Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) As voting is underway across Maharashtra for elections to 29 municipal corporations, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), a string of Bollywood personalities, including Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Sonali Bendre, and Bhagyashree, showed up to exercise their right. Sonali was accompanied by her husband Goldie Behl, and their son, Ranbir, as they cast their votes, proudly displaying their inked fingers.Bhagyashree was seen flaunting her inked finger after cast…
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Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) A shocking incident surfaced during the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections as several citizens who cast their votes on Thursday morning reported that the marker ink applied to their fingers could be easily wiped off. This sparked a major controversy across the city with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray expressing fierce outrage over the incident.Speaking to the media, Raj Thackeray, after casting his vote, alleged that the government is d…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) As voting for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections is underway, BMC Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani cast his vote this morning and assured the city residents that all necessary arrangements have been put in place to ensure a smooth and secure polling process across the city. Speaking to IANS after casting his vote in the 2026 BMC elections, Gagrani said that essential facilities have been arranged at all polling stations in Mumbai.“As you know, the voting p…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) The Indian stock markets remain closed on Thursday on account of municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra.In an earlier notification, the BSE said there will be no trading in the equity segment, equity derivatives, commodity derivatives, and electronic gold receipts on that day. It also said that equity derivative contracts originally scheduled to expire on January 15, 2026, expired a day earlier. These revisions will be reflected in the end-of-day contract master fil…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) As the elections to 29 municipal corporations, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) are taking place on Thursday, actress Sanya Malhotra was seen arriving early to cast her vote. Sanya arrived at the polling booth early in the morning, dressed casually in denim paired with a beige shirt. As she made her way inside the voting centre, the actress was seen presenting her ID to the officials before casting her vote.Meanwhile, polling for the 29 municipal corpo…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) Polling in 29 municipal corporations, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), commenced at 7:30 a.m. and will conclude at 5:30 p.m. While elections were originally scheduled for 2,869 seats, including 227 in the BMC, they will now be held for 2,801 seats as 68 candidates were elected unopposed. No polling will occur for these 68 seats. A total of 3.48 crore voters will decide the fate of 15,931 candidates, including 1,729 in Mumbai. The counting will take pl…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) As voting is underway across Maharashtra for elections to 29 municipal corporations, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar on Thursday appealed to citizens to actively participate in the democratic process and exercise their right to vote. Speaking to reporters after casting his vote, Akshay Kumar said, “I would like to say this to all the people of Mumbai: everyone must vote. We often complain about issues such as water supp…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) Voting for elections to 29 civic bodies, including the high-profile Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), is being held on Thursday across Maharashtra under tight security arrangements.As the state goes to the polls, attention is centred on Mumbai, where the BJP-led MahaYuti is engaged in a closely fought contest with the reunited Thackeray cousins, Raj and Uddhav, for control of the country’s richest civic body.Polling will be held for a total of 2,869 seats across 8…
Navi Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field against UP Warriorz in the seventh match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, on Wednesday. Warriorz have made one change in the playing eleven, with Chloe Tyron coming in for Deandra Dottin, while Delhi have fielded the same eleven as they did in the last match.Delhi Capitals captain Jemimah Rodrigues said, “We are going to bowl first because we have seen the pitch ge…
Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Wednesday said that Maharashtra is bearing the consequences of electoral machinations devised by Chief Minister Fadnavis who seeks to turn Maharashtra into Bihar.”The people of the state should take note that Maharashtra is today bearing the consequences of the electoral machinations devised by Chief Minister Fadnavis, who seeks to turn Maharashtra into Bihar,” he said.Sapkal appealed to the vigilan…