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BJP's 36-year stronghold in Ajmer ends after fractured verdict in polls

Ajmer, Sept. 16 -- The BJP's 36-year control over the Ajmer Municipal Corporation has come to an end, with a fractured verdict exposing growing discontent against the party at the grassroots. Alleged ... Read More


BJP secures clear majority in 60 ULBs, single-largest party in 51

Jaipur, Sept. 16 -- The BJP has secured a clear majority in 60 urban local bodies, including four municipal corporations, seven municipal councils and 49 municipalities. It has emerged as the single-l... Read More


BJP edges Congress by narrow margin in tight civic polls race

Jaipur, Sept. 16 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged on top in Rajasthan's 2026 urban local body elections, however the statewide vote share tells a far more closely fought story: the ruli... Read More


Mayoral fight intensifies as parties weigh caste equations, loyalists

Jaipur, Sept. 16 -- With civic poll results settling the numbers in several municipal corporations, intense lobbying for the mayor's post has begun. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress leade... Read More


staines case convict denied early release

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 16 -- Odisha's sentence review board has rejected a plea for the premature release of Dara Singh, 67, who is serving a life sentence for burning alive Australian missionary Graham S... Read More


Table UCC bill in Parliament, not BJP-ruled states: Omar to Centre

Srinagar, Sept. 16 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday challenged the Centre to table a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in Parliament rather than implementing it piecemeal, argu... Read More


AAP MLA Mehraj Malik appears before Doda court

JAMMU, Sept. 16 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Doda East, Mehraj Malik, appeared before the chief judicial magistrate, Doda, on Tuesday after the court issued non-bailable arrest warrants again... Read More


staines case convict denied early release

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 16 -- Odisha's sentence review board has rejected a plea for the premature release of Dara Singh, 67, who is serving a life sentence for burning alive Australian missionary Graham S... Read More


BJP names mother of suvendu's slain pa nandigram bypoll candidate

Kolkata, Sept. 16 -- The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded the mother of West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari's slain personal assistant (PA) as its candidate for the October 6 by... Read More


'3,000 cases in 180 days': SC questions single-member PMLA adjudication

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the practice of allowing a single member of the PMLA adjudicating authority to decide cases involving... Read More