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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicIqbal Singh Chahal

Topic: Iqbal Singh Chahal

Caught in Sena-BJP proxy war, why Mumbai civic chief Chahal is every party’s ‘friend’ & ‘foe’

Earlier accused of serving agenda of Thackeray-led Sena, BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal now facing criticism for implementing programmes of BJP and Shinde-led Sena govt.

Why stakes are high as BMC comes under administrator without elected members after 40 years

The term of the BMC's publicly elected general body lapsed on 7 March. The Maharashtra cabinet has picked municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal as administrator.

Shiv Sena-led BMC unveils record budget in poll year, with an ‘Aaditya Thackeray’ imprint

BMC’s budget of Rs 45,949 crore for FY23 is 17.7% more than FY22. Allocations have been increased for a number of projects and sectors personally pushed by Aaditya Thackeray.

Mumbai coastal road 40% complete, likely to open in November 2023, says civic chief

Mumbai: Work on the Mumbai coastal road, a showpiece project of the Shiv Sena-led Mumbai civic body, is "40 per cent through" and the...

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The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.