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PM Modi Orders Top Medical Care After Chidambaram Collapses in Gujarat
Chidambaram, a veteran politician and former Union Minister, fainted in the middle of a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting convened at the Sabarmati Ashram on Tuesday. Party members sprang into action, rushing him to a nearby hospital where he was immediately administered medical treatment.
Centre Notifies Waqf Amendment Act as It Officially Comes into Effect
President Droupadi Murmu had approved the bill on Sunday, two days after the two Houses of Parliament had cleared it.
CRPF Assigned to Provide Security for Tamil Actor-Turned-Politician Vijay
This upgraded security detail, restricted to Tamil Nadu, was sanctioned previously in February following central intelligence agencies' evaluation of a plausible threat to Vijay's security.
BJD Seeks to Mend Internal Discord After Reversal on Waqf Bill Stance
Insiders reported that the meeting was serious deliberation on the discord caused by the party's position on the Waqf Bill. Leaders, however, brushed this aside in public, saying the meeting was entirely about party organisation.
China’s Mega Dam Project Threatens Water Security in Northeast India
Addressing a daylong seminar on "Ensuring Water Security, Ecological Integrity, and Disaster Resilience in the Sub-Himalayan Region: The Case of the Brahmaputra", Gao, who is a strong critic of China's strategic actions in the region, called the proposed structure over and above a dam.
Chidambaram Collapses at Sabarmati Ashram, Reported Stable After Treatment
The incident came on the heels of Chidambaram's visit to an extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial in Ahmedabad. He was a member of a Congress delegation to the Ashram as part of the party's wider outreach and review exercise in the state.
Trinamool Faces Growing Internal Rift as Row Among Four Party MPs Escalates
The controversy deepened after the BJP IT cell head and central West Bengal observer Amit Malviya posted four video clips on social media pertaining to a hot exchange between TMC MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad on April 4 inside the ECI campus. Malviya alleged that the clash went beyond that day, with one MP still insulting another colleague known as the "Versatile International Lady (VIL)" in party WhatsApp groups.
JD(S)-BJP Alliance in Karnataka Intact, Confirms Union Minister Kumaraswamy
Speaking to the media in Mandya, former Karnataka Chief Minister rejected rumors of disagreement, saying, "The JD(S)-BJP coalition is strong. There's no confusion. Even senior BJP leader D.V. Sadananda Gowda has demanded a coordination committee."
India poised to become the world's third-largest economy, Says Narendra Modi
"Recently, we were the 11th largest economy. Now, we are at position five," Prime Minister said at a media function in New Delhi. India remains the fifth-largest economy in the world as of 2025, after the United States, China, Japan, and Germany.
PM Modi Criticizes Opposition's Appeasement Politics, Calls Waqf Act a Move for Social Justice
Addressing Delhi at a media conclave following the passage of the bill through Parliament, the Prime Minister stated that the outrage against the amendment is based on old political tactics. "We cannot let the politics of the 20th century hold back the march of the 21st century. The furore over the Waqf Act is because of appeasement politics," he claimed.
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