Terms of 24 corporations in the state have expired over past 3 yrs but no polls have been planned. NGOs allege state-appointed administrators lack accountability, not invested enough.
Gaikwad faces tough challenge with BMC, LS, assembly polls likely to happen one after another. Mumbai MLAs were unhappy with Jagtap’s interference in their constituencies, it is learnt.
On occasion of Maharashtrian new year, 1 lakh karyakartas, 9,800 booths, to hoist gudhis — sugar crystals, neem & mango leaves, garland of red flowers, strung on a bamboo pole for good luck.
Visits come ahead of this year's expected municipal polls. During his last visit on 19 January, Modi inaugurated 2 new Metro railway lines & conducted groundbreaking ceremony for a few projects.
Alliance comes ahead of upcoming civic body elections in many parts of Maharashtra, including BMC polls. It's not yet clear how VBA will be accommodated within MVA.
Addressing party office bearers at Mumbai's NESCO ground Wednesday, the former Maharashtra CM also compared its work to that of the Aam Aadmi Party's, but said the Sena doesn't advertise.
Maharashtra deputy CM Fadnavis orders probe into beautification. Uddhav's Sena says graveyard managed by a private trust, and that BJP is bent on portraying it as 'anti-Hindu'.
Union home minister, in Mumbai for 2 days, tells BJP cadre to target 150 of 227 seats in BMC polls, says Uddhav 'betrayed BJP after seeking votes in names of Modi, Fadnavis'.
While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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