On 25 April 2026, in Jalandhar, Punjab, protests broke out outside the residence of Harbhajan Singh after his reported political shift from the Aam Aadmi Party to the Bharatiya Janata Party, where AAP supporters allegedly gathered, raised slogans accusing him of betrayal, and defaced the outer walls of his house with “gaddar” graffiti; local leaders such as Pawan Kumar Tinu were linked to the protests, police later intervened at the scene, and the incident became part of a wider political controversy across Punjab following the defection of multiple MPs associated with Raghav Chadha, sparking debate over political intolerance and vandalism. #harbhajan Singh

On 25 April 2026, gunfire broke out outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., while Donald Trump was attending; around 8:40–9:00 PM, a man later identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old from California, allegedly approached a security checkpoint armed with a shotgun, handgun, and knives and opened fire, striking a security officer whose bulletproof vest prevented serious injury; the United States Secret Service swiftly evacuated Trump, Melania Trump, and other officials as guests took cover inside, the suspect was quickly subdued and arrested, no fatalities were reported, the motive remains under investigation, and the event was cancelled #donald trump

A video shown by a travel influencer highlights a powerful moment from Kargil, where a local woman is seen running a small roadside dhaba like café entirely on her own while carrying her daughter on her back. The lady shown in video manages cooking, serving, and handling the shop everything alone with her baby on her back, showing the resilience of women in remote regions potraying resilience and motherhood. #motherhood

On 22 April 2026, A fighter jet of the Indian Air Force landed on the Purvanchal Expressway as part of a planned airstrip drill, not due to any accident or emergency; a designated stretch of the highway, built to function as a temporary runway. The traffic was cleared and secured for the operation, allowing the aircraft to land, simulate operational procedures, and take off again to test the Air Force’s ability to use highways as backup airstrips if regular airbases are unavailable during critical situations. #Indian Airforce

A man shows a video claiming noticeable difference between northbound and southbound trains in the general (unreserved) coaches of Indian Railways, highlighting how North Indian train is very much crowded and overwhelming with people travelling without tickets as compared to South Indian train where people are seated in there respective seats with tickets avoiding any sort of overcrowding nor anyone travelling without ticket. #Indian rail #indian railways

In April 2026, at a resort in Ubud, in Bali, four Indian tourists were stopped by hotel staff during checkout after items were reported missing from their room; upon checking their luggage near their parked vehicle, staff found multiple hotel owned items including towels, bathrobes, a hairdryer, a doormat, cutlery, and other reusable property that are not meant to be taken, and the confrontation—showing the items being taken out of bags. Eventually the tourists returned all the items immediately at the spot, and the situation was resolved by the resort without involving police or initiating any legal action, while the identities of the tourists and the specific resort were not officially disclosed. #bali

On 24 April 2026, Raghav Chadha resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, citing that the party had drifted from its original ideals and that he felt sidelined after being removed from a key Rajya Sabha role; his exit came amid internal rifts with the leadership and was amplified by the fact that around 6–7 AAP Rajya Sabha MPs—Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, Swati Maliwal, Harbhajan Singh, Vikram Sahney, and Rajinder Gupta—also switched sides with him, potentially protecting them under the anti-defection law’s two-thirds rule, making it a major political setback for AAP while strengthening BJP’s position in Parliament, with AAP accusing BJP of orchestrating defections and BJP welcoming the move as a sign of growing support. #raghav Chadha

On 22 April 2026 in Thiruvavali near Tirurangadi, Kerala, a young child accidentally got his head stuck inside an aluminium pot while playing at home, likely out of curiosity, after which family members and locals failed to remove it and alerted the fire department; a rescue team quickly arrived, used specialized cutting tools to carefully slice open the pot without harming the child, and successfully freed him within a short time, with no serious injuries reported. #KERALA

On 18 April 2026, a major anti-encroachment drive began in Gurugram under court directions, targeting illegal structures across DLF Phases 1–5 and nearby areas like South City-1, Palam Vihar and Sushant Lok, where authorities demolished nearly 1,000 encroachments within a few days—including boundary walls, ramps, guard rooms, kiosks and unauthorized house extensions built on public land—making it one of the largest ongoing crackdowns to clear right-of-way and prevent re-encroachment. #gurgaon

On 22 April 2026, a shocking murder took place in Amar Colony where a 22-year-old IIT graduate and UPSC aspirant, daughter of a senior IRS officer, was found dead at her home while alone; the accused, Rahul Meena, a former domestic help who was familiar with the house, allegedly entered using trust or prior access, initially attempted robbery, then sexually assaulted her, attacked her with a heavy object, and strangled her using a cable, later trying to open the locker with her fingerprint and stealing cash and jewellery worth around ₹2–3 lakh before fleeing; police tracked him through CCTV footage and arrested him within hours from the Dwarka area, after which he was taken into custody, reportedly confessed that he committed the crime for money, and is now being interrogated further as investigators also probe his possible involvement in a prior crime in Rajasthan, where he sexually assaulted another woman, a day before, making the case a major trigger for concerns around domestic worker verification and home security in Delhi. #Delhi