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High-voltage campaign for richest civic body ends

January 14, 2026

The New Indian Express Hyderabad

Fadnavis leads MahaYuti battle for Mumbai against reunited Thackeray cousins; Ajit Pawar with uncle’s party hopes to unseat BJP in Pune

- SUDHIR SURYAWANSHI @ Mumbai

CAMPAIGNING for the high-stakes elections to 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra ended on Tuesday evening, with spotlight on the Mumbai big battle, where the BJP-led MahaYuti and reunited Thackeray brothers are making a strong pitch to control the richest Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spearheaded the campaign for the ruling alliance. Analysts say a victory in BMC polls is important for Fadnavis to strengthen his political position in the state. Cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, who came together after 20 years in the run-up to the elections, are banking on consolidation of Marathi and Muslim votes to defeat the BJP-led alliance.

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Bengal BJP chief says won't allow polls if SIR obstructed

WEST Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharyya on Tuesday issued a firm warning to the Election Commission (EC), saying the party wouldn't allow the upcoming polls to be held in the state, if the party’s claims and objections regarding the published draft voters’ list in the SIR were not honoured.

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January 14, 2026

The New Indian Express Hyderabad

NIA to probe B’deshi illegal immigrant case

THE Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has handed over the probe into a major illegal Bangladeshi immigrant infiltration case that was earlier being investigated by the Delhi Police’s Special Cell to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

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January 14, 2026

The New Indian Express Hyderabad

'PhD reforms, bringing tech institutes under accreditation framework must'

AN overhaul of the PhD programmes in the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Engineering Science and Technology (IIESTs) were proposed by academic professionals to Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who called for bringing the premier technological institutions under the accreditation framework.

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January 14, 2026

The New Indian Express Hyderabad

PERILS OF MILQUETOAST DIPLOMACY

NDIAS self-positioning in the world of diplomacy, realpolitik and superpower-gaming became clear with its response to the US attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.

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January 14, 2026

The New Indian Express Hyderabad

GHOSTS OF THE PAST

It was an apt coincidence to have watched Pierre Saint Martin Castellanos’ We Shall Not Be Moved quickly on the heels of Sriram Raghavan’s Ikkis.

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January 14, 2026

The New Indian Express Hyderabad

Bihar, J'khand to sign pact on distribution of Sone river water

THE nearly two-and-a-half-decade-long dispute between Bihar and Jharkhand over the distribution of the water of Sone River has come to an end.

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January 14, 2026

The New Indian Express Hyderabad

Man held in Bengal for murder, police probing necrophilia angle

A suspected man-eater was arrested in the Cooch Behar, triggering a feeling of disbelief among both locals and investigating police officials.

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January 14, 2026

The New Indian Express Hyderabad

TMC presents 10 'dead voters' at Cooch Behar rally

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday presented 10 more people, who were allegedly declared dead in the draft electoral rolls during the SIR in West Bengal, at a rally here, and accused the Election Commission of taking away voting rights of citizens through the exercise.

1 min

January 14, 2026

The New Indian Express Hyderabad

Can examine citizenship for poll rolls: EC to SC

DEFENDING its stand in the SIR exercise, the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it functions as the original authority in matters relating to electoral rolls and the conduct of polls and its opinion is binding on the President if a person acquires citizenship of another country.

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January 14, 2026

The New Indian Express Hyderabad