivedi on Operation Sindoor

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Trivedi said that the terrorists who used to celebrate and thank Allah after carried out terrorist attacks in India were calling Allah for help after their establishments were hit by BrahMos missiles.
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News Reports

Operation Sindoor: How a 10-hour long Indian air assault on Pakistani military bases forced it to beg for ceasefire

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India’s war council, which comprises NSA Ajit Doval, CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, and the three service chiefs, Gen Upendra Dwivedi, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, and Admiral Dinesh Tripathi, went into a rapid strategy session. Contingency plans were no longer on the table, and targeting protocols were initiated.
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News Reports

Doctor, who tampered blood report in Pune Porsche case to show no alcohol in accused’s body, found involved in kidney racket: Details

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Dr Taware was asked to step down in April 2022 as the medical superintendent of Sassoon General Hospital after an illegal organ transplant case was exposed. He was reinstated in December 2023 on the recommendation of NCP MLA Sunil Tingre.
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News Reports

RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav drops a bombshell: Goes public with 12-year love story with Anushka Yadav

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On Saturday, Tej Pratap took to Facebook and made a dramatic declaration: he has been in a committed relationship with Anushka Yadav for the last 12 years.
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News Reports

Rising Northeast Investors Summit 2025 in Delhi attracts investment commitments of ₹4.3 lakh crore, several landmark MoUs signed

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The Rising Northeast Investors Summit 2025 concluded with attracting investment commitments of Rs 4.3 lakh crore, according to an official statement.
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News Reports

Nehru yelled at Mountbatten and Liaquat Ali to appoint his sister as ambassador—having already made her a minister even before independence: The early seeds...

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As Nehru entered mainstream Congress politics, his stature grew with time. Even before independence, he had become so influential that Congress policies and their implementation began to revolve around him. This trend can be seen as early as the 1930s.
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News Reports

Southwest Monsoon arrives early over Kerala, Meteorological Department warns heavy rainfall, storms across India

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The Southwest Monsoon has arrived over Kerala on Saturday, nearly a week ahead of the usual onset date of June 1, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
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News Reports

Pakistani spy Tufail was honey trapped by ‘Nafisa’, used to video call her to show her Kashi, ISI agent’s network was spread across 4...

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New revelations are coming to light every day in the investigation of Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) regarding ISI agent Tufail arrested from Varanasi.
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News Reports

Cannibal ‘Raja’ Kolander smiled as court granted him life term, the serial killer used to drink blood and eat brain of his victims, collect...

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Kolander also has a documentary made on him with title "Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer" which was released on Netflix.
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Editor's picks

NHRC takes suo moto cognizance of rape, abuse, force-feeding of beef allegations against Omar Rashid, asks The Wire if it has approached the police

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The NHRC has asked The Wire if a formal inquiry has been lodged under the 'Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace' (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (PoSH Act).
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News Reports

Elias Rodriguez, killer of 2 Israelis in USA, is linked to group that opposed PM Modi’s US visit and funded by Neville Roy Singham,...

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Elias Rodriguez, the leftist Islamist terrorist who killed two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington DC on Wednesday (21st May), is linked with radical leftist groups funded by Chinese propagandist Neville Singham
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News Reports

Congress and media ecosystem mislead about drop in ‘net FDI’ to paint doomsday picture of Indian economy under Modi govt: Here is the reality

Dibakar Dutta -
The significant gross FDI inflow is a sign of investor confidence, which is coupled with the fact that India's foreign reserves stand at a whopping $686.1 billion (enough to cover more than 11 months of import).
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News Reports

Harvard punished students for protesting against China and apologised to student who assaulted the protestors: US select committee reveals pro-CCP bias of the university

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Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) revealed documents indicating that Harvard put anti-CCP demonstrators on disciplinary probation while failing to take any measures against the pro-CCP instigator who attacked them
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News Reports

What is Google AI mode, how it will change search, and what are its implications? Explained

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AI Mode is not to be confused with AI Overview, the summarising feature that was introduced by Google back in May 2025. While AI Overview is clumsy and provides condensed answers using the older PaLM 2 model, AI Mode marks a significant leap forward.
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News Reports

Shubman Gill named India’s new Test captain as BCCI announces squad for England series, Rishabh Pant to be the deputy

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Right-hand batter Shubman Gill has been appointed as the new Test captain for India while wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will serve as his deputy in the longest format
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News Reports

Indian Air Force helped the IndiGo flight to Srinagar that faced violent storm after Pakistan refused to allow them to use their airspace: Report

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After facing refusal from Pakistan, the pilots of the IndiGo flight made emergency contact with the IAF seeking permission for a flight path deviation to avoid the storm.
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News Reports

427 Rohingya Muslims fleeing refugee camps in Bangladesh and Myanmar’s Rakhine feared dead in two boat tragedies near Myanmar coast, says UNHCR

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As many as 427 Rohingya are feared dead in twin boat tragedies two weeks ago near the Myanmar coast, as per The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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News Reports

Naxals without a leader, getting pummeled by security forces, is left-wing terrorism free India a real possibility now after Modi Govt’s strong action against...

