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2 die in fire at lithium-ion cell unit in Andheri

MUMBAI, Jan. 8 -- Two workers were killed in a fire that broke out at a lithium-ion cell production unit in Andheri East on Wednesday evening. The deceased were identified as Bhagvan Pitale, 30, and S... Read More


Daddy's girls ride on redevelopment and civic issues in their wards

MUMBAI, Jan. 8 -- Geeta Gawli, 42, a three-time corporator, and her poll debutante sister Yogita, 37, have been campaigning daily in their municipal wards -- 212 and 207 respectively -- in Byculla ahe... Read More


Police notice to ward 140 candidate over Palestine tote

MUMBAI, Jan. 8 -- Pradnya Prabhulkar, a candidate of the Revolutionary Workers Party of India from Ward No 140, was served a notice by the Deonar police under Section 168 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Sura... Read More


'Narwekar bribed, made threats so that I withdraw'

MUMBAI, Jan. 8 -- An independent candidate contesting the civic elections claims that speaker of the legislative assembly Rahul Narwekar offered her and her husband contracts, money and even a positio... 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


petition in hc flags 'mass rejection' of nominations

MUMBAI, Jan. 8 -- Even as the Bombay High Court hears a spate of petitions challenging various aspects of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, from rejection of nomination papers to... Read More


State Congress vice prez dies after being stabbed near mosque in Akola

NAGPUR, Jan. 8 -- Maharashtra Congress vice president Hidayatullah Patel, who was stabbed near a mosque in Akot town in Akola district on Tuesday, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday morning while ... Read More


Ajit ups the ante, rings 'alarm' against BJP corruption in Pune

PUNE, Jan. 8 -- Deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar Wednesday launched the party's 'Alarm' campaign for the upcoming Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri... Read More


Sena candidate Haji Saalim Qureshi stabbed after rally

MUMBAI, Jan. 8 -- Shiv Sena candidate from ward no 92, Haji Saalim Qureshi was stabbed in the abdomen after addressing a campaign rally in Dnyaneshwar Nagar in Bandra east on Wednesday evening. Suppor... 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