Arita Sarkar

A High Court appointed high power committee also refused permission to hold the event, following which the organisers approached a division bench of the High Court with a revised proposal

Both the parties had focussed on M East ward, which includes areas like Govandi, Mandala and Mankhurd. Out of the 15 seats in the M East ward, MIM had fielded candidates in nine and SP had fielded candidates in 11.

Residence shifted to Byculla as Dadar bungalow will be converted into Bal Thackeray’s memorial

Devang Dave, who headed the BJP’s social media team, said that keeping the element of humour in their rebuttals attracted a lot of people who were not politically inclined.

The birds will be kept under constant supervision for the first eight to 10 days to ensure they are able to acclimatise to their new surroundings before visitors are allowed into the enclosure

The city’s only sitting citizen corporator who joined BJP last month — Makarand Narvekar — won for the second time from ward 227, which includes Colaba.

Both Shiv Sena, BJP point out many of their candidates lost by narrow margins.

Junaid Waizo (40), a social worker and resident of ward 138, stated that while most of the seats would see a close fight, the AIMIM and the BJP did not stand much of a chance.

BMC elections 2017: In another instance, 43-year-old Bharat Shah said that names of many residents of his building, Mahavir Darshan, were missing from the voter list and they were sent back from the polling booths.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections 2017: Voting is underway in the the country’s richest civic body.

Members of the community said the party had good chances of winning from South Mumbai areas such as Mumbadevi and Byculla where it has fielded six candidates each