Mahesh Chitnis

Journalist | Cover Politics and Policies | Write on all things Karnataka | Ex- @News9Tweets #BloombergTVIndia | Views personal.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

PRESIDENTIAL UNSEALING FOR UAP ENCOUNTERS.

Per President Trump's directive, the @DeptofWar has declassified & released unresolved UAP records. This is an unprecedented level of transparency, no other admin has gone this far.

Files now live on https://t.co/MogyohpeQE — additional files will be released by the Dept. of War on a rolling basis.📂

[Amit Paranjape @aparanjape]

Interesting... data (1941 census - top-20 cities) shares a lot of insights about history!

Look at the top five cities 85 years ago, just before independence. Delhi was quite small, compared to Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. It was also smaller than Hyderabad, Lahore and Ahmedabad (a buzzing industrial textile city then).

Pune and Bengaluru were quite small! Smaller than Kanpur, Nagpur, Lucknow, Agra.

In Maharashtra - Sholapur was quite big (relatively speaking, compared to today).

According to historical records - Pune was among the top-10 populated cities in the country in the late 18th century. However, it had slipped significantly downwards in the 19th century in the British era...and remained there until the 1980s, when its rapid growth began again.

(via @RupakChatto)

[Royal Challengers Bengaluru @RCBTweets]

𝐓𝐰𝐨-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 C𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 #𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐖𝐏𝐋. 🏆❤️‍��

From the first ball to the final roar, we owned the journey. 🔴✨
Top of the table all season, with a new star shining every night. 🌟

Built on belief 🤝, powered by depth 💪, and driven by togetherness ❤️‍🔥.

A special bunch. A deserving triumph. 🥹🏆

[Man Aman Singh Chhina @manaman_chhina]

Chat GPT can help design pages, give snappy headlines and also eat up jobs of the desk hands who use it.

This is from Pak newspaper Dawn.

[World and Science @WorldAndScience]

Spectacular: Zooming in all the way into the Kinman Dwarf galaxy!

(Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, Digitized Sky Survey 2, N. Risinger (skysurvey-org), NASA, ESA/Hubble, J. Andrews/U. Arizona)

[CNN @CNN]

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dies at age 71. His larger-than-life persona made him a household name and a crossover mainstream star. https://t.co/wFdp91tbop

[DESH @TEAM_DESH]

"Vikram dekh raha hai tu? Tu ne yahi pahadi jeeti thi".
COL RAJESH ADHAU @rukwadsokaum flew straight from Congo to Drass on the balidan diwas of his dearest friend,compatriot & brother in arms CAPT VIKRAM BATRA,13JAKRIF,PVC.He climbed Pt.5140 today and remembered a
his teammates

[Y K Joshi @YkJoshi5]

Bravest of Braves!
13 JAK RIF!
Today 26 years ago, 13 JAK RIF launched a daring assault to capture Pt 5140 led by Lt Vikram Batra and Lt Sanjeev Jamwal.
It was after this successful operation Lt Sanjeev Jamwal gave the success signal ‘Oh Ya Ya’ and Lt Vikram Batra gave the iconic success signal 'Yeh Dil Mange More' epitomising the resounding success achieved.
Durge Mata ki Jai!
Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

ED summons D K Suresh, brother of Karnataka deputy CM D K Shivakumar, for questioning on June 19 in Aishwarya Gowda 'fraud' case: Sources.

[Gautam @gautyou]

#ChinnaswamyStampede

#KSCA Secretary A. Shankar resigns, citing moral responsibility.

Treasurer E.S. Jairam also steps down.
#RCB

[Mahesh Chitnis @Mahesh_Chitnis]

Supreme Court cancels the bail of #Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni in the 2016 murder case of BJP leader Yogesh Gowda. He was accused of influencing witnesses. #Karnataka

[Mahesh Chitnis @Mahesh_Chitnis]

Heavy rain in Yelahanka. #BengaluruRains #RCBvsKKR #RCB

[BLR Airport @BLRAirport]

Important announcement regarding ground handling operations at BLR Airport.

#BLRAirport #AirportAnnouncement #Advisory #Airport

[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

"Today BSF Jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, who had been in the custody of Pakistan Rangers since 23 April 2025, was handed over to India at about 1030 hours through the Joint Check Post Attari, Amritsar. The handover was conducted peacefully and in accordance with established protocols," says a press statement released by the BSF (@BSF_India).

[Santosh Lad Official @SantoshSLadINC]

For the safety of all our players and cricket fan citizens attending the matches, I urge the govt to instruct @BCCI to cancel all matches and halt the #IPL tournament.

In solidarity with our #IndianArmedForces, may they be the only ones we cheer during these times.

#JaiHind #IndiaPakistanWar #IndianArmy #OperationSindhoor
@adgpi @indiannavy @IAF_MCC @PMOIndia @narendramodi

[HQ IDS @HQ_IDS_India]

Military Stations of Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur in proximity to the International Boundary, in Jammu & Kashmir targeted by Pakistan using missiles and drones.
No losses.
Threat neutralised by #IndianArmedForces as per SoP with kinetic & non-kinetic means.

#OpSindoor
#IndianArmedForces
#OperationalCapability

@DefenceMinIndia
@SethSanjayMP
@MEAIndia
@MIB_India
@SpokespersonMoD

[Mahesh Chitnis @Mahesh_Chitnis]

RT @NDTVProfitIndia: #Breaking | #RohitSharma announces retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect.

For the latest news and updat…

[Mahesh Chitnis @Mahesh_Chitnis]

India carries out airstrikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. #OperationSindoor

[Mahesh Chitnis @Mahesh_Chitnis]

#BREAKING Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs led by #PMModi has approved the proposal to include caste enumeration in the next census.