Supreme Court extends Jan 31 deadline by two weeks for completion of Maharashtra local body polls | Mumbai News

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday extended the timeline for completing the poll process for local body elections in Maharashtra by two weeks.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joyamalya Bagchi extended the deadline after the State Election Commission (SEC), represented by senior advocate Balbir Singh, submitted that it has filed an…

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‘Mumbai is not Maharashtra alone’: Ex-TN BJP chief Annamalai defends ‘international city’ remark after Sena (UBT), MNS outrage | Mumbai News

CHENNAI/MUMBAI: A day after Sena (UBT) and MNS slammed him for saying Mumbai is not a Maharashtrian city but an international one, former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai dug in his heels on Monday, asserting that the city doesn’t belong to Maharashtra alone. “Some said they will cut my legs if I visit Mumbai….

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Blast from past: CM Devendra Fadnavis shows old videos of Raj Thackeray, Uddhav; says duo now fighting for survival | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday slammed the recently united Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray, saying the January 15 Mumbai civic polls are a battle for the cousins’ survival, not for the Marathi people.Speaking at a rally in support of the Mahayuti alliance of BJP-Shiv Sena on…

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Power project scam in Mumbai: Company directors, MSEDCL official booked in fake bank guarantee case | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: City police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has booked three directors of a Gujarat-based company along with the assistant general manager of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) in a case of a forged bank guarantee of Rs 99.5 crore submitted by one of the bidders in a solar power project.The FIR stated the…

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BMC polls: Guardian minister Ashish Shelar campaigns for 32-year-old media advertiser in Lokhandwala | Mumbai News

State I-T and culture minister and guardian minister (suburbs) Ashish Shelar MUMBAI: State I-T and culture minister and guardian minister (suburbs) Ashish Shelar presided over a campaign meeting for BJP candidate Sayali Kulkarni at a clubhouse in Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri, Sunday evening.Sayali is contesting from Ward 60 at Thursday’s civic election. The 32-year-old media advertising…

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BMC polls: With votes at stake, Malad candidates promise relief from traffic and neglect | Mumbai News

With votes at stake, Malad candidates promise relief from traffic and neglect MUMBAI: Traffic congestion, poor sanitation, inadequate healthcare and environmental degradation have emerged as major concerns across the P North administrative ward, which comprises Malad (West), with candidates and residents flagging long-pending infrastructure gaps ahead of the civic polls. P North stretches from near…

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