Mumbai News LIVE Updates: NCP candidate, wife booked for poll code violation

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: NCP candidate, wife booked for poll code violation as they perform `puja` of EVM in Pune`s Bhor

Police on Tuesday registered a case against an NCP candidate contesting local elections in Maharashtra`s Pune district for allegedly performing `puja` of an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) inside a polling booth during the local body polls, officials said. The incident took place in Bhor. Elections to 264 municipal councils and nagar panchayats were held on Tuesday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Couple held with heroin worth Rs 2 crore in Mumbai

A couple was arrested for the alleged possession of heroin worth Rs 2 crore in the western suburbs here, police said on Tuesday. Based on a tip-off, the anti-narcotics cell raided the accused couple`s house near Rashtriya Udyan metro station in Borivali East on Monday, an official said. The team seized 511 gm of heroin, worth Rs 2 crore, from the premises, he said: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Is State Election Commission working as Maharashtra govt`s puppet? asks Congress

Maharashtra Election Commission`s actions to postpone elections to some local bodies and the counting of votes raise doubts whether the poll body is working as a "puppet" of the government, state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Tuesday. He alleged that the state poll body was working at the behest of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Ajit Pawar slams Maharashtra local body elections

In a post on X, Ajit Pawar described elections as a “sacred process” and stressed that every voter must be able to cast their vote without fear. He urged all parties, including members of the ruling coalition, to maintain discipline and honour the principle of “alliance dharma.” Read More