With the aim of securing a majority in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Shiv Sena is now reportedly offering plum posts to the Independents and ensuring their support in return. Positions like memberships of standing and improvement committee or chairmanship of other civic committees are on the table to be bartered for backing.

The Congress’ decision to leave 14 seats — the ones where it came second in the 2007 BMC general elections — to the NCP has left several party aspirants fuming.

Assembly polls maybe round the corner in five states in the country, but the BMC general elections still holds special significance for political parties. In fact, star campaigners Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi are expected to campaign for Congress and the BJP respectively in the BMC polls.

People seem to have found a new method to ward off the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s demolition drive against illegal constructions, by threatening self-immolation.

A game of cricket inside the corridors of the defunct Jubilee Mill spelled doom for the children of Zakeria Bunder, Sewri, after a wall collapsed and crushed five of them on Saturday.

The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking on Wednesday decided to revoke the daily pass scheme for commuters using its bus services.

The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking on Wednesday decided to revoke the daily pass scheme for commuters using its bus services.

The corporator-turned MLAs in the civic body have resorted to playing dynasty politics and have carefully drafted their plans to keep a hold over their constituencies — by pitch forking their kin in t