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Gandhi, Sanjay Dutt, Kasab — Pune’s Yerawada jail, open to public, has many stories to tell

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Yerawada jail was opened to public on 26 January, making it the first prison in Maharashtra to do so. Other prisons with historical significance likely to open up too in boost to 'jail tourism'.
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530-page book, conference, app — how Uddhav govt is reviving age-old border row with Karnataka

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Uddhav is raking up Karnataka-Maharashtra border row, an issue his father championed, but analysts say it holds little resonance in border areas & no poll value in rest of Maharashtra.
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Why Shiv Sena won’t back down from renaming Aurangabad despite risk to alliance govt

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In 1988, Bal Thackeray said Aurangabad would be called Sambhajinagar after Chhatrapati Shivaji’s son. Now, his son and Maharashtra CM Uddhav is pushing for it again.
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More political & more cartoon-centric — Bal Thackeray’s 60-yr-old weekly Marmik gets new look

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Since 17 November, Marmik has published three more editions along the lines of its revamp plans of making the weekly almost like a deeper shadow of Shiv Sena’s Saamana. 
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In Shiv Sena’s support to farmer protests, a deliberate strategy to shed its urban image

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Shiv Sena, which has a very Mumbai-centric urban image, has backed almost every farmers’ protest in Maharashtra & the country over the past few years.
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After year in opposition, this is how ‘unbeatable’ BJP is planning to regroup in Maharashtra

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BJP was confident the MVA govt wouldn’t last but has now spent a year in opposition — its image, of an unbeatable force with a ‘development first’ agenda, having taken a beating. 
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Packed meeting rooms, no mask — no surprise 18 of Maharashtra’s 43 ministers got Covid

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While politicians are more susceptible to Covid due to the very nature of their job, the number of ministers infected in Maharashtra is one of the highest in the country.
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NCP aide, Modi backer, now Mumbai’s ‘Godfather’ — the political gymnastics of Raj Thackeray

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The MNS chief’s latest political avatar, aimed at the 2022 Mumbai civic polls, is to project himself as a ‘godfather’ who solves people’s woes and champions Marathi pride. 
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Aarey to Kanjurmarg in 9 yrs — Mumbai Metro car shed to still take over 2 yrs if all goes well

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CM Thackeray has shifted the car shed for Mumbai’s costliest metro rail out of Aarey Colony. But it took years of political back and forth for the project to reach Kanjurmarg.
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Not all farmers are against Modi’s new farm laws, this group in Maharashtra is celebrating

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Farmers associated with Shetkari Sanghatana, founded by economist Sharad Joshi in 1978, believe the laws are a step closer to their demand — freedom of access to markets.
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Xi's attempts to mould Buddhism, Islam make CCP a laughing stock

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Kidnapped for ransom, 26/11 survivor Gautam Adani faces his biggest challenge...

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New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) He was kidnapped by bandits in 1998 for ransom and when terrorists attacked Mumbai almost 11 years later,...

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UK’s House of Commons defence panel calls for expansion of AUKUS...

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Suggestion by chair of House of Commons defence select committee reflects evolving dynamics of Indo-Pacific and global security. India & Japan are part of QUAD with US, Australia.

National Interest

Return of the Muslim: From Modi ‘sermon’ to Pathaan to Bharat...

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Most key Hindutva/RSS objectives have been achieved, and Modi & BJP now need social calm, at least till summer of 2024. A de-escalation of some sort is on.

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