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40% of BEST buses deployed for BMC election duty for two days

MUMBAI, Jan. 13 -- Nearly 40 per cent of Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) buses will be unavailable for commuters for two days starting Tuesday night, as over a thousand buses are ... Read More


BMC election expenses slated to surpass Rs.175 cr, 30% more than 2017

Mumbai, Jan. 13 -- The BMC is expected to hugely surpass its 2017 civic election spend of Rs 130 crore by more than 30% in the January polls. "This is on account of the increased number of polling boo... Read More


sc extends Jan 31 deadline for civic polls by two weeks

New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Monday pushed the January 31 deadline for holding local body polls in Maharashtra by another two weeks to enable the State Election Commission (SEC) to concl... Read More


'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


'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


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