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Sep 22, 2026, 05:42 PM

Trump Claims to Have Stopped 8 Wars, Threatens to End Iran in Speech

US President Donald Trump has once again claimed to have stopped 8 wars in the world, including the India-Pakistan conflict, by imposing tariffs, completing his speech at the 81st session of the Joint General Assembly. During this, he said many things about Iran. In this case, we are sharing 10 big things from his speech on Tuesday. US President Donald Trump, who attacked Iran, claimed to have stopped wars in 8 countries by imposing tariffs in his speech, including India-Pakistan, Gaza conflict, Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. He described the Pakistan Prime Minister as a wonderful person. Trump has claimed to have stopped this conflict many times so far and has patted his back. But India has always refused any third country's mediation. The most important thing in Trump's speech was to threaten to end Iran. Trump said in his speech that he has a big decision. To end or threaten to do it again.

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ABP News✓

Sep 22, 2026, 05:37 PM

Turkey's President Erdogan Urges Dialogue to Resolve Kashmir Dispute at UNGA

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again made a dirty trick against India from the platform of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Erdogan has again raised the issue of Kashmir from the platform of the UNGA. He said that all disputes in South Asia, including the issue of Kashmir, should be resolved through dialogue within the framework of the UN Charter. During his address on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting held in New York, USA, Turkish President Erdogan said, "It is very important in South Asia that the Kashmir issue, as well as all other disputes, be resolved through dialogue and discussion within the framework of the UN Charter and other related resolutions." For the past several years, the President of Turkey has repeatedly raised the issue of Kashmir from the platform of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). However, India has repeatedly criticized Erdogan's open statements on Kashmir.

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Indian Express

Sep 22, 2026, 05:21 PM

Trump Defends US War Against Iran, Threatens 'Annihilation' If No Deal Reached

US President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to defend the US war against Iran, reiterate his opposition to Tehran obtaining a nuclear weapon and threaten to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if it refuses to agree to a deal. Trump also said he believed the US would eventually reach an agreement with Iran, suggesting that could happen after the November midterm elections. Reuters reported that the president was using his UN appearance to defend the war while presenting himself as a leader willing to pursue both military action and diplomacy. The Iranian delegation walked out during Trump’s address, according to the Associated Press. The speech came as diplomatic efforts continued, with Iran signalling some openness to negotiations and the United States maintaining pressure on Tehran. Trump presented what he described as a choice between reaching an agreement with Iran and destroying its ruling system. “Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before? Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic?” He followed the threat by asking whether he should “drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations”. President Trump says Iran deal will be made after the midterm elections, and says he has decision between a deal with Iran or destroying them: “Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?” pic.twitter.com/Y5K6v4B326 — CSPAN (@cspan) September 22, 2026 Trump nevertheless said he believed Iran would ultimately agree to a deal. Later, he said he expected an agreement after the US midterm elections. Trump again made preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon a central justification for US action. “I will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” Trump on Iran: They were the bully of the Middle East, but they are the bully no more. From the first day I entered the political arena, I have been unwavering: I will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. pic.twitter.com/aEES1Q7Uf1 — Clash Report (@clashreport) September 22, 2026 He said Washington had initially pursued negotiations before turning to military action. Reuters reported that Trump was expected to use the speech to argue that the war had prevented Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The assertion about Iran’s nuclear programme should be attributed to Trump rather than presented as an independently established finding. Trump used the speech to contrast his approach with that of other leaders. “While others have talked, I have acted. While others have spoken of peace, I have made peace. While others have ignored threats, I have confronted them.” He presented his Iran policy as part of a broader strategy of confronting threats rather than allowing them to grow. Trump also described Iran as a regional aggressor and argued that US military action had changed its position. “They were the bully of the Middle East, but they are the bully no more.” He added that Iran had been the “number one sponsor of terror” and repeated his opposition to Tehran acquiring a nuclear weapon. These were Trump’s characterisations of Iran and its government. Trump also cited praise from the leaders of Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia as he sought to highlight what he described as his record of diplomatic breakthroughs. “The prime minister of Pakistan, a terrific man, said that Donald Trump was responsible for saving 30 million lives, and probably many more than that,” Trump said, referring to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif . Trump also quoted Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev as saying: “President Trump, in six months, did a miracle. It was an absolute miracle that nobody thought could be done. Trump: The prime minister of Pakistan, a terrific man, said that Donald Trump was responsible for saving 30 million lives, and probably many more than that. The president of Azerbaijan said “President Trump, in six months, did a miracle.” It was an absolute miracle that nobody… pic.twitter.com/CTfvqMuNdf — Clash Report (@clashreport) September 22, 2026 ”Referring to the Azerbaijan-Armenia settlement, Trump quoted Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as saying the breakthrough “simply would not have been possible without President Trump’s personal engagement and resolute commitment to peace.” Trump was referring to his claim of helping broker the May 2025 India-Pakistan ceasefire. India has consistently rejected the suggestion that a third country mediated the ceasefire. (With inputs from agencies)

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The Moscow Times

Sep 22, 2026, 05:10 PM

US, Denmark, and Greenland Sign Agreement to Strengthen Arctic Security

UNITED NATIONS: President Donald Trump has signed an agreement with Denmark and Greenland aimed at strengthening Arctic and North Atlantic security, easing tensions over his repeated calls for Greenland to become part of the United States. The signing Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York comes days after Trump announced the deal to bolster US military presence on the vast, icy island but keep it under Danish control. The agreement would still apply if Greenland eventually chooses independence. "This is tremendous for Europe and for the United States and for everybody," Trump said just before the agreement was signed. "And for Greenland, it's going to be incredible." Trump has expressed his desire to acquire Greenland since as long ago as 2019 and, during his second term, has issued threats to seize the semiautonomous territory from Denmark, a NATO ally. On Tuesday, he did not respond to questions about whether a US acquisition of Greenland was off the table. Officials from the US, Greenland and Denmark negotiated for months behind the scenes, searching for solutions to address some of Trump's security concerns about the mineral-rich island. Trump's designs on Greenland strained relations within NATO, with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warning a US takeover would amount to the end of the Atlantic alliance. The standoff unsettled many of Greenland's roughly 56,000 people and drove a wedge between the US and Denmark and its European Union partners, who stepped up security exercises on and monetary support for the island.

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Aaj Tak

Sep 22, 2026, 04:57 PM

Bihar Molestation Case: Political Controversy Erupts Over Accused's Gamcha Color

Nandan Yadav and Hare Ram Yadav have been caught by the police for molesting a minor girl in Jamui. But the parties of Bihar are profiling the accused on the basis of the color of the gamcha of the criminals caught. Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav has written a post on his ex-post, linking the accused's gamcha with saffron color and targeting the BJP. At the same time, the BJP has called the accused a disciple of Lalu Yadav on the basis of his gamcha. On Monday, a video of molestation of a minor girl in Jamui went viral. The opposition sharply criticized the government in this case and said that law and order has collapsed in the state. Acting swiftly in this case, the Bihar Police have arrested two accused Nandan Yadav and Hare Ram Yadav. The police caught them near the Kiul river near the border of Jamui-Lakhisarai during an encounter. Munger Range DIG Rakesh Kumar said that Nandan Yadav shot one of the accused, who was trying to break his leg.

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Aaj Tak

Sep 22, 2026, 04:45 PM

Elections for 12 Rajya Sabha Seats Announced: BJP-led Alliance Expected to Win Eight Seats in Uttar Pradesh

The Election Commission has announced the date for elections to 12 vacant Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Polling will be held on October 16. Most political eyes are on the 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP-led alliance is likely to win eight seats based on the current assembly strength, while the Samajwadi Party is set to lose two seats. But the most political crisis is going to be for the Bahujan Samaj Party. The BSP's representation in Parliament may end after this Rajya Sabha election. The BJP's total strength in the Rajya Sabha is expected to increase by one seat as it prepares to win one seat in West Bengal. The seat was vacated after the resignation of actress Rukmini Mallick. She was sent to the House by the Trinamool Congress before being voted out of power in the assembly elections held earlier this year. In Uttar Pradesh, based on the current strength of the parties in the assembly, the BJP-led alliance is expected to win eight seats, while the SP's representation in parliament may not increase after this August.

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The Moscow Times

Sep 22, 2026, 04:16 PM

Jammu and Kashmir Government Seeks Exemption from Teacher Eligibility Test for Pre-2019 Appointees

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday moved a resolution in the ongoing autumn session of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday seeking to exempt government teachers appointed before January 1, 2019, in the Union Territory from the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). The move follows the Supreme Court judgment making TET mandatory for in-service teachers in non-minority institutions. "This House unanimously urges the Union Government to make necessary statutory amendment to Section 23 of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, to exempt all Teachers appointed before 01.01.2019 from appearing in the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET),” reads a resolution introduced by Education Minister Sakina Itoo in the House today. While no member opposed the resolution, legislators including those from BJP sought a debate on the issue. Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather said the debate would be taken up when the House reconvenes on September 23, following a one-day holiday on account of the birth anniversary of the last Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh. The Supreme Court in its judgement on September 1, 2025 held that the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is one of the minimum qualifications prescribed under Section 23 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, and is mandatory for appointment as a teacher in schools covered under the Act. While disposing of the review petitions in the matter on 29.05.2026, the Supreme Court extended the timeline for acquisition of TET qualification from 31.08.2027 to 31.08.2028. The apex court has observed that the respective appropriate governments/authorities should endeavour to conduct TET periodically, preferably twice every year, with an interval of approximately six months between successive examinations.

