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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday the people of Mumbai have voted against those in power for 25 years and opted for 'development brand', in a dig at the Thackeray cousins Raj and Uddhav.Talking to reporters in Thane, Shinde said a majority of the 29 municipal corporations,...
23:49
Former mayors Kishori Pednekar, Shraddha Jadhav, Vishakha Raut and Milind Vaidya emerged victorious in the Mumbai civic polls on Friday along with three former deputy mayors.These wins come amid a bruising poll campaign centred around who the next mayor of the metropolis would be, with the Shiv...
23:39
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday won 57 of the 115 seats in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation elections.The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) emerged as the second largest party by winning 33.While the BJP won 57 out of the 93 seats it contested, the...
23:33
A sour insult turned into a sweet victory for Bharatiya Janata Party candidates that party leader K Annamalai campaigned for in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, as they swept their wards on Friday, giving a befitting reply to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray's...
23:26
The Maharashtra State Election Commission late Friday evening declared results for 2,784 of the 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations in the state, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the single largest party by winning 1,372 seats.Results of the remaining 85 seats are...
22:23
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 in the Maharashtra civic elections, resulting in the party winning 114 seats across the state, its leader Shareque Naqshbandi said in...
22:17
Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party chief Ameet Satam on Friday said the Mahayuti would elect the mayor of the metropolis after discussions.Trends and results showed the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance were on course to win the polls to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.The two are part of the ruling...
21:49
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday won the municipal corporations of Navi Mumbai and Jalgaon while the Congress emerged as the single largest party in Bhiwandi and Kolhapur as the results of 11 of the 29 civic bodies were declared.Elections to these municipal corporations were held on Thursday....
21:10
In a major setback to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, both his daughters lost the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections from their wards in south Mumbai on Friday.Gawli's sister-in-law, Vandana Pradeep Gawli, who contested on a Shiv Sena ticket from ward 198, also lost to...
20:32
In a setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress on Friday emerged as the single largest party in the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation after winning 28 of the 66 seats in the civic elections, even as counting of votes is ongoing. The Congress and its allies have won 28 seats,...
20:25
Amid trends showing the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena's aggressive march in the Mumbai civic polls, Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said the real picture will emerge only at midnight when the current indications will change after all votes are...
19:50
The Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party combine emerged as the dominant force in the 131-member Thane civic body on Friday, winning 50 seats in the home turf of Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, while the counting of votes is underway. The Shinde-led Shiv Sena has won 33 electoral wards, and...
19:36
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said people voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti in polls to 29 municipal corporations in the state as they wanted honesty and development.The Mahayuti is set to attain power in 25 out of 29 municipal corporations, including...
19:21
The Indian Secular Largest Assembly of Maharashtra (ISLAM) party has emerged as the single largest outfit in Malegaon Municipal Corporation in Nashik district, trends and civic poll results showed on Friday.It has won 35 out of 84 seats in the civic body, while the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul...
18:57
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached assets worth about Rs 140 crore of Haryana-based Al Falah University that came under the radar of the security agencies following the November 10 Red Fort area blast, and filed a charge sheet against Al Falah Group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui...
18:22
In what is being described as a collapse of its urban base, the Congress on Friday touched a new low in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, expecting to win a mere 18 out of the 227 seats.The party had contested 152 seats in the elections to the country's richest civic...
17:21
From the 30-Sensex firms, Infosys jumped 5.67 per cent after the Bengaluru-headquartered firm saw its revenue from operations grow by 8.9 per cent to Rs 45,479 crore in the third quarter of the current fiscal from Rs 41,764 crore in the year-ago period.The company has raised its revenue growth...
17:19
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended higher on Friday, driven by a sharp jump in Infosys after the company raised its revenue growth guidance for FY26.After two days of losses, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 187.64 points, or 0.23 per cent, to settle at 83,570.35.During the day, it...
17:10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal on Saturday and Sunday for back-to-back engagements, during which he will address political rallies and attend government programmes amidst a political slugfest over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and the recent Enforcement...
16:15
Shrikant Pangarkar, an accused in the 2017 killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, on Friday won as a corporator from the Jalna Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra. Counting of votes for 29 civic bodies in Maharashtra, which went to polls a day before, is currently underway....
16:11
The Deshmukh brothers campaigning in Latur
Congress wins Latur Municipal Corporation polls with 43 seats out of total 70; BJP distant second with 22 seats: Officials. In the run-up to the elections, state BJP chief Ravindra Chavan had sparked a controversy after he said that the memories of late Vilasrao Deshmukh, former chief...
15:57
A total of 65 candidates from ten municipal corporations in Maharashtra were declared elected unopposed ahead of elections held on January 15, the State Election Commission (SEC) said on Friday. The data was shared on a day when the counting of votes for 29 civic bodies, which went to polls...
15:31
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An eight-year-old boy found himself alone at a hospital as he arranged the postmortem examination of his mother, who died of HIV-related infection, until local police stepped in to help him with legal formalities and the last rites. Shani accompanied his mother's body to the morgue for the...
15:21
A voter turnout of 54.77 per cent was recorded in the elections held for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra a day before, with the newly-formed Ichalkaranji civic body logging the highest polling percentage at 69.76 per cent, the poll body said on Friday. Mumbai recorded a voter...
15:12
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged that migrant labourers were being tortured for speaking Bengali in BJP-ruled states. Banerjee, who headed for north Bengal to attend administrative programmes, accused the BJP of planning to incite riots in the state, as the party...
14:28
Counting is still on in several wards
The Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena alliance has managed to extend its lead in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections as reported early trends show the BJP emerging as the single largest party with leads in 98 seats.With the BJP-SS alliance leading in 128 seats, Shiv Sena is...
