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The Mahayuti alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP are brainstorming over seat-sharing for the upcoming Assembly polls in Maharashtra, sources have said. According to the sources, the BJP may contest between 140 and 150 seats in the 288-member House. The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is likely to contest 80 seats and Ajit Pawar’s NCP may fight 55 seats, sources said. Three seats have been set aside for smaller allies. The NDA Mahayuti alliance faces the formidable Opposition bloc Maha Vikas Aghadi, comprising the Congress, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and NCP the faction led by Sharad Pawar. In the Lok Sabha election months back, the Maha Vikas Aghadi pulled off a stellar show,… Read More »NDA Brainstorms Over Maharashtra Polls Seat-Sharing, BJP May Get 140 Seats

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has accused fugitive Islamic preacher Zakir Naik of trying to mislead Indian Muslims and spreading “false propaganda” over the government’s Waqf Amendment Bill. The controversial preacher had said the proposed law bore “evil repercussions” and appealed to the Muslims to send in their rejections to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) of the Indian Parliament that is examining the Bill. Sharing a QR code and an URL to an online petition, he said at least 5 million Indian Muslims must send their rejections by September 13. Mr Rijiju called Naik’s online post as “misleading” and “false propaganda”. “Please do not mislead the innocent Muslims from outside our country. India is a democratic… Read More »Kiren Rijiju Trashes Zakir Naik’s “False Propaganda” Over Waqf Bill

The Afghanistan vs New Zealand one-off Test has been a total disaster so far. Despite there being minimum rain, no play has been possible for 4 sessions in the historic Test, courtesy of poor drainage and outfield conditions at the venue. Not a single ball was possible on the opening day of the match, resulting in a complete washout. On Day 2, the match couldn’t start at the scheduled time either as the outfield was still wet. Rain did come down on Day 1 in the evening for some time but since then, there has been no precipitation at the venue. Yet, the groundsmen couldn’t get the field ready for play. On Day 2, some… Read More »Grass Patches Cut, Fans To Dry Outfield: Bizarre Scenes In AFG vs NZ Test

Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday unveiled its new smartphone, billed as the world’s first trifold phone, just hours after US competitor Apple lifted the curtain on its new iPhone built for AI. The Mate XT was officially launched in a keynote presentation by Huawei executive Richard Yu at the firm’s headquarters in the southern city of Shenzhen. Originally designed as a premium phone for a niche audience, over three million people registered interest in buying the Mate XT ahead of its launch. Advertised in a sleek red and gold design, the phone officially goes on sale on September 20. “Huawei has always been a leader in the foldable phone industry,” Yu said at the… Read More »Hours After Apple’s iPhone 16 Launch, Huawei Unveils Triple-Folding Phone

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been reduced to the state government’s mask, and a handful of BJP leaders are running the government from behind him, Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav told NDTV in an exclusive interview. “The Chief Minister has nothing now. He is just a mask now. A handful of people from the BJP are running the government,” he said. With a year to go for the Bihar Assembly polls, Mr Yadav ruled out any possibility of another tie-up with the Nitish Kumar-led JDU, a former ally known for repeated flip-flops across the political aisle. “There is no point (of a tie-up). We have given him several opportunities. We didn’t go to… Read More »Another Chance To Nitish Kumar? What Tejashwi Yadav Told NDTV