Top news headlines of today – 27 Nov 2025

Mumbai: Powai’s hillside is once again under the scanner after a fresh video surfaced on Thursday showing large-scale excavation above Chitraarth Studios in Hiranandani Gardens, with local residents directly accusing Brookfield Properties of “destroying the Powai hill” in the name of redevelopment.

The latest visuals come barely four months after Powai Police registered an FIR on July 11, 2025, against Hiranandani Builders & Developers Pvt Ltd under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (MRTP) Act for unauthorised excavation on the same hill zone near the Hiranandani helipad.

Brookfield, which has become one of the biggest commercial landlords in the area through its “Downtown Powai” portfolio, is now at the centre of local anger.

The Canada-headquartered group controls a cluster of office buildings in Hiranandani Gardens and, through its India REIT and subsidiaries, has acquired additional land and FSI rights over the past few years to expand its footprint. Read full report here.

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Nov 27, 2025 11:25 IST
Worli ward tops list of duplicate voters as Mumbai records over 11 lakh repeated entries
Nearly 10.64 per cent or more than 11 lakh of Mumbai's 1.03 crore electorate have duplicate enrolments in the electoral roll, as per data shared by the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC).
 
The data shows that a majority of wards with the highest number of duplicate voters were previously represented by Opposition corporators.
 
The SEC on Wednesday extended the deadline for submitting objections from November 27 to December 3. The final voters' list will be published on December 10, according to a statement issued by the SEC. READ HERE



Nov 27, 2025 11:00 IST
S Africa not to receive invitation to G20 summit to be hosted in Miami in 2026: Trump
South Africa will not receive an invitation to attend the G20 Summit to be hosted under the US Presidency in Florida next year, President Donald Trump said as he described the country as not being “worthy” of membership anywhere.
 
The US takes over the Presidency of the G20 from South Africa and will head the grouping from December 1, 2025, through November 30, 2026.
 
“The United States did not attend the G20 in South Africa, because the South African Government refuses to acknowledge or address the horrific human right abuses endured by Afrikaners, and other descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social Wednesday. READ MORE



Nov 27, 2025 09:57 IST
Taj Lands End set to host prayer meet for Dharmendra on Thursday evening
Mumbai: The family of veteran actor Dharmendra will hold a public “Celebration of Life” prayer meet at Taj Lands End in Bandra on Thursday evening, with preparations in full swing at the five-star hotel.
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Nov 27, 2025 08:50 IST
DC Guard shooting: JD Vance renews call for mass deportations of Afghans
Washington: US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday used the ambush shooting of two National Guard members near the White House to renew his demand for large-scale deportations of Afghan refugees who came to America after the Kabul evacuation. 
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Nov 27, 2025 08:31 IST
AQI around India Gate recorded at 340
Delhi: A dense layer of smog blankets the city, with the AQI hovering around 340 in the very poor category.

(Visuals from Kartavya Path). pic.twitter.com/ExcI9ldKU1
— IANS (@ians_india) November 27, 2025



Nov 27, 2025 08:10 IST
ED arrests gaming platform WinZO founders
 

New Delhi/Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested online money gaming platform WinZO founders – Saumya Singh Rathore and Paavan Nanda – on money laundering charges, officials said Thursday.
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Nov 27, 2025 07:49 IST
2 Guard troops shot near White House - is Trump’s DC troop gamble backfiring?
Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation's capital were shot Wednesday just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor described as a targeted attack.
FBI Director Kash Patel and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said the Guard members were hospitalised in critical condition.
The presence of the National Guard in the nation's capital has been a flashpoint issue for months, fuelling a court fight and a broader public policy debate about the Trump administration's use of the military to combat what officials cast as an out-of-control crime problem.
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