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Kiran D. Tare
Nov 23, 20243 min read
A Self-Inflicted Blow
Ahead of the results, the Maratha quota movement, a simmering issue in the state’s politics for nearly 14 months, finds itself embroiled...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 22, 20243 min read
Discord and Doubts
With barely 48 hours left for the results of the fiercely contested Assembly polls, serious cracks seem to be appearing within the...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 21, 20243 min read
A Crucible for Mumbai’s Future
Now with voting completed, the November 23 results will be especially crucial for Mumbai this time. The ‘Maximum City’s’ election...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 20, 20242 min read
BJP’s Grip vs Congress’s Comeback
The assembly constituencies of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra’s eastern Vidarbha region are gearing up for a pivotal contest on...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 19, 20243 min read
Amravati’s Allegiance Anarchy
With barely 48 hours left before Maharashtra heads to the polls, the poll drama and chaos in the Assembly segments in Amravati district...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 18, 20242 min read
Parli’s Political Powder Keg
Come November 20, Maharashtra’s Parli constituency in Beed has become a rural microcosm for the heightened caste tensions in the...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 17, 20243 min read
Drugs, Demolitions and Development Dilemmas
In the countdown to the November 20 Assembly polls, Nashik, a city once epitomizing tranquillity and spirituality, its revered religious...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 16, 20242 min read
Shifting Loyalties, Fragmented Alliances
As November 20 draws ever closer, the electoral contests in the 11 Assembly segments in Solapur district promise to be fiercely fought...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 15, 20242 min read
Konkan’s Conundrums
As the countdown to November 20 grows louder, all eyes are on Raigad district in the Konkan, which has become a classic microcosm of...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 14, 20243 min read
Muslim Mistrust
With barely a week left for the November 20 Assembly elections, a growing sense of disillusionment is sweeping through Mumbai’s Muslim...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 13, 20243 min read
Patole’s Pivotal Play
One of the most closely watched contests in western Vidarbha in the November 20 Maharashtra assembly elections will be in Sakoli...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 12, 20242 min read
Buldhana’s Bumpy Battleground
Buldhana, known as the gateway of the Vidarbha region, has long been a political stronghold of the undivided Shiv Sena. At the time of...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 11, 20242 min read
Mahayuti’s ‘Problem Child’ in Marathwada
There is perhaps no more volatile Assembly segment in Marathwada ahead of the November 20 polls than in Sillod, where the schisms within...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 10, 20243 min read
Dhule’s Dilemma
After years marred by faltering leadership and unmet promises, Dhule, a city steeped in both potential and frustration, finds itself...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 9, 20242 min read
An Urban Showdown
In Pune’s well-heeled Kothrud constituency, a triangular contest is brewing ahead of the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly elections. With...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 8, 20242 min read
Konkan’s Crucible
If Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts are the hotbeds in the Konkan in the upcoming Assembly polls, then the Kudal Assembly constituency...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 7, 20243 min read
Mayhem In Mumbai
In Maharashtra’s tangled electoral theater, Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has again found itself caught in an uneasy...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 6, 20242 min read
Of Nagging Namesakes and Family Showdowns
As Maharashtra approaches the November 20 Assembly elections, two constituencies in Eastern Vidarbha are standing out for their unusual...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 5, 20242 min read
New Frontlines of Tradition and Change
The Buldhana and Akola Assembly constituencies in Maharashtra’s Western Vidarbha, traditionally bastions of the ruling Shiv Sena and the...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 4, 20243 min read
AIMIM’s Strategic Gamble
Aaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), with its primary base in Telangana, is trimming its ambitions for the...
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