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Maharashtra government unveils comprehensive policy to boost shipbuilding, repair in state in line with the Centre’s maritime industry focus

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Becoming the first state to frame a dedicated policy for shipbuilding in India, Maharashtra on Tuesday (29th April), approved the Shipbuilding, Ship Repair and Ship Recycling Policy, 2025
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News Reports

DoNER minister Scindia meets with top India Inc leaders including Mukesh Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla and N. Chandrasekaran ahead of ‘Rising NE Summit’

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In a major push to boost investment in the Northeastern states, Union Minister for Communications and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER), Jyotiraditya M. Scindia held a series of meetings with top industry leaders in Mumbai.
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World

China blames US for origin of COVID-19 after Trump blamed Wuhan lab leak

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China on Wednesday accused the US for originating COVID-19, claiming America was trying to "shift the blame" after US President Donald Trump said that the disease was leaked from a Wuhan lab, New York Post reported.
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News Reports

Harvard’s South Asia Institute distances itself from conference attended by Pakistani officials after backlash from Indian students

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The event titled 'Pakistan Conference, 2025' was held at Harvard's South Asia Institute on 27th April, 2025, despite protests by the Indian students.
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News Reports

Varanasi: Youth thrashed for touching girl inappropriately at Ganga Aarti claims he was targeted because he is Muslim, case handed over to ATS as...

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It is suspected that the Muslim youth might have been involved in the molestation of other girls in Varanasi as well.
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News Reports

Bangladeshi illegal immigrant arrested in fake passport and money laundering case turns out to be a Pakistani: Here’s what ED told court

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Initially, the Pakistani national somehow convinced the ED officials that he was from Bangladesh’s Feni district, however, they began suspecting his nationality after examining his WhatsApp chats and call records.
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News Reports

Indore teacher raped multiple times by Jibrail, threatened with ‘Pahalgam-like’ outcome for resisting conversion

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Jibrail, already married and father of four children, took the victim to a hotel at knifepoint where he raped her.
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News Reports

J&K HC raises question over legality of CRPF jawan Munir Ahmed and his Pakistani wife’s ‘online’ Nikah, asks if such weddings are allowed

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While hearing the petitioner’s plea on 29th April 2025, Justice Rahul Bharti raised a question over the legality of the so-called online Nikah of the CRPF Jawan and the Pakistani woman.
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News Reports

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma resigns from Gauhati High Court Bar Association over the association’s objections to shifting the Hight Court

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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma resigned from the Gauhati High Court Bar Association on April 29, citing a moral conflict with the association’s stance against the proposed Judicial Township at Rangmahal in North Guwahati.
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News Reports

Delhi: ACB files case against Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain in ₹2,000 crore classroom construction scam, says not a single room was built in time

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12,748 classrooms were built at Rs 24.86 lakh per room when such construction could be done for around Rs 5 lakh per room.
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News Reports

Can rituals cause rains? Scientists launch multi-year study to find out Vedic Som Yagya’s impact on weather

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The scientists said that the intention behind the project was to validate the religious beliefs and traditions.
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News Reports

Union Cabinet approves 166.80 km Greenfield High-Speed Corridor on Shillong – Silchar route with a capital cost of ₹22,864 crore

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a greenfield highway to improve connectivity on the Guwahati-Shillong-Silchar route.
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News Reports

Buried civilisation unearthed: 3,000-year-old Iron Age settlement found in Maharashtra

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Researchers from Nagpur University have unearthed what appears to be a 3,000-year-old Iron Age settlement in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district.
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News Reports

Bareilly: Sabina Jahid tries to use ‘National Anthem’ to frame Mustafa and Shakur for buying their land, police busts false claims

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Bareilly Police have concluded that private school manager Sabina Jahid filed false complaint that her neighbours were objecting to national anthem at the school
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News Reports

BJP govt expanded National Highway network by 120% in 10 year period, spent 4 times more than UPA govt on enhancing connectivity: RTI

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The Modi government constructed more than 91,680 km of National Highway between 2014 and 2024.
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News Reports

Probe finds LeT commander Farooq Ahmed’s network played crucial role in Pahalgam attack, his house recently demolished in Kupwara

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The LeT terrorist, Farooq Ahmad has reportedly been facilitating infiltration into Kashmir from three sectors in Pakistan.
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News Reports

Modi government decides to include caste enumeration in next census, slams Congress for opposing census and favouring non-transparent caste surveys

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The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has that caste census will be conducted along with the next general census.
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News Reports

Deportation of Pakistanis following Pahalgam attack reveals that many of them were living in India for decades, Mehbooba Mufti urges govt to reconsider the...

