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Delhi MCD By Election 2025 Result Date and Time: MCD by election results to be announced tomorrow

December 2, 2025 19:44 IST

Delhi MCD By Election Result 2025 Date, Time, Live Vote Counting Streaming Updates: The MCD bypolls is regarded as a litmus test for the ruling BJP, the AAP and the Congress.

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NHM employees plan to gherao Chandigarh office on Dec 4 as strike over salary crisis enters second day

December 2, 2025 18:43 IST

Despite the Punjab government issuing a sanction letter for Rs 44.85 crore for November salaries, NHM employees remain skeptical, saying they cannot trust assurances without actual funds credited to their accounts.

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Chandigarh turns into a Thar city as women fuel the surge

December 2, 2025 19:35 IST

Record 600 registrations this year, craze moves from Punjab’s rural belt to city roads

Mamata announced that the state government will provide Rs 2 lakh each to the families of those who lost their lives or died by alleged suicide allegedly due to SIR-related stress. (File Photo)

‘Won’t set up detention camps, don’t give forceful instructions to our officers like British’: Mamata to Centre

December 2, 2025 18:31 IST

At the launch of Unnayoner Panchali, a 15-year governance “report card” presented through traditional lyrical storytelling, ahead of the 2026 Bengal Assembly elections, Banerjee said that ‘district administrations that complete (developmental) work early will be rewarded’

More than 1,000 engineers from the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL), and Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) assembled in Patiala for a state-level protest, accusing the minister of “increasing political interference” and “destabilising” the power sector. (Credit: X/@SanjeevArora_PB )

Punjab power sector engineers protest against minister Sanjeev Arora’s ‘increasing political interference’

December 2, 2025 18:13 IST

Since November 26, Punjab State Electricity Board Engineers' Association members have exited all official WhatsApp groups and reverted to pre-social-media working patterns as a mark of dissent.

The kiln industry, already reeling under pressure for years, is facing a further decrease in its numbers.

Rising taxes and falling brick kilns of Punjab: triple burden of GST on coal, mining royalty and new technology

December 2, 2025 17:56 IST

A rural small-scale industry is shrinking with every passing year in Punjab: from 2,700 to 1,500 kilns in just three years.

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On their way back from daughter’s wedding, couple killed as car crashes into truck in Ludhiana

December 2, 2025 18:42 IST

“She was yet to reach her new home when the tragedy struck. She attended her parents' cremation today as a newly wedded-bride,” said Arora.

Maharashtra civic polls: Sena MLA Santosh Bangar ‘closely guides’ woman voter at EVM, booked

Maharashtra civic polls: Sena MLA Santosh Bangar ‘closely guides’ woman voter at EVM, booked

December 2, 2025 17:47 IST

Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar also allegedly shouted political slogans inside the polling booth in Hingoli and used his mobile phone—both acts prohibited on the premises.

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Missing 2-year-old girl spends entire night near Karnataka forest where tigers roam, pet dog traces her after hours-long search

December 2, 2025 19:21 IST

The search crew was worried after finding tiger footprints and half-eaten carcasses of a wild bison near the forest boundary in Karnataka's Kodagu district.

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First-ever AI model, cost-effective’: Mumbai to get its own independent AQI monitoring platform

December 2, 2025 17:03 IST

At present, Mumbai has 28 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) that record the city's AQI.

Karnataka C M Siddaramaiah and Deputy C M DK Shivakumar speak to the media after second round of breakfast meeting amid leadership tussle in the state, in Bengaluru, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (PTI Photo)

Shivakumar will become CM when Cong high command decides, we are united like brothers: Siddaramaiah

December 2, 2025 17:01 IST

They had breakfast together, which had a combination of veg and non-veg dishes, including idli and country chicken, according to sources.

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Pune Inc: How the Shroff sisters broke a glass ceiling while helping build a green future

December 2, 2025 16:53 IST

Ankita Shroff Sarda and Pranati Shroff Munot founded Sustain and Save, which offers services such as green building certification, environmental product declaration, and carbon footprint analysis.

