27 April 2018

BVA yet to decide whom to support

Mumbai: The Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA), a party that holds the key to elections in Vasai-Virar, will decide its stand over the upcoming Lok Sabha bypoll in Palghar on Sunday. The party's leader MLA Hitendra Thakur confirmed to The Asian Age that his party has not committed to either the Bharatiya ...
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Narasimha Jayanti 2018: 6 temples of Lord Narasimha in India

It houses two idols of Narasimha – one made of sand and the other of black stone. The temple has a huge bell near the West door. It is said that the bell belonged to the Portuguese church in Vasai. In 1739, after Bajirao Peshwa's younger brother Chimaji Appa captured Vasai from the Portuguese Empire ...
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15-car locals to roll out on Virar-Andheri route

MUMBAI: The railways has decided to introduce 15-car local trains on the slow track between Andheri and Virar to increase the carrying capacity per train to serve some of Mumbai's densest and fastest-growing suburbs. If 15-car services are run south of Andheri on the slow corridor, WR will have to ...
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Maharashtra LS bypolls litmus test for Congress-NCP tie-up

The BVA is controlled by Vasai MLA Hitendra Thakur, brother of alleged gangster Bhai Thakur. The BVA won three seats in the 2014 assembly elections and controls the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation. The BVA has provided outside support to the Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra.
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