The Statesman Delhi - April 28, 2025
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April 28, 2025
537 Pakistani nationals leave India through Attari in 3 days
A total of 537 Pakistani nationals have left India through the Attari border over the past three days after the deadline for short-term visa holders ended on Sunday, according to an official.
1 min
Indian goods worth over $10 billion reaching Pakistan bypassing trade restrictions: Report
Amid the ongoing India-Pakistan tensions, the economic think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI), has said that the Indian goods worth over USD 10 billion are reaching Pakistan every year indirectly through ports such as Dubai, Singapore, and Colombo, bypassing trade restrictions.
1 min
JNUSU elections: ABVP leads Central Panel race
With around 56 per cent of the votes counted, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) maintained a strong lead across all key posts as counting continued on Sunday for the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) elections 2024-25.
1 min
NIA Takes Over Investigation Into Pahalgam Massacre
Five days after terrorists shot dead 26 tourists in Pahalgam, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the case from the Jammu and Kashmir Police.
1 min
Flexing maritime muscle: Navy conducts anti-ship missile firings in Arabian Sea
Amidst the heightened tensions between India and Pakistan resulting from the deaths of 26 tourists at the hands of Pakistan-sponsored terrorists, multiple anti-ship missile firings were carried out in the Arabian Sea by the Indian Navy.
1 min
CDS Meets Defence Minister on Follow-Up to Pahalgam Attack
Chief of General Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, met the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the latter's residence on Sunday to update him about the decisions taken up by the armed forces following the Pakistan-sponsored terror attack in Pahalgam.
1 min
PM Vows Justice for Pahalgam Victims
Mann Ki Baat: Modi Promises Harshest Punishment for Perpetrators
2 mins
Customs officials arrest passenger with 2 kg of gold bars at airport
Customs officials have intercepted an Indian passenger carrying two kilograms of gold bars worth approximately Rs 1.91 crore with him at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, the Customs Department said on Sunday.
1 min
FIR registered after firing outside Preet Vihar club; raids underway
Delhi Police has registered an FIR at Preet Vihar police station after a firing incident occurred outside a club in the East Delhi area on Saturday night.
1 min
CM Listens to Mann Ki Baat at Bawana, Announces ₹1,200 Crore for Rural Roads and Drainage Systems
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday said that the government is committed to writing a new chapter of development in the national capital, adding that a special fund of Rs 1,200 crore is being allocated for the city's rural belt to improve roads and drainage systems.
1 min
City reels under scorching heat and 'poor' air quality
Delhiites continued to battle hot weather conditions on Sunday, with the maximum temperature reaching 41.3°C — 2.3 degrees above the season's normal.
1 min
VHP Organises Protest Rally Against Pahalgam Terror Attack
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) organised the 'Aakrosh Yatra' across multiple locations in Delhi on Sunday to condemn the horrific terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
2 mins
'BJP govt fulfils Ayushman Bharat promise in 68 days'
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said on Sunday that April 28 would be the golden day for his party's government in Delhi as on the 68th day of its formation, a special distribution of Ayushman Bharat cards will be held and the registration of the scheme will begin.
1 min
Massive fire in slums at Rohini claims two lives
The massive fire that broke out in the slums of North West Delhi's Rohini claimed the lives of two children and gutted a large number of shanties in an area of 5 acres, the Fire Department said.
1 min
BJP dismisses AAP claim, terms it misleading
Accusing the BJP government of sabotaging Delhi's once state-of-the-art bus fleet, Chief Spokesperson of AAP Priyanka Kakkar alleged that the incumbent government was planning to hand over tenders to its capitalist allies in exchange for commissions.
2 mins
Yadav Wants Delhi Govt to Improve Mohalla Clinics
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Devender Yadav on Sunday suggested that the BJP government should improve Mohalla Clinics, which he alleged had been turned into a money-making venture by the previous AAP government.
1 min
Hema Malini Meets UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Actress-turned-politician, Hema Malini met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, urging him to treat Mathura the same as Ayodhya and Varanasi in terms of development.
1 min
India & France to sign deal on Rafale fighter jets for Navy today
India and France will on Monday sign the deal for 26 Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Navy, the Ministry of Defence said.
1 min
Ramji Lal Suman Faces Karni Sena's Protest in Aligarh; Convoy Vehicles Collide
Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member Ramji Lal Suman faced major protests from the Karni Sena here on Sunday while he was on his way to Bulandshahr.
