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.
BJP won in 12 urban bodies while Congress registered victory in 7. BJP wrested Dhar, Barwani & Manawar municipalities, all tribal-dominated, but Congress captured Pithampur.
Polls were held in 58 urban local bodies across 20 districts. Of 1,184 wards in town and city municipal councils & town panchayats, Congress bagged 501 while ruling BJP won 433.
The killing of a village head in Kashmir has renewed the demand to provide security to panches and sarpanches, most of whom have been holed up in Srinagar hotels since 2018.
India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.
Number of states implementing unconditional cash transfers increased fivefold between FY23 and FY26, half of them estimated to be in revenue deficit, report says.
Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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