Mumbai: BJP corporator Ritu Tawde was elected mayor of Mumbai on Wednesday, while Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Ghadi became the deputy mayor. Both Tawde and Ghadi were elected unopposed in a special meeting of the general body of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). After the election process was completed at the BMC headquarters, Tawde took charge…
New York/Washington: The White House has removed “pulses” from a list of American products on which it said India will eliminate or reduce tariffs, in a revised fact sheet issued on the interim trade deal. On Monday, the White House issued a fact sheet on ‘The United States and India Announce Historic Trade Deal (Interim…
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Wednesday reorganised the existing GHMC into three separate municipal corporations of Greater Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Malkajgiri. The government had merged 27 municipalities on the fringes of Hyderabad into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Following the merger, GHMC emerged as a megacity with its area increasing from 650 sq km…
Jaipur: Six men were killed when a car in which they were travelling collided with a truck in Dausa district, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred late Tuesday night when the victims were returning from a programme in Abhaneri village. According to the police, the driver lost control of the car, jumped the divider,…
New Delhi: Flamboyant Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has been hospitalised with a stomach infection, leaving him doubtful for the T20 World Cup match against Namibia here on Thursday. Abhishek has been hospitalised here for the past two days. “Abhishek has been admitted to a private hospital in Delhi due to a stomach infection. Some tests…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump repeated the claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan last year, which he said could have turned nuclear, through tariffs. “I settled eight wars. Of the eight wars, at least six were settled because of tariffs. In other words, I said, ‘if you don’t settle this…
The Supreme Court of India has once again put the spotlight on the principle of reservation — not by striking it down or expanding it, but by asking a fundamental question: should the benefits of caste-based reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) continue to flow unabated through generations of the same families,…
Every time a supercar meets a divider, a footpath or a pedestrian in India, a familiar miracle occurs. The steering wheel, moments ago gripped by a young man with inherited wealth, is suddenly discovered to have been operated by someone else. Usually a driver. A report in The Times of India on a Lamborghini crash…
Dhaka: More than half the polling centres have been identified as “risk-prone” for the general elections in Bangladesh, as officials said 90 per cent of them will be under CCTV surveillance, with many policemen deployed in the capital, Dhaka, wearing body cameras. Officials said the Election Commission’s security system is based on risk assessment. “Security…
Colombo: Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan on Tuesday said they will approach their high-profile clash against India with a positive and attacking mindset. Pakistan called off its boycott of the match against India late on Monday night. The two teams will meet in a marquee contest here on February 15. “We’ll go in with the same…