1 min
Ensure timely completion of Ganga Expressway, maintain top-quality standard: CM Yogi
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inspected the under-construction Ganga Expressway and directed UPEIDA and the construction agencies to complete the project within the stipulated timeline, while maintaining the highest quality standards.
2 mins
Union Minister Holds Security Review Meeting in Udhampur
After the Pahalgam terror attack, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday held a high-level security review meeting at Udhampur.
1 min
Haryana CM listens to PM's 'Mann Ki Baat' programme
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, on Sunday, listened to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' programme at Sector-18, Panchkula.
1 min
New India Emerging as a Global Leader in Environmental Stewardship: UP CM
In his Mann Ki Baat address on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to participate in the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign, encouraging everyone to plant a tree in honour of their mothers on the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5, marking the beginning of the campaign's first year.
1 min
Major hooch tragedy averted with seizure of 2,240 litres of illicit ENA in Punjab
Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise, and Taxation Minister, and Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema, on Sunday announced a significant breakthrough in the state's ongoing \"Yudh Nashian Virudh\" (War Against Drugs) campaign, with the seizure of 2,240 litres of illegally pilfered Extra Neutral Alcohol (ENA), averting a potential major hooch tragedy.
1 min
Terrorists Gun Down Social Activist Amid High Security
Mid the high security alert in J&K after the Pahalgam killings, terrorists shot dead a social activist Ghulam Rasool Magray in North Kashmir's Kupwara district, officials said on Sunday.
1 min
12 More Militants Held in Manipur, Arms and Ammunition Recovered
Security forces in Manipur arrested 12 more militants belonging to different banned outfits from three different districts in the past 24 hours, officials said on Sunday.
1 min
Fire at UP directorate of education headquarters engulfs teacher recruitment scam files
A major fire broke out in the Uttar Pradesh directorate of education headquarters on Sunday morning.
1 min
MoD issues warning over fake WhatsApp message on donation to Indian Army
The Ministry of Defence has issued a cautionary warning against a misleading WhatsApp message that is seeking donations for the modernisation of the Indian Army.
1 min
Woman Arrested in Assam ‘for Pro-Pakistan’ Posts After Pahalgam Terror Attack; 16 Arrested So Far
The Assam Police have detained a woman from Golaghat district, bringing the total number of arrests in the state to 16, amid a widening crackdown on individuals allegedly making \"controversial\" and \"anti-national\" statements following the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
1 min
Illegal madrasa demolished in Lucknow's KGMU
227 illegal encroachments on govt land were identified within 0-10 km of the India-Nepal border
1 min
INS Sunayna Completes Phase 1 of Joint EEZ Patrol, Reaches Port Louis Harbor
After completion of Phase I of Joint EEZ surveillance with the National Coast Guard (NCG), Mauritius, as part of deployment to the South Western Indian Ocean, Indian Naval Ship Sunayna (IOS Sagar) arrived at Port Louis Harbour, Mauritius.
1 min
Prashant Kishor to launch campaign against Bihar govt from Nitish Kumar's ancestral place
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor has alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has failed to fulfil his promises and control rampant corruption in government departments.
1 min
Punish the guilty, don't alienate Kashmiris: Omar
Reports have emerged of Kashmiri students and traders being harassed and detained across India, raising concern among leaders
2 mins
11 feared dead as van plunges into well in Mandsaur district
At least 11 persons, including nine of a family, died after a van hit a motorcycle and then fell into an open well in a village in the Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday afternoon.
1 min
MP: State govt employees get 5 per cent hike in dearness allowance
In a good news for the officers and employees of the state government, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav on Sunday announced a hike of five percent in the Dearness Allowance (DA) of all the state government employees, which would take the DA from the present 50 per cent to 55 per cent.
1 min
13 Bangladeshis Held With Fake Aadhaar Cards
In a development raising serious security concerns, Vikhroli Police in Mumbai detained 13 Bangladeshi hawkers for possessing fake Aadhaar cards — all listing addresses from Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.
1 min
Tejashwi slams Nitish Kumar for agony of Pasi community
Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav said that the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act has badly affected the life of the Pasi community whose only source of livelihood is toddy-tapping.
