Mumbai’s next mayor will be a woman from the general category, as per a lottery conducted by the Maharashtra Urban Development Department, news agency PTI reported on Thursday citing officials. The lottery determines the category for which the mayor’s post will be reserved, such as general, women, SC, ST, and OBC categories. Once the category…
While Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde keeps his 29 corporators at a five-star hotel, seemingly to prevent poaching following NDA’s win in the BMC polls, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) has raised the suspense by saying that ‘the game is on,’ according to a report by NDTV. Sanjay Raut, Rajya Sabha MP and close…
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally, the Shiv Sena led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, put up a stellar show in the Maharashtra civic body elections. Held after a nine-year hiatus, the Maharashtra civic poll results on Friday saw the Mahayuti nearly poised for a sweep, the Congress’ solo act, and the…
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance is set to come to power in 25 of the 29 municipal corporations, including Mumbai, where elections were held on January 15. Breaking the nearly three-decade-old dominance of the undivided Shiv Sena, the BJP on Friday emerged as the single largest party in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)…
The result of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections is to be declared on Friday (January 16, 2026). Earlier, information about crorepati candidates has come to light from the affidavits filed by the candidates in the elections. Talking about the richest candidates in BMC elections, the first name that comes up is Makrand Narvekar, who is…
BMC Election 2026: Dhurandhar’ fame actor Saumya Tandon faced trouble while trying to cast her vote during the Maharashtra local body elections held on Thursday. Despite checking her details online, she had to visit more than one polling booths for BMC as her name was missing from the voter list at two places. Saumya spoke…
Social media was flooded with videos of common voters, politicians and mediapersons using Acetone to wipe off the ‘indelible’ ink on their fingers after voting for the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections got underway on Thursday,15 January. The BMC, however, rejected reports claiming that the ink marks on voters’ fingers were being wiped off…
Maharashtra Civic Body Polls 2026 Live Updates: The stage is set for Maharashtra civic polls to be held on 15 January, Thursday. The campaigning for the 29 municipal corporations going to polls across Maharashtra ended on Tuesday. These local body polls — being held in the state after a gap of four years since the…
Maharashtra government will not disburse the January installment of the ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’ ahead of schedule, following directions from the State Election Commission (SEC), said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He noted that although it has been customary to provide advance payments under the scheme during major festivals to support economically weaker women, this time the…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has recently slammed united Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav and MNS leader Raj Thackeray, saying the January 15 Mumbai civic body poll is a battle of survival for the cousins, and not the Marathi people. Addressing a rally in support of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance on Monday, the penultimate day…
