Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS combine had pitched the BMC polls as an attempt to save the Marathi manoos and Mumbai. It was also seen as an acid test for the Thackeray brand as Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray came together after 20 years. However, while a number of Marathis seemed…
Navi Mumbai: After arresting two linked to the murder case of an unidentified man, whose body was found dumped along Tamhini ghat in Mangaon police station’s jurisdiction, police have succeeded in tracing and arresting the absconding key accused Prajwal Hambir while he was enroute from Solapur towards Pune. Raigad police had detected the murder of…
Mumbai: While BJP’s Tejasvee Ghosalkar had a thunderous victory from Ward 2, her brother-in-law, Saurabh Ghosalkar, from Shiv Sena (UBT) wasn’t as lucky from Ward 7. Saurabh had a neck-and-neck contest with BJP’s Ganesh Khankar, with the latter eventually winning with a margin of 797 votes. The counting for Ward 7 took the longest as…
Vasai: BJP swept the polls for Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC), leading in 78 out of 95 seats—17 more than in the last civic elections held nine years ago.Shinde’s Shiv Sena won just three seats, compared with 22 in 2017, before the party split in two. Although BJP and Sena are allies in the state govt,…
Mumbai: Over 600 birds, such as owls, crows, pigeons, kites and parrots among others, were injured during the kite flying festival since Jan 14. “A maximum number of injured birds, totalling 330, have been reported from the suburban areas of Dahisar, Borivli, Kandivli and Malad, where there was widespread kite flying during Makar Sankranti. The…
Mumbai: High drama unfolded in Ward 90 on Friday afternoon after the results of the civic election showed Congress candidate and advocate Tulip Miranda edge past her nearest rival in Kalina by a wafer-thin margin—just seven votes—triggering an immediate demand for a recount.According to the initial count, Miranda polled 5,197 votes, while BJP candidate Jyoti…
Mumbai: BJP’s Prakash Darekar won ward 3 in Dahisar East, but a recount was carried out as Sena (UBT) candidate Roshni Kore Gaikwad raised objections on several grounds. Darekar won again—by a higher margin, of 3,985 votes. He said he got around 2,000 more votes in the recount, adding that candidates should take losses sportingly….
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar utilised his political acumen to the hilt to challenge the BJP on his home turf in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, but the civic election results on Friday showed that he failed to make a dent. Though the verdict is not impressive for Ajit Pawar, political observers said it has opened…
Mumbai: The Narwekar family has won all three seats that they contested from on BJP tickets in BMC’s A ward in south Mumbai.Makrand Narwekar and brother of Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar won from ward no. 226, which includes parts of Cuffe Parade. His cousin, who contested for the first time, Gauravi Shivalkar Narwekar, won…
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance is leading in early counting trends in the closely watched Vasai Virar municipal elections.The Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation is responsible for the city’s infrastructure and urban planning. A total of 1,234,690 voters are set to elect representatives from 29 wards, with one councillor chosen from each ward. Mumbai Headlines…
