Correspondent

Tourists visit Marhi Snow Point after fresh snowfall near Rohtang in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, on Thursday. Students hold placards during a programme marking the first anniversary of 'Operation Sindoor' in Jammu on Thursday. An elderly farmer shows a basket of harvested strawberries at an orchard in Srinagar on Wednesday. Tourists visit the Taj Mahal on a cloudy day in Agra on Thursday. Men ride camels on a road amid rising temperatures on a hot summer day in New Delhi on Thursday.

Mumbai: Shiv Sena Minister Sanjay Shirsat has inadvertently fueled opposition propaganda. While reacting to an editorial in Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana on Saturday he suggested that his party and the BJP could contest the 2029 elections separately. The statement strengthens the UBT’s ongoing narrative that the BJP plans to sideline its current alliance partners. Shirsat essentially validated these opposition speculations instead of firmly dismissing them. The Saamana editorial...