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Mumbai: Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) on Friday accused state assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar of violating the model code of conduct in force for the civic polls and interfering in the nomination process. Narwekar countered the allegations, stating that a false narrative was spread by the opposition and that he was a victim of abuse.Congress…

Mumbai: The BMC should raise its health expenditure to 25% of its budget over the next 5 years, end private partnerships, and recruit more healthcare staff on a war-footing, as Mumbai’s public healthcare was weakened by privatisation, vacancies, and underinvestment.This demand is the central plank of a unique health manifesto worked out by Jan Swasthya…

Mumbai: As citizen groups across the city prepare manifestos and citizens’ charters to be handed over to aspirants contesting the upcoming BMC elections 2026, several interesting demands have emerged.In the Chandivalicha Manifesto prepared by a local Chandivali Citizens Welfare Association (CCWA), the top demand is that the candidates take an anti-defacement pledge. The group, in…

For retired couple Ovita and Ajit Parulekar, nights are not what they used to be. Their social life, once hobbled by road closures and chronic congestion around their Shivaji Park home, has shifted from first gear to fourth. And they have the cause of their erstwhile exasperation to thank for it—Metro 3 or the Aqua…

Mumbai: The city police’s 1930 cyber helpline has managed to save or block around Rs 202 crore of online fraud funds in 2025.Soon after the cyber call centre receives a complaint about a fraud, it tries and blocks the bank accounts of the accused persons to stop or freeze the transfer. As a process, the…