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NEW DELHI: There was a time when the road to power in Delhi ran through regional parties. In the age of coalition governments, leaders like Lalu Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan flaunted their titles of “kingmaker” and “weathervane”, while former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee could only blame the regional satraps for the collapse of…
NEW DELHI: Women are the new kingmakers in elections. Little wonder, political parties have gone all out to woo them elections after elections. We have seen this in Lok Sabha elections, assembly elections and now even in the civic body polls.With municipal corporation elections in Mumbai, Pune and other regions of Maharashtra next week, the…
Tom Brady lives it up in St. Barts with Leonardo DiCaprio on luxury yacht.Image via: Getty Amid the Alix Earle buzz, Tom Brady slipped straight into full Hollywood mode to kick off 2026. The retired NFL legend may no longer be throwing touchdowns, but his New Year’s appearances continue to grab attention just as fast….
BENGALURU: City police have warned hotels, pubs, other commercial establishments, and event organisers not to allow crowds beyond the holding capacity at their venues and all parties must end by 1 am for New Year’s Eve (NYE) and New Year celebrations.Speaking to TOI, city police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said: “If their venue is full,…
George Kittle’s wife Claire (Getty Images) San Francisco 49ers Sundays have a second spotlight that rarely shows up on stat sheets. While George Kittle battles defenders, Claire Kittle turns game day into a shared experience that feels part celebration, part tradition. The Claire Kittle game day routine has grown into its own ritual, one shaped…
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…
Panaji/Margao: Restitching of alliances and new political parties entering the fray, along with some friendly fights, have turned the zilla panchayat (ZP) election battle into a hard-to-decipher scenario.With Goa Forward and Revolutionary Goans contesting the ZP polls for the first time, it will be a litmus test for the political parties ahead of bigger challenges…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday took on Rahul Gandhi over his allegation of electoral malpractices against the govt, saying EVMs were introduced by former PM Rajiv Gandhi to curb poll irregularities, and blamed “pro-Muslim” politics of Congress and regional parties for their opposition to SIR, as he cited disproportionate rise in Muslim…
BERHAMPORE/KOLKATA: Humayun Kabir on Sunday said he was ready to form an alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the 2026 Bengal assembly elections. Speaking to reporters, Kabir said he was in touch with AIMIM neta Akbaruddin Owaisi’s personal assistant and while AIMIM wants him to join the party, he prefers an…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a plea to do away with the exemption granted to political parties under Income Tax law and to restrain the parties from receiving donations in cash.The court sought responses from Centre and Election Commission on the plea which challenged the validity of a provision of the Income…
