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'If we were corrupt, we'd have been BJP allies'

India, Jan. 13 -- As the BJP mounts an all-out bid to wrest control of the BMC - ruled by the undivided Shiv Sena for 25 years - it has levelled corruption charges against the Shiv Sena (UBT), one of ... Read More


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


Raj Thackeray, Annamalai in a war of words

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- Raking up a 1960s anti-South Indian slogan of the Shiv Sena in his Sunday rally at Shivaji Park, Raj Thackeray revived old wounds in the Tamil community, which demanded an apology f... Read More


'Beware of the plan to snatch your city': Thackeray cousins

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- In their concluding rally on Monday for the civic polls, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray appealed to Thane voters to beware of the "plan to snatch... Read More


Jains unite this poll season to become voice of the community

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- In view of the fact that much of the political activity ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections is around communities and language, two events in 2025 set th... 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 school crisis and shrinking open spaces dominate poll agenda for voters in Mahim

Mumbai, Jan. 13 -- Ward 190, which includes parts of Mahim Koliwada, is a largely working-class area that has been in the spotlight over the past year due to the lack of a proper municipal school buil... Read More


SC to hear plea against 'mass rejection' of nominations

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- A city-based businessman has moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Bombay High Court's dismissal of his petition challenging the "mass rejection" of nomination forms for the BMC ... Read More


IDBI Bank challenges high court relief to Anil Ambani

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- IDBI Bank has challenged a Bombay High Court order that granted interim relief to industrialist Anil Ambani by staying coercive action by three banks seeking to classify the loan ac... Read More


U.P. man shoots wife dead in police station

Lucknow, Jan. 13 -- A 36-year-old man allegedly shot his wife dead at a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district on Monday, just days after he had lodged a complaint accusing her of eloping w... Read More