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The recent killing of Maoist leader Basavaraju, who used to walk around with a multi-layer security cover of about of 60-70 armed naxals, demonstrates the enhanced accuracy of the security forces in carrying out recent anti-naxal operations.
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Crime

CPI (Maoists) leader Basavaraju received training from LTTE, his death a major blow for the red terror group in terms of technical know-how and...

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General Secretary of CPI (Maoists) Basavaraju, who was neutralised by security forces at Abujhmad area in insurgency-hit Narayanpur district, had received training in targeting security forces from the LTTE.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Muslim mob sets Hindu homes on fire after death of local politician, lawlessness continues under the watch of Muhammad Yunus

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Following the murder of Tariqul Islam, Muslim mob ambushed Hindu homes in the village and set their houses and shops on fire. Visuals of destroyed homes belonging the persecuted minority community have now surfaced on social media.
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News Reports

Operation Sindoor: Women pilots led India’s fierce retaliation, 200+ killed in Pakistan

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After that, 9th and 10th May strikes on Pakistan’s airbases in Sargodha, Rahim Yar Khan and the strategic Nur Khan base destroyed the Pakistan infrastructure to a large extent.
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News Reports

Danish, Shoaib and the web of espionage woven around YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra by Pakistan’s ISI

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Jyoti Malhotra met Danish's contact in Pakistan, Ali Hassan, who arranged her flights and accommodations,
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News Reports

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar admits that he donated ₹25 lakh to the National Herald, says it is a newspaper run by Congress...

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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday admitted that he had donated Rs 25 lakh to the National Herald, which he said was a newspaper run by his party.
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OpIndia Explains

What is PAN-PAN call and how it helped save the IndiGo flight after Pakistan denied airspace entry: All you need to know

Shraddha Pandey -
The PAN PAN call, which stands for “Possible Assistance Needed”,  is a standard aviation protocol used to prioritise communication and request support, such as radar vectors.
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News Reports

Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrests AAP MLA Raman Arora in connection with a corruption case following raid at his residence

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AAP MLA from Jalandhar Central, Raman Arora, was arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (PVB) on Friday (23rd May) in connection with a corruption case
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News Reports

Muhammad Yunus threatens to resign? How ‘chief advisor’ to Bangladesh interim govt, who came to power via regime change, is now left with no...

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His reputation of being a 'Nobel laureate' and a champion of 'microfinance' gave hopes of 'renewed democracy' to the Bangladeshis. But the facade could only last 10 months. The growing discontentment, across all sections of society, against the interim government has now left Muhammad Yunus cornered.
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News Reports

Jamnagar: AAP worker Akram raped a married woman for three years, forced her to convert to Islam and sexually exploited her minor daughter, case...

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Akram lied to her that he was not married and even promised to marry her. The victim alleged that the accused made her undergo abortion four times.
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News Reports

Donald Trump threatens Apple with 25% tariff if iPhones sold in the USA are made in India, after Foxconn announced $1.5 billion plant in...

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US president Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25% tariff on iPhones imported from India to the USA.
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TMC MPs, silent and indifferent during Murshidabad anti-Hindu violence, now tour Jammu and Kashmir to assess the situation after Pahalgam terror attack

Shraddha Pandey -
The TMC leaders met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as visited the residence of National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah. The TMC delegation met the family of retired army officer Amarjeet Singh who was killed in Pakistani shelling on 8th May.
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News Reports

Supreme Court frees man convicted of sex with 15-year-old girl saying she didn’t view it as a crime, says she suffered more from the...

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Supreme Court ruled against sentencing a man found guilty under the POCSO Act, stating that the girl did not consider the incident to be criminal in nature
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World

Left wing terrorism in America: How a socialist ‘Black Lives Matter’ supporter was so radicalised by his leftist ideology that he killed 2 Jews...

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Elias Rodriguez was a member of the far-left, pro-Palestine group called the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) which routinely leads protests against Israel and posts hateful anti-Israel content on social media.
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News Reports

Where are the Chagos Islands, what is the deal between UK and Mauritius, and why it is a positive move for India: Explained

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India applauded the move and stated that it has always supported "legitimate claim" of Mauritius over the Chagos Archipelago.
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Crime

Vadodara: Rickshaw puller Sohail raped a Hindu girl on the pretext of marriage, used to burn her with cigarette stubs, tried to convert her...

