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Y Khemchand Singh was sworn in as Manipur Chief Minister on Wednesday after President’s Rule was lifted, with BJP’s Nemcha Kipgen and NPF legislator L Dikho taking oath as deputy chief ministers, reflecting an attempt at ethnic balance in the violence-hit state.

Opposition women MPs advanced to within two rows of the Prime Minister’s chair and confronted BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, triggering a face-off that forced adjournment minutes before Narendra Modi’s address. BJP alleged security breach; Congress claimed the PM “got scared” and avoided the House.

President’s Rule has been revoked in Manipur after President Droupadi Murmu withdrew the proclamation imposed in February 2025, paving the way for the BJP-led NDA to form a government under Yumnam Khemchand Singh following nearly a year of central rule.

In a precise strike, Army personnel destroyed a cave hideout in the Basantgarh area, eliminating two JeM terrorists, including their top commander, Rubani alias Abu Mavia, who was active in the area for the last several years, officials said.

The war of words started when BJP leader Bittu was passing by protesting MPs at the Makar Dwar of the Parliament, and commented on them saying: “They are sitting as if they won a war.”

Throwing light on the deal’s details, Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal, said it had been finalised after months of negotiations undertaken painstakingly by officials of both countries, leading to US administration reducing tariffs on India-made goods to 18 per cent from the previous 50 per cent

The opposition members were suspended from the Lok Sabha for violating rules and “throwing papers on the chair” following uproar in the House over Congress leader and Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi’s insistence on mentioning a specific reference to the 2020 standoff with China in eastern Ladakh

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, 53, one-time heir apparent of Muammar Gadhafi, was killed in the town of Zintan, 136 kilometers (85 miles) southwest of the capital, Tripoli, according to Libya’s chief prosecutor’s office, which also mentioned that he was “shot to death”.

External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, met US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in Washington DC on Tuesday to discuss formalising the recently-approved trade deal between India and the US and touched upon bilateral cooperation in critical minerals’ exploration and mining

Hailing the new trade agreement between the two countries, White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, also said PM Modi agreed to invest USD 500 billion across key American sectors

The Sacred Devnimori Relics of Lord Buddha, which are preserved in Gujarat, are scheduled to travel to Colombo on Wednesday for public veneration at the Gangaramaya Temple

The Shahed-139 drone was shot down by an F-35C fighter jet from the USS Abraham Lincoln, which was sailing about 805 kilometres from Iran’s southern coast, Central Command spokesman, Captain Tim Hawkins, said

He was received at the airport by Indian Ambassador Suhel Ajaz Khan and Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Saud Al-Sati. In his previous assignment, Sati was Saudi Arabia's envoy to India.

“General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff, leads the Indian delegation for an office call on Mr Suren Papkyan, Minister of Defence, Armenia. Discussions focused on strengthening defence cooperation across a range of security issues concerning both nations,” the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) posted on ‘X’.

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