Shinde faction shifts corporators to resorts to avoid poaching ahead of Mayor election

IANS | January 17, 2026 7:09 PM

Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena has reportedly moved its corporators in Mumbai to a five-star hotel, a day after it emerged as the kingmaker in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. Sources have said that Shinde Sena’s 29 corporators are in a five-star hotel to avoid poaching ahead of the election for the post of Mayor, especially when the numbers are close.

BJP releases video song echoing PM Modi's call for change of Trinamool rule in Bengal

IANS | January 17, 2026 6:41 PM

Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and the ruling Trinamool Congress on various issues from a public rally in the minority-dominated Malda district on Saturday, the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released a video song on social media, the main theme of which echoes the Prime Minister's call for a change of regime in the eastern state, and the beginning of BJP rule after the crucial Assembly elections.

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta inaugurates 3 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, Atal canteen

IANS | January 17, 2026 6:34 PM

New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, on Saturday, inaugurated three Ayushman Arogya Mandirs and multiple development projects in the Shalimar Bagh Assembly constituency, aimed at strengthening public healthcare, nutrition and core infrastructure in the area.

Only BJP can end 'politics of violence' in Bengal: PM Modi

IANS | January 17, 2026 4:00 PM

Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that only Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can bring an end to the "politics of violence" in West Bengal, as it did in other eastern Indian states in the recent past.