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AIMIM’s biggest civic poll breakthrough in Maharashtra yet with wider footprint—Marathwada to Mumbai

Overall, the party has won 125 seats across the 29 municipal bodies, a significant improvement from 81 it bagged in the 2017 polls.

After Mahayuti’s BMC win, PM Modi says BJP gaining support in ‘impossible’ areas, vows to win Bengal

Addressing a public meeting in Malda, West Bengal, the prime minister said the BJP’s Mumbai civic body polls win showed Gen Z’s trust in the party’s ‘development model’.

BMC poll results: Why the Thackerays need to look beyond the ‘Marathi Manoos’ plank

In the BMC elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) secured 65 seats, while the MNS won six, falling far behind the majority mark in the 227-member corporation.

Fading in the city it was born, Congress slips to its lowest total in Mumbai’s BMC polls

24 seats party won is lower than its worst of 31 in 2017. Party says it has '2029 vision—to contest elections within Constitutional framework using party's core value system'.

No clear winner in Sena vs Sena contest: Thackeray strong in Mumbai, Shinde in Thane municipal polls

Voters in Maharashtra’s key civic battlegrounds deliver split verdict on fractured Shiv Sena, backing Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai, handing Shinde’s faction a decisive victory in its bastion Thane.

Kharge’s son-in-law has spent 0 MPLAD funds, yet to propose any development work as Karnataka MP

Radhakrishna Doddamani is a 1st-time Congress MP from Karnataka, elected in 2024. Tejasvi Surya, 2nd-time MP, has spent Rs 1.31 crore. MPs can recommend works up to Rs 5 crore/year.

Dhurandhar Devendra, indispensable Shinde & dejected Pawar—Mahayuti’s equation post-civic poll results

Mumbai: After dominating the municipal council polls across the state, the Mahayuti and, especially, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) further strengthened its presence in urban...

‘Why talk only about Umar Khalid?’ RSS leader flags ‘quick bail’ to Mohammed Zubair at interfaith meet

Addressing a programme organised by the Harmony Foundation of India in New Delhi, RSS outreach wing head Ramlal says Congress has made the BJP the Sangh’s only option.

Punjab Kesari raids: Oppn cries attack on press freedom, AAP govt says case nothing to do with paper

Editor-in-chief says multiple raids a 'targeted witch-hunt' on group's businesses due to report against Kejriwal. 

In poll fray as Independent, Gauri Lankesh murder accused is now Jalna corporator

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.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.