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…
PUNE: Congress marginally improved its tally to double digits — 15 — in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Friday but failed to open its account in the Pimpri Chinchwad civic body.The party had won nine seats in the 2017 PMC polls. Compared to that, the party gained six seats this time, but some of its…
Pune: The mild winter is likely to continue in Maharashtra for at least another week under the influence of easterly winds before colder night conditions return towards the end of Jan.India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said minimum temperatures across the state were unlikely to drop significantly over the next seven days because easterly winds and…
NCP (SP) at crossroads, reunion looks imminent after civic polls debacle PUNE: Since forming the NCP in 1999, Sharad Pawar’s party remained in a position where it could never be ignored, but these municipal corporation elections have brought out the party’s worst-ever performance. After its decimation, political observers believe that Pawar, the veteran politician, will…
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar(File Photo) PUNE: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar used his political acumen to challenge the BJP on his home turf in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad but the civic election results on Friday showed that he failed to make a dent. Though the verdict is not impressive for Ajit Pawar, political observers said…
MALEGAON: In its maiden contest for Malegaon MC, Indian Secular Largest Assembly of Maharashtra (ISLAM) party, floated by former NCP MLA Asif Shaikh, ended Congress domination by winning 35 seats. However, it fell short of a clear majority of 43 in the 84-seat corporation.ISLAM had tied up with SP, which bagged five seats. AIMIM emerged…
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: The small city of Ichalkaranji registered an impressive 69.8% voter turnout, the highest among the 29 municipal corporations that went to polls on Thursday. Ichalkaranji is having its debut civic elections; its municipality was formed in 2023.State election officials said they expect overall voter turnout to be near 60%, higher than previous years. Pune…
Pune: A gruelling 72-hour work marathon is unfolding quietly behind the scenes of the municipal corporation elections. With polling and counting scheduled on consecutive days, returning officers (ROs) and assistant returning officers across the state are bracing for an unusually demanding, back-to-back duty schedule, leaving many officials away from home for several days at a…
Pune: A marathon runner’s life was saved near Savitribai Phule Pune University recently after a fellow participant — who had completed CPR training just one week prior — stepped in to perform life-saving chest compressions during a cardiac emergency. The incident unfolded during a marathon event near the university campus. The runner collapsed near the…
