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The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited, Hyderabad, for the procurement of five Ground-Based Mobile Electronic Systems worth 1,400 crore rupees for the Indian Army with minimum 72% indigenous content.

Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia chaired a meeting of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee of the Telecom Research Standardisation and Innovation Committee in New Delhi.

The BJP has appointed senior party leader and Union Minister Amit Shah as Central Observer for the election of the Leader of the Legislative Party in West Bengal. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has been appointed as the Central Co-observer in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly condemned the attacks on UAE’s Fujairah that resulted in injuries to three Indian nationals. In a social media post, Mr Modi stated that targeting civilians and infrastructure is unacceptable.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday permitted jailed Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid to meet his ailing father in AIIMS Delhi for 12 hours a day till May 10.

Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Tuesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government of indulging in “vendetta politics” and misusing the state machinery to target the MPs who recently quit the party and merged with the BJP in the Rajya Sabha.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has reiterated the government’s commitment to building a strong research and innovation ecosystem in the country.

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar today said that development cooperation remains a key pillar of the partnership between India and Jamaica.

The Congress attacked the Modi government over “sluggishness” in private corporate investment and said the refusal to invest is motivated by several factors such as slow consumer demand growth due to India’s stagnant real wages crisis as well as the ED-CBI-IT “raid raj”.

The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday led a ‘padyatra’ in central Kashmir Budgam district as part of the ongoing ‘Nasha Mukht Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan’, officials said.

History has been created in the Assembly elections in WB and TN. While the BJP has secured overwhelming mandate in West Bengal and set to form government in the state for the first time, debutant Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam or TVK has emerged as largest party in Tamil Nadu.

India has said the attack on the Fujairah Petroleum Industries Zone (FOIZ) in the UAE, which resulted in injuries to three Indian nationals, is unacceptable.

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Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid on Monday urged the Delhi High Court to modify its earlier order granting him one-week interim bail in a terror funding case and allow him to be with his ailing father, who has been shifted to AIIMS Delhi from Srinagar.

The United States kicked off an effort to “guide” stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, as it tries to counter economic disruptions that outlasted the peak of fighting with no peace deal in sight.

The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau has filed a charge-sheet against 11 accused persons, including officials of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation and private beneficiaries, in connection with a case involving violations of building permission norms.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reviewed the functioning of various departments and sought improved inter-departmental coordination at a meeting of administrative secretaries here on Monday.

Following fresh snowfall in upper reaches, Mughal Road has been temporarily closed for precautionary measures via Peer Ki Gali.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said that the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) performance in the latest election trends shows people’s growing trust in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.