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Missing names, booth change frustrates voters across MMR

Mumbai, Jan. 16 -- Missing names on the electoral rolls, mismatches between polling booth details and those on the ground, and a crashed election website turned polling day into an ordeal for many vot... Read More


'Final battle' for Marathi manoos turns fierce in Marathi-dominated areas

MUMBAI, Jan. 16 -- When the votes are counted today, 68 seats spread over the city's Marathi pockets will decide which of the two Shiv Sena factions wrests the title of being the "real Shiv Sena"-Uddh... Read More


Sena (UBT)-MNS post 'saffron guards' to curb malpractices

MUMBAI, Jan. 16 -- In a bid to prevent bogus voting and distribution of bribe money to voters, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS posted squads of party workers throughout the city to prevent alleged malprac... Read More


Voters in Mumbra, Virar allege impersonation at polling booths

MUMBAI, Jan. 16 -- When 32-year-old Aarif Rizwan Khan, a resident of Narayan Nagar in Mumbra, reached his polling booth on Thursday, he was in for a shock, election staff allegedly told him someone ha... Read More


BMC exit polls predict clear win for Mahayuti, setback for Thackerays

Mumbai, Jan. 16 -- Exit polls on Thursday predicted a clear majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena-led Mahayuti alliance in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections,... Read More


vasai virar: BJP, BVA workers clash, police lathicharge

Mumbai, Jan. 16 -- The Vasai Virar police had to resort to lathicharge in two poll-related incidents on voting day. Civic commissioner Manoj Suryawanshi said police did it to disperse BJP and Bahujan ... Read More


The polls are done and dusted; what's next for Mumbai?

India, Jan. 16 -- Mumbai Awaits: What should be the real priorities of the newly elected BMC Corporators? In the polls for the long-awaited Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, politica... Read More


Special NIA court rejects discharge plea of suspected Dawood aide in FICN case

MUMBAI, Jan. 16 -- A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday refused to discharge Nasir Usmangani Chaudhary from a case involving alleged circulation of high-quality counterfeit R... Read More


How the Berry pulav is being hit by Iran stir

Mumbai, Jan. 16 -- While the socio-political upheaval in Iran and the Iranian government's crackdown on protesters has provoked sharp criticism from world leaders, in a far corner in south Mumbai, its... Read More


Janki Kutir celebrates a syncretic Sankranti in memory of Kaifi Azmi

MUMBAI, Jan. 16 -- At a time when identities are increasingly getting boxed into rigid compartments, the Sankranti celebration hosted by poet Kaifi Azmi's family once again shone as a luminous reminde... Read More