After 4 yrs of silence, the distinguished address will be home for Ritu Tawde. Before this, Mumbai's 1st citizen lived in Shivaji Park bungalow, now being turned into Thackeray memorial.
Minus Ajit Pawar, NCP has to devise survival strategy. Should it merge with Sharad Pawar faction? Analysts say second rung leaders like Praful and Tatkare don't have what it takes to lead party.
With several corporations throwing up fractured mandates & an intense tug-of-war for power, especially among Mahayuti allies, hectic parleys are on to stake claim to urban local bodies.
Mumbai: After dominating the municipal council polls across the state, the Mahayuti and, especially, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) further strengthened its presence in urban...
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.
Alliance also promises interest-free loans to women along with a 50 percent concession on bus fares, slum redevelopment & AI-aided deportation of illegal immigrants.
NCP leaders say BJP’s constant poaching of leaders from allied parties has also not gone down well with them. Polls to 29 municipal corporations will be held on 15 January.
Similar alliances are already being explored for civic polls in places such as Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad. Sunday’s results will give a shot in the arm to that experiment.
Indian refiners are testing Venezuelan barrels again as Russian supply sinks, but analysts say volumes will remain limited due to refinery constraints & supply capacity.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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