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Free Press Journal

Sep 22, 2026, 04:12 PM

Uttar Pradesh to Witness Series of Elections in October

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh will witness a series of elections in October with the Election Commission of India announcing schedules for 10 Rajya Sabha seats and 11 seats of the Legislative Council from graduate and teacher constituencies. Rajya Sabha Polls For 10 UP Seats On October 16 Polling for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats will be held on October 16, while elections to 11 Legislative Council seats from graduate and teacher constituencies will take place on October 23. The Rajya Sabha seats are falling vacant as the terms of 10 sitting members from Uttar Pradesh are due to end in November 2026. The Election Commission announced the schedule on Tuesday. MLAs To Vote In Rajya Sabha Election The notification for the Rajya Sabha elections will be issued on September 29 and the last date for filing nominations is October 6. Nomination papers will be scrutinised on October 7 and candidates can withdraw their nominations until October 9. Polling for the Rajya Sabha seats will be held from 9 am to 4 pm on October 16. Counting will begin at 5 pm on the same day and the results will be declared after the counting process. The entire election process is to be completed by October 19. 11 Legislative Council Seats To Go For Polls On October 23 MLAs will vote in the Rajya Sabha elections. The Election Commission has directed that voters use only the special violet-coloured sketch pens provided by the commission for marking their ballots. The commission has also announced the schedule for biennial elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council from graduate and teacher constituencies. The elections are being held as the terms of the sitting members from these constituencies are coming to an end. Polling for these seats will be held on October 23 from 8 am to 4 pm, while counting will take place on October 27. The entire process will be completed by October 31. The notification for the Legislative Council elections will also be issued on September 29. The last date for filing nominations is October 6, followed by scrutiny on October 7. Candidates can withdraw their nominations until October 9. The elections will be held for five graduate constituencies: Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut and Allahabad-Jhansi. Six teacher constituencies will also go to polls: Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut, Bareilly-Moradabad and Gorakhpur-Faizabad. With the announcement of the election schedule, the Model Code of Conduct has come into force in the concerned constituencies. The October elections will set the stage for a series of political contests in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, with parties required to finalise candidates and mobilise their organisational machinery in the constituencies going to polls.

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Amar Ujala

Sep 22, 2026, 04:03 PM

AAP Accuses Central Government of Conspiracy to Defeat Them in Punjab Elections

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has accused the central government of hatching a big conspiracy. This was revealed by the party's Delhi state president Saurabh Bhardwaj on Tuesday. He said that the BJP central government was conspiring to defeat the elections by defaming the AAP in Punjab from July 2026. Under this scheme, 58 fake companies were registered at the address of the AAP headquarters from 19 July 2026 to 15 September 2026. The BJP government's plan was to falsely accuse the AAP of taking crores of rupees from drug traffickers just before the elections.

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India TV

Sep 22, 2026, 03:44 PM

Trump Addresses UN General Assembly: Emphasizes National Sovereignty and Global Cooperation

US President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today.

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AIR News✓

Sep 22, 2026, 03:36 PM

India Condemns Pakistan's Airstrikes on Afghanistan, Urges Action Against Terrorism

India has strongly condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghanistan in its Kunar and Paktika provinces. Addressing media in New Delhi this evening, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said such instances of aggression against a sovereign neighbour go against regional peace and security. He reaffirmed New Delhi’s steadfast support for Afghanistan, its independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, as also for the welfare and well-being of its people. The spokesperson offered condolences on the civilian lives lost in the airstrikes and wished for speedy recovery of the injured. On Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir’s statement that Pakistan’s armed forces remain determined to defeat terrorism, Mr Jaiswal said Pakistan needs to demonstrate action and firm commitment. He stated that Islamabad must take credible action against cross-border terrorism before the world believes in what they say. On Pakistan’s ruling by the Court of Arbitration on Indus Water Treaty, Mr Jasiwal said the so-called ruling is not a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, as sought to be projected by Pakistan, but by an illegally constituted Court. He said India sees this as just one more attempt by Pakistan at distorting the reality. He stated that Pakistan has a habit of misrepresenting facts and propagating falsehoods to serve its malicious propaganda. Replying to another query, the spokesperson informed that External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar met with his Ukrainian counterpart yesterday. In this meeting, Dr Jaishankar discussed the recent developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The External Affairs Minister once again put forth India’s point that dialogue and diplomacy is the way forward for peaceful resolution. The spokesperson added that India is in touch with both sides and have told them that India is ready to contribute in any way that it can. He expressed India’s hope that there will be a peaceful resolution of the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy. On India-Bangladesh ties, Mr Jaiswal said that India desires a positive, constructive and forward-looking relationship with Bangladesh. He said New Delhi is ready to discuss all bilateral issues within the structured mechanisms.

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Sep 22, 2026, 03:31 PM

Opposition Voices Spar Over Leadership in Uttar Pradesh Ahead of 2027 Polls

On a day when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin toured western Uttar Pradesh to firm up the party’s poll strategy, two prominent opposition voices from the region sparred over which leader brings more value to the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance ahead of the 2027 Assembly polls. Samajwadi Party MP from Kairana Iqra Hasan and Congress MP from Saharanpur Imran Masood, both elected in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as part of the SP-Congress alliance, publicly pitched their respective party leaders to take on the BJP. “Only Rahul Gandhi is the opposition voice across the country, which unnerves the BJP. Rahul ji has done the hard work and created a favourable atmosphere. So make no mistake, nothing is possible without Rahul ji, and no one should have any doubts about this,” Masood told PTI . The Congress MP, who was earlier with the SP, has repeatedly called for an early decision on seat-sharing and described the Congress as the “big brother” in the alliance. SP leaders, however, have maintained that Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav would decide the alliance’s contours. On Tuesday, September 22, Hasan pitched SP chief Yadav as the key to the alliance’s prospects. “Only Akhilesh Yadav is capable of defeating the BJP. On its own, the Congress won’t be able to achieve much,” she said. The contrasting assertions come despite repeated statements by senior leaders of both parties about maintaining unity, suggesting differences in messaging among local leaders and alliance cadres. The SP and Congress contested the 2024 Lok Sabha polls together in Uttar Pradesh and won 43 seats between them, with the SP winning 37 and the Congress six. The alliance also won the Faizabad seat, which includes Ayodhya, where the BJP won in 2019. Meanwhile, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said his party is open to an alliance with parties seeking to prevent the BJP from returning to power in Uttar Pradesh. “We also do not want the BJP government to be formed in UP for the third time. If you want to stop the BJP from forming the government again, come and join hands with AIMIM,” Owaisi said at a public meeting in Kanpur on Sunday. He said AIMIM would wait until October 2 before announcing its alliance, if any, adding another element to the evolving picture of opposition alliances in Uttar Pradesh.

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The Moscow Times

Sep 22, 2026, 03:01 PM

EU Agrees to Drop Russian Billionaires from Sanctions List

EU envoys agreed to drop billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its Russia n sanctions list and to roll over the remaining 3,000 individuals and entities for another three years, EU diplomats said on Tuesday. EU envoys had earlier agreed to remove the Usmanov and Fridman in exchange for a three-year renewal, but Latvia was the last hold-out in an unusually fraught process. Sanctions require unanimity among EU countries to be approved. Latvia ultimately abstained, diplomats said, which allowed the deal to pass. The decision will only be formally adopted once a process known as a written procedure has been completed. France surprised other EU members earlier this month when it pushed for Usmanov, a Russia n-Uzbek metals tycoon, to be removed from EU sanctions, citing national security concerns. Luxembourg then demanded the same treatment for Fridman, who has launched a $16 billion claim against the country.

