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New Delhi:  As chaos and tension prevailed over the anti-encroachment drive in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area on Monday, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan accused the BJP-controlled South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) of stoking disharmony. "The people of the area had already removed the encroachments at my request. There are no illegal structures here. They have brought the bulldozer and put it here to show that I am obstructing their work to remove encroachment," Mr Khan told NDTV. side a mosque here were removed in presence of police, earlier. When there are no encroachments, why have they come here? Just to do politics?" the AAP MLA said. Mr Khan alleged that the municipal body was carrying out the drive to "disturb the atmosphere". "When I removed all the encroachments, then the MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) has come to disturb the atmosphere. Why else have they come? If there is any encroachment in my constituency, tell me, I will remov...

Mahindra Automotive has teased yet another teaser of the upcoming all-new Scorpio aka "the big daddy of SUVs", this time revealing the design highlights of the car, including the front grille, rear bumper, body line among other design elements. The new Mahindra Scorpio is one of the most anticipated SUVs in the Indian market and Mahindra unveiled the first teaser a few days ago. Ahead of the teaser, the leaked spy shots had revealed several details, giving us an insight into the interiors and exteriors of the SUV. The leaked images of the Mahindra Scorpio have given us a preliminary look at the interior of the Mahindra Scorpio.  Based on the teaser, it is clear that the all-new Scorpio will retain its big size and the road presence. Moreover, the SUV will have the same butch look with the ladder on frame design, making it a capable off-roader as well. From the leaked photos, it is clear that the new Mahindra Scorpio is getting completely new interiors as well. "The b...

Amid the brutal war with Moscow, Ukraine has offered to release Russian prisoners of war in exchange for the safe evacuation of the badly injured fighters trapped inside a steel mill in the ruined city of Mariupol, news agency Associated Press reported.  This comes as Kyiv began preparing for its first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier. According to AP, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk on Wednesday said that negotiations were underway to release the injured fighters who are holed up in the last bastion of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol. In retaliation to Russian aggression on its territory, Ukraine has also shut down a pipeline that takes Moscow’s gas to Western Europe, which contributes greatly to the Russian economy. Ukraine has also closed a Kremlin-installed politician in the southern Kherson region said officials there want Russian President Vladimir Putin to annex it. Meanwhile, amid talks of an exchange, a former Russian fighter said that Russi...

Colombo:  Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will take oath as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Thursday. The oath will be taken before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at 6 pm local time, according to an IANS report. The news of the appointment of Wickremesinghe comes a day after his discussion with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It is, however, not yet clear as to how Wickremesinghe's United National Party (UNP), now limited to just one seat out of 225 MPs, could command the majority.  Vacated after the controversial resignation of former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Wickremesinghe is to take up the premiership for the record sixth time in the island nation. On Wednesday night, while addressing the nation President Gotabaya announced that a new PM and a government would be replaced for the positions vacated by his brother Mahinda and his government. Gotabaya also said that he would work on reintroducing the 19th Amendment stripping powers of the Executive Presi...