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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicDevendra Fadnavis

Topic: Devendra Fadnavis

Rs 47,000 cr push for Mumbai infra as MMRDA tables first surplus budget in nearly a decade

With focus on big-ticket infra projects including Metro rail and tunnels, the MMRDA budget also laid emphasis on decongestion under ‘Mumbai 3.0’ vision.

BJP cements rural grip in Maharashtra in zilla parishad & panchayat polls, allies not far behind

BJP emerges as the single largest party in Maharashtra's rural polls, but analysts see strong performances by Shinde Sena and NCP as a warning for BJP's plans to go solo in 2029.

Sharad Pawar back in game as NCP merger talks turn into bout between Baramati patriarch & Fadnavis

By criticising Union Budget, raising concerns over India-US trade deal, Sharad Pawar asserted that despite prior talks of an NCP merger, he remains firm in his opposition to NDA.

‘A good friend, a great leader of the masses’—Fadnavis pays tribute to his deputy Ajit Pawar

Three days of state mourning in Maharashtra. Fadnavis and Shinde headed to Baramati to meet the Pawar family.

Dhurandhar Devendra, indispensable Shinde & dejected Pawar—Mahayuti’s equation post-civic poll results

Mumbai: After dominating the municipal council polls across the state, the Mahayuti and, especially, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) further strengthened its presence in urban...

‘Why marker pens in BMC polls?’ Voters, opposition complain ‘indelible’ ink getting erased, CM responds

Poll body releases statement saying that it is wrong to erase ink & confuse voters. Fadnavis, meanwhile, says some people were preparing to blame something for the poll results.

In Saamana interview, Thackeray cousins warn of a ‘North Indian mayor’ & a ‘helpless Marathi manoos’

Before the local polls in Mumbai, Raj and Uddhav, in an interview for the Uddhav-led Sena mouthpiece Saamana, recall the late Raj Thackeray's aspirations when he founded the Sena.

Inaugural flight lands at Navi Mumbai airport, but demand for its naming after DB Patil yet to settle

Daughter-in-law and grandson of the late farmer leader were among passengers of the flight from Bengaluru that landed Thursday at the newly inaugurated airport.

Taking a leaf out of Yogi’s book: Inside CM Fadnavis’s high-voltage plans for 2026 Nashik Kumbh

Linked to the grand size of the budget & scale of the event are the CM's ambitions to brand himself as a 'development-oriented Hindutva leader', political watchers say.

NCP minister Manikrao Kokate loses portfolios after court setback over illegal acquisition of govt flats

On Tuesday, court issued arrest warrant against Kokate who has already moved Bombay High Court challenging verdict. His portfolios will now be under Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.