1 min
MP CM vows to ensure due respect to public representatives
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav has said that elected public representatives, including MLAs and members of Parliament (MPs), have a higher standing than the chief secretary according to the Union government's protocol order, and hence the BJP state government will ensure the respect due to them.
1 min
Mani Shankar Aiyar links Pahalgam attack to partition legacy
Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar linked the Pahalgam terror attack with partition and 1971 Indo-Pak war.
1 min
Schisms within
In the latest sign of a deepening internal fracture within the Palestinian leadership, President Mahmoud Abbas has launched an unprecedented verbal attack on Hamas, calling them \"sons of dogs\" and demanding they release hostages, disarm, and cede control of Gaza to his Palestinian Authority (PA).
4 mins
Americans Consider Leaving the US
About a month ago, I learned that three colleagues were leaving Yale for the University of Toronto.
2 mins
Love and revolution
Love was never an impediment to Ullaskar's revolutionary activities. Like his romantic life, his contribution to the freedom movement is scintillating. His is the saga that is part of the neglected narrative of gunpowder and gumption. He is among those brave young Bengalis who chose the path of armed resistance. He was a revolutionary associated with Anushilan Samiti and Jugantar, and was a close associate of Aurobindo Ghosh's brother Barindra Nath Ghosh. He had expertise in bomb-making
6 mins
Occasional Note
WE welcome the first number of the Indian Historical Quarterly, edited by Mr. Narendra Nath Law.
1 min
When Leaders Lie
Few of us expect others to be saints. Certainly not politicians. But when leaders—people who pretend to lead a country and show its people a better path—misrepresent and mislead, troubles galore lie ahead.
3 mins
Global system shakeup, courtesy Trump
Chaotic as it seems, Donald Trump's tariff war and subsequent walk-backs are a deadly serious attempt by his team to address what they perceive as the core issues of the dollar-dominated global monetary system.
4 mins
Rajasthan BJP expels Gyan Dev Ahuja over temple re-consecration
Senior BJP leader and former Rajasthan legislator Gyan Dev Ahuja has been expelled from the party in the aftermath of a row over his act of \"re-consecration\" of a Ram Temple in Alwar after the entry of Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Tika Ram Jully earlier this month.
1 min
Mahesh Babu seeks time to appear before ED
Popular Tollywood actor Mahesh Babu has sought time to appear before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in a money-laundering case linked to realty firms Surana Group and Sai Surya Developers.
1 min
Ramakrishna Rao appointed as new chief secretary of Telangana
Special chief secretary (finance) K Ramakrishna Rao will be appointed as the new chief secretary of Telangana after the incumbent A Santhi Kumari retires from service on 30 April.
1 min
TDP-led government working with vindictive agenda, alleges YSRCP
The YSR Congress Party on Sunday accused the TDP-led coalition government in Andhra Pradesh of misusing official machinery to settle personal scores with a vindictive agenda.
2 mins
Party not CM blocked CPI-M member from the meeting
Kerala CPI-M Secretary on Sunday denied that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan barred party's Central Committee member P K Sreemathy from participating in the state secretariat meeting.
1 min
Congress Is Villain No. 1 For Telangana: BRS Supremo KCR
Dubbing the Gandhis as duplicates, BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao tore into the Congress today, accusing it of being the villain number one for Telangana, which was turning backward under its misrule.
1 min
K'taka CM calls Kasturirangan's death irreparable loss
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Sunday that the death of former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman and Padma Shri awardee, K. Kasturirangan, has caused an irreparable loss to the country, especially to the field of science.
1 min
Governors Decline Kerala CM's Dinner Invitation
The decision is believed to be linked to the ongoing investigation into the Chief Minister's daughter, Veena Vijayan, over the monthly pay-off case
2 mins
Siddaramaiah Backtracks After Being Trolled for 'No War with Pak' Remark
Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah got embroiled in a controversy on Sunday, following his remark, 'No war with Pakistan,' got highlighted in the Pakistani media.
1 min
2 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza
Two Israeli soldiers were killed in the northern Gaza Strip, according to separate statements issued by the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Police.
1 min
Shocked by US peace proposal, Ukrainians say they will not accept any formal surrender of Crimea
A peace proposal by the Trump administration that includes recognising Russian authority over Crimea shocked Ukrainian officials, who say they will not accept any formal surrender of the peninsula, even though they expect to concede the territory to the Kremlin, at least temporarily.
1 min
Conclave politics begin with the question: Continue Pope Francis' radical legacy or change course?
