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Trump safe after gunshots heard at White House correspondent’s dinner; shooter in custody

Washington DC, 26/4:US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump along with other top leaders were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after gunshots were heard at the venue. Trump was rushed off the stage and security teams swarmed past groups of invitees as people dived under the…

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IPL 2026 | DC bowler Lungi Ngidi leaves in ambulance after head injury during match

New Delhi, 25/4: South African Lungi Ngidi was rushed out of ⁠the stadium in ⁠an ambulance after ‌the fast ​bowler hit his head while attempting a catch in ​Saturday’s ⁠Indian Premier League game between Delhi Capitals and Punjab ⁠Kings. The ‌Delhi bowler was back-pedalling but ‌misjudged the catch, ⁠falling backwards and hitting his head ‌on…

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I’ll forgive, not forget’: Sreesanth revives ‘slapgate’ row; says no ties with Harbhajan Singh

Thiruvantapuram, 25/4: Former Indian pacer S. Sreesanth has revealed that he is no longer on speaking terms with Harbhajan Singh and made a serious allegation that the ‘turbanator’ profited from the ‘slapgate’ which transpired in the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League in 2008. In an interview with Malayalam media Mathrubhumi, Sreesanth said that…

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K Kavitha launches new political outfit months after being suspended from BRS

Telengana, 25/4: Seven months after her suspension from the BRS, Telangana Jagruthi president and Former CM K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter, K Kavitha, on Saturday launched a political outfit, named ‘Telangana Rashtra Sena’ (TRS). K Kavitha’s departure from the party occurred after she accused her cousins and party leaders T Harish Rao and J Santosh Kumar…

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Merchant navy officer from Rajasthan on container vessel seized by Iran, says family

Jaipur, 25/4: An India-bound container vessel was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz, with a merchant navy officer from Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district among the crew, his family said on Friday. The vessel, identified as ‘Epaminondes’, was intercepted while heading towards India, and vice captain Sanjay Mahar (38),…

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West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 | Both TMC, BJP make victory claims as high turnout signals a tide turn

Kolkata, 25/4: The high turnout in the first phase of polling in West Bengal sparked claims and counterclaims by the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bhartiya Janata Party, with each side asserting that the tide had already turned decisively in its favor. The first phase of the polling on Thursday covered 152 of the…

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Tensions flare in Manipur again as 3 killed in Naga-Kuki gunfight in Ukhrul

Guwahati, 24/4: As the country’s top leaders remain busy in elections in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, Manipur continues to burn with three fresh deaths reported on Friday in a gunfight between the Nagas and Kukis in Naga-dominated Ukhrul district. The deceased included two Kukis and a Naga, organisations representing the two tribes said in…

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Operation Lotus strikes Aam Aadmi Party as 7 Rajya Sabha MPs defect to BJP; Raghav Chadha leads charge

New Delhi,, 24/4: ‘Operation Lotus’ struck the AAP on Friday with seven of its Rajya Sabha MPs defecting to the BJP, reducing the Arvind Kejriwal-led party to just three in the Upper House while throwing it into another crisis a year after its electoral debacle. The MPs were Raghav Chadha, newly-appointed Rajya Sabha Deputy Leader…

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