Politics
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BJP-led Mahayuti set to win 25 out of 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra
Mumbai: Breaking the nearly three-decade-old dominance of the undivided Shiv Sena, the BJP on Friday, January 16, emerged as the single largest party in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, and also…
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AIMIM wins 114 seats in Maharashtra civic polls
Mumbai: Asaduddin Owaisi’s door-to-door campaign as well as the hurt of narrow losses in previous polls galvanised the workers of All India Majlis E Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the Maharashtra civic elections,…
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Rahul to meet Indore water contamination victims
Indore: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will on Saturday, January 17, meet families and patients affected by the vomiting and diarrhoea outbreak linked to water contamination in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, the party said…
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Will meet PM Modi any number of times for development: Telangana CM
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday, January 16, said he would not hesitate to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi any number of times for the betterment of the state.…
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Rajasthan BLO threatens suicide over order to delete 470 minority voters
A Booth Level Officer (BLO) from Rajasthan’s Hawa Mahal Assembly constituency has threatened to commit suicide after he was allegedly pressured to delete the names of 470 Muslim voters from his booth. A…
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BJP announces schedule for election of next national president
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, January 16, formally announced the election process for choosing its next national president as part of the party’s ongoing Sangathan Parv 2024. In…
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Maharashtra: Gauri Lankesh murder accused wins Jalna civic poll
Jalna: Shrikant J Pangarkar, an accused in the 2017 murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, on Friday, January 16, won as a corporator from the Jalna Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra. Counting of votes…
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MP water contamination: Govt report cites 7 deaths, no disease disclosed
Indore: The Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday, January 15, submitted to the High Court’s Indore bench that seven people, including a five-month-old infant, died during an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea in…
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MP water contamination: NGT constitutes 6-member panel to probe issue
Bhopal: Terming the supply of sewage-mixed and contaminated drinking water in the cities of Madhya Pradesh as a serious threat to public health, the Central Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal…
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I-PAC raids: HC says no to BJP holding demonstration at Secretariat
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, January 15, refused permission to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to hold a demonstration in front of West Bengal state Secretariat Nabanna, which houses the…
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Maharashtra civic polls clocks 50 pc turnout
Mumbai: Around 50 per cent polling was recorded in Mumbai and 28 other municipal corporations in Maharashtra on Thursday, January 15, amid a major controversy over claims that the ink applied on…
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Bengal’s EC sends informal orders via WhatsApp, confirming TMC allegation: Report
The claims that the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) allegedly sends instructions through informal messages on WhatsApp to state officials, changing the rules by which the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
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Maharashtra civic polls: Videos of ‘indelible’ ink getting wiped off go viral
Mumbai: Maharashtra State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare on Thursday, January 15, said viral videos showing people removing ink from their fingers after casting vote are under investigation, warning of action against attempts…
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Next 2 decades very important in making Viksit Bharat: President Murmu
Amritsar: The next two decades are very important in making ‘Viksit Bharat’, President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday, January 15, said, noting that the future of India depends on young people who possess…
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BRS MLA defection: Speaker dismisses two more disqualification pleas
Hyderabad: Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Thursday, January 15, dismissed the petitions to disqualify two BRS MLAs who allegedly shifted loyalties to the ruling Congress. Pronouncing the orders on the…
