Rush Hour: Rekha Gupta is next Delhi CM, Adityanath says river water at Kumbh fit to drink & more

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rekha Gupta has been named Delhi’s next chief minister, becoming the party’s first chief minister in the capital in 26 years. She will be sworn in on Thursday, following the BJP’s victory in the February 8 Assembly polls. It won 48 seats in the 70-member house.

The Aam Aadmi Party secured 21 seats. The Congress did not win any but increased its vote share. Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal conceded defeat, saying his party would play the role of a constructive Opposition.

Former Chief Minister Atishi criticised the BJP for delaying government formation in Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party had been in power in Delhi since 2013, except for a brief period of President’s Rule. The Aam Aadmi Party-Congress alliance had lost all seven Delhi Lok Sabha seats to the BJP in 2024. Read on.

United States President Donald Trump said he had told Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Washington that India “would not be spared” from the reciprocal tariffs being imposed by the US. “Nobody can argue with me” on the tariff structure, Trump said in an interview to Fox News.

He also defended his administration’s decision to cancel the $21 million funds allegedly provided to the nonprofit the United States Agency for…

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