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Maharashtra elections 2024: Why voting was a breeze

Quick and efficient: While there were long queues and numerous issues during the Parliamentary elections held in May earlier this year, the voting process this time was faster and smoother, with no major complaints from most citizens.  This time, polling booths were more widely distributed compared to the previous election. The aim was to util

21 November,2024 10:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
BJP candidate Mihir Kotecha canvasses for votes in the Mumbai North East constituency

Mid-Day Premium Exclusive: Will address pollution, sanitation problems, says Mihir Kotecha

Sitting BJP MLA and Lok Sabha candidate for Mumbai North East Mihir Kotecha says his focus in the region will remain on development, stopping PAPs, shifting dumping ground, building Mulund Terminus and a state-of-the-art sports complex in the area. Kotecha said the political equations in Maharashtra had changed for the better as Uddhav Thackeray wh

09 November,2024 10:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Mihir Kotecha (left) Sanjay Dina Patil (right)/ File Photo

Sena (UBT)'s Sanjay Dina Patil leads in Mumbai North East

In the electoral battle between BJP's Mihir Kotecha and Sanjay Dina Patil of Shiv Sena (UBT), the Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 data revealed that the latter has taken the lead in the Mumbai North East constituency.  Sena (UBT) candidate Sanjay Patil is leading by a margin of  25, 173 votes, according to the ECI data. The trends

09 November,2024 10:24 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra filed her nomination on Wednesday. Pic/PTI

Priyanka Gandhi files nomination for Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday marked her electoral debut by filing her nomination for the upcoming Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, saying that she has 35 years of experience in the political arena beginning from the age of 17 years when she campaigned for her late father Rajiv Gandhi in 1989. Addressing a massive gathering at K

23 October,2024 04:07 PM IST | Wayanad | PTI
Ravindra Vasantrao Chavan. File Pic/Facebook

Congress nominates Ravindra Chavan from Nanded Lok Sabha seat

The Congress on Thursday nominated Ravindra Chavan, the son of the late Vasantrao Chavan, as its candidate for the Nanded Lok Sabha seat ahead of Maharashtra bypoll. Congress MP Vasant Chavan, who represented Nanded seat, had passed away in August. Vasant Chavan had passed away on August 26, 2024 at a private hospital in Hyderabad after a prolong

17 October,2024 03:46 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Vinayak Raut has filed an election petition in Bombay HC, claiming that BJP MP Narayan Rane had won the 2024 Lok Sabha polls by

HC summons Narayan Rane over plea seeking cancellation of his election

The Bombay High Court (HC) on Friday issued a summons to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Narayan Rane on Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Vinayak Raut's plea seeking cancellation of the former's election from the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency. Rane defeated Raut, a two-term Member of Parliament (MP), by a margin of 47,858 vo

16 August,2024 01:10 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Made a mistake by fielding my wife against my sister in Lok Sabha polls: Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said that he made a mistake by fielding his wife Sunetra Pawar against his cousin Supriya Sule in the recent Lok Sabha elections 2024, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, one should not allow politics to enter home, Ajit Pawar, who is currently on a statewide 'Jan Samman Yatra', told Marathi new

13 August,2024 06:14 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Uddhav Thackeray dares PM Modi to campaign in state for assembly polls

The Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come to Maharashtra to campaign for the BJP during the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, reported the PTI. Assembly polls in state are likely to take place in October this year. PM Modi was made to sweat in Maharashtra during the recent Lok Sabha

31 July,2024 03:30 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Gujarat HC issues summons to Surat MP over pleas challenging his unopposed win

The Gujarat High Court has issued summons to the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from the Surat Lok Sabha constituency, Mukesh Dalal over two petitions challenging his uncontested victory. The court of Justice JC Doshi issued summons to Dalal, directing him to respond by August 9, after the matter came up for hearing on July 25, the lawyer for petitione

28 July,2024 07:00 PM IST | Ahmedabad | PTI
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Sharad Pawar-led NCP releases book on 'black deeds' of Mahayuti govt

The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP SP) on Friday released of a book on 'Kale Karname' (black deeds) of the ruling Mahayuti government in Maharashtra, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, while releasing the book, the party's state president Jayant Patil called it a 'trouble engine, not triple engine' government. The ruling al

19 July,2024 04:29 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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UP: 80 govt school teachers in Bhadohi to face action for skipping election duty

The Bhadohi district administration on Saturday ordered action against 80 government school teachers for using "fake" medical certificates to skip poll duty during the Lok Sabha elections. Polling in the district was held on May 25 in the sixth phase. District's Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Bhupendra Narayan Singh said, "A total of 106 teachers d

13 July,2024 11:03 PM IST | Bhadohi (UP) | PTI
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