PUNE: Many of those who switched sides ahead of the civic polls managed to taste success, but several faced defeat, with the trend cutting across party lines.In Pimpri Chinchwad, 30 former corporators and candidates who finished second in the previous corporation poll shifted loyalties after they were denied tickets by their respective parties. Mumbai And…
Pune: The Pune Rural police detained a gang of five men who abducted a 58-year-old medical practitioner, his assistant, and driver, and extorted Rs19 lakh from them.The incident happened between Jan 10 and 12 near Uruli Kanchan. The gang, on Jan 10 at around 10.30pm, abducted the trio when they were driving in a car….
PUNE: The civic polls delivered a string of surprises, tight finishes and political ironies, underlining the volatility of local politics in the city.In one of the closest contests, Congress candidate Avinash Bagwe was edged out by a wafer-thin margin of just 64 votes in ward number 22 in Kashewadi Dias Plot, highlighting how fiercely fought…
Pune: The Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations will see a new chapter unfold as GenZ corporators walk into the two civic headquarters with new-age plans for the cities.Saee Thopte and Siddhi Shilimkar, both 22 years old and from the BJP, as well as Yash Sane and Anjali Orse, both 25 years old and from…
Pune: Shrikant Pangarkar, one of the 18 accused facing trial in the 2017 murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru and currently out on bail, won as an independent candidate by defeating his BJP rival Raosaheb Dhoble in a contest for ward no. 13 in Jalna Municipal Corporation. Pangarkar, also an accused in the 2018…
Pune: Cities across Maharashtra once again recorded below-average voter participation in the municipal corporation elections, held after a hiatus on Thursday, with the overall turnout for 29 municipal corporations staying at 54.8%, nearly matching the 55% recorded in the previous civic polls, State Election Commission (SEC) data showed on Friday.According to the data, several smaller…
The Pune Municipal Corporation released a list of winning candidates in English, wherein several Marathi names were inadvertently transliterated — creating unintended humour and confusion. Anandi became ‘Joy’, Swapnil Dudhane was ‘Dreamt of by milk’ and Sutar was listed as ‘Carpenter’. The literal translations stood out for the odd phrasing, which probably was a by-product…
Pune: A 38-year-old woman from Baner, two of her relatives, and her driver were thrashed by a gang of five men on Thursday evening for supporting a candidate in the civic elections. The Baner police have registered a case of rioting and voluntarily causing grievous hurt against five accused following a formal complaint lodged by…
Pune: In Maharashtra, some surnames have for long carried more weight than manifestos, like Thackeray and Pawar.For BJP, the January 15 polls and its favourable outcomes on Friday were not just about gaining control over the richest civic body in India — the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) — or to establish its governance in Pune,…
Pune: Contesting her maiden municipal election from the Bavdhan–Bhusari Colony ward, Rupali Pawar clinched a victory on Friday, defeating NCP candidate Jayashree Marne. Pawar is not an isolated example in the city, as several candidates emerged as first-time winners from various wards. All of them are set to take the oath as corporators and become…
