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Lording Over Satellite City
In the nineties, Ganesh Naik was a formidable name in Belapur who enjoyed the mass support of the local community, especially the aagris....

Aditi Pai
Nov 8, 20242 min read


Wielding Soft Power
Political parties are scrambling for the female mandate, as alliances vie against each other useing attractive schemes and slogans...

Aditi Pai
Nov 8, 20242 min read


Shinde promises to raise financial assistance to women
Mumbai: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday announced ten key promises of the ruling alliance’s manifesto including increase in the...
Swapnil R Mishra
Nov 7, 20242 min read


Capturing Nandurbar
Political ideologies and loyalties are no bar in Nandurbar as four members of the Gavit family are contesting from the four assembly...

Aditi Pai
Nov 7, 20242 min read


Plain Speak
“He (Nawab Malik) is our long-time colleague. If the BJP or the Shiv Sena doesn’t want to support his candidature or if they want to put...
Correspondent
Nov 4, 20241 min read


The Party Spoiler
Nawab Malik is contesting as an official candidate of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) from the Shivajinagar-Mankhurd assembly...

Abhijit Mulye
Nov 4, 20242 min read


Holding Fort in Raigad
In the seaside region of Raigad, ‘musical chairs’ seems to be the preferred game by members of the Tatkare family. In a constituency once...

Aditi Pai
Nov 4, 20242 min read


Royal Swagger
As Maharashtra gears up for a pivotal assembly election, the state’s Maratha royals are emerging as influential players, reinvigorating...

Kiran D. Tare
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


Plain Speak
“Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and I had repeatedly made clear BJP’s stance in this regard. I am saying it once again, BJP will not...
Correspondent
Oct 31, 20241 min read


Malik files papers as NCP candidate
Mumbai: Rubbing salt on the BJP’s wounds the NCP chief Ajit Pawar decided to field tainted leader Nawab Malik as the party’s official...
Correspondent
Oct 30, 20241 min read


Mumbai’s Known Unknowns
The late U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, during a 2002 press briefing, famously distinguished between “known knowns,” “known...

Kiran D. Tare
Oct 30, 20242 min read


Woman CM in Waiting!
Supriya Sule is MP from Baramati. She is not contesting the assembly elections in Maharashtra. Yet, if a chance arises after the...

Abhijit Mulye
Oct 30, 20242 min read


Ajit fighting a battle for relevance
Mumbai: The NCP president Ajit Pawar on Monday filed his nomination papers from the Baramati assembly constituency. Significantly, this...
Suyash Padate
Oct 29, 20242 min read


Divergent loyalties
Once lording over the BJP in North Maharashtra, the Khadse family has witnessed flip-flops, corruption cases and embarrassing situations...

Aditi Pai
Oct 29, 20242 min read


The gimmick behind Malik’s forced candidature
The Mahayuti is trying to clean the tainted NCP leader by pitting him against controversial Abu Azmi Mumbai: Though the BJP and its...
Suyash Padate
Oct 28, 20242 min read


Plain Speak
“The non-biological Prime Minister and the Mahayuti government’s steadfast refusal to conduct a caste census has had real consequence for...
Correspondent
Oct 26, 20241 min read


Will continue my father’s legacy, says Zeeshan after getting NCP ticket
Mumbai: NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique on Friday vowed to continue the legacy of his father, Baba Siddique, who was gunned down earlier this...
Ananya Gupta
Oct 26, 20242 min read


A Sugar Pill from Sugar Belt
In politics, they say, there are no permanent friends or enemies and this saying is best defined by harshavardhan patil, the former...

Aditi Pai
Oct 26, 20242 min read


Plain Speak
“It is a fight and no election is easy. I don’t even take the gram panchayat, panchayat samiti or municipal council election of my...
Correspondent
Oct 25, 20241 min read
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