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After Indian government cancelled visas issued to Pakistani nationals and ordered Pakistanis living in the country to leave, a shocking reality has come to the light – a huge number of Pakistanis who came on valid visas decades ago are still living in India
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Culture and History

Maratha warrior Raghuji Bhosale’s iconic sword returns to India: Read about the founder of Nagpur Bhosale dynasty who consolidated the Maratha Empire

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The Maharashtra government has acquired the historic sword of Maratha general Raghuji Bhosale I for ₹47.15 lakh from a London auction.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee to inaugurate replica of Puri Jagannath Temple in Digha, reportedly open to people of all religions

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While only Hindus are allowed inside the Puri Jagannath temple in Odisha and rightly so as the temple belongs to the Hindu deity Lord Jagannath, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, it is being said that people of all faiths will be allowed inside the Digha Jagannath temple.
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News Reports

Fake letter circulated on social media claiming Indian Army officer sexually assaulted Israeli sergeant in J&K, Israeli Embassy fact-checks saying efforts of haters won’t...

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After a letter appeared claiming that Israel has accused an Indian Amy officer of sexually assaulting a female Israeli army officer, Israeli Embassy clarified that this is fake news
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News Reports

Delhi Court orders 10 TMC leaders including Derek O Brien, Saket Gokhle, Sagarika Ghosh and others to submit bail bonds in illegal protest outside...

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The Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday asked 10 TMC leaders to furnish bail bonds in a case linked to a protest outside the Election Commission of India (ECI).
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News Reports

As Operation Kagar has thousands of security forces surrounding the last few 100s of Naxals, Opposition parties, Urban Naxals and media try to stop...

Shraddha Pandey -
Operation Kagar is a part of the Modi government’s multi-pronged strategy combining aggressive military operations, enhanced coordination between Central and State forces, and development efforts to address the root causes of Naxalism.
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News Reports

Muslim patient denied treatment by Hindu doctor over Pahalgam terror attack? Read how the Quint and others spread fake news to malign a doctor

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Popular Kolkata-based anesthesiologist Dr Pramod Ranjan Roy had shared screenshot of the consultation fees paid by Kangkona Khatun to Dr Champakali Sarkar on Friday (26th April) - the same day which Khatun alleged to have not been treated and subjected to hate comments.
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‘Decide on targets, mode, timing’: PM Modi offers complete operational freedom to respond to Pahalgam terror attack

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PM Modi stated that the Indian Armed Forces have complete operational freedom to decide on the mode, targets, and timing of India’s response.
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News Reports

“Ram Mandir construction will be completed by June 5”: Construction Committee Chairman Nripendra Mishra

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Speaking to ANI, Mishra emphasised that 99 per cent of the temple construction work has now been completed.
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News Reports

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta says cabinet has passed draft bill with clear guidelines for fee structure in all 1677 schools

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"There was just Delhi Schools Act 1973 in which there was one section on fee in which there was no guideline so that the fee hike in private schools could be checked," she said.
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News Reports

Ambuja Cements, part of Adani Group, delivers highest annual Profit After Tax, up 9% YoY at Rs 5,158 cr, crosses 100 MTPA capacity

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Adani led Ambuja Cement reported its strongest-ever financial and operational performance for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, marking a milestone as the company crossed 100 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) in cement production capacity
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Kashmiri student molested at Jamia Millia Islamia, liberal gang went silent after attacker turned out to be Mohammed Abid, told journalist to delete story

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With the revelation of the actual identity of the molester, the sinister attempt to blame the heinous crime on the Hindus had failed.
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News Reports

Adani Green reports robust FY25 results, surpasses USD 1 Billion in EBITDA

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Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), India's largest and fastest-growing pure-play renewable energy (RE) company, has announced financial results for the period ending 31 March 2025, showcasing significant growth and operational excellence
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Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan refuses to boycott Muslims vendors amid protests against Pahalgam terror attack, says ‘Not Practical’

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The priest of Banke Bihari Temple claimed that the boycott is not feasible and the local residents also agreed with his assessment.
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News Reports

IPL: 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi gets honoured by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar after his mind-boggling century, gets reward of Rs 10 lakhs

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Vaibhav suryavanshi scored 101 off just 38 balls as Rajasthan Royals absolutely crushed table toppers Gujarat Titans.
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‘Nothing wrong in using Pegasus for national security purposes’: Supreme Court refuses to make expert committee’s report public

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The top court noted that the use of spyware by the country for national security purposes is not inherently problematic, but its use against private individuals must be carefully examined.
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Bhopal rape gang: Muslim men targeted Hindu girls, trapped, raped and blackmailed using videos, lawyers thrash accused at court

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The Muslim females pushed the Hindu girls to don burqas, observe roza, marry and embrace Islam.
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Bangladesh: Hindus continue to suffer as temple demolished, plans underway to replace 200 year old crematorium with ‘cattle market’

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A local Hindu leader named Paresh Saha said that a 'group' had been threatening to evict Hindus from the place. He stated that the crematorium is being filled with sand to build a cattle market.
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Pahalgam attack: Security forces confirm that terrorist Hashim Musa is a former Pakistan Army para commando

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Other than the Pahalgam attack, Hashim Musa was also involved in the October 2024 terror attacks at Gagangir, Ganderbal, in which six non-locals and a doctor were killed, and at Buta Pathri, Baramulla, which left two army personnel & two army porters dead.
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Opinions

As the zipline operator chants ‘Allahu Akbar’ while Hindus are gunned down, the complicity of local Kashmiris in the Pahalgam massacre can no longer...

