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Police officials said the Mayor’s comments reflect a political position on illegal encroachments and public order.

Mayor talks tough, but who really identifies and deports illegal infiltrators in Mumbai?

February 12, 2026 4:18 pm

A look at how Mumbai Police trace illegal Bangladeshi nationals and why the Mayor has no direct role in deportations.

The result makes Parbhani the only municipal corporation where the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena has secured the Mayor’s post.

Sena (UBT) bags its only mayor post in Parbhani Municipal Corporation as Iqbal Syed wins

February 12, 2026 3:09 pm

Meanwhile, BJP leader Navnath Ban criticised the Sena (UBT) for its choice of candidate.

Pink fortune papers displayed on a board inside the temple. After drawing a numbered bamboo stick during the ritual, devotees pick the corresponding fortune paper from the board to read their prediction.

In Your Neighbourhood: How Mumbai’s only Chinese temple stands as a quiet remnant of a fading community

February 12, 2026 1:45 pm

The Kwan Kung Temple on Dockyard Road in Mazgaon is open, but unattended following the death of Albert Tham, who managed the temple for decades, in November last year.

Day after Bombay HC rap, Sena minister Bharat Gogawale’s son surrenders in Mahad poll clash case

January 23, 2026 12:27 pm

The Bombay High Court was informed on Friday that all the accused in the Mahad poll clash case, who are from the Shiv Sena, had surrendered before the local police.

From a dark colonial past to a ceremonial chair: how Mumbai’s mayoral post came to be

January 23, 2026 12:01 pm

As Mumbai prepares to get its 59th mayor, the office, now largely symbolic, can be traced back to a controversial colonial past often described as one of the darkest chapters of British rule in the city

A nullah in Dharavi which joins the Mithi river. (Express photo:Amit Chakravarty)

No Occupancy Certificate without sewage management, blacklist errant developers: Bombay HC to civic bodies

January 20, 2026 1:18 pm

The Bombay High Court passed the order after noting the "enormous magnitude of the human-created problem of dumping sewage into the Ulhas River in Thane district without proper STPs being constructed by builders".

Pothole deaths to pollution: Ahead of January 15 BMC polls, a look at how Bombay HC pulled up civic body's inefficiency on issues core to residents

January 10, 2026 12:14 pm

The Bombay High Court has repeatedly observed that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, whose elections are scheduled for January 15, has not taken any proper measures to comply with its directives on issues such as deaths due to potholes, illegal hawkers' menace, illegal constructions, etc.

The bench warned authorities and contractors against “playing with lives” and stressed strict adherence to environmental laws.

‘Can't play with citizens' lives,’ HC orders monitoring committee for Kanjurmarg dumping site, seeks stringent measures to mitigate foul odour

December 25, 2025 11:49 am

Pulling up the state and contractors over hazardous conditions at Mumbai’s Kanjurmarg landfill, the Bombay High Court ordered immediate short-term measures and the constitution of a monitoring committee to act within a week.