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Fractured mandates and broken politics muddying BMC polls

India, Dec. 19 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is not just another urban local body. It is Asia's richest municipal corporation, controlling a budget larger than several Indian states ... Read More


Shares to buy or sell: Chandan Taparia recommends three stocks to buy and sell today - 19 December 2025

Indian stock market, Dec. 19 -- Both Indian indices - Sensex and Nifty - ended the session on a flat note on Thursday, December 18, due to lack of fresh market triggers. The Sensex slipped 78 points, ... Read More


Several Noida schools receive hoax bomb threat emails

NOIDA, Dec. 19 -- Several schools in Noida received emails containing bomb threats on Friday, which later turned out to be a hoax, police said. Additional Commissioner of Police (Gautam Buddh Nagar),... Read More


Vietnam reviews five-year implementation of global compact for migration

Hanoi, Dec. 19 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 19 held a conference to review five years of implementing Vietnam's plan for the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration... Read More


MP: Steps taken in infected blood case

Bhopal, Dec. 19 -- Madhya Pradesh's Public Health and Family Welfare Department has taken stringent action in the case pertaining to recent transfusion of infected blood in Satna district. The action... Read More


No space for such violence: Yunus govt reacts over Hindu man's killingin Bangladesh

India, Dec. 19 -- Bangladesh's interim government on Friday condemned the lynching of a Hindu man accused of blasphemy amid a fresh wave of violence linked to ongoing nationwide protests following the... Read More


Spectacle Over Substance

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The strike at the Louvre has crossed a threshold where it can no longer be dismissed as a routine labour dispute or an episodic breakdown in negotiations. It has become a test of... Read More


Frenchwoman sent back from Syria sentenced to 10 years for terrorist conspiracy

France, Dec. 19 -- Carole Sun was convicted at the end of a three-day trial by the special assize court in Paris. The sentence includes five years of supervision after her release and a court-ordered ... Read More


RSP chief Lamichhane walks free after completing paperwork in Rupandehi

Bhairahawa, Dec. 19 -- Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chair Rabi Lamichhane walked out of judicial custody on Friday evening after completing the necessary paperwork at the Rupandehi District Court. ... Read More


Delhi HC allows plea of TMC MP Mahua Moitra, sets aside Lokpal's order

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra's challenge to the Lokpal sanction in the Cash-for-Query Case. The High Court set aside the order ... Read More