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Indian Express

Sep 22, 2026, 02:46 PM

BJP Shakes Up Organisational Guard in South Gujarat Districts Amid Friction and Poor Election Performance

A setback in a local election, a public revolt by an MLA, and the increasingly uneasy relationship between elected representatives and party bosses have forced the ruling BJP to change its organisational guard in the South Gujarat districts of Narmada and Bharuch. The changes, announced on Tuesday (September 22), came after months of friction in the neighbouring districts, where disagreements over appointments to party posts, distribution of tickets for elections, and the functioning of the district units repeatedly brought the organisation and elected representatives into conflict. The changes also come against the backdrop of the strong showing by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Narmada local body elections in April, and the conviction and imprisonment of the party’s Dediapada MLA Chaitar Vasava in a 2023 case of alleged intimidation of forest officers. Former Gujarat minister and former Nandod MLA Shabdasharan Tadvi has been appointed the Narmada district BJP president, replacing Neel Rao, while Paresh Kantibhai Lad has replaced Prakash Modi as the BJP’s Bharuch district president. Neither Rao nor Modi has, however, been eased out of the organisation entirely. Both leaders have been appointed vice-presidents of the BJP’s Gujarat OBC Morcha. Lad, the new BJP president in Bharuch, runs a labour-supply business for industries in Dahej and Ankleshwar. Lad has been a BJP worker for 22 of his 52 years, has served as vice-president of the Bharuch BJP for two terms, and has headed the district Bakshi Panch Morcha. He is also the president of the Bharuch District Samasta Prajapati Samaj. The BJP has MLAs in all five seats that are part of Bharuch district – Jambusar, Vagra, Bharuch, Ankleshwar, and Jhagadiya, the ST seat that the party won for the first time in 2022. In the two ST seats of Narmada district, the BJP won Nandod in 2022, while Dediapada was won by Chaitar Vasava. The change of guard in Narmada is the more politically relevant of the two. The appointment of Tadvi as president comes after a prolonged confrontation between Rao and Nandod BJP MLA Dr Darshana Deshmukh, with Bharuch MP Mansukh Vasava throwing his weight behind Deshmukh. The dispute between Rao and Deshmukh burst into public view in June when Deshmukh walked out of a BJP program in Rajpipla to commemorate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 12 years in office, alleging that she had been humiliated and denied due protocol. Deshmukh subsequently sat on a day-long dharna at Gandhi Chowk in Rajpipla, where she was joined by Mansukh Vasava, who demanded Rao’s removal. Vasava’s show of solidarity with Deshmukh was significant – the two leaders, who had previously been at odds, had only recently buried their differences after a joint introspection over the BJP’s poor showing in the Narmada district panchayat elections. Eventually, senior leaders of the party attempted to “mediate” between the warring factions at Kamalam, the state BJP office in Gandhinagar . Results of the April 2026 local body elections had exposed the organisational vulnerability of the BJP in Narmada district. The impressive performance by the AAP – powered by the tribal leader and Dediapada MLA Chaitar Vasava – was a major setback for the BJP. The AAP won the Narmada district panchayat with 15 of the 22 seats, and also secured the Dediapada, Sagbara and Garudeshwar taluka panchayats, besides sweeping the newly created Chikhda taluka. While the BJP retained the Nandod and Tilakwada taluka panchayats and the Rajpipla municipality, the defeat in Garudeshwar taluka represented a major setback for the party because it includes Kevadia and the Statue of Unity. The victory of the AAP around this hub of tourism came amid sustained local discontent over land acquisition, rehabilitation and employment, issues that Chaitar Vasava had repeatedly raised through his agitations and during his campaign across the tribal belt. Chaitar is in prison after a sessions court in Narmada sentenced him to seven years’ jail in June in a case arising out of the alleged assault and intimidation of forest officials. The Gujarat High Court declined to suspend his sentence – but while his imprisonment removed him from day-to-day political activity, the local body results demonstrated his continued political influence. For the BJP, this was an important learning – and it made the question of an organisational reshuffle especially important ahead of the Assembly elections that are due at the end of next year. Senior BJP leaders told The Indian Express that the appointment of Tadvi to the top post in Narmada district is being viewed within party circles as carrying both a political and a social significance. As a former minister and former MLA from the region, he has a strong political network on the ground. He is also a tribal leader from the Tadvi community – and several BJP leaders pointed out that the party stands to gain from a tribal face at the head of its organisation in Narmada district, where more than 80% of the population is tribal, and from the representation accorded to the Tadvi sub-community to balance local social equations. Also, while the Narmada BJP gets a tribal leader with a previous electoral and ministerial background, his predecessor Neel Rao, an OBC leader, moves to the state-level OBC Morcha. The change in Bharuch too follows friction between MP Mansukh Vasava and the district party organisation. Prakash Modi, the outgoing president who will accompany Neel Rao to the OBC Morcha, had previously acknowledged the tensions within the Bharuch BJP after Vasava publicly objected to the appointment of office-bearers in Jhagadia and Valia in May 2025. Mansukh Vasava, a party veteran who has represented Bharuch in Lok Sabha continuously since 1999, had accused the organisation of favouring Congress defectors while overlooking long-standing BJP workers and ignoring local social equations. Modi had defended the appointments, saying a range of stakeholders had been consulted. Vasava, the seven-term MP, has repeatedly criticized aspects of the state government’s functioning and the party’s local organisation; yet he remains an important figure in the BJP’s tribal politics. His public alignment with Deshmukh during the Narmada confrontation had underscored the extent to which the district organisation and elected leadership had drifted apart. With a little over a year to go for the 2027 Assembly elections, the BJP’s new district leaderships in Narmada and Bharuch have their task cut out – to restore coordination between the party cadre and its elected representatives, while rebuilding an organisation that can withstand the increasing influence of Chaitar Vasava in the region. Speaking to The Indian Express on Tuesday, Mansukh Vasava said, “There were no differences that can be seen as being directly responsible for these changes… In a family, some differences do exist, but in the end, we are all soldiers of the BJP.” Also, Vasava said, Rao and Modi had in fact been given “bigger roles” in the state organisation. “The BJP is a party of strong organisational structure and whatever it does is with an eye to strengthen the party’s outreach,” Mansukh Vasava said. However, Vasava did say that “There is no doubt that under Neel Rao, the BJP suffered losses in the tribal areas and the influence of AAP increased.” Tadvi, he said, is “an experienced former minister, and it will benefit the BJP”. In this context, Vasava said that “The presence or absence of Chaitar on the ground cannot change what the BJP does. We are a part of national ideology and that is how we function…”

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Aaj Tak

Sep 22, 2026, 02:46 PM

BJP's Absolute Majority in Nagaur Municipal Elections Marred by Unexpected Defeat in Deputy Chairman Election

The results of the municipal elections 2026 in Nagaur district of Rajasthan have once again created a political stir. Despite the BJP getting an absolute majority in the two major municipal bodies of the district, the post of Deputy Chairman has received an unexpected setback. The biggest topic of discussion was the Deputy Chairman election of Nagaur Municipal Council, where independent candidate Mohammad Sharif Qureshi won by defeating the BJP candidate by a margin of five votes. There are a total of 60 seats in Nagaur Municipal Council. In the election for the post of Chairman, BJP got 55 votes while Congress got only 5 votes. BJP easily won the post of Chairman with an absolute majority. But the political equations were reversed in the Deputy Chairman election held on Tuesday. Independent Mohammad Sharif Qureshi got 32 votes in the voting for the post of Deputy Chairman. BJP candidate Shiv Kumar alias Miku Rao got 27 votes. One vote was rejected. Thus, Mohammad Sharif Qureshi was declared the winner by a margin of five votes. According to the sources, the BJP candidate was declared the special candidate of the state Vice President. Despite this, the party's victory was heard by the supporters of independent candidate Mohammad Sharif Qureshi.

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Amar Ujala

Sep 22, 2026, 02:42 PM

SP Rajya Sabha MP Visits Village Where Man Was Killed in Intergroup Fight

SP Rajya Sabha MP Ramjilal Suman on Tuesday visited the village where Deepak was shot dead in a fight between two groups in Badnauli in UP's Hapur.

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India TV

Sep 22, 2026, 02:40 PM

Crowd Erupts as Shivpal Yadav Arrives at Samajwadi Party Event

At the Samajwadi Party event in Deoria on Tuesday, a strange situation arose when a crowd of workers gathered on the stage as soon as Shivpal Yadav arrived.

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Indian Express

Sep 22, 2026, 02:37 PM

US-Iran War Expands to Yemen as Houthi Fighters Escalate Attacks on Saudi Arabia

The US-Iran war has opened another front in West Asia, with Iran-backed Houthi fighters pushing deeper into Yemen and escalating attacks on Saudi Arabia as Riyadh seeks US support against the group. Houthi fighters are pushing to seize strategic heights in southern Yemen that could cut off the Red Sea coast from areas held by Saudi-backed Yemeni forces, after US President Donald Trump reportedly called off planned strikes against the group at the last minute. The strategic Kahboub Mountains in Taiz and Lahij provinces separate the Red Sea coast from government-held areas further south. Iran-backed Houthi fighters have escalated attacks on Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, launching missiles and drones while expanding their territorial control along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and around the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait. Saudi-led coalition forces said they intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired towards Riyadh on Saturday. Reuters footage showed a large plume of smoke near King Khalid International Airport, while FlightRadar24 reported major delays and cancellations at the airport. Air-raid alerts were issued in Riyadh on Saturday, the first such alerts in the Saudi capital since tensions with the Houthis flared in July. “Iranian-supported Houthis have engaged in hostilities against Saudi Arabia, including civilian airports. This military conflict has the potential to escalate rapidly,” the State Department’s statement added. Trump, in an interview with Fox News on Sunday, said Washington was in constant communication with the Houthis and that the rebel group has agreed not to fight with the US. The Republican leader further added that he was in a “deciding mode” on what to do in the larger war with Iran, which is closing in on its seventh month. The US President, last week, said the Houthis had called America and “they don’t want to fight with us,” adding, “They would much prefer not having us involved, and they’re letting most ships go through.” Trump said Washington had been in contact with the Houthis and that the group did not want to fight the US. The Houthis have rapidly expanded their control along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, routing Saudi-backed government forces from several positions and advancing towards the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait. The advance matters beyond Yemen because Bab al-Mandab is a key route for shipping between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Saudi Arabia has relied more heavily on its Red Sea export route after disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. The development also matters to India because disruptions at both Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb put pressure on the sea routes used to move Middle Eastern energy to Asian markets. S&P Global has identified India and China among the Asian oil importers particularly exposed to simultaneous disruptions at the two chokepoints. Houthi rebels are part of Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ and align with other militant groups like Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Gaza-based Hamas. It was formed in opposition to Israel, the United States, and Saudi Arabia. Houthis have said that it fights against the interference of the US, Israel, and other Western-aligned forces in the Middle East.

