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    NATION:

    CAL59 WB-2NDLD-PM SINDOOR
    * 'Operation Sindoor' not over yet, we have hit Pakistan thrice inside its home: Modi
    Alipurduar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said 'Operation Sindoor' was far from over and warned that India would continue to exact a heavy price on those who sponsor terrorism, asserting that Pakistan has already been hit "three times inside its home." *

    CAL58 WB-PM-LD RALLY
    * PM Modi slams TMC over Murshidabad violence, teacher scam; describes Bengal govt as 'nirmam sarkar'
    Alipurduar: Launching a blistering attack on the TMC government in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused it of fostering violence, corruption and lawlessness, and asserted that the people in the state are yearning for change to get rid of the 'nirmam sarkar' (cruel government). *

    CAL17 SK-PM-LD STATEHOOD
    * Pahalgam terror strike was attack on India's soul, our response decisive: PM
    Gangtok: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Pahalgam terror strike last month was an attack on the soul and unity of India, and subsequent Operation Sindoor was a "decisive response" to terrorists. *
    DEL59 DEF-LD RAJNATH
    * People of PoK part of Indian family, day not far when they will return to India: Rajnath
    New Delhi: People of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) are part of India's "own family" and the day is not far when they will return to the Indian mainstream by listening to their inner voice, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. *

    DEL64 CONG-PM-PATEL
    * PM should stop misquoting, misappropriating Patel: Congress on Modi's PoK remarks
    New Delhi: Narendra Modi should stop "misquoting" and "misappropriating" Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for his own "petty politics of hate", the Congress said on Thursday as it countered the prime minister's remarks that it was Patel's wish that the armed forces must not stop till PoK was taken back but it was not heeded to. *

    DES13 DL-AAP-BJP-REPORT CARD
    * Power cuts, school fee hikes, water crisis: AAP's report card on BJP's Delhi govt
    New Delhi: The AAP on Thursday released a 15-point 'report card' of the Delhi government and accused the ruling BJP of plunging the national capital into a state of chaos and disorder. *

    DEL44 AMARNATH YATRA-CAPFS
    * Centre deploys 580 CAPF companies for Amarnath Yatra
    New Delhi: The Centre has ordered deployment of 580 companies, comprising about 42,000 on-ground personnel, of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for the annual Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Thursday. *

    DEL40 DEF-IAF CHIEF
    * Operation Sindoor national victory, think God was with us too: IAF chief
    New Delhi: IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh on Thursday hailed Operation Sindoor as a "national victory", and said all the Indian forces came together to execute it in a very professional manner. *

    MDS10 KA-THUG LIFE-WARNING
    * If Kamal Haasan doesn't apologise by May 30, 'Thug Life' will not be screened in Karnataka: KFCC
    Bengaluru: Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) said on Thursday that it will not allow the release of Kamal Haasan's film 'Thug Life' in Karnataka unless he issues a public apology by May 30 for his controversial remark about the Kannada language. *

    DEL50 JK-HAASAN
    * Maybe not now but I will go there because it's my place also: Kamal Haasan on shooting in J-K
    New Delhi: Home is Kashmir to Kanyakumari, says Kamal Haasan. So there is no reason to not make a film in Kashmir, but perhaps now is not the best time, he adds. *
    

    BUSINESS
    
    DEL42 BIZ-RBI-LD ANNUAL REPORT
    * India to remain fastest-growing economy, RBI's balance sheet increases to Rs 76.25 lakh crore
    Mumbai: The balance sheet of the RBI increased to Rs 76.25 lakh crore, aided by nearly 33 per cent gains in foreign exchange transactions, as of March 2025, leading to a bumper Rs 2.7 lakh crore dividend to the central government, said the central bank's annual report released on Thursday. *


    LEGAL

    LGD14 DL-HC-LALU-FIR
    * Land-for-jobs 'scam': Former rail minister Lalu Prasad moves Delhi to quash CBI FIR
    New Delhi: Former rail minister Lalu Prasad on Thursday sought in the Delhi High Court the quashing of the FIR filed by the CBI in the land-for-jobs "scam". *

    LGD13 UP-HC-LD POWER
    * Can FIR be quashed under Section 528 of BNSS? Allahabad HC refers matter to 9-judge bench
    Prayagraj (UP): The Allahabad High Court has referred to a nine-judge bench, formed for the first time in 55 years, a crucial legal question -- whether an FIR can be quashed under section 528 of the newly-enacted Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). *

    LGD10 SC-MICHEL-BAIL CONDITION
    * AgustaWestland money laundering case: SC rejects plea of British national Christian Michel James
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by British national Christian Michel James, who had challenged the Delhi High Court's order directing him to furnish details of the address where he intended to reside post-release on bail in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case. *

    LGD9 DL-COURT-KEJRIWAL
    * Delhi excise policy case: Arvind Kejriwal moves court seeking NOC for passport renewal
    New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, an accused in the Delhi excise policy case, moved court on Thursday seeking a no objection certificate (NOC) for the renewal of his passport. *


    FOREIGN

    FGN55 SIERRA LEONE-INDIA-DELEGATION
    * All-party delegation briefs Sierra Leone's Dy Defence Minister about India’s strategic restraints in counter terrorism ops
    Freetown (Sierra Leone): A high-level all-party Indian parliamentary delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde met Sierra Leone's Deputy Defence Minister Muana Brima Massaquoi here on Thursday and briefed him about India’s strategic restraints in its counter terrorism operations and reaffirmed zero tolerance for terrorism. *

    FGN44 PANAMA-THAROOR-LD CONG
    * Tharoor slams 'zealots'; says was clearly speaking only about reprisals for terrorist attacks
    Panama City/New Delhi: Amid Congress' swipes at him over his 'surgical strike' remarks, party leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said for those "zealots" fulminating about his supposed ignorance of Indian valour across the LoC, he was "clearly and explicitly" speaking only about reprisals for terrorist attacks and not about previous wars. *

    FGN18 US-INDOPAK-LUTNICK
    * US administration tells NY court India-Pak reached ‘tenuous ceasefire’ after Trump 'interceded'
    New York: The Trump administration has told a New York court that India and Pakistan reached a “tenuous ceasefire” only after President Donald Trump "interceded and offered both nations trading access with the US to avert a full-scale war.” By Yoshita Singh * MPL
MPL

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