Pawar's statement comes a day after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asserted that the new BMC mayor will be "from Mahayuti, will be a Hindu, and a Marathi"

Gaikwad asserted that the Congress party will hold the "key" to the municipal corporation and that no party will be able to appoint a Mayor without their support

A municipal corporator is an elected representative responsible for local civic issues, overseeing services such as water, sanitation, and infrastructure, influencing daily life, and making ward-level decisions more directly than MLAs or MPs

The Thackeray camp referred to BJP leader Annamalai’s statement during a public rally that Mumbai does not belong to Maharashtra, and questioned the city's connection to the state, while former Minister Kripashankar Singh announced that a Hindi-speaking person will become a Mumbai Mayor

The 43-year-old Thane businessman, a resident of Wagle Estate in Maharashtra's Thane city, came across an advertisement on a social media platform in June last year, offering high returns on investments in IPOs and shares

According to the complaint, the couple was introduced to Karle in December 2024, and the latter claimed to possess 5,000 unlisted shares of NSDL and 3,000 of NSC (National Stock Exchange), luring them to purchase the shares, claiming they would soon be listed

He denied the presence of Bangladeshis in the region and claimed that if any Bangladeshi migrants were found here, it would reflect the failure of the Narendra Modi government

Passengers on an Akasa Air Pune-Bengaluru flight were deplaned after a last-minute technical glitch delayed the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, leaving them seated for nearly 90 minutes. The flight was scheduled to depart from Pune at 8.50 am, and boarding started around 8.10 am, a passenger onboard the glitch-hit Boeing aircraft said

The temple remained closed to the public from January 7 to January 11 for the traditional sindoor lepan ritual and other religious observances. During this period, devotees were unable to have darshan of the main idol, though they were allowed to offer prayers to a replica idol placed in the temple

Raj Thackeray on Sunday made a strong pitch for Marathi unity, warning that the state's language, land, and identity are under threat

Addressing a public meeting in Airoli during the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation election campaign, Fadnavis said, "The international airport started in Navi Mumbai will be named after the people's leader late D B Patil," and added that the project would strengthen growth in multiple sectors

In 2023, the Election Commission recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordered allocation of the 'bow-and-arrow' poll symbol to it, delivering a big blow to the rival camp led by Uddhav Thackeray, whose father Bal Thackeray founded the outfit in 1966

The maximum temperature is likely to touch around 27.9 degrees Celsius, while the minimum is expected to remain near 24.4 degrees Celsius, keeping the day warm without significant variation