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The Moscow Times

Sep 22, 2026, 02:31 PM

Political Row Erupts Over Alleged Harassment of Minor Girl in Bihar

The alleged harassment of a minor girl in Bihar’s Jamui district has triggered a political row, with Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, RJD working president Tejashwi Yadav and Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor criticising the ruling NDA government. The BJP-led coalition, which stressed that the accused were arrested soon after the incident came to light, was defended by NDA partners, including Union ministers Rajiv Ranjan Singh “Lalan” and Jitan Ram Manjhi, who invoked the “jungle raj” that allegedly prevailed when the state was ruled by the RJD. Vadra, who was in her parliamentary constituency of Wayanad in Kerala, reacted to the incident, which took place last week but came to light only on Monday. “It is horrible. Crimes against women are on the rise... what is the point in talking about big schemes and programmes if we cannot ensure the safety of our women while they are out in the streets,” asked the Congress leader. Earlier on Monday, her brother and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had issued a strongly worded statement calling the incident “deeply disturbing” and demanding that all the accused be booked under the POCSO Act. Yadav, who is the leader of the opposition in the state Assembly, told a press conference: “Bihar has been shamed by the incident in Jamui. Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary should resign, owning moral responsibility. The episode symbolises a collapse of law and order”. He also came down heavily on NDA leaders such as Shrawon Kumar, a minister and the JD(U)’s legislature party leader, and the party’s state president Umesh Singh Kushwaha for calling the incident 'stray', alleging that the remarks smacked of “insensitivity”.

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Dainik Jagran

Sep 22, 2026, 02:27 PM

Traffic Diversions Planned for Trade Show; Mirzapur Carpets Set to Go Global

Traffic diversions will be made for a short duration on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway and routes around ExpoMart under special circumstances during the trade show. 13 alternate routes have been earmarked for vehicular movement during this time. Now the carpet of Mirzapur will hit the international market, a decision of the Yogi government will change the fate of 12 traders.

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Dainik Jagran

Sep 22, 2026, 02:26 PM

Congress Questions Age and Educational Qualification Information of BJP Candidate Hasirani Rath

The Congress has questioned the age and educational qualification information in the election affidavit of Hasirani Rath, the BJP candidate in the Nandigram assembly by-election. The state Congress has demanded a thorough and fair probe into the matter from the Election Commission. The BJP has rejected the allegations, calling it a failed attempt by the Congress. State Congress president Subhankar Sarkar said on Tuesday that the affidavit mentions Hasirani's age as 60 years, while the year of passing the secondary examination is 1965. The Congress has demanded an investigation into the relevant documents, claiming that the two information do not match. The Congress has also questioned the naming of Chowkhali Ganga Padma Milan Kanya Vidyapeeth for passing the secondary examination. The party has sought information on the recognition of Class X in the school and the arrangement to sit for the secondary examination at that time. The BJP has rejected the Congress's allegations and said that there has been a printing error in recording the year in the affidavit. According to the party, Hasirani was studying in Class X in 1980. The BJP has also recorded her date of birth certificate as June 8.

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Dainik Jagran

Sep 22, 2026, 02:22 PM

Student Union Elections' Absence Affects Academic System, Administrative Accountability at Vir Kunwar Singh University

The impact of not having student union elections in Vir Kunwar Singh University since 2018 is not limited to student politics. It is also having a direct impact on the university's academic system, administrative accountability, and resolution of student problems. The student union is an institutional channel of communication between students and the university administration. In its absence, a large number of problems are reduced to individual grievances and the collective voice is weakened. Another effect of not having elections is that students are not getting a practical experience of democratic leadership and responsibility. Students are confused on which platform to raise their collective problems. The regular channel of communication between the university administration and students is also weakened. Activist Pramod Kumar Singh says that only holding student union elections is not the solution to these problems. Along with elections, accountability of elected representatives, code of conduct, regular meetings, grievance redressal mechanism, and transparency of the university administration are also necessary. The student union also has to maintain the academic environment and give real priority to the students'issues. This is possible only when Amar student representatives and student representatives are elected on behalf of the university.

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Dainik Jagran

Sep 22, 2026, 02:17 PM

Kolkata Corporation Resumes Processing of Property Tax Exemptions for Senior Taxpayers

State Bureau, Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has resumed the process of granting special exemption in property tax to senior taxpayers stuck during the Assembly elections from the first week of September. More than 300 applications were pending since the end of March as the Model Code of Conduct was in force at the time of the elections. These include applications for renewal of exemption after completion of a period of three years with a fresh application. Corporation officials differed on granting administrative approval for this exemption during the elections. One side said that this is a regular exemption granted every year under the law, while the other side stated the need for caution in granting approval during the election process. After the change of power in the state, the elected board of the corporation was also dissolved and Smita Pandey was made the administrator. Tax department officials after discussion with them resumed the process of granting exemption by examining the pending applications. Taxpayers aged 60 years and above get a special 10% exemption in property tax exemption after completion of three years with a fresh application. The renewal of exemption is pending for three consecutive years after which the corporation gets approval.

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NorthEast Now

Sep 22, 2026, 02:15 PM

Raijor Dal Calls for Mass Gathering in Guwahati to Demand Flood Relief and Compensation

Raijor Dal president and Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi has called for a mass gathering in Guwahati on September 23, seeking immediate relief and compensation for families affected by the devastating floods in Upper Assam this monsoon. The protest is scheduled to be held at Chachal from 10 am and is expected to bring together flood-affected people from Sivasagar, Jorhat and Charaideo districts, along with others supporting their demands. Gogoi said the protest was against what he described as the failure to provide promised immediate relief to flood-affected families. He said families whose houses and belongings had been destroyed should receive Rs 10 lakh in compensation. The principal demands include an end to irregularities in the distribution of flood relief, immediate assistance for all affected families, Rs 10 lakh compensation for families whose homes and belongings have been destroyed, and a CBI inquiry into the causes of the devastating floods. Gogoi said Raijor Dal had obtained the necessary permission for the programme. He said the protest was part of the party’s efforts to remain connected with flood-affected people and press the government to provide assistance. “The main work of a political party is to remain directly connected with the people. After the devastating floods in Upper Assam, our main responsibility as a political party is to stay with the affected people and help them as much as possible,” he said. Gogoi warned that Raijor Dal would intensify its protests if the government failed to address its demands after the September 23 programme. “I went on a fast on September 17 and submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister, informing him about the need to provide immediate relief to the flood-affected people. But even now, I have noticed that the immediate relief has not reached everyone,” he said. Earlier, on August 25, the Sivasagar legislator had given the Assam government a 48-hour deadline to address the issues, warning that he would march to Guwahati if they remained unresolved. Meanwhile, tension was reported outside Sivasagar railway station after Raijor Dal members and local residents planning to travel to Guwahati for Wednesday’s protest were allegedly stopped by railway police, local police and CRPF personnel. A woman at the station alleged that authorities were checking passengers’ Aadhaar cards and that some people were being stopped despite carrying valid identification. “They are checking the Aadhaar cards of everyone, but not everyone has brought their Aadhaar card. We are not being allowed to go even when we have an Aadhaar card. Akhil Gogoi has helped us a lot, so we are planning to go to join the protest when he called us,” she said.