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A new video shot seconds before the terrorists opened fire at Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam highlights the chilling complicity of locals in the terror attack.
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OpIndia Explains

From Alexander using Jhelum River in 326 BC to dams and flooding in modern world: How rivers have been weaponised to win wars and gain...

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India, which is an upstream nation, possesses a natural hydrological high ground. The Indus’s headwaters and five major tributaries flow from the Himalayan mountains in India into Pakistan.
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Opinions

From ‘Hindutva policies led to attack’ to ‘clean chit to Pakistan’ to ‘no religious profiling’, shocking reactions of Congress leaders and sympathisers to Pahalgam...

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Former union minister and Congress leader Saifuddin Soz on 28th April said that if Pakistan denies its role in the Pahalgam terror attack, India should take its word.
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News Reports

Pahalgam terror attack: Zip-line operator chants ‘Allahu Akbar’ thrice as terrorists start firing bullets, pushes a tourist for the ride regardless, watch new video

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The video, which has gone viral on social media, shows how a zip-line nonchalantly chants "Allahu Akbar" as soon as gunshots are heard in the background.
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News Reports

Adani Total Gas volumes rise 13% in March quarter, 15% in entire FY25 fiscal

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Adani Total Gas reported its financial results for the January-March quarter and the entire financial year 2024-25 on Monday. The Adani Group's business, in terms of volume, rose 13 per cent in the March quarter and 15 per cent in the entire fiscal year.
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Opinions

Why are Indian Muslims marrying Pakistanis? As visas get cancelled after Pahalgam attack and victimhood stories flood media, read how it can be a...

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Marriages between Indian and Pakistanis occur to maintain religious connections and familial relationships.
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News Reports

UK: Islamic preacher Mohammed Hijab, who instigated Leicester anti-Hindu riots, tells Indian Muslims to betray India for Ummah

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Hijab, who incited Muslims to attack Hindus in Leicester in 2022, tweeted, "If any Indian Muslim sides with India on Kashmir, he betrays the ummah. If he desires Hindutva's triumph over Muslims, he has fallen into disbelief."
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5000 Pakistanis living in Delhi identified by IB, crackdown after Pahalgam attack; 28 Pakistanis who came to watch a cricket match in 2007 still...

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During the India-Pakistan cricket series in 2007, several Pakistani fans came to India to watch matches, including one at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Out of these, 32 Pakistani nationals overstayed their visit and 28 of them have remained untraceable.
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Politicians line up to call Pahalgam victims liars and speculators, dismiss actual witness statements and try to whitewash Islamic terrorists

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Multiple victim testimonies have surfaced in the aftermath of the terror attack, which shows how Hindus were profiled before being killed. They were forced to say their names, show ID cards, recite Kalma and even pull down their pants to show proof of ‘circumcision.’
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News Reports

Lakshmi Mittal’s sponsorship of Pakistan Conference 2025 at Harvard sparks outrage amid escalating India-Pakistan tensions after Pahalgam horror

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The Lakshmi Mittal and Family Southas East Asia Institute at Harvard University's sponsorship of Pakistan Conference 2025 has put under spotlight the moral and patriotic obligation of Indian businessmen.
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News Reports

Centre bans 16 Pakistani YouTube channels for spreading disinformation after Pahalgam terror attack, check full list

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Based on the recommendations of the Union Home Ministry, the Government of India banned major YouTube channels, Pakistani news outlets and individual ‘analysts’ who were peddling disinformation and anti-India propaganda after the Pahalgam attack by Islamic terrorists backed by Pakistan.
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Pakistan flag or Islamic flag: Indian Muslims object to ‘disrespect’ of Pakistani flag during protests against Pahalgam terror attack, say it is Islamic flag

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In Maharashtra’s Nalasopara, protests were held against the Pahalgam terror attack on 27th April, wherein the protestors laid Pakistani flags on the road. However, some Muslim youths objected to this.
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News Reports

TMC leader Marjina Khatun claims BJP orchestrated Pahalgam terror attack to shield Islamic terrorists, Mamata Banerjee made similar claims about Pulwama

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"BJP carried out this attack to divert the public from the new Waqf law," Marjina Khatun alleged.
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Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Pannu claims in interview with Pakistani media that Sikhs won’t let Indian Army fight with Pakistan

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Pannun emphasised that Sikhs would not allow Indian forces to attack Pakistan through Punjab. However, this would be possible, according to him, only if Pakistan openly supported the cause of Khalistan, a separate Sikh nation.
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