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Sanjay Ghadi and Ritu Tawde (PTI image) NEW DELHI: BJP corporator Ritu Tawde is set to become Mumbai’s next mayor after being elected unopposed, marking the party’s return to the post after 44 years and ending the Shiv Sena’s uninterrupted 25-year hold over the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).The contest turned uncontested after the Uddhav Thackeray-led…

CHANDIGARH: Senior AAP leader Anurag Dhanda on Saturday accused the BJP government in Haryana of stopping about 37,000 players’ diet allowance in the state for the past 10 months.He further slammed the ruling party for allegedly citing “absurd” reasons to refuse pension payments to over 75,000 elderly people in Haryana.Speaking to mediapersons here, AAP’s national…

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has issued an eight-point safety framework to prevent Janakpuri-like accidents where a biker died after falling into a DJB dug pit, and sought a list of excavation sites in the city within three days.Taking a “very strong” view of the tragic accident reported in the Janakpuri area of west Delhi…

NEW DELHI: A police officer was killed and several people were injured after a swing collapsed at the Surajkund Mela in Haryana’s Faridabad on Saturday.Faridabad deputy commissioner Ayush Sinha said the incident happened at around 6.15 pm when the swing suddenly tilted and collapsed while people were on it. Among the victims was a police…

NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said that Sangh is was not founded as reaction or in opposition to any organisation and it does not seek power or popularity.While speaking at a program held as a part of the RSS centenary celebrations in Mumbai, Bhagwat said that those who want to…

NEW DELHI: The recent patch-up and the ‘all is good’ moment between Shashi Tharoor and the Congress high command have given the Congress in Kerala much-needed momentum ahead of the April–May assembly elections. Tharoor’s meeting with Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, after weeks of speculations about his strained ties with the party,…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, raise their hands at the Indian diaspora event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while interacting with the Indian community in Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, highlighted the deep cultural and emotional ties between India and Malaysia and praised the Indian…

Randeep Surjewala, Piyush Goyal NEW DELHI: Opposition leaders on Saturday criticised the India-US Interim Trade Agreement framework, accusing the government of compromising India’s interests and raising concerns over its impact on farmers, tariffs, and oil imports.Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala warned that the agreement could harm farmers and rural livelihoods. He said, “A blow has…

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has opposed a criminal revision petition filed against her in the Rouse Avenue Court, calling it “wholly misconceived, frivolous, politically motivated and an abuse of the process of law.” She argued that matters of citizenship and electoral rolls cannot be turned into criminal proceedings four decades later.The reply, filed…

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Saturday took a “Dost dost na raha” jibe at PM Modi, referring to his and US President Donald Trump’s friendship, after the recently announced India-US trade framework. Ramesh criticised the deal, saying it benefits American farmers at the expense of Indian ones and raised concerns over India’s agreement…