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Abhijit Mulye
16 hours ago3 min read
‘RSS won’t change because BJP is in power’
Mumbai: Power had never been the goal of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Instead the RSS wants to grow akin to the society in...


Kiran D. Tare
18 hours ago3 min read
The Unexpected Queen of Delhi
As the reserved Rekha Gupta defied expectations to become Delhi’s new Chief Minister, she embodied the BJP’s evolving playbook of...


Abhijit Joshi
2 days ago4 min read
The Big Gambit: Can Harshwardhan Sapkal Revive a Sinking Ship?
The new MPCC chief faces an uphill battle in a state where his party is gasping for relevance. Once the fulcrum of the state’s politics,...


Abhijit Mulye
5 days ago3 min read
Shattered dream keeps Shinde aloof from govt
Mumbai: It is over two and half months that BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis took over as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Shiv Sena’s...


Abhijit Joshi
Feb 154 min read
Eknath Shinde’s Vanishing Act
Once a kingmaker, now a bystander, Maharashtra’s Deputy CM finds himself at a perilous crossroads. Politics is rarely about gratitude. In...


Aditi Pai
Feb 132 min read
Pawar's coded message to Shinde
Mumbai: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar heaped praise on Eknath Shinde, a move that caught the entire Maharashtra political brass by...


Correspondent
Feb 133 min read
President's rule imposed in Manipur
Assembly put under suspended animation New Delhi: President's rule was imposed in strife-torn Manipur on Thursday and the state assembly...


Abhijit Mulye
Feb 102 min read
Resignation to contain unrest within ruling party
Mumbai: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s resignation on Sunday is the BJP’s way to contain the unrest within the state party unit,...


Quaid Najmi
Feb 103 min read
Shinde radiates in diamond portrait on 61st b’day
Mumbai: When Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde answered a midnight knock (Saturday-Sunday) at his Thane home, he was in for a dazzling...


Shoumojit Banerjee
Feb 83 min read
Sino-Indian War and JFK’s Quiet Hand
Earlier this week, during a Lok Sabha exchange, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alluded to ‘JFK’s Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA, and the...


Kiran D. Tare
Feb 83 min read
From Revolutionary to Relic
For the first time in 27 years, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has stormed back to power in Delhi, routing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in...


Abhijit Joshi
Feb 74 min read
The MVA Experiment: Born of Expediency, Doomed by Reality
The opposition Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi’s rise and fall offers a home truth about Indian politics that convenience may bring parties...


Abhijit Mulye
Feb 62 min read
BJP ‘Sampark Mantri’s to check on Sena
Mumbai: The Maharashtra BJP has appointed ‘Jilha Sampark Mantri’ to districts where the post of guardian minister has gone to either of...


Prasad Dixit
Feb 44 min read
The Perils of ‘Labharthi Politics’: Why Handouts Don’t Guarantee Votes
Populist politics may occasionally win the electoral battle, but history shows that well-intended schemes sans a sustainable and...


Correspondent
Jan 302 min read
Now, Raj doubts poll results
MNS chief Raj Thackeray addressing party state leaders meeting at NSI Worli on Thursday. Pic: Bhushan Koyande Mumbai: Maharashtra...


Quaid Najmi
Jan 303 min read
Anna unveils public award in own name
Mumbai: Winner of many honours, veteran social worker Kisan Baburao ‘Anna’ Hazare has immortalised himself – by instituting an annual...


Quaid Najmi
Jan 273 min read
Rahul Gandhi flays Rs 16-lakh-crore banks’ loans write-off
Mumbai: Congress’ Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government for the...


Abhijit Joshi
Jan 254 min read
The Mahayuti’s Winter of Discontent
Despite an overwhelming mandate in the Assembly polls, cracks are showing in the Mahayuti’sarmour as it grapples with law-and-order...


Suyash Padate
Jan 202 min read
Munde in retaliation mood
Mumbai: Food and Civil Supply minister Dhananjay Munde seems to be in a retaliatory mood. He has trained the guns on the BJP by making...


Abhijit Mulye
Jan 202 min read
Unrest within Mahayuti
Mumbai: The state administration on Sunday stalled the appointments of guardian ministers in Raigad and Nashik districts. Chief Minister...
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