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Panvel civic polls: BJP opens account; MVA mounts push in saffron stronghold

India, Dec. 31 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday opened its account in the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections even before polling, with its candidate Nitin Jayaram Patil decla... Read More


'Sleeper cells in Congress are working against the party'

India, Dec. 31 -- It is for the first time that Prakash Ambedkar, 71, grandson of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and chief of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), forged an alliance with Congress for the BMC elec... Read More


Tense scenes as poll hopefuls keep vigil at nomination centres

India, Dec. 31 -- After a nerve-wracking first round of tears, protests and desperate runs between party offices for nominations, those who survived braced for round two on Wednesday - scrutiny of the... Read More


SEC seeks BMC chief's report on AAP complaint against BJP

India, Dec. 31 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has complained to the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) about BJP MLA Rahul Narwekar, accusing him of "hijacking and misusing the election machine... Read More


3 BJP candidates in KDMC win their seats unopposed

India, Dec. 31 -- Three candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have won the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) elections even before polling, as no one else filed nominations again... Read More


HC allows developer to register sale deed of auctioned Mazgaon plot

India, Dec. 31 -- The Bombay High Court has struck down a communication issued by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police, that had stalled the sale of a prime plot measuring 38,880 sq m... Read More


Hollywood box office report 2025 | Avatar Fire and Ash, Zootopia 2 not enough to beat pre-pandemic highs in anxious year

India, Dec. 31 -- A lot had been expected of 2025 in terms of Hollywood box office performance. There were some huge releases, such as the final Mission Impossible film and Avatar: Fire and Ash. In th... Read More


Despite nationwide strike call, several delivery workers continue work in New Delhi

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Despite a nationwide strike called by platform-based delivery workers affiliated with the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers, several workers reported to work on We... Read More


After big poll mandate in 2025, Nitish-led NDA govt in Bihar has to walk the talk in 2026

PATNA, Dec. 31 -- After a mammoth mandate like the one National Democratic Alliance (NDA) got in the Bihar 2025 Assembly elections, it is quite natural for any government to be ready for the high tide... Read More


Cabinet freezes Vi AGR dues, grants more time

India, Dec. 31 -- The government on Wednesday froze Vodafone Idea Ltd's (Vi) adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues at Rs.87,695 crore as of December 31, 2025, and allowed the telecom operator to repay the... Read More