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Two Operatives Arrested in NoidaPolice Arrests Two Key Accused in Moradabad Double-Murder Case4 Tickets To FIFA World Cup Final Are Listed On FIFA’s Resale Site For More Than $2 MillionKarnataka Murder: Suspecting ‘Illicit Affair,’ Man Attacks and Kills Wife at Neighbour’s Residence; ArrestedIMD Forecasts Rain, Thunderstorms in HimachalPM Modi Announces Rs 2 Lakh Ex Gratia For Tehri Garhwal Accident VictimsDelhi HC Suspends Sentence of Child Trafficking And Kidnapping ConvictDelhi HC Lists Bail Plea of Ex-AAP MLA Naresh Balyan For Hearing ArgumentsMassive Voter Turnout In Tamil Nadu, Bengal Phase 1: DMK Eyes Second Term, TMC’s Big Fight Against BJPSEETI 2.0 Puts Meghalaya on the Global Culinary Map Through Deep Cultural Immersion‘Stepped Out Without Fear’: West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer On Record Turnout On Phase 1 Voting Day‘In Poor Taste’: India Reacts Sharply To Trump’s ‘Inappropriate’ Hellhole RemarkSAI Extends Support Of Over Rs 1.45 Crore To Indian Badminton Contingents For Thomas And Uber CupsKush Maini’s F1 Test For Alpine At Zandvoort Runs Parallel To Government’s Push To Bring Formula 1 Back To IndiaTCS Nashik: Tausif Attar, Danish Shaikh, Shahrukh Qureshi, Raza Memon To Be Taken Into Police Custody In Fresh CasePakistan’s Narcotics Push Meets Bulldozers as JKP Targets Assets and Crops to Choke Terror FinancingBJP leader Accuses Kharge of “Verbal Violence,” Calls Remark Against Modi an Attack on India’s MandateED Raids 12 Locations in Kotak Mahindra Bank – Panchkula Municipal Fraud CaseDelhi HC Issues Notice to Kejriwal, Asks X, Google, and Meta to Remove Viral Videos of His Court HearingHuge Win For NDMC As Delhi HC Upholds Termination of Lalit Hotel’s LicenceAmar Colony Murder Case: How Accused Rahul Took Ambulance Ride to Evade PoliceLamine Yamal Set To Miss Rest Of FC Barcelona’s Season, Spaniard Likely To Be Fit For FIFA World Cup 2026‘Galti Ho Gayi….’: What Did Rahul Meena Who Killed IRS Officer’s Daughter Confess in Court?Bengaluru Horror: 19-Year-Old Gives Birth In Toilet, Fearing Social Stigma, Slits Newborn’s Throat & Dumps Body In BagTamil Nadu Filmmaker-Politician Casts Vote On Camera, Netizens Ask ‘Is This Allowed?’ | WatchFC Barcelona To Visit Getafe With Holes In Attack As It Nears La Liga Title‘Have Seen Some Reports’: MEA Responds After Trump Reshares ‘Hellhole’ Remark on IndiaUttarakhand: 8 Killed as Vehicle Plunges into Gorge in Tehri GarhwalHow India Lost Its Daughter: Remorseless Accused Used Fake Call To Dodge SuspicionIran Continues Crude Exports Despite US Blockade: VortexaDelhi Court Sends I-PAC Director Vinesh Chandel To 14-Day Judicial Custody15 Minutes of Horror: IRS Officer’s Daughter Unconscious While Sexually Assaulted, Accused Remorseless; 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‘Operation Lotus Underway’: AAP Calls Out 7 ‘Traitors’, Blames BJP For ‘Breaking’ Party

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of conducting ‘Operation Lotus’ after 7 AAP MPs, including Raghav Chadha, resigned to join BJP.Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, AAP leader Sanjay Singh alleged that the BJP is doing the

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