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**Summary:**

The provided text covers several unrelated news items:

1. **Indigo-Turkey Partnership Controversy:** Air India is objecting to a partnership between Indigo and Turkish Airlines and has requested government intervention.
2. **Ex-Naxal Acquittal:** Former Naxalite Kundan Pahan has been acquitted by a Ranchi court in a case involving the looting of 5.17 crore rupees in cash and 1.5 kg of gold.
3. **Jharkhand Cabinet Meeting:** A Jharkhand Cabinet meeting is scheduled where the Hemant Soren government will approve several key proposals.
4. **Heavy Rain Alert:** The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy rain alert for the next six days, forecasting unstable weather, thunderstorms, strong winds, and heavy rainfall across Northeast, South, West, Central, and Northwest India. Specific warnings are in place for individual states with details of potential impacts like traffic disruptions and damage to agriculture.

**News Article:**

**Headline: Weather Alert Issued Across India, Air India Protests Indigo-Turkey Deal, and More**

**New Delhi, India -** The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a nationwide weather alert, forecasting heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and strong winds across various regions of India for the next six days (May 16-21, 2025). The alert warns of potential disruptions to traffic, power supplies, and agriculture, particularly in coastal and mountainous areas.

Northeast India is expected to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall, with wind speeds reaching 30-50 kmph. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya are under special alert for the period of May 16-18. Southern states like Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh are also bracing for heavy rainfall with possible very heavy downpours in some areas. Telangana could see winds gusting up to 70 kmph. Western India, including Maharashtra (especially central Maharashtra and Marathwada) and Goa, anticipates moderate rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning. Even Northwest India, including Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, expects rain, strong winds, and lightning, with the possibility of hailstorms in some areas of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh on May 16th and 19th.

In other news, Air India has lodged a protest against a partnership between Indigo and Turkish Airlines, requesting government intervention. The airline has not specified it’s objections. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, a cabinet meeting has been scheduled with the Hemant Soren government set to approve several key proposals. In a legal development, former Naxalite Kundan Pahan was acquitted by a Ranchi court in a major loot case involving ₹5.17 crore in cash and 1.5 kg of gold.

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