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Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) The Nationalist Congress Party is ready to contest the January 15 Mumbai civic polls independently, but the final decision on the issue will be taken by NCP president and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, party MLA Sana Malik said on Wednesday. The NCP is a constituent of the ruling Mahayuti, which also consists of the BJP and Shiv Sena. However, the BJP has made it clear it will not ally with the NCP for polls to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress MLAs led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar on Wednesday staged a protest against the Central government's decision to remove Mahatma Gandhi's name from the rural employment guarantee scheme and the alleged hate politics against the party leadership in the National Herald case. All MLA and the MLCs protested in front of the Gandhi statue at Suvarna Soudha Belagavi where the state legislature session is underway. Speaking on the occasion, ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Dec 17 (PTI) Counting of votes for the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Punjab was underway on Wednesday even as the ruling AAP claimed it registered victories in more than 900 zones and was leading in many so far. Complete results are expected late evening, officials said. The counting of ballot papers started at 8 am at 154 centres set up across the state. Polls were held to elect members of 347 zones of 22 zila parishads and 2,838 zones of 153 panchayat samitis on ...Read More >
Satna/Bhopal, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress MLA Vikrant Bhuria on Wednesday expressed shock over contaminated blood transfusion to the children suffering from thalassaemia at the government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Satna, describing it a 'systemic failure', which may 'destroy' children's lives. Young Congress MLA Bhuria, who is also a Doctor (MBBS) by profession, said that the mandatory medical norms for collecting blood samples and testing them at multiple stages might be the reason for ...Read More >
Malavalli: President Droupadi Murmu has lauded JSS Mahavidyapeetha for being one of the prestigious educational institutions of the country and Suttur Mutt for making constant efforts for development in the fields of religion, health and economy. The President was addressing the gathering after formally inaugurating the six-day 1066th Jayanti celebrations of Adi Jagadguru of Suttur Mutt Sri Shivarathri Shivayogi Swamiji, at Shanti College grounds in the town yesterday. President Murmu said, th ...Read More >
Mumbai: Maharashtra Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate moved the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, seeking the suspension of his conviction and sentence in an over three-decade-old cheating and forgery case. The minister has been sentenced to two years of imprisonment. He has also been fined Rs 50,000. The Bombay High Court has listed the matter for hearing on Friday. Earlier in the day, Kokate allegedly fell ill and was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital shortly after a court issued a non-bailable a ...Read More >
Nitin Nabin has taken charge as the Bharatiya Janata Party's national working president. He expressed gratitude for the support from his state and constituency. Nabin thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leaders for the opportunity. Bihar BJP Minister Dilip Jaiswal highlighted Nabin's young age as an inspiration for Indian youth. Nitin Nabin, the newly appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national working president, assumed charge of his official duties at the party headquarter ...Read More >
Elections were held to elect members of 347 zones of 22 zila parishads and 2,838 zones of 153 panchayat samitis, for which more than 9,000 candidates are in the fray, officials said. A voter turnout of 48.40 per cent was recorded in the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Punjab Sunday, amid reports of violence, booth capturing, and clashes, which prompted the State Election Commission (SEC) to order repoll at 15 polling booths on December 16. Elections were held to elect members of ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) Maharashtra Sports Minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate moved the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, challenging a sessions court order that upheld his conviction and two-year jail term in a 1995 cheating and forgery case. The move comes as Kokate faces the imminent threat of losing his cabinet post and his assembly seat. In mounting trouble for the minister, a court in Nashik district on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against him in the case. Kokate's lawyer Aniket Ni ...Read More >
