BMC elections 2026: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections 2026 will be held on January 15, 2016. Established in 1873, India’s financial capital’s civic body is the country’s largest and richest, with a budget dwarfing that of several states. The deadline for withdrawing nominations was on January 2, while the counting of votes for the...

Days after a woman autorickshaw driver was found dead here, police have arrested her lover with the post-mortem report revealing that she was shot at, officials said on Saturday. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Jhansi, BBGTS Murthy, on Monday, had said that at around 2:30 am (intervening night of Sunday and Monday), the control...

A man was killed in southwest England after a tree fell on a caravan during record winds brought by Storm Goretti, as large parts of Europe continued to face power outages and transport disruptions caused by severe weather.The man, believed to be in his 50s, was found dead in the town of Helston in Cornwall...

Special elections to three local body wards in Kerala where the 2025 local body elections were postponed following the deaths of candidates will be held on Monday (January 12). The wards include Vizhinjam in the high-profile Thiruvananthapuram Corporation where the BJP had wrested power for the first time. Elections will be held on Sunday to...

The National Testing Agency (NTA) website on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2026 – neet.nta.nic.in – on January 10 uploaded the syllabus of the medical entrance test. The syllabus for NEET UG 2026 had earlier been notified by the National Medical Commission (NMC) via Under Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB). NTA...

From the frozen banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar, India Today’s Mir Fareed reports on Kashmir’s resilient tourism sector, which continues to attract international visitors despite the freezing cold. He speaks with Jamie and Oscar, tourists from New Zealand, who chose to visit Kashmir after a trip to Ladakh. They contrast the negative travel advisories...

If the US Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, the treasury has more than enough funds to pay for the tariff refunds, treasury secretary Scott Bessent said. The timeline of payments, however, might extend to weeks or even a year, he told Reuters.In an interview, Bessent said he doubted the court would...

Four men were killed, and one was injured after the car they were travelling in collided with a Punjab Roadways bus on the Hoshiarpur-Dasuya road here on Saturday ((January 10, 2026) morning, police said. “The accident occurred due to poor visibility caused by dense fog,” the police said. The deceased were identified as Sukhwinder, Sushil...

Four heritage items from Chandigarh, designed by renowned architect Pierre Jeanneret, were auctioned in the US for Rs 18.87 lakh on January 8. The items belonged to Panjab University (PU), Punjab Engineering College (PEC) and the MLA flats. The auction was conducted by WRIGHT Auction House in the US. Ajay Jagga, a member of the...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out raids at more than a dozen premises across Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh as part of its investigation into an illegal sand mining and transportation case registered by Nagpur police in 2022. The searches were conducted at homes and offices of businessmen and traders, including locations associated with...