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With Rajya Sabha polls due on March 16, the MVA faces an internal tussle over its assured Maharashtra seat. Shiv Sena (UBT) claims numerical right,...
Ajit Pawar’s death has opened a fierce political contest for control of the Maratha voter base in Western Maharashtra, with Eknath Shinde emerging...
Whether the unification of the NCP happens or not is an unanswered question as of now, but one can at least say that the talks and discussions for...
Recent municipal poll results and shifting alliances suggest Maharashtra may be moving away from fragmented coalition politics towards a bipolar...
The BMC polls show that high-profile political reunions can backfire. The Thackeray cousins’ tie-up and the Pawar family rapprochement confused...
As Maharashtra heads into civic polls, the sudden reunion of Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar highlights political compulsion over ideology. The alliance...
On Wednesday, the Thackeray cousins, who have been bitter rivals for almost 20 years, are likely to announce their reunion. They are in the process of...
The state election commission on Monday announced civic polls in 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra, which will see thousands of candidates...
Just ahead of the big civic poll season, too many cases of rampant cash seizure are seen in Maharashtra The state election commission and other...
As Maharashtra’s local self-government polls conclude, the BJP’s strategy of drawing prominent faces from alliance partners—especially Eknath...
A lot of discussion has already happened in the media about the pushes and pulls happening between the Mahayuti alliance partners since the past few...
The issue became the biggest talking point for the opposition Congress party and the regional media for many days, as the Deputy CM seemed totally...
As the festive season ended and politicians got back to work, Union Minister Amit Shah's Mumbai visit was watched closely by leaders of all political...
The opposition parties in Maharashtra looked united like never before over the issue of some alleged irregularities in the voter lists in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra has seen the most unexpected twists and turns in politics in the last three years, as leaders were suddenly seen switching sides.
All eyes are on Thursday's Dussehra rally to be held by Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai. The buzz is that some kind of reunion, if...
The Supreme Court ordered a few days ago that the process of civic polls for local self-government bodies in the state of Maharashtra should be...
The controversy over Fadnavis emerging victorious after the stressful days of the Maratha agitation in Mumbai and the uncertainty created by it, and...
The agitation for reservation for the Maratha community may have concluded, but the political impact of this agitation which lasted for five days, is...
Three days of incessant rains broke down most of Mumbai's transport services, like the suburban train network, which carries over a crore commuters...
The allegation that there was an unreasonable rise in the number of voters as well as a rise in voting in the late hours on voting days was mainly...
The general impression seems to be that the BJP is not letting one opportunity go, of cornering Eknath Shinde or his leaders and giving a signal that...
The general impression seems to be that the BJP is not letting one opportunity go, of cornering Eknath Shinde or his leaders and giving a signal that...
Insiders say it is Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde who have put their foot down saying if action is to be taken against their colleagues, the same should...
The leaders were targeted even by the national news media, which questioned how these leaders, belonging to the ruling coalition, could be allowed to...
It seems like the ruling party's attempt to bring in linguistic polarisation in Maharashtra has succeeded, and in the bargain, it has also managed to...
Now, the BJP-led Mahayuti government has decided to withdraw the Government Resolution, or the GR, issued on the compulsion of Hindi, and this is...
The BJP-led Mahayuti government's decision to bring in the Hindi language in schools as a mandatory subject from first grade became a big political...
The 'BJP bandwagon' is becoming very crowded and heavy in recent years and it led to increase in internal bickering and infighting . How to control...
It seems very clear that the chances of Raj and Uddhav joining hands are very slim. Most insiders say that there is no way the cousins will come...
Whether it is the anger over rising cases of violence against women in the state or whether it is the resentment over exclusion from lakhs of names...
Politicians may try to evade responsibility over these natural calamities but alert public organisations must create awareness about these issues so...
It was a discussion about the upcoming civic polls in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Pune and also about how to handle the open and extreme...
A lot of speculation is happening about whether Sharad Pawar has decided to stop confronting the ruling BJP and whether there is reconciliation...
It is very clear that both Raj Thackeray's party and Uddhav Thackeray's party are currently facing an existential crisis. The upcoming civic polls in...
The BJP does not want a partner from the Hindutva space to grow too much in the alliance in Maharashtra. They propose to cut down Eknath Shinde's...
With his "ear to the ground approach", Sharad Pawar perhaps feels that the BJP's Hindutva-centric politics are currently getting ground support among...
The scale and the influence of the leaders at both these events obviously varied a lot, but the media in Maharashtra and the rest of the country...
The last entire year has been that of an election campaign. In the first half of 2024, Lok Sabha elections happened, and towards the end of the year,...
The trend seen in assembly polls in other states, such as Madhya Pradesh, of people voting for a particular political alliance because of getting...
It is clear that the gainer in the whole episode, which has put Ajit Pawar and his party in a very awkward position, is the BJP. So, while Pawar tries...
After getting a clear majority in the state assembly elections, the BJP does not seem to be in a mood to appease its alliance partner
It seems very likely that the constituents of the Mahayuti may not be getting into a seat-sharing alliance in the upcoming civic polls
Rahul Gandhi insisted in his speech that he was not levelling any allegations but only raising questions and doubts about the latest voter list,...
Most insiders now feel that there are indications that the alliance partners of the BJP will decide to fight alone in the upcoming metro city civic...
Beed murder exposes governance lapses, lawlessness challenges government integrity and stability.