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January 22, 2026, 07:36 PM - 2 min read
A new political equation emerged in KDMC in neighbouring Thane district on Wednesday as five corporators of Raj Thackeray-led MNS offered support to Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena. It left the BJP, which fought the polls in alliance with the Shinde faction, and Shiv Shiv Sena (UBT), which had allied with MNS, in a quandary.
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January 22, 2026, 06:51 PM - 5 min read
Mumbai will get a woman mayor after a lottery reserved the BMC mayoral post for the General Woman category, prompting the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena to object to the process and stage a walkout.
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January 19, 2026, 06:51 PM - 3 min read
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said Mumbai would have a Mahayuti Mayor, asserting that voters backed development over emotional politics following the BJP–Shiv Sena alliance’s civic poll win.
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January 17, 2026, 09:24 PM - 3 min read
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday accused the BJP of winning the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections through “betrayal”, asserting that the Marathi manoos would not forgive attempts to “mortgage Mumbai” and vowing to reclaim civic power.
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January 16, 2026, 01:57 PM - 3 min read
The BJP and its ally, Shiv Sena, were ahead in the Mumbai municipal corporation elections in 210 of 227 wards, after counting of votes began Friday morning, although there was no official confirmation from the State Election Commission (ECI)
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January 15, 2026, 09:50 PM - 3 min read
Exit polls predict a clear BJP–Sena victory in the BMC elections, signalling a major political shift in Mumbai after decades of Shiv Sena dominance.
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January 3, 2026, 08:58 AM - 4 min read
Across the state, as many as 68 candidates from the BJP and the Mahayuti have been elected unopposed, reflecting the party's growing strength in urban local bodies, BJP leader Keshav Upadhye said on Friday.
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December 25, 2025, 09:42 PM - 5 min read
The late reunion of Uddhav and Raj Thackeray is less a show of strength than an act of political survival. With their parties diminished and Mumbai slipping away, the alliance appears a last gamble—one that risks isolating old allies without guaranteeing a revival.
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December 24, 2025, 03:33 PM - 3 min read
Mumbai’s mayor will be Marathi, announced the cousins, and invited all those who “can’t bear” to see the goings-on in the BJP to join them
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December 21, 2025, 06:26 PM - 3 min read
Mahayuti, leading in the Maharashtra local body polls, has been hailed as “worker’s victory” by party leaders Eknath Shinde and Nitin Gadkari.
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November 16, 2025, 06:12 PM - 2 min read
Thackeray also questioned the massive mandate received by the National Democratic Alliance in the Bihar elections. He stated it was difficult to understand the new arithmetic of democracy, where rallies (of Opposition leaders) attracted massive crowds, but the candidates failed to win.
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November 1, 2025, 06:39 PM - 5 min read
The 'Satyacha Morcha' (march for truth) started from Fashion Street in the southern part of the metropolis in the afternoon and culminated at the BMC headquarters a kilometre away, with former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar, MNS' Raj Thackeray and Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat, among others, taking part.
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