Close contest on most of 10 seats in western Maharashtra as Sharad Pawar brings together NCP's Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil & Congress's Sushilkumar Shinde to build bulwark against BJP.
The senior leader from Vidarbha will take charge in ongoing Maharashtra assembly session, replacing Pawar of NCP. Wadettiwar had briefly held the post in 2019.
Over the past few months, Shiv Sena has been frequently taunting the Congress, triggering talks of a rift in the MVA alliance. Sena insiders say the provocation is deliberate.
There are at least 10 cases under Shiv Sena-led MVA govt, 6 under BJP-Shiv Sena regime & at least 3 under Congress-NCP rule in which people were booked for social media posts.
Rahul Gandhi has failed multiple times and there seems no hope of a Congress recovery soon. In such a crisis, you clutch at any straw, no matter how saffron.
In West Bengal, Left is in a dead heat with Congress for the wooden spoon; Maoism in the tribal heartland has been entombed; and in Kerala, the Left fights double incumbency.
Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.
CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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