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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicBMC election

Topic: BMC election

Rs 10 meals to AI pursuit of infiltrators, what parties have promised Mumbai in race to win BMC polls

In a city without elected corporators since 2022, all competing parties have attempted to solidify their core bases through their manifestos, with infra promises & unmistakable signals.

‘Shah company’ on target, Thackerays want Mumbai civic poll to play out like Samyukta Maharashtra 2.0

Shiv Sena and MNS have invoked memories of Samyukta Maharashtra, the 1950s movement that led to the creation of Maharashtra, with Mumbai at its core.

Congress or Uddhav Sena? MVA architect Sharad Pawar caught in allies’ tug-of-war ahead of BMC polls

Six years after he created the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the alliance's architect finds himself in a tough spot, caught between an old ally and a newer one.

Eye on BMC polls, Sena’s Shinde faction builds cadre strength in Thackeray bastion Mumbai

After split in Shiv Sena, party’s cadre continue to be committed to Thackerays. In expansion bid, Shinde faction has laid down organisational structure in Mumbai, opened shakhas.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.