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PUNE: The fate of 57 local bodies in Maharashtra - 39 won by Mahayuti, 17 by MVA, and one by others - awaits SC's verdict on Jan 21 as these are among the 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats where the combined quota for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward classes exceeds 50%.Acting on several petitions challenging the breach of quota limit, the apex court on Nov 29 said the...

The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance asserted dominance in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region following local election victories THANE/NAVI MUMBAI: The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance’s decisive local election victory on Sunday reinforced its political dominance in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) after the 2024 assembly elections.BJP trumped deputy CM Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena in its bastions of Ambernath and...

Mumbai/Nagpur: Threat emails warning of bomb explosions were received by the Bombay high court, several local courts, and banks across Mumbai and Nagpur on Thursday morning, causing panic and paralysing legal proceedings. Police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads (BDDS) conducted extensive sweeps at all the locations, before declaring the threats as hoax as no explosives were found.As per...

CHENNAI: Open network for digital commerce (ONDC) along with its partners, SellerApp and Delhivery, is helping Kanjeevaram saree weavers tap into a broader audience base through the digital marketplace, bringing them greater visibility on a nationwide platform translating into increased sales.The ONDC onboarding facilitated by SellerApp has brought the weavers a significant increase in visibility across...

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha erupted in joy as local boy Kishore Jena clinched silver medal with his personal best performance (87.54m) in men’s javelin at the ongoing Asian Games in China’s Hangzhou. Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced Rs 1.5 crore for the javelin star.Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Kishore for this achievement. “Our accomplishments in Men's Javelin at...

TRICHY: The Trichy district administration has declared local holidays for the district on April 18 and 19 (Tuesday and Wednesday) in view of the Chithirai temple car festivals at Samayapuram Mariamman and Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temples. All state government offices shall remain closed, but examinations in schools and colleges that were already scheduled would be conducted as per the plan, the...

ULHASNAGAR: Unidentified person attacked Manoj Sadhwani, Ulhasnagar city working president of Congress, outside his residence in Ulhasnagar on Friday. The police said Sadhwani was returning home from his hotel at 2 am when the incident happened.Sadhwani's wife Jaya Sadhwani, a former mayor of Ulhasnagar, said, "When my husband came out of the car, one of the unidentified persons covering his face with a...