MUMBAI:Amid reports that he is playing hardball with BJP to share the BMC mayor’s post by rotation, deputy CM Eknath Shinde did nothing to set the rumours to rest on Sunday. “The mayor’s post will be with Mahayuti,” Shinde said.BJP won 89 seats and Shiv Sena 29 in the BMC polls. BJP needs Shinde’s support…
MUMBAI: With the chief minister leaving for Davos to attend the World Economic Forum and the date for a lottery to decide whether the mayor’s post goes to the open category, SC/ST, OBC or women likely in the next few days, discussions for power-sharing in the BMC are expected to extend through the month.A lottery…
I was never a serious runner, just someone who dipped into 10km events for the fun of it. That changed a year ago when I tackled my first half-marathon (21km) at the Tata Mumbai Marathon (TMM). It was brutal, my inaugural attempt at that distance, but the thrill stuck with me. While on holiday in…
Mumbai: The Tata Mumbai Marathon once again proved it is more than a test of endurance. As thousands ran through Mumbai’s streets, many carried causes close to their hearts — using the city’s biggest sporting event to speak up for animals and the environment.Mumbai-based NGO Welfare of Stray Dogs (WSD) took part in the marathon…
Thane: The long-awaited 1.2 km funicular service at Shri Malanggad in Kalyan was finally inaugurated and made operational on Sunday, marking a historic milestone for devotees visiting the revered hill shrine. With the commencement of the service, the arduous journey that earlier took nearly two hours on foot can now be completed in just about…
Thane: A 20-year-old man was found dead in a well in the Turfe Pada area of Ghodbunder in the early hours of Sunday. Police said the exact cause of death will be ascertained after the post-mortem report.The deceased, Shashikumar Nakodi (20), was a differently abled man who lived with his mother in Turfe Pada. He…
Mumbai: Police facilitated the refund of Rs 2 crore to a 72-year-old man who was duped of Rs 58 crore in India’s largest ‘digital arrest’ fraud, officials said on Saturday. Cyber police also announced a Rs 3 lakh reward for information leading to the arrest of Devender Saini, a key absconding accused in the case,…
Mumbai: The BMC elections were marked by overt religious rhetoric, but political parties adopted a pragmatic approach to raise their tallies by fielding candidates across religious lines. While one of AIMIM’s eight newly corporators is a dalit, Vijay Ubale (33) from Govandi, both Shiv Sena factions propped up several Muslim candidates. Two of Sena (UBT)’s…
Mumbai: The Congress will ally with like-minded parties in the upcoming elections to Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samiti in Maharashtra, state Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Sunday.He also defended the Congress’s poll pact with Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi in the recently held civic polls. The Congress’s decision to allot 62 seats to VBA…
Jaipur/ Mumbai: The unchecked use of banned Chinese manja or glass-coated kite string killed six-year-old Andheri schoolboy Dheer Sanganeria during a visit to Jaipur, Rajasthan, on the festival of Makar Sankranti Jan 14. Sanganeria lost his life after the manja slit his throat as he was enjoying a car ride through the sun roof. His…
