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NHAI Launches Delhi-NCR’s First Barrier-Free Toll Plaza on UER-II
Multi-Lane Free Flow tolling goes live at Mundka-Bakkarwala on May 11, cutting crossing time from 14 seconds to under 2.
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India Apollo Hospitals opens India’s first Centre for Venous Disorders in Chennai
Apollo's dedicated venous disorders centre targets CVD, which affects an estimated 30% of Indian adults.
India Kerala Jail Department signs Matsyafed deal to diversify fish supply across 56 prisons
Kerala prisons to receive varied fish species through Matsyafed's 654-society network, starting with three central jails within 30…
India DRDO scramjet combustor runs 1,200 seconds, nearly doubles January record
Hyderabad test confirms active cooling design for India's hypersonic missile programme holds under sustained thermal stress.
India Gelatine Sticks Found Near PM Modi’s Bengaluru Convoy Route, 1 Detained
Karnataka Police seized gelatine sticks near PM Modi's route in Bengaluru; one suspect is in custody.
India TMC Names Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay Opposition Leader, Firhad Hakeem Chief Whip
Trinamool Congress formalises West Bengal assembly leadership after winning 80 of 294 seats in 2026 election.
India Modi to lead first-ever Kumbhabhishek of Somnath Temple spire
Somnath Temple Trust confirms PM Modi will perform a spire consecration with no recorded precedent in the shrine's…
India ECI’s Bengal SIR observer Subrata Gupta named advisor to new CM Adhikari
Gupta supervised electoral roll revision while TMC opposed it — his role under BJP's Adhikari exposes a gap…
India Shah: BJP win in Bengal plugs national security gap along 2,497-km eastern border
Addressing the BJP Legislature Party in Kolkata on May 8, Shah links the Bengal election result to BSF…
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