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New UP BJP president needs to balance caste, regional factors when he builds team to ignite 2027 momentum

Lucknow, Dec. 21 -- Newly appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary faces the challenge of building an organisational leadership team by rejigging the state executive, taking into conside... Read More


Over 24K deaths in UP road accidents till Nov 2025: Yogi announces statewide road safety month from January 1

LUCKNOW, Dec. 21 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday announced that Uttar Pradesh will observe a Statewide Road Safety Month from January 1 to 31, 2026, according to an official statement. ... Read More


MVA leaders switch sides ahead of PCMC polls, boosting Mahayuti's prospects

India, Dec. 21 -- Several prominent leaders from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of Congress, Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar... Read More


'Mega Bharti' in BJP, Aba Bagul joined the Shiv Sena

India, Dec. 21 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party conducted a large-scale induction drive on Saturday, informally described as a "mega bharti," as several corporators, former candidates, and relatives of o... Read More


Assembly polls candidates, hopefuls contest civic elections to stay in political race

India, Dec. 21 -- With the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections approaching, several leaders who contested or aspired to contest recent assembly polls are recalibrating their political strategie... Read More


IndiGo crisis rekindles questions over DGCA's revolving-door leadership

MUMBAI, Dec. 21 -- The operational meltdown by IndiGo, India's largest airline, in the first week of December has brought back to the fore the need for experienced specialists running the country's av... Read More


Deltin Nepal inaugurates Khushi Children's Park

Kathmandu, Dec. 21 -- Deltin Nepal Pvt Ltd (Maharaja The Royal Casino) inaugurated Khushi Children's Park in Narayan Chaur, Naxal, Kathmandu, on Saturday. The event was inaugurated by Gagan Kumar Thap... Read More


New Year to ring in subsidies for Chandigarh's innovators

Chandigarh, Dec. 21 -- Come January 1, the city's young innovators will be able to avail subsidies under the Chandigarh startup policy, which was rolled out in April this year. UT chief secretary H Ra... Read More


Nepal presents glowing human rights report in UN as rights defenders raise questions

Kathmandu, Dec. 21 -- While civil society organisations reckon Nepal has made dismal progress in implementing the recommendations from the previous Universal Periodic Review, the government in its rep... Read More


State rolls out conditional promotions to strengthen healthcare in tribal, remote areas

India, Dec. 21 -- In a major step to address shortage of doctors in tribal, remote and rural parts of the state, the Maharashtra government has started granting conditional promotions to medical offic... Read More