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Maharashtra’s Mandate: A New Blueprint for Indian Politics
The outcome of Maharashtra’s assembly election has surprised politicians and analysts alike. While the ruling Mahayuti coalition...

Prasad Dixit
Nov 29, 20244 min read


New Vanguards
In a stunning turnaround, the ruling Mahayuti coalition rebounded from its Lok Sabha poll debacle to sweep the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly...
Correspondent
Nov 25, 20242 min read


Who will be next CM?
Mahayuti, MVA constituents drop different names Mumbai: Even before the first votes are counted in Maharashtra, fissures have emerged...
Correspondent
Nov 23, 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 22, 20243 min read


Intricate Political Chessboard
In Maharashtra’s fiercely contested Assembly elections, the stage appears set for a two-way showdown between the Mahayuti (a BJP-led...

Ashok Sontakke
Nov 10, 20243 min read


Calculated Disrespect?
In the world of Indian politics, it is axiomatic that symbolism often speaks louder than words. Recently, at the opposition Maharashtra...
Correspondent
Nov 9, 20242 min read


Intra-alliance battles catch attention
Mumbai: Mahayuti and Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) are going head-to-head in the Assembly Elections making the battle chaotic. Despite...

Ruddhi Phadke
Nov 7, 20242 min read


Jarange withdraws; Mahayuti jubilant, MVA cautious
Mumbai: Living up to his reputation Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Monday took a U-turn that too hours after vowing to...
Correspondent
Nov 5, 20243 min read


Electoral Illumination
As Maharashtra gears up for its Assembly elections on November 20, an unusual harmony looms between the ‘Festival of Democracy’ and the...
Correspondent
Nov 1, 20242 min read


Congress workers rue ‘weak’ candidates
Mumbai: Veteran Congress leaders and party workers are not only unhappy with the recent seat sharing formula with the Maharashtra Vikas...

Mamta Chitnis-Sen
Nov 1, 20243 min read


Rebels may distruptive pitch for Mahayuti, MVA
Mumbai: Major political parties are facing rebellion in their ranks as party workers denied tickets have defied their leaderships and...
Correspondent
Oct 31, 20243 min read


Same Faces, New Twists
Mahayuti’s grip on north Maharashtra is set for a major test in the upcoming Assembly polls as it seeks to recover from this year’s...

Kiran D. Tare
Oct 27, 20242 min read


Congress workers unhappy with seat allocation
They are dejected as Shiv Sena (UBT) bags Byculla, Versova, and Vile-Parle. Only solace is Bandra (W) Mumbai: A large number of...

Mamta Chitnis-Sen
Oct 27, 20242 min read


The Descent Troubleshooter!
Congress legislature party leader Balasaheb Thorat suddenly assumed a central role amidst the imbroglio within the Maharashtra Vikas...

Abhijit Mulye
Oct 25, 20242 min read


Congress loses traditional Muslim voters to Sena (UBT)
Mumbai: Certain Congress leaders are contemplating whether it was the right decision to go again with the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA)...

Mamta Chitnis-Sen
Oct 25, 20242 min read


Congress sends a signal in Thorat’s promotion
Mumbai: The visits of senior Congressman Balasaheb Thorat with Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT)...

Mamta Chitnis-Sen
Oct 23, 20242 min read


Messy Congress makes Uddhav stronger
Mumbai: The recent developments in the Congress has made Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray stronger in the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi...

Ruddhi Phadke
Oct 23, 20242 min read


Unkept promises major reason behind defections from BJP
Mumbai: The recent wave of defections from the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance to the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and the...
Anoop Raghav
Oct 23, 20243 min read


Warring MVA allies take their fight to Pawar
With the Congress and Shiv Sena-UBT sparring over around 15 seats with threats of even going independent, Sharad Pawar has stepped in to...

Aditi Pai
Oct 22, 20242 min read


Pawar plays mediator, tension in MVA recedes
The Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) were at loggerheads over 12 seats in Vidarbha and Nashik Mumbai: After much hue and cry throughout the...
Suyash Padate
Oct 21, 20242 min read
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