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The election of Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) leader Ravindra Waikal to the 18th Lok Sabha is being challenged in the Bombay High Court in an election suit filed by Amol Kirtikar, who lost to Waikal by just 48 votes. Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction) candidate Kirtikar is contesting Waikar’s election in the Mumbai North West constituency and has demanded that he be declared the winning candidate instead. Kirtikar, who lost by just 48 votes, has alleged numerous blunders by election officials, including refusing to allow his application for a recount, allowing the use of mobile phones in the…

This is a guest opinion column. I don’t understand why Donald Trump has attracted so much hate and vitriol. It’s not uncommon for political candidates to be slandered by their opponents, but once an election or term is over, the level of hostility usually dies down and attacks focus on policy decisions and, to a lesser extent, on character.I experienced some hostility when I was a Republican presidential elector in 2016. It was my fourth time being an elector for Alabama, so it was unusual that my mailbox started filling up with cards and letters begging me to change my…

Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Nongfu Spring, a Chinese beverage group founded by China’s richest man, has demanded an apology from Hong Kong watchdogs after it said its bottled water met EU limits for bromate content.The company’s shares closed down about 3 percent in Hong Kong on Tuesday after the Hong Kong Consumer Council released a report on the quality of 30 bottled water samples.The water contained three micrograms of bromate per litre, the EU limit for natural mineral waters, the report said, adding that the “disinfection by-product”…

EA Sports’ college football video game series is returning to store shelves for the first time in over a decade.The highly anticipated return of College Football 25 begins at 4pm ET on Monday, when gamers will be able to download their digital pre-orders onto their consoles.Three-day early access and the EA Play early access trial for the Deluxe Edition of College Football 25 begin Tuesday. The video game’s worldwide launch is Friday.All 134 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision are part of the College Football 25.Meanwhile, “College Football 25” will not feature any Football Championship Subdivision teams.Florida A&M is one…

A new TikTok trend is making waves: brides-to-be make drastic changes to their look after saying “yes.”Here’s how it works:Brides get their hair done for their wedding, get married, and have a hairstylist cut a significant amount of their hair before the reception. What is a first look? A modern wedding trend that brides and grooms prefer over traditionKelsey Elkins, 23, of Colorado, married her husband, Jadon, in August 2022. A new trend on TikTok is going viral: brides getting their hair cut mid-wedding. (Chandler Cole Photo/iStock/Three Point Pictures)She had six inches of her hair cut off on her wedding…

Photo credit: President Ángel Cabrera/Instagram Georgia Tech Chancellor Angel Cabrerra’s team placed sixth in the 2024 Just for Fun division of the Trans-Tahoe Relays over the weekend in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Since its creation in 1976, the annual open water race has become one of the premier swimming events in the U.S. Invited by Georgia Tech alumnus Dick Bergmark, Cabrera completed the 11.4-mile relay race as part of a team of six swimmers. Other team members included swimming and diving head coach Courtney Seely-Hart, and former Yellow Jacket swimmers Mike Wise, Jin Lee and Rodrigo Correia. Each swimmer swam…

The International Monetary Fund released its latest World Economic Outlook this morning. The IMF report projects global economic growth based on a variety of factors, including how political turmoil will affect the global economy. So how will this weekend’s attack on a Trump rally and assassination attempt on the former president affect America’s standing in the global business community? Roger Baker of Stratfor, a geopolitical intelligence firm, said while this weekend’s violence alone does not create the impression that the United States is a dangerous place to do business, it is just the latest in a series of politically motivated…

Amazon’s 10th annual Prime Day event is happening this week, with millions of deals available across more than 35 categories, including electronics, kitchen, apparel, beauty, and more.The company said the two-day summer sales event will officially begin on Tuesday, July 16 at 12:01 a.m. PDT and run through Wednesday, July 17, but Prime members can take advantage of early bird discounts.Some brands, including Nordic Track, Poppi Prebiotic Sodas, and Hatch, are already running sales for the event, and some influencers have started selling various products starting July 8.”Prime Day is a celebration of the value we provide to our members…

Judging by the social media self-reports of people buying Beyonce concert tickets in Europe, enjoying Las Vegas residencies (Usher, New Edition), or sailing the high seas on music cruises, a new trend seems to be forming. Like a cousin of destination weddings in exotic locations, building vacations around the tours, performances, and festivals of your favorite performers is becoming trendy. Summer has just begun, but some people are already planning their vacations around Lenny Kravitz playing in Las Vegas in October, or a jam-rock reggae cruise to Jamaica in December. If you’re thinking of jumping on the bandwagon, the St.…

Two separate terrorist attacks on an army base and a medical centre in northwestern Pakistan killed 10 soldiers and 28 others, including female medical workers and children, the army said on Tuesday.Monday’s attacks coincided with a resurgence of Islamist terrorism on the northwestern border with Afghanistan that prompted the government to launch a counterinsurgency operation there last month.In the first incident, Islamist terrorists attacked a military base in northwestern Pakistan, with a suicide bomber crashing an explosives-laden vehicle into a perimeter wall, killing eight guards, the military said on Tuesday. The terrorists targeted a base in Bannu, a city…