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When Uddhav’s own party tied Maharashtra’s electoral hands
A forgotten 1996 amendment has come back to haunt Uddhav Thackeray, crippling the State Election Commission’s powers over local polls. It has come to light that when the (undivided) Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition was in power, a legal provision was introduced allowing the use of Assembly electoral rolls for local body elections. Nearly three decades later, that decision has returned to haunt the Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray. During the tenure of late Ch
Correspondent
7 days ago4 min read


RSS vetoes Amit Shah's elevation
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Abhijit Mulye
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Congress’s western wall crumbles
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Rajendra Pandharpure
Apr 213 min read


NYC proclaims April 14 as ‘B. R. Ambedkar Day’
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Quaid Najmi
Apr 123 min read


Police & Pandits: Biggest Beneficiaries of Devotion
Corruption is rampant at Kalighat Mandir under CM Mamata Banerjee's nose Kolkata: The Uber ride from my hotel to Kalighat Mandir was...

Mamta Chitnis-Sen
Jan 273 min read
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