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In Vadodara, Gujarat, a case has been registered with the Kapurai police against a Muslim youth who raped a Hindu minor girl on the pretext of marriage and then tried to force her to convert to Islam.
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Opinions

When ideology trumps justice: The Omar Rashid case and how predators are empowered by convenient feminists fearing “fanning” Islamophobia

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Weighed down more by ideological posturing than intellectual integrity, Dr Ruchika Sharma, a self-proclaimed historian, admitted to enduring abuse in silence for the fear of “fanning” Islamophobia.
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News Reports

Communist parties, their leaders, Urban Naxals outrage after killing of terrorist Basavaraju alias Keshav Rao in encounter, portray the mastermind of multiple massacres as...

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Ironically, the Maoist party which the supports armed revolution, accused the government of having a mindset that celebrates taking of human life
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News Reports

PM Modi inaugurates Rising North East Summit at Bharat Mandapam, says from merely a Frontier Region, now North East is emerging as the ‘Front-Runner...

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Inaugurating the Rising North East Summit, PM Modi highlighted the transformative changes witnessed in the Northeast over the past 11 years, emphasizing that the progress is not merely reflected in statistics but is tangible on the ground.
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News Reports

Delhi-Srinagar IndiGo flight: Pakistan rejects pilot’s request to use its airspace amid deadly turbulence

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The Lahore'a Air Traffic Control denied IndiGo's Delhi-Srinagar flight to enter Pakistani airspace as it tried to avoid a deadly turbulence.
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News Reports

Rising North East Summit: Gautam Adani says a new chapter in growth story is unfolding in the region, announces ₹1 lakh crore investment in...

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At Rising North East Summit, Gautam Adani announced that Adani Group will invest ₹50,000 crore in the northeastern region over the next 10 years, apart from ₹50,000 crore already announced in February in Assam
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News Reports

Operation ‘Push-back’: How India is getting rid of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingya infiltrators, one step at a time

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For decades, India has followed established protocols to deport Bangladeshi infilitrators and Rohingyas to their home country. The process has been slow (pending trial in courts), cumbersome (because Bangladesh government and BGB often refuse to acknowledge their own citizens) and has failed to attain success.
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Media

Brazil: Indigenous Amazon tribe that got painted as porn addicts after New York Times story sues the American newspaper

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The Marubo Tribe of the Javari Valley, which is suing New York Times is a sovereign community of about 2,000 people in the Amazonian rainforest. The defamation lawsuit has been filed in a court in Los Angeles.
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News Reports

Delhi Police books syndicate facilitating illegal immigrants; 5 questioned

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In a crackdown on illegal immigration, Delhi police have registered an FIR at Narela Industrial Area Police Station against the syndicate facilitating unlawful entry into the country.
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Editor's picks

Delhi University objects to Rahul Gandhi’s unannounced visit, says NSUI members misbehaved with some students and the area was cordoned off for an hour

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Delhi University on Thursday objected to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's unannounced visit to its North Campus, and expressed hope that this does not happen in future
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Opinions

Every province in Pakistan wants freedom from the Army’s tyranny: Why Balochistan, Sindh, and Gilgit-Baltistan may separate from the Islamic Republic in future

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The Baloch and Pashtun minorities communities in Pakistan have long been demanding freedom from Pakistan and the creation of their respective independent states.
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News Reports

India expects Turkiye to strongly urge Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism and take verifiable actions against terror ecosystem: MEA

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India expects Turkiye to strongly urge Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism, said Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal during the weekly briefing on Thursday.
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Kapil Sibal, Huzefa Ahmadi, Abhishek Manu Singhvi argue against Waqf Act 2025, SG Tushar Mehta defends Centre: Key highlights from hearing at Supreme Court

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The petitioners argue that this law discriminates against the Muslim community and interferes with their religious freedom. On the contrary, the central government contends that this amendment has been brought to prevent the misuse of Waqf provisions and to end encroachment on private and government properties.
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Supreme Court reserves order on interim stay of Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025

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The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the issue of interim relief in a batch of pleas challenging the Constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.
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News Reports

UP ATS arrests 2 persons for spying for Pakistan, Md. Haroon was working with Pakistani official declared ‘persona non grata’, Tufail in contact with...

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Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested two men allegedly involved in espionage activities for Pakistan and being involved in illegal financial transactions
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Kerala HC directs Family Courts that Police stations can’t be involved in children’s custody arrangements

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The court previously asserted that children engaged in custody conflicts should be called to court solely in rare situations.
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Ansarul Ansari, Nepali cab driver in Qatar, becomes an ISI agent, starts spying on India after his training in Pakistan, arrested in a special...

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Delhi Police and other Indian investigative agencies have carried out a major special operation and arrested two spies of Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI. One of them is Ansarul Miya Ansari of Nepali origin, who was caught from a hotel in Delhi.
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