Patna, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister for Communications and Development of the North Eastern Region Jyotiraditya Scindia paid a courtesy visit to the newly appointed National Working President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nitin Nabin, at the party's central office on Wednesday and congratulated him on his new responsibility. During the meeting, detailed and constructive discussions were held on strengthening the party organisation from the booth level to the state level, ensuri ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a big relief to five of the 10 defected Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs, Telangana speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) dismissed the disqualification petitions filed by the BRS against MLAs who defected to the Congress after being elected on the BRS symbol. Citing a lack of evidence to declare the MLAs as defectors for hopping to Congress after the 2023 Assembly elections, the speaker granted relief to Bhadrachalam MLA Tellam Venkat Rao, Gadwal MLA B Kri ...Read More >
Nasik: Maharashtra sports minister Manikrao Kokate is likely to be arrested unless he succeeds in obtaining bail from the Bombay High Court. The Nasik district sessions court, on Wednesday, issued an arrest warrant against the NCP MLA for alleged cheating and forgery to obtain two apartments under the chief minister's 10 per cent housing quota, as reported by The New Indian Express. The sessions court, on Tuesday, had upheld the order of the First Class Magistrate's court by confirming the two ...Read More >
Mufti called the incident shocking and deeply disturbing. Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi came down heavily on Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday over the controversial hijab incident. Mehbooba Mufti criticised Nitish Kumar sharply over a controversial incident in which he was seen pulling down the hijab of a young Muslim woman. Mufti called the incident shoc ...Read More >
Morbi: Four pilgrims were killed, and one person was injured after a car hit them from behind in the Morbi district of Gujarat on Wednesday. The injured person has been admitted to the hospital. The pilgrims were likely walking as part of a yatra to Dwarka when an unknown vehicle collided with them from behind at high speed, leading to the fatalities. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Durlabhjibhai Dethariya reached the spot after the incident and described the situation as sorrowful. "Our pi ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Upholding the junior court order, the Nasik District Session court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against the Maharashtra sports minister and NCP MLA, Manikrao Kokate for cheating and forgery to obtain two apartments under the chief minister's 10 per cent housing quota. The Nasik session court on Tuesday upheld the order of the First Class court by confirming the two years' imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 for falsifying the income proof documents to get apartments. Maharash ...Read More >
Morbi (Gujarat) [India], December 17 (ANI): Four pilgrims were killed, and one person was injured after a car hit them from behind in the Morbi district of Gujarat on Wednesday. The injured person has been admitted to the hospital. The pilgrims were likely walking as part of a yatra to Dwarka when an unknown vehicle collided with them from behind at high speed, leading to the fatalities. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Durlabhjibhai Dethariya reached the spot after the incident and described ...Read More >
Belagavi, Dec 17 (UNI) Congress leaders on Wednesday welcomed the Delhi High Court's dismissal of money laundering allegations in the National Herald case, calling it a "vindication of justice" and a blow to what they described as politically motivated targeting by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said the National Herald, established by Jawaharlal Nehru, has always been a source of pride for the country ...Read More >
The draft electoral roll for West Bengal has been published, with 58,20,899 voter names deleted so far. According to available data, the deletions include: deceased voters: 24.16 lakh (3.15 per cent), shifted or absent voters: 32.65 lakh (4.26 per cent), and voters enrolled at multiple locations: 1.38 lakh (0.18 per cent). Most of these deletions relate to cases where verification forms were not returned, or where voters were reported to be deceased, shifted to another location, absent, or dupl ...Read More >
In Maharashtra's Thane district, unidentified assailants opened fire at the office of BJP candidate Pawan Walekar, injuring a security guard. The attack, captured on CCTV, escalates tension ahead of local body polls. Security has been heightened, and investigations are ongoing to apprehend the culprits. In a startling incident late Wednesday, unidentified assailants opened fire at the office of BJP candidate Pawan Walekar in Maharashtra's Thane district, injuring a security guard, police report ...Read More >
Aroop Biswas made it to The New York Times on Saturday but the 61-year-old sports minister of Bengal, one of the trusted aides of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, will definitely not like the attention. His party and government were left red-faced after the mess that unfolded at the Salt Lake stadium during the big-ticket event held for Lionel Messi. Angry fans ran amok, clashing with police, after the Argentine football star could barely be seen from the stands because he was surrounded by a p ...Read More >
