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China to cover birth expenses by 2026

India, Dec. 16 -- China will cover all out-of-pocket expenses related to childbirth next year, said the country's national healthcare security administration, as authorities try to incentivise more yo... Read More


President withholds assent to Bengal bills

India, Dec. 16 -- President Droupadi Murmu has withheld assent to three bills, which sought to replace the governor with the chief minister as chancellor of state-aided universities, officials aware o... Read More


Pawar kin quizzed over Pune land deal

India, Dec. 16 -- Pimpri-Chinchwad police on Monday questioned Digvijay Patil, a partner in Amadea Enterprises LLP and cousin of NCP leader and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's son Parth Pawar, in c... Read More


'Development' in focus for BMC polls

MUMBAI, Dec. 16 -- With the State Election Commission on Monday announcing January 15 as the date of the BMC polls, political activity in the city has intensified, with all major parties holding high-... Read More


Residents rue unkept 2017 poll promises

Mumbai, Dec. 16 -- As Mumbai gears up for long-delayed civic elections after an eight-year gap, activists and resident associations have said that key promises made ahead of the 2017 polls, such as po... Read More


Aaditya slams Mahayuti's push for Pagdi-free city

MUMBAI, Dec. 16 -- Addressing a press conference on Monday, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray accused the Mahayuti government of misleading Mumbaiites through its proposed regulatory framework ... Read More


Duplicate voter complaints can be filed till 48 hrs before polls

Mumbai, Dec. 16 -- State election commissioner Dinesh Waghmare on Monday assured that duplicate entries in the electoral rolls have been identified, and that complaints can be raised up to 48 hours be... Read More


BJP and NCP 'friendly fight' in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad

Pune, Dec. 16 -- The BJP and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP will contest the upcoming civic elections in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad separately, but in what chief minister Devendra Fadnavis described as a "frie... Read More


BJP and NCP to engage in 'friendly fight'

India, Dec. 16 -- Pune: 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 De... Read More


Slain Abhishek Ghosalkar's wife joins BJP ahead of polls

MUMBAI, Dec. 16 -- Former Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Tejasvee Ghosalkar on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, delivering a ... Read More