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Thane’s Gaimukh–Shivaji Chowk Mumbai Metro Line 10 on fast track: tenders by December 15 for Rs 8,000-crore project

December 2, 2025 19:53 IST

The 9.7-km, fully elevated Line 10 of Mumbai Metro will start from Gaimukh in Thane and run via Gaimukh Retibunder, Chena Gaon, Varsova Gaon, Kashimira and Miragaon, before ending at Shivaji Chowk.

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Paralysed in one leg, BLO completes SIR work in UP’s Amethi, district to honour her with special dinner

December 2, 2025 17:30 IST

The Amethi SDM confirmed that he had invited Rajrani, an anganwadi worker, and her family for dinner to honour her exceptional service.

A major fire destroyed 12 shops and affected four workshops in the Vrajeshwari complex in Ahmedabad. (File )

Several shops destroyed in fire in Ahmedabad

December 2, 2025 18:47 IST

‘There were about 2,000 litres of motor oil in the storage area and basement of the complex. There was a lot of grease as well, which all caught fire,’ said Chief Fire Officer Amit Dongre

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Flower show at Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park draws crowds. What to expect

December 2, 2025 16:19 IST

The flower show is organised along two main pathways: from the gate near Bal Bhavan to the end of the road into Cubbon Park, intersecting with the path leading from the back of the Government Museum to the State Central Library and Band Stand.

The Ram Temple in Ayodhya, built without iron or steel, is designed to withstand time and calamities for the next 1,000 years. (Source: Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust)

UP govt okays expansion of Ayodhya’s temple museum, Tata Group to build it

December 2, 2025 17:27 IST

The UP Cabinet also gave its nod to an International Yoga and Wellness Centre and new recruitment rules to streamline tourism administration across the state.

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Gujarat Confidential: All in a name

December 2, 2025 16:10 IST

The decision represents a new direction of people's awareness and an objective of making Lok Bhavan more people-friendly, transparent and devoted to people's welfare.

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Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner cancels gun licences of realtor, criminal

December 2, 2025 15:59 IST

According to the police, the real estate dealer got injured after his revolver, kept in his waist, fell on the floor as he was preparing for the Ganesh festival on August 27, and a bullet was misfired.

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What’s at play in Maharashtra local body polls? BJP on expansion mode, its allies crying foul and Opposition teetering on the edge

December 2, 2025 15:45 IST

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has tried to downplay the animosity within the ruling coalition, advocating for friendly competition in the Maharashtra local body polls.

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Chandigarh witnesses sudden drop in night temperature, Punjab’s Faridkot shivers at 3°C

December 2, 2025 15:17 IST

IMD has issued a yellow cold wave warning at isolated places in Punjab and Haryana as temperatures are likely to drop further this week.

Data with the police reveal that “1,138 drug-dependent persons were identified and guided for treatment in Sirsa, Dabwali and Fatehabad during the latest campaign period alone, compared to 763 in the preceding 45 days—an increase of 375 people moved away from overdose risk toward supervised detoxification and counselling.” (Representational)

Haryana’s war on drugs: Focused action, social outreach turning the tide in districts bordering Punjab, say police

December 2, 2025 15:07 IST

A combination of aggressive policing and community-based rehabilitation is helping Haryana combat the menace of drugs, sharply reducing its availability as well as deaths due to overdose.

When work was stalled owing to the monsoon onset, 574 roads surpassing 167 km were partially completed, while work on 205 km of roads was yet to be taken up.

After monsoon, BMC resumes concretisation work on 297.49 km of roads across Mumbai

December 2, 2025 15:00 IST

Launched in 2022, the ambitious Rs 17,000-crore project aims to concretise 700 km of roads across Mumbai.

The conference was organised by the Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Panchkula in collaboration with the London-based Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).

Panchkula gynaecologists’ meet discusses ways to tackle high-risk pregnancies

December 2, 2025 14:57 IST

The Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Panchkula said that the discussions focused on promoting safe delivery practices and ensuring the well-being of both mother and child.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar

Second round of breakfast meeting between Siddaramaiah, D K Shivakumar in Bengaluru: ‘Reaffirm our commitment to good governance’

December 2, 2025 14:49 IST

D K Shivakumar hosted Siddaramaiah at his residence and both leaders stressed their commitment to party decisions from the central leadership and discussed issues affecting farmers.

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