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BJP achieves momentous triumph successful the State again, says CM Fadnavis
The BJP-Shiv Sena harvester is storming ahead successful the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, according to trends. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari connected Friday (January 16) congratulated Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde arsenic good arsenic enactment workers arsenic trends showed the BJP-Shiv Sena were acceptable to triumph comfortably successful astir of the 29 municipal corporations of Maharashtra.
The BMC polls conducted connected Thursday (January 15, 2026) saw a elector turnout of 52.94%, down from 55.53% successful the past elections successful 2017, officials said. The predetermination to the 227-member BMC, which governs India’s richest municipal corp with a fund of ₹74,400 crore, is being held aft a agelong gap, making it a cardinal governmental contest.
Supreme Court stays HC verdict disqualifying Mukul Roy arsenic MLA for defecting to TMC
The Supreme Court connected Friday (January 16, 2026) stayed a Calcutta High Court bid disqualifying person Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for defecting to the Trinamool Congress connected the ground of a video clipping of a property league allegedly showing him with leaders of the ruling enactment successful the State.
“In this AI [artificial intelligence] era, anybody’s look tin beryllium utilized successful a video,” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant observed, brushing speech objections raised by elder advocator Gaurab Agarwal, appearing for West Bengal Opposition person Suvendu Adhikari.
Gauri Lankesh execution lawsuit accused wins Jalna civic canvass arsenic Independent
Shrikant Pangarkar, an accused successful the 2017 killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, connected Friday (January 16, 2026) won arsenic a corporator from the Jalna Municipal Corporation successful Maharashtra. Mr. Pangarkar had contested arsenic an Independent campaigner from electoral ward No. 13. He defeated his nearest rival, Raosaheb Dhoble of the BJP.
Gauri Lankesh was changeable dormant extracurricular her residence successful Bengaluru connected September 5, 2017. The sidesplitting had triggered wide outrage. In August 2018, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested Pangarkar nether provisions of the Explosives Act, the Explosive Substances Act, and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
Youth, entrepreneurs focussed connected solving existent problems; Startup India present a revolution: PM Modi
India’s younker and entrepreneurs are focussed connected solving existent problems, and the Startup India ngo has go a revolution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said connected Friday (January 16, 2026). Speaking astatine a mega lawsuit marking a decennary of the flagship programme ‘Startup India’, Mr. Modi said the ecosystem that started with 4 start-ups successful 2014 has grown to implicit 125 progressive unicorns.
Migrant workers being tortured for speaking Bengali successful BJP-ruled states, alleges Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Friday (January 16, 2026) alleged that migrant labourers were being tortured for speaking Bengali successful BJP-ruled States. Ms. Banerjee, who headed for northbound Bengal to be administrative programmes, accused the BJP of “planning to incite riots successful the state”, arsenic “the enactment realised that it would not beryllium capable to triumph the 2026 assembly elections”.
Greenland is simply a territory of Denmark, says Russia, slams ‘double standards’ of Western powers
The Kremlin said on Friday (January 16, 2026) that Russia considers Greenland to beryllium Danish territory, and added that the information concern surrounding the land was “extraordinary” from the position of international law. The Kremlin besides said that the stated desire of Italy, France and Germany to resume dialog connected Ukraine with Russia was a important displacement which matched its own presumption of however things should evolve.
Canada PM Carney announces ‘preliminary’ Canada-China woody to trim tariffs
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a woody with China’s Xi Jinping connected Friday (January 16, 2026) to trim tariffs connected each country’s products aft the 2 leaders met successful Beijing. “Canada and China person reached a preliminary but landmark commercialized statement to region commercialized barriers and reduce, trim tariffs,” Mr. Carney told a quality league successful the Chinese capital.
“By March the first, Canada expects that China volition little tariffs connected Canadian canola seed. The combined complaint of astir 15 percent... this alteration represents a important driblet from the existent combined tariff levels of 84%.”
Modify injunction successful Ilaiyaraaja property rights suit, Sun TV urges Madras High Court
Sun TV Network Limited has approached the Madras High Court with a plea to modify an interim injunction obtained by acclaimed instrumentalist R. Ilaiyaraaja in a John Doe suit (a lawsuit filed against chartless entities, too named entities) filed by him to support his property rights.
Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy has granted clip till January 21 for the musician’s counsel A. Saravanan to get instructions connected the modification applications filed by Sun TV Network arsenic good arsenic euphony statement Music Masters Audio Video LLP, based successful Chennai.
India a cardinal operator of planetary growth, says IMF spokesperson
India continues to stay a cardinal maturation engine for the planetary economy, with its economical show staying beardown and resilient, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack, who besides heads the Communications Department astatine the IMF said “India is simply a cardinal maturation motor for the world.”
BPL resumes arsenic Bangladesh players telephone disconnected boycott; CWAB caput says getting decease threats
Bangladesh’s aggrieved cricketers called disconnected their boycott “in the greater involvement of the game” aft the country’s Cricket Board (BCB) and the players’ payment relation arrived astatine a consensus, starring to the resumption of the scheduled BPL T20 matches connected Friday (January 16, 2026). The BCB (Bangladesh Cricket Board) connected Thursday (January 15, 2026) stared astatine the imaginable of its flagship T20 league coming to a halt aft elder nationalist players revolted against manager Najmul Islam for his disparaging comments against them.
