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Swapnil R Mishra
Oct 202 min read
Sena promotes Shinde as next CM
Mumbai: With the Assembly elections just around the corner, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena is gearing up to promote him as the...
Correspondent
Oct 181 min read
Plain Speak
“MVA cannot contest assembly polls in the state with a single CM face. We doubt if it will remain intact after the elections. As per my...
Suyash Padate
Oct 182 min read
Ditching Marathi for Hindutva
Change is an inevitable part of life, and the only constant, according to the Buddha. Failure to adapt to changing needs results in...
Correspondent
Oct 172 min read
Poll Sentinel
As India’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Rajiv Kumar faces a daunting political landscape ahead of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand...
Abhijit Mulye
Oct 172 min read
Confident Shinde Gets Ready
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde appears super confident of getting back into the seat after the assembly elections. More importantly, none...
Kiran D. Tare
Oct 162 min read
Building New Mumbai: Development Dreams vs Destruction Debates
As Maharashtra gears up for an especially critical Assembly election, the battle for Mumbai, a city that accounts for a significant share...
Suyash Padate
Oct 163 min read
Puzzle of Maratha Quota
Around 40 years ago, Mathadi Kamgar Union leader Annasaheb Patil first began the Maratha reservation agitation. The demand has time and...
Aditi Pai
Oct 162 min read
The Saffron Warriors
When Uddhav Thackeray took oath as the 18th chief minister of Maharashtra on November 28, 2019, he proclaimed that he had fulfilled his...
Correspondent
Oct 163 min read
Polls to test electoral arithmetic, chemistry among allies
THIS IS THE FIRST ASSEMBLY ELECTION WITH FRAGMENTED POLITICAL PARTIES Mumbai: With half a dozen key players post splits in the Shiv Sena...
Correspondent
Oct 142 min read
Lawless Maharashtra
The recent murder of veteran politician Baba Siddique, a former Maharashtra minister and a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party...
Ruddhi Phadke
Oct 133 min read
Confused Maharashtra Voters Amidst Political Chaos
In the 2019 assembly elections, the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and the Shiv Sena formed a pre-poll alliance, with Deputy Chief Minister...
Correspondent
Oct 122 min read
Grandiose Gambits
As Maharashtra gears up for its Assembly elections, a familiar ritual unfolds: grand proclamations aimed at wooing key voter blocs. The...
Correspondent
Sep 242 min read
Remarkable Reinvention
Few politicians in India have faced the kind of scepticism that Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has encountered. Once an...
Mamta Chitnis-Sen
Sep 233 min read
Cash Crunch for Defected Minister’s Election Funds
An old associate of one of the present top ministers in the ruling Maharashtra government is worried. He says the minister is at his...
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