Mumbai Confidential: Damp Squib

There was palpable excitement last week, especially in Thane, as former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh gave an interview after a long time. Many were curious to see if any new names/charges would emerge, but the allegations turned out to be the same old ones, which he had made soon after he was shunted out of the force.

Once Bitten Twice Shy

After losing Lok Sabha polls from Chandrapur constituency, senior BJP minister Sudhir Mungantiwar is leaving nothing to chance to safeguard his sitting Assembly seat Ballarpur.

Contesting Assembly polls has been a cakewalk for the five-term MLA so far, however, after he lost in the 2024 Lok Sabha from Chandrapur, insiders say, “Mungantiwar is devoting maximum time in Ballarpur to address the constituency issues with Assembly polls in sight.”