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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicBJP-Shiv Sena

Topic: BJP-Shiv Sena

A surveillance state that cares & Greenland fends off ‘see it, like it, want it, got it’ syndrome

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

The hardliner BJP underestimated: Medha Kulkarni’s journey from sidelined MLA to Hindutva MP

BJP's Medha Kulkarni, now Rajya Sabha MP, came under the spotlight recently for her ‘gaumutra’ protest at ‘Shaniwarwada’ after a video showed women offering ‘namaz’ at the site.

Such things won’t affect my career, says Shinde Sena minister Sanjay Shirsat on ‘bag of cash’ video

Mumbai: A day after Maharashtra cabinet minister and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat received an income tax notice, a video has gone viral on...

Tale of 2 alliances: Aurangzeb row brings BJP, Sena closer in Maharashtra, divides BJP, JD(U) in Bihar

Criticising Chhava, a Bollywood drama revolving around Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj resisting Aurangzeb's forces, SP MLA Abu Azmi praised the Mughal emperor, triggering a row. 

Rift within Mahayuti 2.0 widens as Fadnavis seeks to put his stamp on govt, Shinde continues to sulk

Signs of discord have surfaced with Eknath Shinde frequently skipping meetings chaired by CM Devendra Fadnavis, and with friction over guardian ministers unresolved.

Fadnavis is Maharashtra CM, Shinde & Pawar deputies after 11 days of suspense & an 11th hour surrender

BJP had been coaxing Eknath Shinde to join as deputy CM, but he didn’t give his consent till mere hrs before ceremony. Sena sources say he had put the condition of getting home portfolio.

Nilesh Rane to join Shinde’s Sena under poll formula. Rane clan’s political career comes full circle

His father, Narayan Rane, quit Shiv Sena in 2005 over differences with Uddhav Thackeray. Nilesh will join the party formally Wednesday at a rally on his father’s home turf, Kudal.

Multiple parties, trust deficit: Why ‘meet and greets’ are making waves in Maharashtra politics

From Fadnavis and Uddhav's elevator ride together, 2 Congress MLAs meeting Mahayuti leaders, to a least 3 of Ajit Pawar camp meeting Sharad Pawar, every encounter is raising eyebrows.

Shinde-led Shiv Sena MP Shrirang Barne alleges ‘double standards’ after party gets just one MoS berth

He told media that Shiv Sena was expecting one cabinet berth & one MoS berth, but party leader in Lok Sabha Shrikant Shinde said it was unconditionally supporting BJP-led NDA govt.

Shinde-BJP, Thackeray-Congress & the Pawars — how LS results have tilted scales ahead of state polls

Shinde-led Sena has emerged as a player BJP can't dominate. Meanwhile, Congress’s performance will now give it greater bargaining power within Opposition MVA with Shiv Sena (UBT).

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.