Top netas’ absence miffs party workers
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bigwigs have ignored Belapur and Airoli once again, feel party workers. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it was youth leader Pankaja Munde who gave Belapur and Airoli a...
View Article136 polling stations in district branded ‘sensitive spots’
The Election Commission (EC) has declared 136 polling station in the state as sensitive spots. These polling stations include booths in all four assembly segments
View ArticleSerial number must in candidates’ printed material: EC
Printing the names of printers and publishers with serial numbers of printed quantity has become a must on all advertisement material
View ArticleVashi man finds errors in voters’ list from his own society
The final list of voters for the Maharashtra assembly elections is available online. But Ajay Marathe, a resident of New Sarvodaya Cooperative Housing Society in sector 4, Vashi, is claiming that there...
View ArticleBelapur residents wield the broom, clean up plot where Glass House once stood
During the weekend, Belapur residents, inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clean up campaign, took it upon themselves to clear a plot, which once hosted the infamous Glass House
View Article900 cops deployed across Navi Mumbai to prevent untoward incidents
Sources said the police department has deployed as many as 900 officers across the city as poll dates inch closer
View ArticleRs 40 lakh cash seized from 2 men on Mumbai-Pune Expressway
Raigad district police seized cash over Rs 40 lakh from two men travelling in a state transport bus on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.
View ArticleCops crack whip on vehicles with dark films, fancy plates
They registered 3,588 cases during the special drive.
View ArticleNavi Mumbai youth upbeat about voting as poll dates draw closer
As poll dates inch closer, youth, especially first time voters, are excited.
View ArticleNavi Mumbai Municipal Corporation nets Rs 9 lakh revenue by permitting hoardings
The civic body has raked in approximately Rs9.12 lakh as revenue by issuing permissions for putting up political hoardings and banners
View ArticleShiv Sena candidate Vijay Nahata’s ‘clean image’ strategy to woo voters
Shiv Sena candidate Vijay Nahata is banking on his clean image to garner votes from Belapur constituency. Nahata’s recent campaigns focused on his educational qualifications and career to win the...
View ArticleMicro observers at 72 sensitive polling centres
The Election Commission has deployed 34 micro observers at 72 polling booths, which have been declared critical, in Navi Mumbai to closely monitor the movement of trouble mongers and bogus voters
View ArticlePoultry truck driver booked after 4 months
Almost four months after the road accident on Sion-Panvel road in Kharghar, where nearly 1,000 chickens were killed, an FIR has been registered by Kharghar police against the driver and transporter...
View ArticleLocals nab man with ‘Ganja’, CBD cops say it was tobacco
Residents of bunglows atop Parsik Hill in Belapur caught a watchman employed at an abandoned bunglow on Sunday, as they suspected he was using drugs. His accomplice, Chintamani Mishra, was caught on...
View ArticleBelapur Sena candidate accused of no action on corruption in NMMC
A criminal writ petition has been filed against Belapur Shiv Sena candidate Vijay Nahata, by NGO Conscious Citizen Forum, for failing to take remedial measures against corruption during his tenure as...
View ArticleWomen empowerment? Only 5 in city among 66 MLA aspirants
A total of 66 candidates are in the fray from four assembly constituencies in Navi Mumbai — Uran, Airoli, Belapur and Panvel — to seek the votes of over 14.75 lakh voters on October 15.
View ArticleWoman gets inked on middle finger
New Panvel resident Lakshmi Sawant (40) got her middle finger inked while voting at the DAV Public School centre, as she had a “kitchen accident” which injured her voting finger.
View ArticleNavi Mumbai turnout higher than 2009 polls
Experts had suggested that the voter turnout may be low as the assembly polls came so soon after the general elections. But the city’s voters turned the theory on its head by crossing the 60% mark,...
View ArticleSeniors set example for youth, make long treks to polling stations
anabai Patil has never missed a single election since Independence
View ArticleNavi Mumbai cops complain of being paid less for poll duty
Some of the police personnel and state employees, who were on election duty at the 375 voting booths in Belapur constituency on Wednesday, have complained of being underpaid.
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