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Of Nagging Namesakes and Family Showdowns
As Maharashtra approaches the November 20 Assembly elections, two constituencies in Eastern Vidarbha are standing out for their unusual...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 6, 20242 min read
Power Cuts Shortens Power
Few areas of Maharashtra are regularly facing power cuts as the demand has exceeded the supply. Rural Nashik, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, and...
Suyash Padate
Nov 6, 20242 min read
Power Player Faces a Crucial Test
When the story of Maharashtra’s political landscape is written, one name besides Sharad Pawar that will be prominently featured is...
Abhijit Joshi
Nov 5, 20242 min read
New Frontlines of Tradition and Change
The Buldhana and Akola Assembly constituencies in Maharashtra’s Western Vidarbha, traditionally bastions of the ruling Shiv Sena and the...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 5, 20242 min read
Less Water Leads to Anger
First the deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and after him actor Aamir Khan vowed for drought free Maharashtra. “Our mission is to...
Suyash Padate
Nov 5, 20242 min read
Jarange withdraws; Mahayuti jubilant, MVA cautious
Mumbai: Living up to his reputation Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Monday took a U-turn that too hours after vowing to...
Correspondent
Nov 5, 20243 min read
Family Fracture
After more than a year of frenetic speculation, the Pawars of Baramati now seem to be visibly and definitively divided. This Diwali, Ajit...
Correspondent
Nov 4, 20242 min read
AIMIM’s Strategic Gamble
Aaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), with its primary base in Telangana, is trimming its ambitions for the...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 4, 20243 min read
The PDS Puzzle
The Public Distribution System (PDS) in Maharashtra provides food security needs to the citizens of the state by making sure the...
Suyash Padate
Nov 4, 20242 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...
Aditi Pai
Nov 4, 20242 min read
Traffic Woes Voters’ Agenda
Which is the fourth most congested city in the world with 65 percent congestion, has seen the traffic situation worsening off late. And...
Suyash Padate
Nov 2, 20242 min read
Electoral Illumination
As Maharashtra gears up for its Assembly elections on November 20, an unusual harmony looms between the ‘Festival of Democracy’ and the...
Correspondent
Nov 1, 20242 min read
Royal Swagger
As Maharashtra gears up for a pivotal assembly election, the state’s Maratha royals are emerging as influential players, reinvigorating...
Kiran D. Tare
Nov 1, 20242 min read
The Barons of Solapur
When the Mohite-Patil father-son duo, Vijaysinh and Ranjitsinh and quit the BJP to return to the NCP (SP) this year, it worried the...
Aditi Pai
Nov 1, 20242 min read
A tiger safari in Goa?
It’s difficult to imagine going to Goa for, of all things, a tiger safari. A tiger safari is associated with places like Tadoba National...
Brian D’Souza
Oct 31, 20242 min read
Sibling Dominance
At the time of the general election in May this year, of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, the tussle between ruling Mahayuti allies...
Kiran D. Tare
Oct 31, 20243 min read
RR backstabbed me by ordering open inquiry into irrigation: Ajit
Pune: Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday alleged he was “backstabbed” by his close colleague and then home minister R R Patil...
Correspondent
Oct 30, 20243 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...
Kiran D. Tare
Oct 30, 20242 min read
Plain Speak
“Today, we came here to file the nomination form of Yugendra Pawar, a young candidate from Baramati. He has studied abroad, is highly...
Correspondent
Oct 29, 20241 min read
NCP (SP) banks on Awhad for Muslim outreach
Jitendra Awhad has won Mumbra, a seat with a majority Muslim population, since 2009 but is now facing a challenge from his own former...
Aditi Pai
Oct 29, 20243 min read
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