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Only 11% of Pune's cycle tracks meet basic standards: Audit flags alarming gaps

India, Dec. 8 -- Pune's push to brand itself as a cycling city is falling flat, with a new Parisar audit, released on Saturday, revealing that only 11% of the city's cycle tracks are in "good" conditi... Read More


Mahayuti shows unity on stage, but strains surface behind smiles

India, Dec. 8 -- After weeks of bitter tussle over the poaching of each other's local leaders, the BJP and Shiv Sena seem to have agreed on a truce. A day after senior BJP minister Chandrashekhar Bawa... Read More


IndiGo crisis disrupts MLAs' travel plans to Nagpur for winter session

India, Dec. 8 -- Nagpur is set to host the winter session of the state legislature beginning today even as MLAs from across Pune and western Maharashtra are still on their way to the city owing to the... Read More


Can controversy on Vande Mataram finally end?

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- This year in the month of September Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto addressed the United Nations General Assembly with two greetings that, incidentally, had the same meaning... Read More


Digital market falters, leaves farmers with fewer buyers and weaker returns

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- The government's move to upgrade its digital farm marketplace, meant to give farmers access to more markets and better prices, has run into implementation glitches, with Rajasthan... Read More


After Putin's visit, will Zelensky come to New Delhi next? India likely to host Ukrainian President in 2026: Report

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- After Russian President Vladimir Putin's recently concluded two-day visit to India, New Delhi is preparing for a possible visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensk... Read More


HC acquits Nigerian man in NDPS case over illegal sampling; walks free after 8 years in jail

India, Dec. 8 -- The Bombay High Court has acquitted a Nigerian national, Mathew Okako Okofor, 42, in an NDPS case after holding that investigating officers failed to follow the mandatory procedure fo... Read More


Punekars back democracy but fear fake news, Jnana Prabodhini survey shows

India, Dec. 8 -- After a year of political upheaval and delayed civic elections, residents are taking a harder look at how they're governed, a new survey by the Jnana Prabodhini Foundation (JPF) sugge... Read More


MVA boycotts tea party, citing Mahayuti corruption, agrarian distress, unconstitutional conduct

India, Dec. 8 -- The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Sunday boycotted the government's customary tea party on the eve of the legislature's winter session, citing unprecedented agrarian distress, the g... Read More


Conservation versus modernity at the Art Deco hub of Mumbai

India, Dec. 8 -- A classic conservation versus modernity battle is gathering steam at India's most famous sea-front. Marine Drive, described by UNESCO as the "Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles o... Read More