Maharashtra

Beyond Spectacle

Ganeshotsav is at its best when it brings Maharashtra together. For ten days, neighbourhoods become communities and homes become welcoming spaces as devotion spills naturally into the streets. There is music, modaks and the unmistakable sense that the festival belongs...
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Bappa Under Scrutiny

As Ganeshotsav confronts concerns over idol height, noise and food safety, Maharashtra must find a balance between devotion and responsible celebration. Ganpati is perhaps Maharashtra’s most iconic festival, occupying a unique place in the state’s social and cultural life. For...
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Maharashtra unveils sweeping land reforms

Introduces real time online system to access land records, property cards and mutation history Mumbai: In what is being hailed as the most comprehensive overhaul of property and revenue administration in the state’s history, Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced...
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Language on the Meter

The Marathi language rule for auto and taxi drivers can promote integration, but only if it does not become another instrument of identity politics. The political scenario in Maharashtra has changed after the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) agitation, and every...
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Fatal Negligence

Newborns dying in a fire inside a government hospital is a devastating indictment of a system that is supposed to protect its most vulnerable patients. The Amravati District Women’s Hospital tragedy, where a blaze killed three infants, joins a long...
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‘Rambo of Gadchiroli’ honoured with medal

Mumbai: Gadchiroli’s Assistant Police Inspector Wasudeo Rajam Madavi - who has 58 encounters with 101 kills during daring anti-Maoist operations - has been awarded the First Bar to his Gallantry Medal, in the President’s Independence Day honours list this year....
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Holy Contracts

The Kumbh Mela is supposed to be a celebration of faith. But in Maharashtra, it is beginning to look rather too much like an opportunity for fraudsters. For the BJP-led Mahayuti, the alleged Kumbh Mela scam is a potentially damaging...
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When Solar Starts Chilling Milk

India’s renewable-energy story is moving beyond electricity access to protecting rural value by cutting waste and strengthening livelihoods. AI generated image For decades, the story of rural energy in India was about providing electricity to communities. But the next chapter...
Business 
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Fatal Complacency

Three aviation incidents at Baramati in seven months should be enough to make even the most complacent regulator nervous. Instead, the runway appears to have been allowed to deteriorate while promises of an upgrade gather dust. There is something profoundly...
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Sunetra Pawar’s Trial by Fire

The greatest challenge before Maharashtra’s first Deputy CM is not merely to govern, but to forge a political identity that is unmistakably her own. Politics often rewards the loudest voice. The modern political arena thrives on sharp sound bites, relentless...
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Inside Maharashtra’s Logistics Revolution

The state’s warehouse boom is redefining its industrial growth while posing difficult questions about planning and sustainability. Discussions about infrastructure in Maharashtra almost invariably gravitate towards marquee projects like the Mumbai Coastal Road, the Samruddhi Mahamarg, the Mumbai Trans Harbour...
Infrastructure 
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The BJP’s Gen Z Moment

The CJP movement in Maharashtra exposes the limits of an older political communication model and signals a changing relationship between young voters and power. Every generation arrives convinced that it understands the country better than the one before it. Indian...
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