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BMC Election 2017: Patronage from corporators brings slum-dwellers to the polls in droves
When votes are counted on 23 February to determine who will represent which civic ward in Mumbai, the chances are more slum-dwellers will have cast their votes than those who don't live in slums
BMC Election 2017: A simple guide on how to cast your vote today
Elections to the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and nine other civic bodies in Maharashtra will be held on Tuesday.
BMC Election 2017: How to check your name on voters list
The stage is set for the second phase of elections to civic bodies in Maharashtra on Tuesday in what has been dubbed a 'mini assembly' poll and a referendum on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
BMC Election 2017: Tuesday will show whether Mumbai chooses development over petty politics, communal divide
With Marathi and the non-Marathi voters equally spread across the city and the North Indians exceeding Marathi voters, the voting choices on Tuesday will also show whether or not Mumbaikars have managed to move out of regionalism and religion politics
Maharashtra Civic Election 2017: Even as BMC becomes richer, Mumbai continues to feel the crunch
BMC's budget is equivalent to the budget of ten other municipal corporations of India put together, including tier one cities of Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata, yet, this budget fails to fix the problems faced by Mumbaikars
BMC Election 2017: Here's how India's richest civic body can adapt to the 21st Century
In 2016, Mumbai-based NGO Free a Billion put forth a draft bill to change the way the city — particularly its municipal corporation — is run
BMC Election 2017: BJP's demand for ban on Shiv Sena's Saamana is a regressive move
A demand has come forth, perhaps the first of its kind, from a political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, that the newspaper Saamana, owned by a Shiv Sena-promoted trust, be banned for three days during the final stages of the civic bodies’ elections in Maharashtra. This is, to say the least, a regressive move and the BJP is not entitled to any accolades even if it were in the interests of a level-playing field between the two parties.
Our courts must carefully word orders, so that future victims aren't discouraged from reporting cases
On 16 January, 2017, the Bombay High Court passed an order disposing of a bail application filed by a person who was accused of committing offences under Section 354 of the Penal Code of 1850 (Rape) and Section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (Sexually Assaulting a Child)
Mumbai civic election: BJP asks citizens to help craft manifesto; 7 lakh offer their thoughts
The BJP launched an initiative that has seen over seven lakh Mumbaikars providing feedback to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, as part of his 'Our City Our Agenda' campaign
World Cancer Day: Meet Mumbai's Cancer Messiah
Businessman Harakchand Savla started his journey to help Cancer patients in 1985 when he happened to misguide a Cancer patient, this is his story.
BMC Election 2017: BJP planning to separate Mumbai, Shiv Sena playing double game, says Raj Thackeray
Ending the speculation that the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena might not contest the Mumbai civic body (BMC) elections, Raj Thackeray this evening announced that his party would contest the municipal corporation elections in the state including in Mumbai
BJP-Shiv Sena's on-off relationship could have major impact on 2019 Lok Sabha polls
Notwithstanding the Saffron colour and the slogan of Hindutva, the BJP and Shiv Sena were never on the same page.
Mumbai civic election 2017: Shiv Sena, BJP separation is classic politics of ifs and buts
The declaration by Uddhav Thackeray that there will be no more pre-poll alliances with any party, including the BJP, is by far his biggest decision
Mumbai civic polls: Shiv Sena-BJP alliance likely to be announced in the next 100 hours
With the deadlock between the Shiv Sena and BJP over the seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls shows no sign of being solved, it appears Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is the man holding the key
Shiv Sena-BJP and Congress-NCP seat-sharing talks to begin as battle for BMC hots up
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election will be held on 21 February, but until the time of writing, there have been no signs of an alliance between the Shiv Sena and BJP on one hand, or the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party on the other
Mumbai civic poll: Selfie points now become hot freebies; CST, Juhu to have click self spots
After a selfie point at Shivaji Park in Dadar became popular among Mumbaikars, three more spots have been designated for clicking selfies:
Maharashtra civic polls dates announced, BMC election to be held on 21 Feb, counting on 23 Feb
Nearly 10 crore voters will exercise their franchise in a two-phased election to 10 municipal corporations, 26 zilla parishads and 283 panchayat samitis across the state, Maharashtra State Election Commissioner (SEC) Jageshwar S Saharia announced on Wednesday.
