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Labelled ‘communist lunatic’ by Trump, New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is an outlier

Mamdani, who is of Indian heritage & identifies as a Muslim, is making headlines for his strong views & emerging as the Democrat mayor nominee Tuesday, beating former governor Andrew Cuomo.

‘Tonight is his night’ — Andrew Cuomo concedes defeat to Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral polls

New York: Former Governor Andrew Cuomo has conceded the Democratic primary for New York City mayor to Zohran Mamdani, telling his supporters at his...

A scene right out of Panchayat in Gurugram—mayor appoints husband as adviser to civic body

This comes at a time when Punjab and Haryana High Court is scrutinising allegations that Raj Rani Malhotra fought the mayoral elections on a fraudulent caste certificate.

‘First fight of INDIA alliance’ — AAP & Congress come together to fight Chandigarh mayor polls

AAP will contest the mayor’s post, while Congress is set to field joint candidates for the post of deputy mayor and senior deputy mayor.

Russian court fines opposition leader Yevgeny Roizman $3,245 for ‘discrediting’ army

Roizman, a former mayor of Russia’s Yekaterinburg, was detained last year & banned from the internet after he referred to Moscow’s actions in Ukraine as a 'war' in a YouTube video.

BJP wins Ayodhya mayoral seat in Uttar Pradesh urban local body polls

BJP candidate Girish Pati Tripathi defeated his nearest rival Ashish of the Samajwadi Party by a margin of 35,638 votes.

Massive security around Delhi civic body house as capital set to get new mayor

The maiden meeting of the newly elected 250-member Municipal Corporation of Delhi was adjourned on 6 January without electing mayor and deputy mayor amid loud protests by AAP councillors

‘Next mayor from AAP but BJP will play role of strong opposition,’ says Adesh Gupta

Adesh Gupta's statement comes amid speculation that the BJP will contest the mayoral polls in the newly elected Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

Can BJP still wrest mayor’s seat after losing MCD polls? Why it could still be in the game

Apart from elected councillors, 10 Delhi MPs & 14 MLAs are eligible to vote in mayoral election. But it is assembly Speaker’s discretion which MLAs to call for ballot.

21-year-old Arya Rajendran to become India’s youngest mayor

She had won from the Mudavanmughal ward, garnering 2,872 votes, 549 votes more than the rival Congress candidate and earlier took oath as a Councillor of the ruling Marxist party.

On Camera

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.