Mumbai
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BJP is expanding as political space of other parties shrinking in Maharashtra
Mumbai: Riding on the momentum from its strong showing in the November 2024 assembly elections, the BJP has further expanded its footprint in Maharashtra even as the political bases of other parties…
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Maharashtra: Gauri Lankesh murder accused wins Jalna civic poll
Jalna: Shrikant J Pangarkar, an accused in the 2017 murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, on Friday, January 16, won as a corporator from the Jalna Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra. Counting of votes…
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Maharashtra begins counting votes for high-stakes civic polls
Mumbai: Counting of votes polled in elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra began on Friday, January 16, morning, with the spotlight on Mumbai, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti bloc…
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Exit polls predict BJP-Shiv Sena headed for big win in Mumbai civic body
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena alliance is headed for a thumping victory in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, facing little resistance from “united” Thackeray brothers, said media reports citing…
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Mumbai: Three booked for travelling in car with fake MLA sticker
Mumbai: Three persons were booked in Mumbai after their car allegedly sported a fake “Vidhan Sabha Member/MLA” sticker, a police official said on Thursday, January 15. The car was spotted at 12:30…
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Maharashtra civic polls clocks 50 pc turnout
Mumbai: Around 50 per cent polling was recorded in Mumbai and 28 other municipal corporations in Maharashtra on Thursday, January 15, amid a major controversy over claims that the ink applied on…
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SEC allowed Post-campaign canvassing at govt’s behest, claims Raj Thackeray
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday slammed the State Election Commission (SEC) for allowing door-to-door canvassing after the official campaign for the civic elections ended, claiming it was helping…
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Shiv Sena-backed NCP councillor defeats BJP rival to become Ambernath Municipal Council VP
Thane: Following a week of high-pitched political drama, Shiv Sena-backed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) councillor Sadashiv Hender Patil was on Monday elected vice-president of the Ambernath Municipal Council (AMC) in Maharashtra by…
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Congress will make comeback in Mumbai civic polls, says Azharuddin
Mumbai: Ex-cricketer and Telangana minister Mohammad Azharuddin on Monday expressed confidence in Congress’s victory in the January 15 Mumbai civic polls. Campaigning for Congress candidates, Azharuddin and Rajya Sabha member Imran Pratapgarhi…
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Parties using money, muscle and fear to poach leaders: Ajit Pawar
Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday, January 9, expressed concerns over what he called a steady erosion of ideological commitment in politics, alleging that most political parties have abandoned…
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‘I will get you raped’: Couple faces religious abuse at Mumbai D Mart
A Muslim couple allegedly faced religious discrimination by a Hindu couple while shopping at D Mart in the Yashwant Gaurav residential area of Mumbai’s Virar. A video of the argument between them surfaced…
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Mumbai woman loses Rs 3.71 crore in digital arrest scam
Mumbai: A man was held from Gujarat for allegedly receiving a major portion of Rs 3.71 crore siphoned off from a 68-year-old Mumbai woman in a “digital arrest” scam, a police official…
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NCP (SP) and Ajit Pawar-led NCP fail to agree on alliance for Pune polls
Pune: Talks between the NCP (SP) and the Ajit Pawar-led ruling NCP over a possible alliance for the next month’s Pune civic polls appear to have hit a dead end, with the…
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Mumbai: Teesta Setalvad joins protest against attacks on Christians
Mumbai: Several hundred people held a protest on Friday evening in Goregaon in Mumbai against Christmas-related attacks by right-wing outfits across India. The protest was organised by Samvidhan Jaagar Yatra Samiti (SJYS)…
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Sena (UBT)-MNS alliance to curb Marathi vote split, BMC win uncertain: Analysts
Mumbai: The coming together of Thackeray cousins Raj and Uddhav after years of estrangement will certainly help in arresting a split in Marathi voters, but the long-expected alliance will not guarantee them…
