Amidst cut-throat competition, five seats up for grabs Mumbai: South Central Mumbai’s Prabhadevi-Mahim belt, an epicentre of Mumbai’s politics, promises a cut-throat competition as the two combines – Mahayuti and the Shiv Sena (UBT)-Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) combine – sweat it out in the upcoming BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls. It is the same ward where Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray used to address mammoth rallies at Shivaji Park and also the residenc

Bookies bet big on BJP in BMC polls Mumbai:  As the campaign curtains fell today for the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections scheduled on January 15, the underground bookie market threw up startling projections, hinting at a decisive verdict in India’s richest civic body on Friday.   According to illegal betting syndicates, wagers on the BMC polls have already crossed an eye-popping Rs.1 lakh crore, underscoring the intense interest of political ope

Pic: Bhushan Koyande Mumbai: Sounding a loud alarm for Mumbai, the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) launched a blistering attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Adani Group, alleging a systematic attempt to capture Mumbai’s assets and wealth, marginalize the Marathi population and weaken Maharashtra.   The Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader Jayant R. Patil, besides Aditya

Insiders points to the party’s strategy to strip opposition of possible scoring points by keeping it a low affair Bihar BJP MLA Maithili Thakur campaigns in favour of Mahayuti candidate Rekha Yadav for the upcoming BMC election at Borivali on Sunday. | Pic: PTI Mumbai: In a departure from its high-octane, star-studded campaign templates of the past, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has adopted a notably austere and localised approach for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

Current and ex-legislators’ campaign for their children, accompany children for rallies, hold meetings, oversee media campaigns Mumbai:  Shiv Sena candidate Jay Kudalkar while leaving for his campaign early morning is seen busy taking tips from his father, Mangesh Kudalkar, who is the legislator from Kurla. Similarly, Deepti Waikar, who is contesting from Ward number 73 (Andheri-East), makes it a point to meet her father, Ravindra Waikar, every night to share her experiences

Mumbai: The upcoming BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections are all set to witness interesting contests as four formers Mayors of Mumbai are locked up in interesting fights which promises to be the toughest one in their political career. All four are veterans in the BMC…Shraddha Jadhav, Kishori Pednekar, Vishakha Raut and Milind Vaidya who have stood out among their peers for decades and headed various civic committees apart from being the First Citizen of this m

Ticket-seekers unleash chaos, confusion and mayhem Mumbai: The last day of filing nominations for Maharashtra’s first civic body elections since 2017 erupted into chaos, rebellion and high political drama across major urban centres, exposing deep fissures within almost every major political party. From Mumbai to Thane, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Nagpur, Nashik, Amravati and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, thousands of hopefuls denied tickets turned their rage inward - ta

Mumbai: As the final date for filing nominations is advancing, the tension within Mahayuti has started mounting. While the tension remained confined only to BJP in corporations like Nashik and Solapur, in the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) neighbouring Mumbai, the BJP’s tough stand has upset minister Pratap Sarnaik who has given an ultimatum of 24 hours to the BJP, to forge an alliance in the city. Owing to the paucity of time the final alignments are being made

Mumbai: The strategic reunion of the Thackeray cousins marks a pivotal shift in Mumbai’s political landscape, forcing the BJP-led Mahayuti to reconsider its path toward controlling the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). At the heart of the BJP’s concern is the emergence of a Marathi-Muslim voting bloc, a demographic alliance that mirrors the potent ‘Muslim-Yadav’ formula famously utilised by Lalu Prasad Yadav in Bihar. Internal assessments suggest that this cross-commu

Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS to announce tie-up today Mumbai : In a significant development ending six months of speculation and weeks of negotiations, the Thackeray cousins - Uddhav and Raj - are all set to announce their first formal electoral alliance on Wednesday noon, ahead of the upcoming civic elections across Maharashtra.   The Shiv Sena (UBT), led by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), headed by Raj Thackeray, are expected to form

Congress vows to go alone in BMC polls Mumbai:  Rubbishing soothsayers’ predictions of political irrelevance in the just concluded polls to 288 municipal councils and Nagar Panchayats in the state, the Maharashtra Congress claimed it has made a strong comeback with a notable performance. The party independently secured 41 posts of Municipal Presidents and 1,006 Councillor seats, plus 7 Municipal Presidents and 154 Councillors from Congress-supported local alliance, said state

Marathi Abhyas Kendra members hold a protest against the closure of Marathi medium schools of the Municipal Corporation in Mumbai on Thursday. | Pic PTI Mumbai : As the state hurtles towards the second and more critical round of civic bodies polls, the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) appears rattled though projecting a smiling face in public as internal differences spill out.   The prime reason for this is the Congress’ decision - to go solo in Mumbai and to leave alliance-ma

Asia’s richest ci vic body remains a critical pillar for the administration of Mumbai and its financial powerhouse A man arranges scarves of political parties ahead of BMC elections, at a shop in Lalbaug, Mumbai, on Monday. | Pic: Bhushan Koyande Mumbai : After a historic 45-month long tenure under an Administrator, Asia’s richest and India’s biggest civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is slated to return to democratic governance from January 2026.   This