Maharashtra Politics
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Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi seeks to ally with Congress for Maharashtra Assembly elections
The Prakash Ambedkar-led party is contesting the Lok Sabha polls in its own.
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Mumbai Police give clean chit to Ajit Pawar, his wife, nephew in alleged money-laundering case
The agency’s closure report, if accepted, would prevent the ED from investigating the alleged scam that involves the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank.
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Maharashtra: We will grant funds if you choose ruling alliance in polls, Ajit Pawar tells voters
We expect you to vote for our candidate so that I will feel good about giving funds, otherwise my hand will be restricted, he said.
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Trending
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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Indore Congress candidate backed out days after attempt-to-murder charge added to 17-year-old case
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In his new book, journalist Boria Majumdar addresses BCCI’s two-year ban after an online controversy
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SC allows Sharad Pawar faction to use name ‘NCP – Sharadchandra Pawar’ for Lok Sabha elections
The Ajit Pawar-led faction was ordered to issue a public notice clarifying that the use of the party’s ‘clock’ symbol is being adjudicated by the court.
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Maharashtra: Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi offers support to Congress in seven Lok Sabha seats
Prakash Ambedkar criticised Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena faction and Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party group for sidelining his party in their alliance.
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Supreme Court asks Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction to not use Sharad Pawar’s name, image on posters
The court also asked the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by the Maharashtra deputy chief minister to use a symbol other than the ‘clock’ for the polls.
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Video
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Lok Sabha elections: Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra Pawar to contest from Baramati, says NCP leader
The constituency is held by Ajit Pawar’s cousin Supriya Sule, who is a leader of the rival Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Sharad Pawar.
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Communal slurs, retaliation: BJP has perfected tactics Shiv Sena’s Manohar Joshi was criticised for
In a strange twist, the Shiv Sena today has distanced itself from the hardcore Hindutva politics its sainiks, including its first chief minister, proudly owned.
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Election Commission allots ‘man blowing turha’ symbol to Sharad Pawar’s NCP faction
The party said that the ‘turha’, a symbol linked to Maratha king Shivaji, would ‘shake Delhi’s throne’.
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The Reel
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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Sharad Pawar seeks urgent hearing in SC against EC verdict on NCP name, party symbol
This comes a day after the Maharashtra Assembly speaker held that the faction headed by Ajit Pawar constituted the real Nationalist Congress Party.
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Maharashtra Speaker says Ajit Pawar faction is real NCP, rejects all disqualification petitions
Rahul Narwekar held that going against the wishes of Sharad Pawar was dissent expressed within the party and did not amount to leaving it.
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Day after quitting Congress, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan joins BJP
He has denied that the Centre’s white paper on alleged economic mismanagement before 2014 – which mentioned the Adarsh scam – prompted his exit from the party.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Bowlers, Marcus Stoinis help Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians
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India tour of Bangladesh: Radha Yadav, D Hemalatha propel visitors to win in rain-marred second T20I
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ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson included in Rohit Sharma-led India squad
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Badminton, Uber Cup 2024: India lose to China in group stage-decider; progress to quarter-final
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Diaz and Chhangte on target as Mumbai City beat FC Goa to enter final