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Ajit Pawar faces litmus test as Pimpri-Chinchwad, five civic bodies from Western Maha go to polls

India, Dec. 16 -- Nine years after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar's decades-long dominance over the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) was broken for the first time by t... Read More


Dharmendra Pradhan introduces Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- The Union Government has introduced the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha, proposing a comprehensive restructuring of India's higher education regulato... Read More


I-T sleuths conduct searches at 12 places linked to ex-Congress MLA Awla

Ferozepur, Dec. 16 -- The Income Tax Department on Monday conducted raids at multiple premises linked to the family of former Congress MLA and industrialist Raminder Singh Awla in Ferozepur district. ... Read More


"Nothing will happen if you rename...": Punjab CM slams Centre on bill to replace MGNREGA

Chandigarh, Dec. 16 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday strongly criticised the Centre's move to bring a bill to replace Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA),... Read More


BJP and NCP to contest Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad civic polls separately in 'friendly fight'

India, Dec. 16 -- The BJP and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will contest the upcoming civic elections in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad separately, but in what chief minister Devendra... Read More


Shivraj Chouhan introduces VB-G RAM-G Bill in Lok Sabha; Congress calls for nationwide protests, says "insult to Mahatma Gandhi's ideals"

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan introduced the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, also referred to as the VB-G RAM-G Bill, which ... Read More


For Pimpri Chinchwad civic poll, 2 rival NCP factions discuss an unusual proposal

India, Dec. 16 -- A phone call from NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) executive president and Baramati MP Supriya Sule has set the stage for the first round of talks between the two rival Nationalist Congress... Read More


MVA holds key Pune meet ahead of civic polls, MNS inclusion likely

India, Dec. 16 -- The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) held a key meeting in Pune on Monday ahead of the upcoming municipal elections. This was the first official MVA meeting in the city. The possible inclusio... Read More


Govt tables bill in Lok Sabha seeking to open up nuclear energy, scrap supplier liability clause

India, Dec. 16 -- The Centre on Monday introduced a bill in Parliament that proposes the grant of licences to private companies to operate nuclear power plants, the removal of an existing contentious ... Read More


Congress Leader Wadettiwar Claims NCP Kept Out Of Mahayuti Alliance To Split Votes

Mumbai, Dec. 16 -- Senior Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Tuesday claimed that the ruling Mahayuti alliance was deliberately keeping the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) out of civi... Read More