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Thane: The Mahayuti alliance partners — BJP and Shiv Sena — have made a strong early impact in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation elections, securing 10 unopposed victories, so far. Of these, six candidates belong to BJP and four to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, giving the ruling alliance a clear…

Mumbai: Two commuters were booked, in separate instances, for posing as government officials and carrying bogus documentation to travel illegally on the Harbour line in the span of two weeks. Wadala Govt Railway Police (GRP) registered FIRs against the duo, one of whom posed as CBI official while another said he was a personnel officer…

Mumbai: Candidates contesting the BMC election must maintain daily accounts of their election expenditure from the date of filing of nomination papers, with a standard rate card now in force, said civic officials on Thursday. The spending limit has been set at Rs 15 lakh.Assistant commissioner (assessment and collection) Gajanan Bellale said the measure is…

Mumbai: Over 1,000 patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Mumbai started a new drug combination that reduced the treatment period to six months from the usual 18–24 months.The BMC started the BPaL-M regimen—a 4-drug combination of bedaquiline, pretomanid, linezolid, and moxifloxacin (not all patients need mox)—in March 2025. “Till end-Nov, 1,093 eligible patients were put on…

Mumbai: The new year has begun with a cost shock for Mumbai’s eateries and hotels, as state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) raised commercial LPG prices by Rs 111 per cylinder, triggering fresh concerns over higher food prices for consumers.From Jan 1, the price of a 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder in the city has climbed…