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Monday witnessed vehement protests against the ward delimitation notification, with legislators across parties presenting their reservations before Commissioner R. V. Karnan. A team of legislators from Congress party including Khairatabad MLAs Danam Nagender, Serilingampally MLA Arikepudi Gandhi, MLC Balmoor Venkat and corporator Baba Fasiuddin met the GHMC Commissioner, and submitted objections against the delimitation exercise. Speaking t ...Read More >
Thane Local Body Elections: An office of a BJP candidate contesting the upcoming local body polls in Maharashtra's Thane district was attacked by unidentified assailants around midnight on Wednesday. A security guard has been injured in the attack, said police. According to police, the office belongs to Pawan Walekar, a BJP candidate for the Ambernath Municipal Council polls scheduled on December 20. The CCTV cameras installed outside the Walekar's office in the Ambernath area caught the incide ...Read More >
Hyderabad: To examine all the objections and suggestions for the delimitation of wards in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi informed that a five-member committee has been formed. She said the delimitation of wards was notified based on a comprehensive study by the Centre for Good Governance (CGG). The Mayor said that the GHMC expansion marks a new era for Greater Hyderabad, bringing more areas under unified governance, ensuring equitable development, ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Day after expelling senior leader Mohammed Moquim from the party, president of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Bhakta Charan Das on Tuesday alleged the letter written by the former to Sonia Gandhi was drafted by a BJP team. Talking to mediapersons here after returning from New Delhi, the OPCC president said Moquim himself could not have written the letter. "The letter was drafted by a BJP team and he only signed it. A major part of it was related to national leadership of ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police in Jajpur district on Monday arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in the attack on the farmhouse of BJD leader Pranab Balabantaray on December 14, an officer said. At least 15 persons were injured, five of them seriously, when the supporters of BJP-backed Independent MLA Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo allegedly attacked Balabantaray's farmhouse in Jajpur where they were holding a meeting. Several vehicles, including bikes and cars, were vandalised in the clas ...Read More >
Berhampur: A local court Tuesday rejected the bail applications of five accused in the murder case of advocate Pitabasa Panda. Those denied bail include former Berhampur MLA Bikram Kumar Panda, former mayor of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) Shiva Shankar Das alias Pintu, advocate and BJD leader Madan Mohan Dalai, and businessmen Sunil Hota and Shunya Das. Special Public Prosecutor Kali Prasad Mishra Tuesday said that the court had rejected the bail applications. The order was passed by G ...Read More >
Former AIADMK strongman K.A. Sengottaiyan, now in TVK, has strongly backed actor Vijay for CM in 2026, claiming no power can stop him. He predicted a clean sweep for TVK, winning all 234 seats in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Chief Coordinator and veteran politician K.A. Sengottaiyan on Monday made a strong pitch for actor-turned-politician Vijay's chief ministerial bid, asserting that no force could stop Vijay from assuming power in the 2026 Tamil Nadu ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP senior leader and former MLA N V S S Prabhakar on Tuesday accused the state Congress government of imposing a heavy financial burden on the citizens of Hyderabad following the merger of 27 local bodies into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Addressing the media, Prabhakar, who also serves as convenor of the GHMC delimitation monitor committee, alleged that the Congress government intends to raise thousands of crores of rupees in loans by projecting the ...Read More >
During the rally, the Chief Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of three development projects worth Rs 77.30 crore. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday announced that Hansi will become the 23rd district of the state. Addressing a rally in Hansi, the Chief Minister said the official notification would be issued within a week, after which Hansi would formally function as a district from the revenue administration perspective. During the rally, the Chief Minister i ...Read More >
The outcome of the local self-govt elections was not as expected for the LDF and the reasons for this will be examined in detail. Necessary corrections will be made moving forward, said chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.Although a significant victory was anticipated across the state, such progress was not achieved, he said in a statement. "The fact that the NDA gained an advantage in the capital city and the influence of communalism in the election campaign are concerning to those who believe in s ...Read More >
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