Ahead of civic polls, MNS bowls a googly and Raj Thackeray repeats his 2014 error
Raj Thackeray is a charismatic leader like his late uncle Bal Thackeray
Maharashtra civic polls: Election dates to be announced soon, but no word on BJP-Sena alliance
After the announcement of the election schedule for five states — Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur — the election code of conduct for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be announced in the next 48 hours.
BMC election 2017: It's a Shiv Sena vs BJP battle in Mumbai, say political observers
The upcoming elections to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be a trial of survival for the ruling Shiv Sena while ally Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), which is now the dominant partner in Maharashtra, is seeing the electoral battle to take control of Asia's richest civic body to create space for itself in the city's political landscape.
Planned development, infrastructure is making Navi Mumbai the New Jersey of Mumbai
Navi Mumbai is characterised by top notch hospitals, educational institutions, an IT hub, a massive exhibition centre, malls, big railway stations, wide roads and unrestricted power and water supply.
Renowned sitar player Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan passed away at 88
Renowned sitar player Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan — the last survivor of the "Sitar Trinity" of India along with the late Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan — died in Mumbai on Wednesday after a brief illness, a family member said. He was 88.
Maharashtra: Republic Day parade to be held at Shivaji Park
Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday decided that the Republic Day parade on 26 January in the state will be held at Shivaji Park in central Mumbai.
Thane: Three persons killed as four-wheeler hits motorcycle
Three persons travelling in a motorcycle were killed after being hit by a speeding four-wheeler on the Mumbai-Nashik highway in Sahapur in Thane.
Why should boys have all the fun? Watch these women rule the roads
A training school in Bhandup is teaching women to ride motorcycle, write exam and attain a driver's licence via a 45-day course
Nine months after Sreehari Aney's resignation, Rohit Deo to be next Maharashtra advocate general
The BJP-led Maharashtra government has chosen acting Advocate General Rohit Deo as its next Advocate General, nine months after his predecessor Sreehari Aney quit the post following a huge row triggered by his espousal of statehood for the Vidarbha and Marathwada regions.
Mumbai-Pune Expressway: Four dead, four injured in road accident, traffic towards Mumbai affected
Three people died in a road accident involving two container trailers, a tempo and a car on the Mumbai-Pune Express on Tuesday morning, police said. "The accident took place somewhere between 8 am to 9 am near the Khalapur toll naka, next to the food plaza," a Highway Traffic Police official told Firstpost, adding that rescue work is in progress. The Highway Traffic Police official also said that the accident took place on a lane towards Mumbai and that traffic towards Mumbai has been affected indefinitely. "We are making all efforts to clear the road and resume traffic as soon as possible," the police said. According to a Maharashtra Times report, the injured have been admitted in a nearby hospital. However, the identity of the dead has not been ascertained as yet. "We will able to give a final detail in another half an hour," the Highway Traffic helpline said. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway had witnessed an on Monday as well where the driver of an SUV died on the spot. For more details contact Maharashtra Traffic Police on the following numbers: 022 22626655, 98334 98334, 98675 98675, 95032 11100, 95035 11100
Shiv Sena's ignorance is the real insult to Hanuman, not the mural at IIT-Bombay
If Shiv Sainiks knew their mythology and related literature, they would have known that in the Tulsidas hymns, Hanuman is depicted as an unparalleled symbol of both bravery and wisdom. So, who is really insulting Hanuman by objecting his depiction as a man carrying a mountain in one hand and a pen in the other? Obviously the ignorant Shiv Sainiks.
Shiv Sena forces Mood Indigo organisers to remove Hanuman mural, write apology
After protests from Shiv Sena, the organisers of IIT Bombay's annual cultural festival Mood Indigo, have erased a mural bearing "close" resemblance to Hindu deity Hanuman, reports said.
Enforcement Directorate nabs Parasmal Lodha for converting Rs 25 crore of old notes
Kolkata businessman Parasmal Lodha was arrested at Mumbai arrested by the Enforcement Directorate for allegedly converting over Rs 25 crore in demonetised currency notes into new ones