One of Pope Francis' enduring legacies was that he greatly expanded the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, naming \"princes of the church\" from faraway countries that had never had one before.
1 min
It might be Carney vs. Poilievre to lead Canada, but Trump is unofficially on the ballot
Donald Trump might as well be on the ballot when Canadians vote for a new government.
1 min
Iranian Foreign Minister voices satisfaction with 'process, pace' of indirect talks with USA
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi (Photo) expressed satisfaction with the latest round of indirect talks between Iran and the USA.
1 min
Toll in massive explosion in Iranian port rises to 25; over 800 injured
Private security firm Ambrey said the blaze resulted from improper handling of a shipment of missile fuel
2 mins
Nine people killed as car ploughs into Vancouver street festival crowd: Police
At least nine people were killed when a man drove into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, and an unknown number were injured, police said Sunday.
1 min
Family responsibilities, income levels, health concerns driving early insurance adoption
The average age of first-time life insurance buyers has dropped from 33 to 28 years.
2 mins
CII Floats 5-Point Plan to Cut Pendency of Court Cases
The National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), launched in 2015 under the e-Courts Mission Mode Project, to track, manage, and reduce case pendency across India's judicial system, holds a vast potential to enhance the country's performance in enforcing contracts, according to a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) statement issued on Sunday.
1 min
Market outlook: Q4 results, auto sales and global cues key triggers for next week
The market outlook for next week will be influenced by several domestic and global cues such as Q4 results for FY25, IIP & FII data and economic data from the USA.
1 min
FPIs Infuse ₹17,425 Crore in Equity Markets; Slight Slowdown Amid Ind-Pak Tensions
Foreign investors have infused Rs 17,425 crore in equity markets last week, data from the depositories said.
1 min
Ather Energy IPO: GMP slips ahead of subscription opening as revenue stagnant
Ahead of Ather Energy's initial public offering (IPO) opening for subscription on 28 April, the company's grey market premium (GMP) has steadily declined.
1 min
Market valuation of 6 of top 10 firms soars by ₹1,18,626.24 crore
The combined market valuation of six of the top 10 valued firms in the last week soared by Rs 1,18,626.24 crore.
1 min
RBI Governor exhorts US industry to invest in India
India is projected to grow at 6.5 percent in the current financial year, maintaining its status as the world's fastest-growing major economy despite global market volatility
1 min
India's growth story is safe, secure and stable: Piyush Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, on Sunday, highlighted India's strong foreign exchange reserves and its position as the world's fastest-growing major economy, attracting both global and domestic capital.
1 min
Manipur crisis: Two years on, not much has changed on the ground
The Manipur violence that erupted on 3 May 2023 has seen no major improvement in the past 24 months.
4 mins
India Win Big at 2nd Asian Yogasana Sport Championship with Record 83 Gold Medals
India delivered a historic performance at the 2nd Asian Yogasana Sport Championship, sweeping the medal tally with a record 83 gold medals at the prestigious event held at the KD Jadhav Arena, Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, New Delhi.
1 min
Women pugilists shine as 14 Indians reach finals at Asian U-15 and U-17 Boxing Championships
Nine of the 12 Women's U-15 boxers competing in the semifinals won their respective bouts to progress ahead, as 14 Indians were guaranteed a finals spot at the Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing Championships after the eighth day of competitions.
1 min
'Red Run to End Thalassemia' held
‘Mission 2035’, a nationwide movement aimed at eliminating Thalassemia from India by the year 2035, was launched in Gurugram on Sunday.
1 min
Palace beat Villa 3-0 to enter FA Cup final
Goals from Eberechi Eze and Ismaila Sarr sent Crystal Palace to their first FA Cup Final in nine years with a 3-0 win over Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium.
1 min
Women's Hockey Team Suffer Second Loss Against Australia A
The Indian women's hockey team put in a determined and gritty performance but fell short against Australia A, going down 2-3 in their second game of the Australia tour, at the Perth Hockey Stadium on Sunday.
1 min
Rickelton, Suryakumar & Bumrah Help MI Win Against LSG in IPL 2025
Mumbai Indians ride on half-centuries by Ryan Rickelton and Suryakumar Yadav to reach a challenging 215/7 in 20 overs against Lucknow Super Giants in Match 45 of IPL 2025 at the Wankhede Stadium
2 mins
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