New Delhi: In what came as a major setback for the Congress and the NCP, the first big electoral battle of 2012 has gone in favour of the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine that managed to retain power in the prestigious Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the country's richest civic body. An honest Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said that the defeat in the BMC polls has come as a...
07:31 AM, Feb 18, 2012
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Friday said the verdict in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls was a slap on the face of the Congress-NCP alliance. "Mumbaikars have slapped Congress-NCP on the face," Shiv Sena MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut said. The Sena-BJP-RPI alliance appears set to emerge as the largest block in the BMC. Raut said that citizens of the megapolis would never tolerate the insult of Shiv Sena...
03:43 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Mumbai: Counting of votes for the richest civic body in India, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) indicated that the leads were in favour of the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance. However, it looks unlikely for the combine to be able to hold a majority. The trends indicate a hung civic body in Mumbai, which could bring Raj Thackeray's MNS and independent candidates into the limelight. The Sena-BJP alliance looks set to retain power...
10:05 AM, Feb 17, 2012
Mumbai: MNS chief Raj Thackeray is Mumbai's most preferred leader according to an IBN Lokmat-GFK Mode opinion poll. He is followed by Uddhav Thackeray, who is a distant second. The octogenarian Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray made a fervent appeal to his supporters in the quest to salvage the Sena's last bastion. It's the battle for the Brihanmumbai Municpal corporation, the country's richest civic body. The question is what do...
08:58 AM, Feb 15, 2012
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Dhaka: The controversial Decision Review System (DRS) will not be used during the West Indies' tour of Bangladesh this month, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has said. BCB media chairman Jalal Yunus said official broadcasters Nimbus Communications could not fulfil the requirements for the technology to be utilised. It would be difficult to use DRS, given our agreement with Nimbus, the Daily Star quoted Yunus as saying. The replays for...
09:20 PM, Mar 05, 2008
Shiv Sena chief says Sharad Pawar is a friend and working with his party would be in Maharashtra’s interest. ...
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