Mumbai: The counting of votes for the BMC elections 2026, will begin at 10am on Friday, Jan 16, at 23 counting centres across the city.Civic officials said a total of 2,299 personnel have been deployed for the counting exercise. All counting staff have undergone prior training to ensure the process is conducted smoothly and efficiently.BMC…
MUMBAI: Polling for India’s richest municipal corporation, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), began early Thursday morning, with hundreds of voters queuing to exercise their franchise and elect 277 new ward members after a gap of nearly eight years. The last BMC election was held in February 2017, and the posts of mayor and deputy mayor…
Mumbai: Two passengers on an IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Krabi were deboarded and handed over to security agencies on Tuesday after they turned unruly during an inordinate delay to take-off.Flight 6E1085, scheduled to depart at 4.05 am, eventually departed at 1.21 pm. In a statement, IndiGo said that the flight was delayed due to…
MUMBAI: When 36-year-old Shagun Shah crosses the finish line at the Tata Mumbai Marathon on Sunday, it will mark his 14-month journey from a heart transplant to the half-marathon finish line, an effort that remains rare among the world’s biggest marathons.A businessman from Napeansea Road and father of 2, Shah is not chasing a personal…
MUMBAI: As Maharashtra prepares for the announcement of municipal corporation election results tomorrow, the state’s political scene has turned into a maze of changing alliances, tactical collaborations and independent contests.Polling began at 7.30am on Thursday amid tight security arrangements across Mumbai and will continue until 5.30pm. Officials reported that an average of 6.98% of voters…
MUMBAI: BMC has altered its spending pattern over the last two financial years. For the first time in recent history, the country’s richest civic body allocated a much larger portion of its annual budget to capital expenditure, while keeping revenue expenditure below half of the total outlay. This marked an aggressive push towards infrastructure creation…
The clarification came amid allegations of irregularities in the ongoing local body elections across 29 municipal corporations. (ANI) MUMBAI: The Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) on Thursday clarified that any attempt to erase the indelible ink applied on a voter’s finger and creating confusion during polling amounts to an electoral malpractice.The clarification came amid allegations…
MUMBAI: Voting for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections on Thursday began amid controversy, after social media was flooded with videos showing voters and others allegedly removing the ‘indelible’ ink mark from their fingers using acetone.The BMC dismissed these claims, saying reports that the ink was being wiped off during polling were incorrect. Acetone is…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi cast her vote on Thursday at a polling station in Mumbai as voting began for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. She complained that her name was missing from the voter list at her usual booth and was directed to another polling station, where she was able to…
The celebration of Kaifi Azmi’s 106th birth anniversary drew artists, writers, and film personalities. The event featured a soulful Sufi music performance by Pooja Gaitonde and highlighted Azmi’s commitment to social change, as exemplified by his work in Mijwan. Shabana Azmi shared insights into her father’s impactful life and values. The open-air event at Janki…
