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Given Away Devendra Ji For My Maharashtra: Amruta Fadnavis To NDTV
- Jan 16, 2026 20:33 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Riding high after the BJP emerged as the single largest party in the BMC elections, as well as overall in 29 civic bodies in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' wife Amruta Fadnavis has said the people have voted for development.
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Heliborne Op With Special Forces Target Kuki Insurgents In Manipur
- Jan 16, 2026 20:24 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
- (with inputs from PTI)
Security forces on Friday conducted large-scale anti-insurgency operations at suspected hideouts in the interior areas of Manipur's Churachandpur district, an official said.
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Woman Sets Herself On Fire, Husband Records Video Instead Of Saving Her
- Jan 16, 2026 20:11 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
When a 31-year-old woman immolated herself at home in Surat over a marital dispute, her husband recorded a video of the incident instead of saving her, leading police to file a case and arrest him on Friday.
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'Closely Monitoring Situation': Foreign Ministry On Indians In Iran
- Jan 16, 2026 20:06 pm IST
- Asian News International
The Indian government has advised its nationals in Iran to leave the country in view of the volatile security situation, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday.
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Centre Blocks 242 Illegal Betting, Gambling Website Links
- Jan 16, 2026 20:06 pm IST
- Asian News International
The Centre today blocked 242 illegal betting and gambling website links as part of increased enforcement actions following the passage of the Online Gaming Act, government sources said.
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PM Modi To Visit Bengal Tomorrow, Flag Off Various Projects
- Jan 16, 2026 19:16 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal and Assam on January 17 and 18 where he will flag off India's first Vande Bharat sleeper train between Howrah and Guwahati.
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Poll Officials Collect Documents From Amartya Sen's Ancestral Home For SIR
- Jan 16, 2026 19:15 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Election officials on Friday visited Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen's residence at Bolpur in Birbhum district and collected the requisite documents in connection with the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.
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Danger Not To Marathis, But Their Parties' Existence: E Shinde On Thackerays
- Jan 16, 2026 19:07 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Pulling no punches after his party won the BMC elections in an alliance with the BJP, Shiv Sena President Eknath Shinde has said the existence of Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray's parties is in question.
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"NDA's Track Record Struck A Chord": PM Modi On Maharashtra Civic Polls Win
- Jan 16, 2026 19:06 pm IST
- Edited by: Debanish Achom
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked the people of Maharashtra for their support after the BJP won the election to the richest civic body, BMC, for the first time.
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Delhi Uses Rs 8-Crore High-Tech Finnish Machine To Tackle Yamuna Pollution
- Jan 16, 2026 18:44 pm IST
- Reported by: Ishika Verma
Delhi's Yamuna clean-up effort continues to zero in on its biggest trouble spot- the Najafgarh drain, which carries nearly 70 per cent of the pollution flowing into the river.
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GRAP Stage-III Measures Enforced Across Delhi As Air Quality Worsens
- Jan 16, 2026 18:14 pm IST
- Reported by: Anushka Kumari
Delhi's air quality situation has further deteriorated, raising concerns of an imminent shift into the 'Severe' category.
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Probe Agency ED Files Chargesheet In Al Falah Money Laundering Case
- Jan 16, 2026 18:09 pm IST
- Reported by: Anushka Kumari
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday filed a chargesheet in connection with a money laundering case involving the Al-Falah University in Faridabad, which was in the news last year as its professors were linked to the November Red Fort blasts.
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Opinion | 'It'll Divide Society': Why Congress Buried The Mandal Report For Years
- Jan 16, 2026 17:59 pm IST
- Rasheed Kidwai
Indira Gandhi was vetoed four times by her cabinet colleagues from implementing the Mandal Commission report, something that could have been a game-changer for the Congress.
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After Supreme Court, Jharkhand High Court Pauses Probe Against ED Officer
- Jan 16, 2026 17:39 pm IST
- Reported by: Bismee Taskin Islam
The Jharkhand High Court has paused a probe by Ranchi Police against Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers, a day after a similar move by the Supreme Court in a Kolkata Police case over the I-PAC office raids.
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After BMC Drubbing, BJP Lobs Raj Thackeray's Rasmalai Dig Back At Him
- Jan 16, 2026 17:33 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Indulging in some sweet gloating after the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance crossed the halfway mark in leads in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections, BJP leaders took swipes at MNS Chief Raj Thackeray, who had called K Annamalai 'rasmalai'.
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BJP Repeats 2017 Performance On RSS Turf Nagpur, Deja Vu For Congress
- Jan 16, 2026 17:12 pm IST
- Edited by: Shatabdi Chowdhury
The Bharatiya Janata Party is set for another sweeping victory in Nagpur, the turf of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) - the BJP's ideological mentor.
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What's Next For Raj Thackeray As Reunion Fails To Impress Mumbai Voters
- Jan 16, 2026 17:06 pm IST
- Reported by: Sujata Kanhaiya Dwivedi
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
For Raj Thackeray, who once mirrored the firebrand Bal Thackeray, survival has now become a hard bargain in Mumbai's evolving politics.
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750 Bulls, 500 Tamers Take Part In Trichy's Jallikattu, Winner To Get Car
- Jan 16, 2026 17:03 pm IST
- Asian News International
The first Jallikattu event of the year and one of its most prominent traditional competitions was held in a grand manner at Periya Suryur in Trichy, Tamil Nadu.
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Andhra Pradesh To Present Growth Story At Davos 2026
- Jan 16, 2026 16:53 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will head a high-level delegation to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2026.
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Highway Blocked After Migrant Worker's Death Triggers Protests In Bengal
- Jan 16, 2026 16:36 pm IST
- Reported by: Rittick Mondal
Beldanga in Bengal's Murshidabad became the epicentre of a major standoff on Friday, as heavy protests and roadblocks followed the alleged killing of a migrant worker in Jharkhand.