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January 22, 2026, 07:36 PM - 2 min read
A new political equation emerged in KDMC in neighbouring Thane district on Wednesday as five corporators of Raj Thackeray-led MNS offered support to Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena. It left the BJP, which fought the polls in alliance with the Shinde faction, and Shiv Shiv Sena (UBT), which had allied with MNS, in a quandary.
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January 19, 2026, 04:54 PM - 6 min read
It should serve as a lesson for the Congress that alliances do not necessarily guarantee victories. The party has really not benefited much from striking alliances. Rather, it has paid a heavy price in the desperate bid to keep the BJP away from power.
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January 17, 2026, 05:37 PM - 4 min read
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has sequestered 29 Shiv Sena corporators at a five-star hotel in Mumbai to prevent poaching as Mahayuti allies negotiate control of the BMC.
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January 16, 2026, 06:56 PM - 4 min read
The BJP emerged as the single largest party in Mumbai’s civic body, ending Shiv Sena’s long dominance, and registered decisive victories in Pune and other key urban centres of Maharashtra.
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January 16, 2026, 01:57 PM - 3 min read
The BJP and its ally, Shiv Sena, were ahead in the Mumbai municipal corporation elections in 210 of 227 wards, after counting of votes began Friday morning, although there was no official confirmation from the State Election Commission (ECI)
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January 16, 2026, 12:56 PM - 2 min read
Polling was held in the four civic bodies comprising Nagpur, Chandrapur, Akola and Amravati, along with 25 others across the state on Thursday
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January 15, 2026, 09:50 PM - 3 min read
Exit polls predict a clear BJP–Sena victory in the BMC elections, signalling a major political shift in Mumbai after decades of Shiv Sena dominance.
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January 15, 2026, 08:03 PM - 6 min read
Meanwhile, 3 exit polls poredict sweep for BJP-led coalition.
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January 15, 2026, 08:05 AM - 3 min read
The spotlight, however, remains on high-stakes Mumbai, where the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance battles the reunited Thackeray cousins for control of India’s largest and richest civic body
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January 13, 2026, 06:28 PM - 3 min read
This is a landmark election for the Shiv Sena, being the first BMC poll since the 2022 split that saw Eknath Shinde walk away with the party name and symbol.
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January 12, 2026, 06:53 PM - 3 min read
On a more local level, the manifesto leans heavily into a "slum-free Thane" vision.
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January 12, 2026, 09:13 AM - 2 min read
BJP Kalyan district President Nandu Parab termed the allegations "false and baseless”, claiming that Shiv Sena workers had "forcibly stuffed money" into the hands of BJP activists to frame them and create a controversy.
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