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Updated – April 24, 2026 07:15 pm IST
Raghav Chadha at the BJP Headquarters in New Delhi on April 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha and six other Aam Aadmi Party’s MPs on Friday (April 24, 2026) quit the party and joined the BJP. Addressing a press conference with Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal, Mr. Chadha, who was recently demoted by AAP, said, “We have decided that we, the 2/3rd members belonging to the AAP in Rajya Sabha, exercise the provisions of the Constitution of India and merge ourselves with the BJP. 3 of them are here before you. Besides us, there are Harbhajan Singh, Rajinder Gupta, Vikram Sahney and Swati Maliwal.”
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he underwent successful treatment for early-stage prostate cancer and is “in excellent physical condition” now. Providing details of his annual medical report on Friday (April 24, 2026), he said: “I had a minor medical issue with my prostate that was completely treated. Thank God, it’s behind me.”
Iran’s delegation, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, is could arrive in Islamabad as soon as Friday (April 24, 2026) for ceasefire talks with U.S., two Pakistani officials told AP. Pakistan’s capital city continues to remain closed for heavy traffic as authorities await the possible visit of top leaders for talks which were stalled due to differences on key issues.
The Opposition parties on Friday (April 24, 2026) submitted a fresh notice seeking motion for removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. This is the second time the Opposition members have moved such a notice. The notice, which levelled nine charges, was signed by 73 Rajya Sabha members from 11 Opposition parties, including Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and TMC’s Sagarika Ghosh.
The Supreme Court on Friday (April 24, 2026) told a group of over 65 West Bengal poll duty officers, excluded from the electoral roll on the ground of logical discrepancies in their personal details during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, to pursue their appeals before the Appellate Tribunals.
The Gauhati High Court on Friday (April 24, 2026) rejected Congress leader Pawan Khera’s anticipatory bail plea in connection with a first information report lodged by Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, against allegations that she possesses multiple passports and has amassed substantial assets abroad.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar won the trust vote in the State Assembly on Friday (April 24, 2026) by voice vote. Earlier, Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary had moved the motion for a trust vote on the floor of the House.
Inconvenience for commuters in Telangana continued on Friday (April 24, 2026), with public buses off the roads on the third day of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) workers’ strike, even as the employee union leaders and Ministers of the Telangana government were engaged in talks to reach a consensus that could lead to the calling off of the stir.
The negotiating teams of India and the U.S. held “constructive” and “forward-looking” talks on a trade deal, the government said following the conclusion of the talks which took place in Washington on April 20-23, 2026. The statement however fell short of stating a deadline by which the Interim Agreement would be finalised, or when the next round of talks would be.
Around 240 Indians claiming descent from a biblical tribe landed at Tel Aviv airport on Thursday (April 23, 2026), as part of a government operation to relocate them to Israel. They were the first “Bnei Menashe” (”Sons of Manasseh”) to arrive in Israel since the government decided in November to fund the immigration of around 6,000 members of the community from the States of Manipur and Mizoram in northeast India.
Harbhajan Singh has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to ensure that Test cricket is played on pitches that last the full five days. Referring to India being whitewashed on home soil by New Zealand and South Africa in the last couple of seasons, he blamed the pitches rather than skill for the series losses.
Published – April 24, 2026 07:05 pm IST
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