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Indian Express

Sep 22, 2026, 02:15 PM

Rajya Sabha Polls: Biennial Elections Scheduled for October 16

The biennial polls for 11 Rajya Sabha seats – 10 from Uttar Pradesh (UP) and one from Uttarakhand – will be held on October 16, the Election Commission (EC) announced on Tuesday. A bypoll for an Upper House seat from West Bengal will also be held on the day, it said. Of the 11 seats, ten (nine from UP and one from Uttarakhand) are due to fall vacant as the terms of the current MPs will expire on November 25. Meanwhile, one UP seat is already vacant after BJP MP Dinesh Sharma resigned on September 11 to take charge as Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Of the 10 Upper House seats from UP, eight are held by the BJP. Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party hold one seat each. The lone seat in Uttarakhand is that of BJP MP Naresh Bansal. The other UP seats will be vacated by Arun Singh, Geeta alias Chandraprabha, Neeraj Shekhar, Brijlal, Ram Gopal Yadav, Ramji, B L Verma, Seema and Hardeep Singh Puri. The Bengal seat was left vacant after TMC leader Rukmini Malik tendered her resignation just days after her party’s landslide defeat in the recently-concluded Assembly polls. BJP is not only expected to retain its existing nine Rajya Sabha seats (eight in UP and one in Uttarakhand) in the biennial polls, the party’s 2026 sweep of West Bengal means it will add yet another berth to its solo tally of 116 in the 245-Member House. The Samajwadi Party, too, has the numbers to retain its current seat, in addition to claiming another. With 256 and 101 MLAs, respectively, BJP and SP hold sway in the 403-strong UP Assembly. The remainder of the 398 occupied seats here comprises 40 legislators from NDA constituents such as Apna Dal (S), which has 13, and the RLD (9), in addition to legislators from smaller parties. However, the BJP and NDA have an edge over the Opposition since a party will require the support of at least 36 MLAs in the Lower HOuse for each Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh. As of now, the BJP-led NDA has a combined strength of 150 MPs in the 245-Member Upper House. Non-NDA parties account for a little over 100 MPs in the Rajya Sabha. There are also fence-sitters among the fold, such as the DMK, the BJD, the YSR and BRS, which account for eight, five, four and five seats, respectively.

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Amar Ujala

Sep 22, 2026, 02:14 PM

BJP Prepares for Assembly Elections in Gorakhpur: Listening, Understanding, and Strategising

The BJP started preparations for next year's assembly elections from Gorakhpur. National general secretary Vinod Tawde's first visit to Gorakhpur after being made the state in-charge was not just a meeting of the organisation. It was an exercise in reading the ground. Tawde listened first. Then asked questions. Cross-checked one's answers with another. Gathered feedback from the organisation to the society. The signal was clear - first listen, then understand, and then strategise.

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Dainik Jagran

Sep 22, 2026, 02:06 PM

Unopposed Elections at Bar Council of India; Dramatic Kidnapping Rescue in Gujarat

Former President of the Bar Council of Gujarat JJ Patel has been elected unopposed as a member of the Bar Council of India in the general body meeting of the Council. Praveen Patel was elected unopposed as the President of the BCG in the meeting chaired by Kamal Trivedi, Advocate General, Government of Gujarat. This is the first time in the history of the Bar Council that such an unopposed election has taken place. Senior Advocate JJ Patel has been the State President of the Gujarat BJP Legal Cell and was holding the post of the President of the Bar Council of Gujarat for a long time. In the general body meeting of the Council, he has been elected unopposed as a member of the Bar Council of India from Gujarat. Praveen Patel was elected as the President of the BCG, Nimisha Dhotre as the Vice President. Advocate Aniruddha Jhala was elected as the President of the Executive Committee, while Senior Advocates Anil Kela, Dilip Patel, Manoj Undakt, Bharat Bhagat were elected as the co-presidents of the BCG. 15 hours, 170 CCTVs and 100 KM chase by the Gujarat Police rescued the kidnapped 5-year-old boy.

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Dainik Jagran

Sep 22, 2026, 02:04 PM

Sheikh Hasina Refuses to Back Down from Return to Bangladesh, Vows to Return Home by December

Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said she is willing to go to jail but will not back down from her intention to return by December. She dismissed her death sentence in Bangladesh as politically motivated and expressed a desire to play a key role in resurrecting the Awami League. She said the full plan of how she will return home is yet to be decided. According to an NDTV report, Hasina said, "I have made a solemn promise to return to my homeland by December 2026. I firmly believe that I have the right to return to my country and no law of Bangladesh can properly prevent me from doing so. She said she wants her return to take place peacefully and within the law. She said," Today, I openly say, I want to return to my motherland and to my people. The question is not whether I will return, but how will I continue to return to our country so that Sheikh Hasina's citizens can tell her of her death sentence in November 2025. "

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The Financial Express

Sep 22, 2026, 02:00 PM

IBBI Clarifies End of Interim Moratorium for Personal Guarantors, Allowing Lenders to Continue with Proceedings

The interim moratorium that temporarily protected personal guarantors from legal action by lenders ended on May 26 this year, including in cases that were already pending, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) said. The move means that personal guarantors can no longer use the moratorium as a shield against recovery proceedings while their insolvency applications are pending before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). It also gives powers to lenders to continue with proceedings against personal guarantors that were earlier kept in abeyance because of the moratorium. The board has issued clarification after the Bombay and Delhi High Courts ruled that the 2026 amendment to the insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC) that removed the moratorium for personal guarantors also applies to pending applications. The circular covers applications filed under Section 95 of the IBC against personal guarantors that were filed before May 26 – when the amended provision came into force – but not yet disposed of by the NCLT . “It may be noted that the interim moratorium under section 96 (and, correspondingly, section 124) of the Code, in respect of a personal guarantor to a corporate debtor, has ceased to operate with effect from 26th May, 2026 in respect of applications pending before adjudicating authority as on that date,” the circular said. The change is significant for individuals who have personally guaranteed corporate borrowings, including promoters and directors. Earlier, filing an insolvency application under Section 95 could trigger an interim moratorium, temporarily restricting lenders from taking certain legal action against the guarantor. “Section 96(4) is a newly-inserted section in the IBC which is intended to stop personal guarantors from using insolvency proceedings as an immediate shield against recovery. Previously, the filing of such application could pause legal action by lenders. The amendment removes that automatic protection from May, including in pending cases,” said Srinivasa Rao, senior partner and leader (risk advisory services) at Nangia Global. “The immediate beneficiaries are going to be banks, NBFCs , debenture trustees and other lenders. In practical terms, a personal guarantee will now carry greater enforcement risk while the guarantor’s insolvency application is still being considered,” Rao said. The circular will cover pending cases such as Tata Capital Financial Services versus Neel Motors LLP, where Section 95 applications against three individual guarantors were filed in June 2022, and IDBI Trusteeship Services versus Manish Jain, where the insolvency application against the personal guarantor was already pending. In both cases, the interim moratorium ceased to apply from May 26 – in line with the amended IBC provisions. Experts said that the IBBI circular also gives insolvency professionals (IPs) clarity in handling such cases. It allows them to proceed on the basis that the moratorium no longer applies, including where a guarantor raises the earlier protection to oppose or delay action by the lenders. “This development is particularly relevant where a personal guarantor continues to rely on the earlier moratorium to oppose or delay proceedings by creditors. For IPs, it will empower them to proceed with such cases and not allow a guarantor to use the moratorium as a ground to delay proceedings,” Devendra Mehta, fellow, INSOL International said. The latest circular follows the regulator’s earlier proposal to strengthen safeguards in personal guarantor insolvency by giving creditors better protection, including by stopping related parties from voting, valuing guarantors’ assets and checking transactions that could reduce recovery.

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The Financial Express

Sep 22, 2026, 01:51 PM

Palantir CEO Questions OpenAI's IPO Potential Amid Legal Liability Concerns

Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp questioned whether OpenAI and other frontier AI companies can eventually go public, citing the potentially large legal liabilities associated with advanced AI systems. Karp made the comments during a CNBC interview while discussing the risks that would be disclosed if a frontier AI company such as OpenAI filed for an IPO. Asked what the risk factors in an S-1 filing could look like, Karp questioned whether such a filing would happen at all. “This is the thing. You’re assuming that there will be an S-1. Now I don’t — okay, maybe there will be,” Karp said in a CNBC interview. Karp said the potential liability facing frontier AI companies could become so large that government involvement may eventually be required. “The view that I believe they have is, these businesses have to be nationalized because if you don’t nationalize it, every single one of my clients is going to sue,” Karp said, according to CNBC. He added, “The only way to deal with this kind of liability is to go to the government and say, ‘Nationalise us, please.'” Karp also argued that AI companies should be held responsible if their technology causes serious harm. “The first line of defense is you’re liable for your own actions. So it’s a weird twist they’re asking for societal regulations to get out of the first line of defense, which is if you build a technology that can destroy 10% of the world, that has civil and criminal liability attached to it,” he said. His comments put legal liability at the centre of the debate over whether frontier AI companies can operate as conventional publicly listed companies. Karp’s comments do not mean that OpenAI cannot or will not pursue an IPO. They explain the legal and financial risks that could become important for frontier AI companies seeking to access public markets. OpenAI’s potential IPO has been the subject of speculation as the company continues to expand its business and develop increasingly capable AI systems.

