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6 BJP aspirants from same Loha family lose polls

. CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: BJP drew flak for fielding six members of the same family in Loha municipal council polls in Nanded, all of whom saw defeat. Read More

A first in 40 years: Kamptee president post goes to BJP

ANI file photo NAGPUR: In its 40-year electoral history, the elusive Kamptee municipal council president post finally landed in BJP’s lap as its candidate Ajay Agrawal won by a wafer-thin margin of 103 votes. Read More

BJP candidate wins by one vote in Mukhed

. CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: BJP candidate Pramila Panchal was elected president of Mudkhed Municipal Council in Nanded by a single vote. The rival AIMIM candidate demanded a recount, but the margin remained one vote. Read More

Government destroying rural job guarantee scheme, says Congress as it steps up protest

. NEW DELHI: Stepping up its attack on govt over the rollback of MGNREGA, Congress held protests at its district headquarters Sunday. Read More

‘2 years on, Congress is yet to fulfil Telangana pledges,’ says G Kishan Reddy

NEW DELHI: Union minister G Kishan Reddy Sunday urged Congress leader Sonia Gandhi to clarify the party’s position on the promises made to farmers and others in Telangana. Read More

With President’s assent, G RAM G replaces UPA-era MGNREGA

PTI file photo NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 – which replaces the UPA-era MGNREGA and was passed by Par Read More

Kerala minister warns schools against Christmas curbs

ANI file photo THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala education minister V Sivankutty flagged on Sunday reports of some private schools in the state blocking Christmas celebrations on campus, warning that the LDF govt won’t tolerate ̶ Read More

Mahayuti sweeps Phase 1 of Maharashtra local body polls

Image: IANS PUNE/NAGPUR: BJP-led Mahayuti delivered a sweeping verdict after two rounds of the first phase of Maharashtra’s civic elections, winning presidents’ posts in nearly 207 of 288 municipal councils and nagar pan Read More

India shuts Chittagong visa operations as tensions rise

Image: IANS NEW DELHI: India hit out at Bangladesh and suspended visa operations at its mission in Chittagong on Sunday, amid a wave of protests there with an anti-India hue sparked by the death of radical activist Sharif Osman Hadi Read More

‘The trauma never goes… but I won’t break’: Survivor of 2016 NH gang rape

file photo BULANDSHAHR: Ahead of sentencing in the brutal gang rape of a woman and her daughter at gunpoint on NH-91 in UP in 2016 which shocked the nation, one of the survivors – then a 14-year-old schoolgirl and now a 23-yea Read More

IAF airlifts tigress from Pench to Ramgarh Vishdhari

BHOPAL: A three-year-old tigress was airlifted from Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh to Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan on an IAF helicopter on Sunday, marking a key step in a renewed inter-state tiger translocation Read More

Looking at RSS through BJP lens a big mistake: Mohan Bhagwat

KOLKATA: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said seeing the Sangh through the lens of BJP would be a “big mistake”. Read More