Ally Shiv Sena turns kingmaker as fight brews over mayor’s post, standing committee
21 January,2026 07:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Sanjeev Shivadekar
MNS leader Amit Thackeray took a jibe at Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, mocking Shiv Sena’s practice of keeping corporators in hotels after the BMC elections 2026. His remarks highlighted criticism of ‘hotel politics’ and called for elected representatives to focus on grassroots governance
20 January,2026 09:19 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The Congress, which allied with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), RSP, and RPI (Gavai) in the recently held polls, logged its historically lowest tally, managing just 24 seats in the 227-member BMC
20 January,2026 12:32 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
At around 8 pm on Sunday, the bungalow of former mayors and Konark Vikas Aghadi functionaries, Vilas Patil and his wife Pratibha Patil, was allegedly attacked and vandalised by a crowd
20 January,2026 10:49 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
