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Roads, station turn playgrounds for Maratha quota protesters; leftover food littered

Mumbai, Sep 2 (PTI) As Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange continues his hunger strike at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai, his supporters turned the nearby CSMT station premises into a sporting arena, playing kabaddi, kho kho and even wrestling with each other. Some protesters on Monday dumped leftover food, empty water bottles and wrappers on road medians, the station platforms and even on tracks, and civic workers were seen cleaning the waste and other trash from the areas. On a road outside Azad Maidan, some pro-quota protesters were on Monday seen playing cricket as the agitation acquired myriad colours with

From Trump to social programs: Mexico’s first female president takes stock after a year in office

MEXICO CITY, September 2, 2025 (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated her government’s handling of its tumultuous relations with the Trump administration, progressive gains and controversial judicial reforms in her first state of the nation address Monday. Sheinbaum, who is nearing the end of her first year in office, notably left out some of the major problems still simmering in Mexico, including ongoing cartel violence plaguing much of the country and democratic concerns over wider concentration of executive power. Mexico’s first female president took office in October and has led the Latin American nation of 131 million at a

‘Hydrogen bomb’ of revelations on ‘vote chori’ coming, Modi will not be able to show his face: Rahul

Patna, Sep 1 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said his party will soon come out with a “hydrogen bomb” of revelations about “vote chori” and after that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be able to show his face to the country. Speaking at the concluding event of his ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ here, Gandhi said Bihar is a revolutionary state and it had given a message to the country that “vote chori” will not be allowed. The forces that killed Mahatma Gandhi are trying to “murder” the Constitution of India, he alleged. “We will not let them (BJP)

Modi and Putin affirm special relationship as India faces steep US tariffs over Russian oil imports

TIANJIN, China, September 1, 2025 (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of a regional summit in China on Monday in a show of deepening ties when New Delhi’s relations with Washington are strained over the purchase of Russian oil. The two leaders held talks after attending the key session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization gathering in the port city of Tianjin, where discussions focused on regional stability, bilateral trade and energy cooperation. In his remarks to open the talks, Modi termed the partnership with Moscow as “special and privileged.” Putin

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