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Kalinga TV

Sep 22, 2026, 01:43 PM

Uttar Pradesh Government Carries Out Administrative Reshuffle Ahead of State Assembly Elections

Lucknow : Days after a major bureaucratic overhaul on September 20 involving 35 IPS and 34 IAS officers, the Yogi Adityanath government on Tuesday carried out another administrative reshuffle, transferring 18 IPS officers ahead of the upcoming state assembly elections. The Uttar Pradesh government transferred and reassigned 18 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers across crucial operational arms, including the Special Security Force (SSF), Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), and regional intelligence units. According to the official order issued by the state administration, the officers previously attached to the Director General of Police (DGP) headquarters, commissionerates, and specialised wings have been directed to assume their new postings with immediate effect. As part of the reshuffle, Dr Satish Kumar (IPS-RR-2013), earlier attached to DGP HQ, Lucknow, has been appointed as Commandant, 1st Battalion SSF, Lucknow, while Sanjeev Suman (IPS-RR-2014), also attached to DGP HQ, has been posted as Superintendent of Police, UP State Institute of Forensic Sciences (UPSIFS), Lucknow. Sameer Saurabh (IPS-SPS-2016) has been shifted from SP, CID, Lucknow, to Commandant, 27th Battalion PAC, Sitapur, and Ashutosh Dwivedi (IPS-SPS-2016) from SP, APTC, Sitapur, to SP, Regional Intelligence, Ayodhya. Anand Kumar-II (IPS-SPS-2017) has been moved from SP, Regional Intelligence, Bareilly, to SP, CID, Lucknow, while Sanjay Rai (IPS-SPS-2018) has been shifted from SP, Regional Intelligence, Ayodhya, to SP, Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Lucknow. Among other postings, Shashi Shekhar Singh has been moved from ATS, Lucknow, to Commandant, 11th Battalion PAC, Sitapur, Vanshraj Singh Yadav has been appointed as Commandant, 3rd Battalion SSF, Prayagraj, and Rajkumar and Alok Kumar Sharma have been posted as SP, Vigilance Establishment. Preetibala Gupta has been appointed as SP, ATS, Lucknow, Kamal Kishore as SP, EOW, Lucknow, and Devesh Kumar Sharma as SP, Food Cell, Lucknow. Rahul Mithas has been reassigned as SP, Technical Services, Lucknow, Dr. Krishna Gopal shifted from 5th Battalion SSF, Saharanpur, to SP, PTC, Moradabad, Shoeb Iqbal from ACO HQ to SP, Traffic Directorate, Lucknow, Pavitra Mohan Tripathi as SP, RTC, Chunar, Mirzapur, and Mahesh Singh Attri from PTS, Moradabad, to SP, Regional Intelligence, Bareilly. The state government stated that the postings have been made with immediate effect to streamline departmental administration and strengthen key policing branches. The reshuffle carries significant political and administrative weight when viewed through the lens of state election preparation. Mass administrative realignments are standard protocol ahead of election cycles. By placing seasoned officers across critical zones (such as Ayodhya, Sitapur, Prayagraj, and Bareilly), the state government ensures law-and-order machinery is well-equipped to manage potential communal, political, or public security sensitivities during high-decibel campaigns. Once the Election Commission of India (ECI) announces election dates, the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) comes into force immediately. Under MCC rules State governments lose the discretionary power to transfer or promote administrative and police officers without explicit ECI approval. The ECI takes direct oversight of key law-enforcement personnel to ensure political neutrality. Initiating these reassignments beforehand allows the ruling administration to establish its preferred command structure across key intelligence, armed battalion (PAC/SSF), and specialized investigation wings without needing ECI clearance. Seven major state elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur, Gujarat, and Himachal Pradesh are scheduled to take place in 2027. (Source: : ANI)

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Kalinga TV

Sep 22, 2026, 01:37 PM

Odisha's Panchayati Raj Institutions See Mass Unseating and Suspensions Over Corruption Allegations

Bhubaneswar: As many as 61 Sarpanches and 9 Chairpersons of Panchayat Samitis have been unseated pursuant to no-confidence motions during the last two years, informed Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Minister Rabi Narayan Naik today. In his reply to Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Pratap Keshari Deb’s question, the Minister informed the State Assembly that 61 Sarpanches and 9 Chairpersons of Panchayat Samitis have been unseated pursuant to no-confidence motions during the last two years. Check the district-wise list of 61 Sarpanches who lost their positions in the last two years: Check the district-wise list of 9 Chairpersons of Panchayat Samitis who lost their positions in the last two years: The Minister further informed that during the last two years, 15 representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions have been suspended in connection with cases relating to corruption and misappropriation of Government funds. Check the district-wise representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions have been suspended: Further, prosecution has been initiated in respect of 4 representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions in connection with cases relating to corruption and misappropriation of Government funds.

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Free Press Journal

Sep 22, 2026, 01:34 PM

India's Rajya Sabha Elections: 11 Seats Up for Grabs on October 16

The Election Commission has announced that elections to 11 Rajya Sabha seats, 10 from Uttar Pradesh and one from Uttarakhand, will be held on October 16. A by-election to a vacant Rajya Sabha seat in West Bengal will also be held on the same day. Of the 10 Uttar Pradesh seats, eight are currently held by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s seat. The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) hold one seat each. The large number of seats from Uttar Pradesh makes this round of elections politically significant for the composition of the Upper House. UP Dominates Poll Calendar Nine seats in Uttar Pradesh and the lone Uttarakhand seat are due to fall vacant after the terms of the sitting MPs end on November 25. Another Uttar Pradesh seat fell vacant following MP Dinesh Sharma’s resignation on September 11 after he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Uttar Pradesh seats are held by Arun Singh, Geeta alias Chandraprabha, Neeraj Shekhar, Brijlal, Ram Gopal Yadav, Ramji, BL Verma, Seema and Hardeep Singh Puri. The Uttarakhand seat is held by Naresh Bansal. Vacancies Set Stage For Contest The West Bengal by-election was necessitated by the resignation of Rukmini Malik. Polling and counting of votes will take place on October 16. Among those whose terms are ending is former BJP national general secretary Arun Singh, who is considered a loyal organisational hand and close to the party’s senior leadership. NDA’s Upper House Numbers The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) currently has at least 142 MPs in the 245-member Rajya Sabha, where 242 seats are occupied. The majority mark is 123, while 161 votes would be required for a special majority if all members are present and voting. The BJP has 116 MPs on its own, including seven former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs who joined the party in April this year. A majority of the seven nominated members are also understood to have allegiance to the BJP, Indian Express reports. Opposition Numbers In Focus Non-NDA parties account for a little over 100 MPs in the Rajya Sabha. The House also includes parties whose positions can become important depending on the issue before Parliament. The DMK has eight seats, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) five, the YSR four and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) five. With 12 seats going to the polls across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, the October 16 exercise will be closely watched for how it changes the party-wise composition of the Rajya Sabha.

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Aaj Tak

Sep 22, 2026, 01:33 PM

Chandrashekhar Azad's Muslim Support Base Erodes Ahead of Uttar Pradesh Elections

In Uttar Pradesh politics, Azad Samaj Party president Chandrashekhar Azad is poised to become the kingmaker in 2027 with the help of the Dalit-Muslim equation. Chandrashekhar Azad became very popular among Muslim youth during the CAA-NRC movements and Jama Masjid protests. In 2024, he also became an MP from Nagina, but before 2027, his equation seems to be disintegrating. Western UP's strong Muslim leader and former MP Amir Alam and his former MLA son Nawazish Alam have recently left the Azad Samaj Party. Apart from this, Gulfam Chaudhary has also said goodbye to Chandrashekhar's party. As the political temperature of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh increases, Muslim leaders are becoming disillusioned with Chandrashekhar Azad. These Muslim leaders who left Chandrashekhar are now going to join the Congress. In the 2027 elections, Chandrashekhar's Dalit-Muslim equation is deepening. After the emergence of Chandrashekhar Azad in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, it was believed that the disillusionment of the Muslim community in Western UP is only increasing.

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ABP News✓

Sep 22, 2026, 01:18 PM

Chirag Paswan Reacts to Jamui Incident: No Compromise on Daughters' Safety

On the Jamui incident, Union Minister and LJP (R) President Chirag Paswan said that it had shocked all of us. He said in the X post that there will be no compromise with the safety of daughters. On the police action, he said that it has a clear message that strict action will be taken against those who play with the law.

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ABP News✓

Sep 22, 2026, 01:18 PM

Karnataka Governor Asks CM to Reconsider Restrictions on Singing 'Vande Mataram'

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has written to Chief Minister Shivakumar, asking him to reconsider the state government's decision to restrict the singing of'Vande Mataram'to two intervals at government functions. The Congress government had recently ordered that only the first two intervals of'Vande Mataram'be sung at its functions, except at functions attended by the President, the Vice President, the Prime Minister or the Governor. In a letter to the chief minister dated 22 September, the governor said that the government order of 8 September 2026 seems to be against the guidelines issued by the Centre and raises constitutional and legal questions with regard to the'Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Act, 2026 '. He cited Home Ministry orders relating to the National Song and National Anthem and said that the Centre had prescribed an official version for the singing of Vande Mataram. Gehlot referred to the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, as amended by Section 3 of the National Constitution.

