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Aditi Pai
Nov 82 min read
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 82 min read
Wielding Soft Power
Political parties are scrambling for the female mandate, as alliances vie against each other useing attractive schemes and slogans...
Swapnil R Mishra
Nov 72 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...
Aditi Pai
Nov 72 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...
Correspondent
Nov 41 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...
Abhijit Mulye
Nov 42 min read
The Party Spoiler
Nawab Malik is contesting as an official candidate of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) from the Shivajinagar-Mankhurd assembly...
Aditi Pai
Nov 42 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...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 12 min read
Royal Swagger
As Maharashtra gears up for a pivotal assembly election, the state’s Maratha royals are emerging as influential players, reinvigorating...
Mamta Chitnis-Sen
Nov 13 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...
Correspondent
Oct 311 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 301 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...
Kiran D. Tare
Oct 302 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...
Abhijit Mulye
Oct 302 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...
Suyash Padate
Oct 292 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...
Aditi Pai
Oct 292 min read
Divergent loyalties
Once lording over the BJP in North Maharashtra, the Khadse family has witnessed flip-flops, corruption cases and embarrassing situations...
Suyash Padate
Oct 282 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...
Correspondent
Oct 261 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...
Ananya Gupta
Oct 262 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...
Aditi Pai
Oct 262 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...
Correspondent
Oct 251 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...
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