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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicAssembly election

Topic: assembly election

Modi hoped Rajapaksa trip will shift focus from Maharashtra loss. But Pragya Thakur happened

It is more than likely that PM Modi is furious with Pragya Thakur’s repeated reference to Gandhi’s assassin Godse. So why doesn’t he say so publicly?

Modi’s glitter intact after Haryana & Maharashtra wins, but there’s news for Amit Shah

In the other tent, the Congress high command remained silent, no pat on the back for its workers in Maharashtra & Haryana.

Devendra Fadnavis is so strong in Maharashtra that he is ready to wrestle, but ring is empty

Chief Minister Fadnavis was asked if he was Maharashtra's Modi. His answer showed he is ready to be CM again.

Nathuram Godse has a lot to give to the opposition in Maharashtra’s assembly election

Besides being one of the top Twitter trends on Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, Godse is important to political parties for another reason.

Price hike, joblessness, slow economy. Yet, it’s advantage BJP in Maharashtra & Haryana

Less than a month to go for polls, BJP and Congress have yet to kickstart the campaign. But both have their own reasons.

Ahead of Maharashtra polls, Congress has given up, but Sharad Pawar’s NCP still fighting

The Congress does not have a strong leader who can be the face of the party. And its leaders look hopeless in Maharashtra.

If BJP wins Maharashtra, Haryana, Modi can’t take credit for all conquests anymore

Even while losing three crucial states in December 2018, Modi only emerged stronger within BJP with very powerful regional leaders failing to deliver.

Why Nitish, Mamata, Uddhav and Kamal Haasan need Prashant Kishor

Prashant Kishor gives a big leg-up to his clients, working on their strengths and weaknesses. But his successes expose his clients, too.

Kejriwal thinks free electricity will work magic. But single issues rarely decide election

Dissatisfied Indian voters are not irrational when they don't punish the party in power. Perhaps they reward and punish on multiple issues.

Maharashtra Opposition to use corruption to target ‘clean’ Fadnavis govt as elections near

CM Fadnavis had promised clean governance, but a dozen of his ministers were accused of corruption. The latest is Chandrakant Patil, No.2 in the cabinet.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.