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Dainik Bhaskar

Sep 22, 2026, 01:16 PM

Calcutta High Court Allows Congress Candidate Milan Pradhan to Contest Nandigram By-Election if Granted Bail

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday asked the counsel for the West Bengal government to allow Congress candidate Milan Pradhan to contest the election if he is granted bail. Justice Saugata Bhattacharya heard the case. Milan Pradhan is a candidate in the Nandigram by-election. Pradhan has 11 cases registered against him. Pradhan has been arrested in five cases. He is currently in jail. The Haldia Sub-Divisional Court had sent him to judicial custody till October 3 in four cases on September 19. These cases relate to Nandigram in 2007. Subsequently, the Kanthi Court on September 21 sent him to 14-day judicial custody in a nearly two-decade-old case of the Arms Act. Voting for the Nandigram by-election is on October 6, campaigning will end on October 4 and counting of votes will take place on October 9. The orders of the two lower courts have virtually ended Pradhan's chance to campaign for himself. He will be able to campaign only if he is granted bail. Pradhan's lawyer said he was arrested on September 18. Kanthi Bhattacharya's lawyer said he would challenge the state government's order in the Calcutta High Court during the hearing of six cases on Monday.

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Dainik Jagran

Sep 22, 2026, 01:15 PM

Bihar Congress Withdraws from Most Seats in MLC Election, to Contest Only One

In the Bihar MLC election 2026, the state Congress has withdrawn its move after the high command's directive. Now the Bihar Congress will contest only one seat out of eight in the legislative council. This is Darbhanga (Teachers). Former state president of the party from here, Dr. Madan Mohan Jha, is the sitting MLC. However, no official confirmation has been made by the state Congress leadership so far. As soon as the discussion of the election to the eight vacant seats of the legislative council began, the RJD announced the names of its candidates on six seats. The declared candidates of the RJD are Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh from Patna Teachers'Constituency, Dilip Kumar from Patna Graduates'Constituency, Nitesh Kumar from Kosi Graduates'Constituency, Anil Kumar Jha from Darbhanga Graduates'Constituency, Prof. Jairam Yadav from Saran Teachers'Constituency and Dr. Rashmi Vinayak Gautam from Tirhut Graduates'Constituency. The RJD has not yet announced the candidates on the teachers'and teachers'seats. The names of the eight candidates have been announced by the Congress without consulting the party leadership.

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Free Press Journal

Sep 22, 2026, 01:15 PM

IIT Bombay Protests Subside After Apology and Reforms

Mumbai: Tensions at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) eased on Tuesday as students resumed regular lectures following three days of protests over the death of second-year BTech student Sahil Wakode. Political parties, however, continued their demonstrations outside the Powai campus. Open House Meeting Addresses Student Concerns Academic activities, which had been affected by the agitation, gradually returned to normal after the institute administration held a nearly four-hour open house with students on Monday. During the meeting, students questioned the administration over its handling of their grievances and sought clarity on the implementation of their 18-point charter of demands. The protests began after Wakode, a student of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, died amid allegations that he had been accused of cheating during an examination. Students criticised the institute’s initial communication on the circumstances preceding his death and demanded accountability, a transparent investigation and reforms in the grievance-redressal system. IIT Bombay Issues Apology, Removes Dean From Post The institute subsequently issued an apology, acknowledging that it was inappropriate to characterise the events preceding Wakode’s death while the matter remained under investigation. Professor Surya Doolla was also removed from the position of Dean of Administrative Affairs—two of the demands raised by the protesting students. During the open house, the IIT Bombay director acknowledged shortcomings in the institute’s grievance-redressal mechanism and announced that a Support Portal would be launched to streamline complaints and ensure that students could track their grievances. While the student-led protest inside the campus has subsided for now, political organisations continued to demonstrate outside the institute, demanding accountability and action against those responsible. Security remained deployed near the campus entrance to prevent any disruption. Students said their return to classrooms should not be interpreted as the withdrawal of their demands and that they would continue monitoring the administration’s response to the remaining points in their charter. To get details on exclusive and budget-friendly property deals in Mumbai & surrounding regions, do visit: https://budgetproperties.in/

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Indian Express

Sep 22, 2026, 01:14 PM

Bihar Minister Clarifies Comments on Moral Policing Amid Outrage Over Jamui Incident

After her comments on moral policing in light of the Jamui incident sparked outrage, Bihar minister and local MLA Shreyasi Singh said on Tuesday that her words were taken out of context. “It is unfortunate that certain remarks are being selectively presented and taken out of context,” Singh told The Indian Express on Tuesday, adding the clip, which has gone viral, was part of a longer interview that was conducted while she was in the midst of an official meeting. “The questions asked, the sequence of the discussion, and my repeated assertion that such incidents would not be tolerated clearly convey my position,” Singh said. Singh had courted controversy after a clip from a television interview surfaced on Monday in which she was heard saying: “Moral policing, on one hand, it can be done in a more decent and an elegant fashion, but the way they mishandled, mistreated the boy and the girl together is absolutely not tolerable.” Singh, the Industries and Sports Minister for Bihar, allegedly went on to say: “You can have an opinion about how somebody chooses to live their life and what they want to do with it, and maybe, I’m just saying, maybe there is a better way to do it, but the way they’ve been treated is absolutely not tolerable.” Her comments drew a sharp response from the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, who shared a clip of the interview on X on Tuesday. The RJD leader said Singh appeared to be suggesting that “moral policing” should have been carried out in a “respectful manner”. “(This) Means that now BJP ministers in the NDA government want incidents of harassment, sexual assault, drug trafficking, murder and rape under the guise of ‘moral policing’ to be carried out in a ‘respectful manner’ and in a supposedly ‘sattvik’ way?” Yadav wrote, adding that Singh should give “tuition” on moral policing. Singh, meanwhile, said the interview should be understood “in its entirety, rather than on the basis of isolated statements”. She said while others were focusing on making public statements, she and Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary were in communication with the district administration and monitoring the situation. “The priority was, and remains, justice, accountability, and the safety of the people,” said Singh, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Arjuna Award-winning shooter. Singh is not the only NDA leader who has found themselves in a spot owing to controversial remarks on the Jamui issue. Earlier on Monday, senior JD(U) leader and party state president Umesh Kushwaha described the Jamui case as an “isolated and minor incident”. “Whenever such an isolated incident occurs, our government is sensitive to it. But look at the period before 2005; what kind of Bihar was it? Could people even step out of their homes?” he had said. Kushwaha later said his remarks had been “distorted and misrepresented” and urged that his “entire statement” be heard rather than conclusions being drawn from a single portion. The controversy comes amid outrage over a recent incident in which two school-going teenagers, on their way back from tuition classes , were allegedly surrounded by a group of men in Jamui, with the boy assaulted and the girl molested. Police have registered a case under relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. On Tuesday, the main accused, Nandan Yadav, who had allegedly been absconding, sustained a gunshot wound to his leg during an encounter with police, Munger DIG Rakesh Kumar confirmed to The Indian Express. A second accused also suffered a leg injury. Both men, locals aged 25, were admitted to Sadar Hospital. Police said the two accused opened fire when a team approached them in an area covered by bushes. Police retaliated, injuring both men. Nandan, police said, works as a tractor driver. Three juveniles had earlier been apprehended, while raids were under way to arrest the remaining accused. Police have also been working to remove the videos of the Jamui incident from social media platforms, saying circulation of such material involving minors is an offence.

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Dainik Jagran

Sep 22, 2026, 01:14 PM

Indian Government Prepares Revamped Roadmap for Developed India by 2047

Realizing this, the government is now preparing to give a new dimension to its road map for a developed India of 2047. In this sequence, there will be a two-day brainstorming meeting of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday and Thursday. It is believed that there will be eight to ten presentations and instructions will be given to all the ministries to expedite its implementation. The direction of development will be such that it will also show its benefits on a permanent and immediate basis. At present, there are two types of challenges before the government. The first challenge is global due to which there are questions of supply chain, manufacturing, import export and self-sufficiency. Then there is a socio-economic and political issue like employment at the domestic level. According to the sources, this brainstorming session will discuss all these topics. There will also be a review of the impact of old schemes and a future road map will also be prepared. In 2021, the government had formed ten groups of secretaries for different sectors which will discuss and prepare a complete plan from skateholder to employment.

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Amar Ujala

Sep 22, 2026, 01:10 PM

Gold Prices Struggle Amid Stable Dollar, Rising Oil Prices and Geopolitical Tensions

Praveen Singh, head of commodities at Mirae Asset Sharekhan, said: Spot gold is struggling due to a stable US dollar and rising oil prices. The volatility in West Asia has also weighed on the market. The aggressive stance of Federal Reserve officials has affected investor sentiment. The prospect of interest rates remaining high for a longer period of time has dampened gold demand. A stronger US dollar also makes gold costlier, making it less expensive to buy. Investors now await upcoming US economic data, including the weekly ADP employment report and the Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index. These data could provide new clues on the central bank's monetary policy. Any change in monetary policy has a direct bearing on gold prices. Traders will also focus on the meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in New York on Thursday. The prospect of war in Iran, political tensions in the Middle East, and the West's possible resolution of the Iran-US geopolitical conflict.

