Leaders from both factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) showed signs of unity during Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s visit to Beed district ahead of Maharashtra local body elections. Ajit Pawar was in Beed on Thursday to felicitate winners of the recent municipal council elections, the results of which were declared
02 January,2026 06:15 PM IST | Beed (Maharashtra) | mid-day online correspondentAhead of the January 15 civic elections in Maharashtra’s Jalna city, the Mahayuti allies, the BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP, are making a concerted push to court Muslim voters by fielding candidates from the community, according to the news agency PTI. Marking a shift from its earlier approach, the BJP has nominated four Muslim candidates in
02 January,2026 12:44 PM IST | Jalna | mid-day online correspondentA list of 73 candidates who have filed their nominations for Uthalasar ward under the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) was on Thursday released ahead of the Maharashtra local body elections scheduled this month. According to the list, most of those who filed their nominations were declared valid, including representatives from major parties and s
01 January,2026 07:42 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentAs many as 32 of the 227 seats in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Elections are set to witness a direct contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)–Shiv Sena alliance led by Eknath Shinde and the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)–Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) combine, with no strong third-front candidate in the
01 January,2026 02:12 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentAfter the deadline for the nominations ended, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its comprehensive list of 137 candidates for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Election, scheduled for January 15, 2026, with the counting on the following day. The BJP will contest on 137 wards, while its ally, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, will
31 December,2025 07:47 PM IST | MumbaiWith less than a month to go for the Maharashtra civic polls and BMC Elections 2026, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and cricketer-turned-minister Mohammad Azharuddin are two of the few names in the list of 40 star campaigners for the Congress, news agency PTI reported. Maharashtra in the coming few days is set for civic elections, w
30 December,2025 07:15 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentAjit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) worker along with his supporters, allegedly vandalised the party’s office in Nagpur after being denied a ticket for the upcoming Maharashtra local body elections, reported the PTI. The incident took place at the NCP office in the Ganesh Peth area of the city. According to sources, angry party
30 December,2025 05:15 PM IST | Nagpur | mid-day online correspondentFormer Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator from F North Ward’s electoral ward number 177, Nehal Shah, has decided to file her nomination as an Independent candidate on Tuesday after the party denied her a ticket from her home ward, which is reserved for women, for the BMC Election 2026. Shah had won the 2017 BMC election from ward 177 wi
30 December,2025 02:38 PM IST | Mumbai | Eeshanpriya MSDespite being alliance partners under the Mahayuti banner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena, led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, remain caught in a seat-sharing impasse ahead of the upcoming municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra. The prolonged stalemate has exposed underlying strains within the ruling
30 December,2025 02:12 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest on 137 seats while its ally, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena will fight on 90 of the 227 municipal wards in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Election, slated to be held on January 15, 2026. The announcement was made by BJP’s Mumbai head Ameet Satam late on Monday evening. Satam said that
29 December,2025 11:40 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has distributed 1,225 nomination papers for the BMC Election 2026 as of Monday, with 357 papers filed by candidates so far, officials said. The nomination process began on December 23 across 23 election officer offices in the city. Distribution will continue on Tuesday from 11 am to 4 pm, while nominati
29 December,2025 10:14 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
