Ahmedabad: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday said the BJP should get the mayor’s post in Mumbai since it emerged as the largest party in the civic polls in the metropolis. In an alliance of multiple parties, there is a general understanding that the mayor’s post is usually given to the party that wins the…
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday met the US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, and American Senator Steve Daines and discussed bilateral issues. The meeting is important as India and the US are engaged in negotiating a bilateral trade agreement amidst a steep 50 per cent import duty imposed by the…
New Delhi: Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Monday used the metaphor of cinema to underscore the role of the country’s youth in building a ‘Viksit Bharat’, saying they would be its “actors, producers, directors, and many times its audience too” in this journey. In his address to a gathering of NCC cadets here,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court directed the Election Commission (EC) on Monday to display the names of those on the “logical discrepancies” list at gram panchayat bhavans, block offices of talukas, and ward offices in West Bengal. The court noted that 1.25 crore voters in the state figure on the “logical discrepancies” list. Logical discrepancies…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to suspend the 10-year sentence awarded to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the case of the death of the Unnao rape survivor’s father while in custody. “No grounds are made out for grant relief. The application seeking suspension of sentence is dismissed,” said Justice…
Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP on Monday expressed surprise and sharp disapproval over Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s decision to travel to the United States to attend what it termed a “crash leadership course,” questioning both the timing and the financial prudence of the move. According to reports, the Chief Minister has enrolled in a programme…
Massachusetts (US): After a sharp uptick in flu cases in mid-December 2025, flu activity across the US and Canada remains high. Although cases are trending downward in Canada as of Jan. 9, 2026, the season has yet to peak in the US, according to data from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. As an…
Madrid: Spain on Monday reeled from a collision between two high-speed trains in the southern region of Andalusia that killed 21 people and injured more than 70, with the prime minister lamenting a “night of deep pain”. The disaster struck on Sunday evening when a service travelling from Malaga to Madrid derailed near Adamuz, crossing…
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said the Telangana government will conduct ‘Medaram Jatara’, the world’s biggest biennial tribal festival, on the lines of the Kumbh Mela. As part of ‘Medaram Jatara’ or ‘Sammakka Saralamma Maha Jatara’, tribals worship tribal folk goddesses Sammakka and her daughter Saralamma. The festival will be held from…
Davos: As the rich and powerful from across the world start filling snow-clad lanes here, a new study said billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold any political office than ordinary people, and their wealth jumped three times faster in 2025 than the past-five-year average to a record high of USD 18.3 trillion. In…
