A former corporator from undivided Shiv Sena, Shrikant Pangarkar is one of 18 accused in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. He was granted bail by Karnataka HC in 2024.
BJP clinched a solid 89 wards in 227-ward BMC, ally Shinde Sena got 29. Uddhav Sena won 65 wards, while MNS, won just 6. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's NCP at a measly tally of three.
In a city without elected corporators since 2022, all competing parties have attempted to solidify their core bases through their manifestos, with infra promises & unmistakable signals.
Before the local polls in Mumbai, Raj and Uddhav, in an interview for the Uddhav-led Sena mouthpiece Saamana, recall the late Raj Thackeray's aspirations when he founded the Sena.
It’s standard in the SIR process to summon registered voters for verification when forms are incomplete or incorrectly filled. In Bengal, 58.2 lakh voters have been deleted in the SIR.
Led by BY Vijayendra, the BJP has seized all 4 Town Panchayats that went to polls earlier this year. The ruling Congress previously held two of the four.
Kerala local body polls being seen as a precursor to assembly election next year, see ruling Left suffer major setbacks with BJP making breakthrough in state capital.
The larger issue is not whether the Tata Sons chairman has performed or not, but whether Tata as a conglomerate has a clear policy on how it is going to allocate capital.
The ex-RBI governor, in an interview, said many firms globally have yet to implement AI at scale, leaving opportunities for the Indian software firms. The transition will be gradual and a large scale displacement is unlikely.
It is estimated the deal would eventually work out to cost around $9 bn at least for 6 submarines—negotiated down by India. Original bid by state-run MDL & TKMS was over Rs 1.2 lakh cr.
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