POLITICS
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Sharad Pawar and the Karma Connection: Shiv Sena-BJP are showing Sharad Pawar his own tricks today
He famously engineered many defections and party splits. With his own MLAs now deserting the NCP ship, is political karma catching up with Sharad Pawar?
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
The Maha Turnaround: Decoding a Resurgent Raj Thackeray
Despite not fighting these elections, Raj Thackeray has emerged as a huge force in Maharashtra's polls, grabbing public attention and making the BJP nervous. How?
POLITICS
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Enter, Prashant Kishor: The recent meeting between the JD(U) pollster and the Shiv Sena has raised many questions
Why was poll strategist and JD(U) leader Prashant Kishor recently meeting with Shiv Sena's top leadership? Was this about new plans for the upcoming polls — or for national roles after the polls?
VARIETY
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Supreme Court allows Mumbai dance bars to open: Why it will be a catch-22 situation for the state government
The state government will now have to bear the brunt of moral policing of the urban middle class.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
Shiv Sena has wrested Ram from BJP, just like BJP took away Shivaji from Sena
Uddhav Thackeray’s Ayodhya visit was strategic in more ways than one.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
Owaisi-Prakash Ambedkar alliance in Maharashtra: Third front or advantage BJP?
The tie-up looks formidable on paper. While there are factors working in its favour, it faces serious challenges too.
POLITICS
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Why BJP is floundering to find a replacement for Manohar Parrikar in Goa
With the Congress waiting in the wings, managing the present coalition is certainly going to be tough for the BJP.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
Right-wing terror: How politics delayed tightening the noose around Sanathan Sanstha
The previous Congress and NCP governments in Maharashtra too did little to act on the proposed ban on the Sanstha.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
How Maratha reservation protest has caught Devendra Fadnavis in a trap
Any stand the Maharashtra chief minister takes on the quota issue is bound to be seen through the prism of his caste.
POLITICS
| 3-minute read