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ABP News✓

Sep 22, 2026, 01:09 PM

Owaisi Demands Warangal Airport Be Named After Freedom Fighter Maulvi Syed Alauddin

AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has written to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy demanding that the Mamnur airport to be built in Warangal be named after freedom fighter Maulvi Syed Alauddin, who hailed from the erstwhile Warangal district.

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NorthEast Now

Sep 22, 2026, 01:01 PM

Nagaon Lok Sabha By-Poll: BJP and Congress Name Star-Campaigner Teams, AIUDF Chief Enters Fray

: The BJP and Congress have each named 40-member star-campaigner teams for the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll , while AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal’s entry has set up a contest involving the BJP, Congress and AIUDF ahead of the October 6 vote. The main candidates are BJP’s Devashish Sharma , Congress nominee Sibamoni Bora and AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal. The Election Commission has scheduled polling for October 6 and counting for October 9. The seat fell vacant after the resignation of former Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi, who defected to BJP ahead of 2026 Assembly elections. The BJP’s 40-member campaign team is headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and includes Union ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and Pabitra Margherita, state BJP president Dilip Saikia, ministers, MPs and senior organisational leaders. The Congress has also named a 40-member star-campaigner panel, including Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Gaurav Gogoi, MP Rakibul Hussain and Assam in-charge Bhupesh Baghel. National leaders Pawan Khera, Supriya Shrinate, Srinivas B V and Kanhaiya Kumar are also part of the panel. The deployment of senior leaders by the two major parties comes as campaigning intensifies ahead of the bypoll. The final field, however, extends beyond the three principal contenders, with 15 candidates remaining in the fray after the withdrawal of three nominations on the final day. Following scrutiny, 18 candidates had been found eligible to contest. Those who subsequently withdrew were All India Trinamool Congress candidate Abdul Salam, Nava Rang Congress Party candidate Karimullah Sheikh and Independent candidate Purushottam Behera. Earlier, seven nomination papers were rejected from among the 25 nominations filed. The rejected candidates were Independents Shah Alam, Pranab Kaushik, Rabul Haque, Khalil Uddin, Samsul Alam and Sikandar Ali, and Jay Prakash Janta Dal candidate Pankaj Maurya. The final list includes BJP’s Devashish Sharma, Congress’s Sibamoni Bora, AIUDF’s Badruddin Ajmal, Socialist Unity Centre of India’s (Communist) Bornali Sharma, National Road Map Party’s Hafiz Burhanuddin, RCPI (RB)’s Inamul Huda and Independents Ayush Kumar Singh, Farooq Khan, Saifur Rahman, Mustakim Alam, Amiran Hussain, Manirul Hussain, Sabina Yasmin, Nazrul Islam and Yunus Tamuli. With 15 candidates in the race, campaigning is set to continue ahead of polling on October 6, with the counting of votes scheduled for October 9.

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India TV

Sep 22, 2026, 01:00 PM

BJP's Dinesh Bhatt Elected as Deputy Mayor of Udaipur Municipal Corporation

BJP candidate Dinesh Bhatt has won the election of Deputy Mayor in Udaipur Municipal Corporation. Notably, Deputy Mayor Dinesh Bhatt got one vote more than Paras Singhvi who won the election of Mayor. Let us tell you that Paras Singhvi got 55 votes and Dinesh Bhatt got 56 votes. While Laxmi Narayan Meghwal of Congress got only 24 votes. After the election of Mayor on Monday, the election for Deputy Mayor was held on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning, Dinesh Bhatt from BJP and Laxmi Narayan Meghwal from Congress filed their nominations for the post of Deputy Mayor. After the nomination process and checking of papers, voting took place after 2 pm. After the voting was completed, the Election Department declared BJP's Dinesh Bhatt as Deputy Mayor. After Dinesh Bhatt became Deputy Mayor, there were many people congratulating him. The BJP candidate was already decided to become Deputy Mayor. After the announcement of the Mayor, Dinesh Singh Bhatt and BJP's slogans were raised in the Municipal Corporation.

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ABP News✓

Sep 22, 2026, 12:55 PM

BJP Meeting to Review Programs Marking PM Modi's 25 Years in Public Life

The party has a big meeting this evening at the Delhi BJP headquarters. The meeting will be attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Apart from the Home Minister, the meeting will be attended by many senior leaders of the party, including BJP President Nitin Naveen, Vinod Tawde. This meeting has been kept to review the ongoing programs on the completion of 25 years of PM Modi's public life. Apart from this, further strategy will also be brainstormed. The BJP has started a one-month-long Seva Sankalp Abhiyan from September 17 to October 17, the birthday of PM Modi. According to the party, the purpose of the campaign is to highlight the 25 years of public life of the PM through service activities, public relations programs. PM Modi took the constitutional post as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on October 7, 2001. Its 25 years are to be completed on October 7, 2026. Under the campaign, many programs have been planned including blood donation camps, cleanliness campaign, tree plantation. The BJP has said to organize it across the country by connecting it with Seva and Jan Bhagidari. Apart from this two-day meeting, central ministers are also being included in this policy meeting.

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Aaj Tak

Sep 22, 2026, 12:54 PM

US-Iran Tensions Reach Boiling Point as Hormuz Strait Closure Threatens Global Oil Crisis

The world has seen the impact of the deep Middle East tension due to the US-Iran war. The sharp rise in crude oil prices, especially in countries dependent on crude imports, has led to many inflation attacks. The center of all these global tensions is the Hormuz Strait, which plays an important role in meeting about 20 percent of the world's oil needs. Now the Hormuz Strait can be opened again in just seven days and there is only one condition for this. Iran has made it clear that if the US accepts this condition, then the Hormuz tension can end. According to Iran's Military Central Command, it has been told that the US is preparing to resume military operations with the support of regional countries. But, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday that if the US fulfills one condition, it can open the Strait of Hormuz again in a strategic way.

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ABP News✓

Sep 22, 2026, 12:54 PM

Indian Government's Brainstorming Session: A Review or Cabinet Expansion Preparation?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to have a big'class'of Union Ministers. There will be a two-day'Chintan Baithak'on 23rd and 24th September 2026, which will be attended by the entire Council of Ministers. The venue of the meeting is'Seva Tirtha '. Now the question is whether this meeting is just a review of the work or the preparation of cabinet expansion is hidden behind it. In simple words, this is the'brainstorming session'of the government. In this, the ministers gather at one place, explain the work of their ministries, share good and bad experiences and discuss the strategy ahead. This is not a formal cabinet meeting, where decisions are taken. This is an informal brainstorming, where every minister can speak openly. In this time, the ministers have been divided into groups of 8. Each group has been given a specific topic, such as improving themselves, communicating with the public and improving administrative work. Every minister has to prepare a report card of his ministry. According to the sources, this is also an important issue in the meeting.

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Amar Ujala

Sep 22, 2026, 12:47 PM

BJP Sweeps Local Elections in Ajmer, Udaipur, and Alwar Municipal Corporations

The election for Deputy Mayor in Ajmer Municipal Corporation was a close contest. BJP's Hemant Sankhala and Congress candidate got 40-40 votes. After the tie, the lottery was decided as per the prescribed procedure, in which BJP's Hemant Sankhala won. Earlier, BJP's Anamika Sharma was elected as Mayor. Out of 80 wards in Ajmer, Congress has 37, BJP 32 and 11 independent councillors. Despite this, BJP managed to get both Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts. BJP's Dinesh Bhatt was elected as Deputy Mayor in Udaipur Municipal Corporation. He defeated Congress candidate Laxminarayan Meghwal. Earlier, BJP's Paras Singhvi was elected as Mayor of the Municipal Corporation. First Deputy Mayor of Alwar Municipal Corporation was BJP's Ajay Punia. He got 40 votes, while Congress's Mamta Saini got 24 votes. One vote was rejected. Mayor post is also with BJP. Deputy Mayor election in Pali Municipal Corporation was also held on equal number of votes. BJP's Pal Singh NOTA and Independent candidate Vikram Mehroo got 65 votes.

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Dainik Jagran

Sep 22, 2026, 12:46 PM

NCPI Appoints New Office Bearers: Jyotiprakash Chatterjee Elected President

The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), formed by breakaway TMC MPs, has appointed new national office bearers. Jyotiprakash Chatterjee has been elected president, while Yusuf Pathan has been made vice-president. Yusuf Pathan along with Abu Taher Khan, Deepak Adhikari Dev, Jagdish Chandra Barma Basunia, Rachna Banerjee and Chandrima Panja have also been given the responsibility of national vice-president. This news is being constantly updated. We update all our readers with the latest and breaking news. We are committed to bringing you the latest and breaking news immediately. We are constantly updating this news through early leads. Stay tuned with Jagran for the latest breaking news and updates.

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