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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicDelhi MCD polls

Topic: Delhi MCD polls

Delhi MCD bypolls: BJP clinches 7 seats, AAP wins 3 amid claims of ‘foul play’

Apart from 5 reserved seats, BJP also won in ward 198 Vinod Nagar and ward 74 Chandani Chowk, with Sarala Chaudhari and Suman Kumar Gupta securing the win in their respective wards.

BJP’s Suman Gupta wins Chandni Chowk in MCD bypolls as counting continues across 11 other wards

Gupta defeated AAP candidate Harsh Sharma by 1,182 votes. The BJP was leading in Dichaon Kalan, GK, Shalimar Bagh B wards, while AAP was ahead in Naraina ward as per initial trends.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.