NEW DELHI: Virtually ending speculation over any revival of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal, Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday declared that the BJP will contest the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections on its own and seek to form its own government in the state.Addressing the party’s “Badlav” rally at...

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) public examinations began on Saturday with the first language paper, recording an attendance of 99.65%. A total of 5,15,374 regular students and 626 private candidates appeared for the examination across the State. The Board of Secondary Education set up 1,240 examination centres, and officials said the first day passed off...

3 min readPuneMar 14, 2026 06:18 PM IST Approximately 30 percent of hotels and restaurants in Pimpri-Chinchwad have shut down due to their inability to obtain commercial LPG cylinders. Those still operating have resorted to desperate measures, drastically cutting the variety of food items offered to customers. “We have between 1,800 and 2,000 hotels and...