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Civic poll hopefuls woo animal lovers with promises of pet parks

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- Once upon a time, BMC election manifestos promised roads without potholes, water without leaks and timely disposal of garbage. Today, somewhere between '24x7 water supply' and 'worl... Read More


'Mayor will be a Mumbaikar': Cong rejects community politics

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- Amid a shower of rose petals from balconies and fireworks bursting on narrow roads, the Indian National Congress on Monday staged a high-voltage rally that wound its way from Minara... Read More


Why independents are declining in BMC polls

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- The BMC elections are witnessing a decline in the number of independent candidates, a trend flagged in a research study conducted after the 2017 civic polls that has been attributed... Read More


BMC issues show-cause notices to 6,871 officials for skipping poll-duty training sessions

India, Jan. 12 -- Ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections scheduled on Thursday, civic authorities have issued show-cause notices to 6,871 officials and employees for failing t... Read More


Malabar Hill citizens irked by parking fines, bad roads

India, Jan. 10 -- The Malabar Hill Ward 219, which falls under the D-Ward, is one of Mumbai's power centres, notably because Raj Bhavan, the official residence of Maharashtra Governor is situated here... Read More


Malabar Hill citizens irked by parking fines, bad roads

MUMBAI, Jan. 10 -- The Malabar Hill Ward 219, which falls under the D-Ward, is one of Mumbai's power centres, notably because Raj Bhavan, the official residence of Maharashtra Governor is situated her... Read More


Decades in transit camps: Stalled SRA projects drive Sewri poll battle

India, Jan. 9 -- Stalled Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) projects, which have left residents languishing in transit camps for decades, have emerged as the dominant issue afflicting Mumbai's Ward 2... Read More


Stalled SRA projects emerge as dominant issue in Sewri

MUMBAI, Jan. 9 -- Stalled Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) projects, which have left residents languishing in transit camps for decades, have emerged as the dominant issue afflicting Mumbai's Ward ... Read More


Fireworks during poll campaign guts 7th floor flat in Bandra tower

MUMBAI, Jan. 8 -- An election campaign in Bandra East took a dangerous turn on Tuesday night when fireworks allegedly set off by some political party workers entered a flat in a residential high-rise,... Read More


Sena split turns Lalbaug, Parel into battleground

MUMBAI, Jan. 8 -- The traditionally Marathi-dominated Lalbaug-Parel (Ward 204), a former mill area that has seen massive gentrification over the past two decades, has for long been considered an undiv... Read More