<h2>BJP announces alliance with AIADMK for 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections</h2>.<p>Union Minister Amit Shah on Friday declared that BJP and AIADMK will fight the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election together under the leadership of AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami. <br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tamil-nadu/bjp-announces-alliance-with-aiadmk-for-2026-tamil-nadu-assembly-elections-3489946">Read more</a></p>.<h2>NIA begins questioning 26/11 attack key conspirator Tahawwur Rana</h2>.<p>The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday started questioning 26/11 attack key conspirator Tahawwur Rana, hours after a court allowed 18-day custodial interrogation following investigators claiming that the Pakistani-origin Canadian national could have plans for terror attacks similar to the Mumbai strike in other Indian cities.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/delhi/nia-begins-questioning-2611-attack-key-conspirator-tahawwur-rana-3489797">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Karnataka Cabinet accepts caste census report</h2>.<p>The Karnataka Cabinet on Friday accepted the contentious Socio-Economic and Educational Survey, otherwise known as caste census, which will be discussed at a special meeting scheduled on April 17.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/karnataka-cabinet-accepts-caste-census-report-3489758">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Nainar Nagendran submits papers for BJP TN president's election</h2>.<p>BJP legislator from Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli constituency, Nainar Nagendran, filed his nomination papers to contest the party's state president’s election on Friday.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tamil-nadu/nainar-nagendran-submits-papers-for-bjp-tn-presidents-election-3489708">Read more</a></p>.<h2>If ED has fundamental rights, it should think of people's rights too: Supreme Court</h2>.<p>The Supreme Court has said ED should also think of the fundamental rights of the people and frowned upon the agency's plea seeking the transfer of the Nagrik Apurti Nigam (NAN) scam case from Chhattisgarh to New Delhi.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/if-ed-has-fundamental-rights-it-should-think-of-peoples-rights-too-supreme-court-3489533">Read more</a></p>.<h2>UP woman gets bullet implanted in chest to frame mayor in gang-rape case</h2>.<p>In a shocking incident in Uttar Pradesh, a woman allegedly got a bullet inserted in her chest through surgery and then claimed that she was abducted, gang-raped and then shot at in a bid to implicate the mayor of Bareilly town and some others.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/uttar-pradesh/up-woman-gets-bullet-implanted-in-chest-to-frame-mayor-in-gang-rape-case-3489333">Read more</a></p>.<h2>India wants a US trade deal with an 'urgency' not seen before</h2>.<p>India’s trade teams are “really charged up” and want to swiftly seal a bilateral deal with the US, a minister from Narendra Modi’s government said, as the South Asian nation scrambles to shield itself from Washington’s on-again, off-again tariff strategy.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/india-wants-a-us-trade-deal-with-an-urgency-not-seen-before-3489736">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Industrial output growth slows to 6-month low of 2.9% in February</h2>.<p>India's industrial production growth decelerated to a six-month low of 2.9 per cent in February 2025, mainly due to poor performance of the manufacturing, mining and power sectors, according to official data released on Friday.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/economy/industrial-output-growth-slows-to-6-month-low-of-29-in-february-3489815">Read more</a></p>.<h2>China retaliates with 125% tariffs against US imports</h2>.<p>China on Friday raised its additional tariffs on imports from the US to 125 per cent in retaliation to the Trump administration's 145 per cent levies on Chinese exports.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/china-retaliates-with-125-tariffs-against-us-imports-3489597">Read more</a></p>.<h2>IPL 2025 | Desperate SRH aim to press reset button against Punjab Kings</h2>.<p>Desperate to arrest a worrying slide, Sunrisers Hyderabad will be eager to effect a turnaround when they host a power-packed Punjab Kings in their next IPL engagement here on Saturday.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/ipl-2025-desperate-srh-aim-to-press-reset-button-against-punjab-kings-3489466">Read more</a></p>
<h2>BJP announces alliance with AIADMK for 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections</h2>.<p>Union Minister Amit Shah on Friday declared that BJP and AIADMK will fight the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election together under the leadership of AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami. <br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tamil-nadu/bjp-announces-alliance-with-aiadmk-for-2026-tamil-nadu-assembly-elections-3489946">Read more</a></p>.<h2>NIA begins questioning 26/11 attack key conspirator Tahawwur Rana</h2>.<p>The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday started questioning 26/11 attack key conspirator Tahawwur Rana, hours after a court allowed 18-day custodial interrogation following investigators claiming that the Pakistani-origin Canadian national could have plans for terror attacks similar to the Mumbai strike in other Indian cities.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/delhi/nia-begins-questioning-2611-attack-key-conspirator-tahawwur-rana-3489797">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Karnataka Cabinet accepts caste census report</h2>.<p>The Karnataka Cabinet on Friday accepted the contentious Socio-Economic and Educational Survey, otherwise known as caste census, which will be discussed at a special meeting scheduled on April 17.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/karnataka-cabinet-accepts-caste-census-report-3489758">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Nainar Nagendran submits papers for BJP TN president's election</h2>.<p>BJP legislator from Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli constituency, Nainar Nagendran, filed his nomination papers to contest the party's state president’s election on Friday.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tamil-nadu/nainar-nagendran-submits-papers-for-bjp-tn-presidents-election-3489708">Read more</a></p>.<h2>If ED has fundamental rights, it should think of people's rights too: Supreme Court</h2>.<p>The Supreme Court has said ED should also think of the fundamental rights of the people and frowned upon the agency's plea seeking the transfer of the Nagrik Apurti Nigam (NAN) scam case from Chhattisgarh to New Delhi.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/if-ed-has-fundamental-rights-it-should-think-of-peoples-rights-too-supreme-court-3489533">Read more</a></p>.<h2>UP woman gets bullet implanted in chest to frame mayor in gang-rape case</h2>.<p>In a shocking incident in Uttar Pradesh, a woman allegedly got a bullet inserted in her chest through surgery and then claimed that she was abducted, gang-raped and then shot at in a bid to implicate the mayor of Bareilly town and some others.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/uttar-pradesh/up-woman-gets-bullet-implanted-in-chest-to-frame-mayor-in-gang-rape-case-3489333">Read more</a></p>.<h2>India wants a US trade deal with an 'urgency' not seen before</h2>.<p>India’s trade teams are “really charged up” and want to swiftly seal a bilateral deal with the US, a minister from Narendra Modi’s government said, as the South Asian nation scrambles to shield itself from Washington’s on-again, off-again tariff strategy.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/india-wants-a-us-trade-deal-with-an-urgency-not-seen-before-3489736">Read more</a></p>.<h2>Industrial output growth slows to 6-month low of 2.9% in February</h2>.<p>India's industrial production growth decelerated to a six-month low of 2.9 per cent in February 2025, mainly due to poor performance of the manufacturing, mining and power sectors, according to official data released on Friday.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/economy/industrial-output-growth-slows-to-6-month-low-of-29-in-february-3489815">Read more</a></p>.<h2>China retaliates with 125% tariffs against US imports</h2>.<p>China on Friday raised its additional tariffs on imports from the US to 125 per cent in retaliation to the Trump administration's 145 per cent levies on Chinese exports.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/china-retaliates-with-125-tariffs-against-us-imports-3489597">Read more</a></p>.<h2>IPL 2025 | Desperate SRH aim to press reset button against Punjab Kings</h2>.<p>Desperate to arrest a worrying slide, Sunrisers Hyderabad will be eager to effect a turnaround when they host a power-packed Punjab Kings in their next IPL engagement here on Saturday.<br><br><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/ipl-2025-desperate-srh-aim-to-press-reset-button-against-punjab-kings-3489466">Read more</a></p>
