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MUMBAI: Just four days before her retirement on Jan 3, former DGP Rashmi Shukla submitted a report to the state home department saying an offence should be registered against ex-DGP and former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey, along with two other police officers, for conspiring to arrest Devendra Fadnavis, who was opposition leader, and Eknath…
Former DGP Rashmi Shukla submitted a report to govt just 4 days before her retirement on Jan 3 against ex-DGP and former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey for conspiring to arrest Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde during the tenure of the Uddhav Thackeray govt MUMBAI: Just four days before her retirement on Jan 3, former…
Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on September 5, 2017 NEW DELHI: Shrikant Pangarkar, an accused in the 2017 murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, will contest the January 15 Jalna Municipal Corporation election in Maharashtra as an independent candidate.He is running from Ward 13, facing opponents from the ruling BJP and several other parties, while deputy…
MUMBAI: The 12 Congress corporators who were suspended from the party for supporting the BJP-led alliance in the Ambernath Municipal Council, along with former Congress Block President Pradeep Patil, formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday. The induction took place in the presence of BJP Maharashtra state president Ravindra Chavan, marking a significant…
NAGPUR: An alliance between BJP and AIMIM in Akola’s Akot town collapsed on Wednesday within hours of CM Devendra Fadnavis publicly warning of action against BJP leaders involved in the arrangement. The state BJP unit issued a show-cause notice to Akot MLA Prakash Bharsakale, accusing him of promoting the alliance without consulting the party leadership….
The Congress has suspended all its municipal councillors in Ambernath, along with the block president of the area, after they decided to align with the BJP-led Ambernath Vikas Aghadi to secure power in the civic body. MUMBAI: The Congress has suspended all its municipal councillors in Ambernath, along with the block president of the area,…
NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Monday stayed the elections to the apex council of the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) that were scheduled for Tuesday, after raising questions over the induction of around 400 new members, including relatives of the incumbent president and NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar.A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar…
Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray (File image) MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday demanded that civic elections in wards where candidates—mostly from ruling parties—were elected unopposed be cancelled and the polling process restarted. Addressing a joint event with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray, Uddhav alleged that democracy in the country…
Opposition cries foul over ’68’ unopposed wins in Maharashtra civic polls MUMBAI: A large number of candidates from the Mahayuti parties are set to be elected unopposed in the municipal corporation polls, a situation that was confirmed by BJP spokesperson Keshav Upadhye. Upadhye said on X: “The BJP’s momentum continues. From the Mahayuti, 68 corporators…
PUNE: The State Election Commission (SEC) would follow the Dec 2014 directive issued by then state election commissioner Nand Lal for handling unopposed wins for the municipal corporation elections, where over 60 candidates from 29 corporations are likely to be elected unopposed, senior SEC officials told TOI on Saturday.SEC directed all municipal commissioners to submit…
