Kalyan: After four corporators elected from Uddhav Thackeray‘s Shiv Sena (UBT) became unreachable over the past few days, and amid suspicions that all four are in contact with the Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) as they failed to attend the meeting for the formation of the party group, Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders have issued a strong…
Thane: Mumbra police on Thursday issued a formal notice to newly elected AIMIM corporator Sahar Shaikh following her controversial victory speech, which allegedly aparked political tension in the township. The 29-year-old, who won from Ward 30 in the recent Thane Municipal Corporation elections, was warned against making statements that could disturb communal harmony. Mahayuti leaders…
MUMBAI: The Mumbai mayor’s post was reserved for a woman from the General category in the lottery conducted by the state Urban Development Department on Thursday. Out of 29 municipal Corporations, 1 for Scheduled Tribe (ST), 3 for Scheduled Caste (SC) (including 2 women SC), 8 for Other Backward Caste (OBC) (including 4 women), and…
Credits: Timescontent.com/TOI Archives As Mumbai waits to learn who will hold the title of city’s first citizen, the contest for the India’s richest civic body’s mayor post has turned into a high-stakes political chessboard that goes far beyond the mayor’s chair. Behind the public sparring over symbols, sentiments and seat arithmetic lies a deeper struggle…
Image Credit: TimesContent (TOI Archives) MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Urban Development Department on Thursday conducted the annual lottery determining mayoral reservations across the state’s 29 municipal corporations. Out of 29 Municipal Corporations, 1 is Scheduled Tribe (ST) , 3 Scheduled Caste (SC) (2 women SC), 8 Other Backward Caste (4 woman), 17 General (9 women). Reservation…
MUMBAI: The suicide of a student at IIT Kanpur this week has once again drawn attention to a deepening mental health crisis across India’s premier technical institutes, with figures showing that the Kanpur campus alone accounted for nearly 30% of all IIT student suicides over the past two years. According to data maintained by the…
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notice to the state on a petition by UK-based doctor and YouTuber Sangram Patil, who has sought quashing of an FIR registered against him by Mumbai police for alleged defamatory posts targeting the BJP and its leaders.Justice Ashwin Bhobe was hearing Patil’s petition, which also challenged the…
MUMBAI: Amid the race for mayoral posts across civic bodies in Maharashtra, a new political equation emerged in the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) on Wednesday, with five corporators of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) extending support to Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, which is allied with the BJP.The MNS corporators’ move is being…
MUMBAI: When a truck driver posted a video on Instagram in mid-2025, the content triggered immediate concern within the Mumbai police’s cyber unit. The driver, in his mid-20s, was on the verge of taking a drastic step—he intended to ram his vehicle. When the cyber police reached him through contact information provided by tech company…
MUMBAI: A grand musical programme called ‘Rhythm n Roots’ is being organised by the Andrean Cultural Committee of St Andrews Church, Bandra, to promote talent and culture.Spokesperson Brian Tellis said the three-day festival from Feb 6-8 will be held in the St Andrew’s School grounds. It seeks to unite communities through the arts. As an…