14:10
Supporters across the state were seen celebrating on Friday as early trends from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections showed candidates leading in several key wards. Congress leader Asha Deepak Kale secured victory in Dharavi Ward 183. Speaking to ANI, Kale said, The...
13:16
The BJP-Shiv Sena Mahayuti alliance has crossed the 100-mark, leading in 102 wards, in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections with the Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS alliance trailing behind with 63 leads.The Congress leads in 9 wards, and Ajit Pawar's NCP faction in ,...
13:03
Nitin Nabin is likely to be the new chief
The BJP on Friday released the schedule for the election of the party's national president, saying nominations for the post will be filed on January 19, and the name of the new party chief will be announced the next day.According to the organisational poll schedule released by BJP national...
12:09
Voters take a selfie
Amid the row over the quality of 'indelible' ink used in marker pens in Maharashtra civic polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asserted that vote chori is an anti-national act and accused the Election Commission of gaslighting citizens. Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC)...
12:05
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Pune Municipal Corporation Elections: 3 BJP candidates win from Ward No. 20, Shankar Maharaj Math-Bibwewadi area.
12:03
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday raised serious allegations over the conduct of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, claiming large-scale irregularities in voter lists, malfunctioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), and violations of the Model Code of...
11:54
Amid the ongoing counting for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that there is erosion of public trust in the electoral process. He shared an article from the Mumbai Mirror that highlighted voter concerns about fading...
11:49
The first result is out: Asha Kale from Congress wins Ward 183.The Congress is leading in 5 seats, Sena-UBT+MNS in 16, BJP+Shinde Sena in 20 seats.
11:27
Amid the ongoing counting of the 227 wards of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC asserted confidence in the Mahayuti's victory in the Maharashtra civic body elections.The exit polls have predicted a victory for the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, with the Thackeray...
11:09
The BJP and ally Shiv Sena were ahead in high-stakes Mumbai municipal corporation elections as per early trends, after counting of votes began Friday morning. While there was no official confirmation from the State Election Commission, TV channels said BJP was leading in 16 of the 227 wards...
10:45
Early leads being reported from vote counting of the Brihanmumbai Mumbai Corporation (BMC) elections show the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena Mahayuti alliance leadinging in around 52 wards, according to preliminary data that is coming in from the counting of postal ballots. The official...
10:39
Elon Musk's X on Thursday said it was disabling the ability for people to use its AI-powered chatbot Grok to create sexualised images of real people, following criticism that the tool was being used to victimise women and children.We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok...
10:30
Painting a grim picture of contemporary India, former West Bengal governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi warned that anger, retaliation and vendetta now dominate public discourse. Speaking at the ongoing 19th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival on Thursday, he remarked that the prevailing mood in...
10:17
US President Donald Trump posts, It was my Great Honor to meet Maria Corina Machado, of Venezuela, today. She is a wonderful woman who has been through so much. Maria presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Maria!...
10:07
The scene outside the Thackeray home at Matoshree today
Counting of votes polled in elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra began on Friday morning with the spotlight on Mumbai, where the BJP-led Mahayuti bloc is locked in a prestige battle with the reunited Thackeray cousins for control of India's richest civic...
10:00
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied in early trade on Friday, driven by a sharp jump in Infosys after the company raised its revenue growth guidance for FY26. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 343.44 points to 83,726.15 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 77.65...
09:31
Saif, Kareena at a voting centre yesterday
A voter turnout of 52.94 per cent was recorded in the Mumbai civic polls, down from 55.53 per cent in the last elections in 2017, officials said on Friday. According to data released by the civic body, ward number 114 in suburban Bhandup recorded the highest turnout at 64.53 per cent, while...
09:26
Emerging on Tuesday from a late-night Situation Room meeting to discuss options for striking Iran, some of President Donald Trump's top national security officials were relatively sure a decision on military action was close at hand.The president, they felt, was moved by seeing videos from Iran...
09:10
It was a piece of audio obtained by the BBC that revealed what worries the Taliban's leader most.Not an external danger, but one from within Afghanistan, which the Taliban seized control of as the previous government collapsed and the US withdrew in 2021.He warned of insiders in the government...
08:41
The Thackerays voted together yesterday
Phase-wise counting of votes in Mumbai, instead of simultaneously across all 227 electoral wards as done in 2017, could delay the declaration of results when the enumeration process begins on Friday morning, civic officials said on Thursday.In a release, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...
08:25
US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) credited his administration's tariff policy for record financial performance, asserting that the country has generated hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue with virtually no inflation. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, Great...
08:23
An elderly women at a polling centre yesterday
The counting of votes for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections will begin today at 10.00 am across 23 designated counting centres in Mumbai, Municipal Commissioner and District Election Officer Bhushan Gagrani said.The counting process will be carried out in strict accordance...
00:54
Sexual violence cannot be ruled out in the death of an 18-year-old NEET aspirant who died earlier this week after remaining in a coma for several days, according to her post-mortem report. The findings contrast with the police's earlier claim that medical reports and CCTV footage had ruled...
00:51
A 69-year-old businesswoman was allegedly cheated of Rs 6.9 crore after being kept under 'digital arrest' for nine days by cyber fraudsters in south Delhi's Greater Kailash area, the police said on Thursday.The victim, identified as Meenakshi Ahuja, runs a furniture business and lives alone at...
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UP top cop Rajeev Krishna./ANI Photo
The NHRC on Thursday said it has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh police chief over reports that a minor girl was allegedly abducted and gangraped in Kanpur district earlier this month. Reportedly, one of the accused is a sub-inspector of the Uttar Pradesh police, the National Human...
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