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Baglihar

J-K: Parts of Chenab river dry up as India closes Baglihar, Salal dams amid cross-border tensions

Baglihar dam

Gates of Salal and Baglihar dam on Chenab river closed, residents voice strong support of move

hailstorms

CM Yogi directs officials to ensure swift relief in storm-hit UP districts

firing

Indian Army responds to unprovoked firing by Pakistan along LoC in J&K

Chilakota village

Gujarat: Fire breaks out in kutcha houses in Dahod

Pahalgam SHO

Six police officers, including Pahalgam SHO, transferred days after terror attack

Murshidabad

NCW takes cognizance of plea from widows of riot victims in Murshidabad

attack

MHA asks several states to conduct mock drills for effective civil defence; drills to include crash blackout measures

attacks

‘Understand sensibilities’: Supreme Court dismisses PIL seeking improved tourist safety in hilly areas

backward classes

‘Govt received report and it is under consideration’: H Kantharaju on Karnataka caste census

cash

Judicial panel completes inquiry into cash claims at Justice Varma’s residence

2025

Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging Waqf Act on May 15

Jagdambika Pal

‘Centre to give its response,’ says BJP MP Jagdambika Pal as SC hears pleas on Waqf (Amendment) Act

Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court dismisses PIL alleging Rahul Gandhi’s dual citizenship

Chenab River

All gates of Salal Dam on Chenab River closed, significant drop in water levels witnessed in Reasi

ACB

Rajasthan MLA Jaikrishn Patel arrested by ACB for taking Rs 20 lakh bribe

fake Shankaracharya

Swami Govind Dev Giri calls Swami Avimukteshwaranand a ‘fake Shankaracharya’

AAAS

Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to PM, elected as int’l member of AAAS

demotion

‘Waqf Board can’t show documents of land’: Anurag Thakur claims HP’s Sanjauli mosque construction illegal

elections

BJP President J P Nadda chairs meeting with party’s general secretaries