In Maharashtra, the counting of votes for the election to 12 district councils and 125 Panchayat Samitis across the state will be held today. The counting is scheduled to start at 10 am and will decide the fate of 7,438 candidates. The State Election Commission has completed all arrangements for the process. Voting was held on Saturday across the 12 district councils – Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pune, Satara, Kolhapur, Solapur, Sangli, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Parbhani,

In Tennis, India stormed into the second round of Davis Cup Qualifiers with a historic 3-2 win over World Number 6 Netherlands in Bengaluru yesterday. Dhakshineswar Suresh delivered a heroic performance, winning both his singles matches and teaming up with Yuki Bhambri to claim the doubles. In the deciding rubber, Suresh beat Guy de Ouden 6-4, 7-6 to seal victory, earning a celebration reminiscent of Leander Paes’ heroics in 2004. Earlier, India had taken a 2-1 lead after Su

India and Canada have agreed to formulate a shared work plan to guide cooperation on national security and law enforcement issues and to enable practical collaboration on respective priorities. The decision was taken during a meeting between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his Canadian counterpart Nathalie Drouin in Ottawa on Saturday. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), yesterday, sharing details of the meeting, said that the two sides acknowledged the progress