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Topic: Konkan

How new Maharashtra BJP chief Ravindra Chavan, Fadnavis loyalist with RSS roots, could rattle Shinde Sena

BJP's main Maratha face in Thane, Chavan, is expected to use his organisational strength & grassroots connections in the Konkan to pull in urban votes during the MMR local body polls.

Saffron fever, growing heft of Ranes & BJP’s plan to tackle Sena. Inside story of restive Konkan

Despite its sizable Muslim population, both Hindus and Muslims have lived in harmony in this coastal belt. But for past few years, cracks have appeared and so has tension.

6 regions, 36 districts & 288 seats: How to read Maharashtra’s electoral map

ThePrint explains Maharashtra’s 6 regions and dominant issues in play in each, from polarisation and big-ticket infra to ‘Maratha vs OBC’ and demands of onion farmers and sugar belt.

Structural consultant, contractor arrested after Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse in Maharashtra

CM Shinde has said that the state govt is deciding on a 'war footing' for reconstruction of the statue, which collapsed earlier this week.

In Shivaji statue collapse, Uddhav Sena sees window to reclaim Konkan. MVA steps up attack on Mahayuti

MVA has already announced to hold a protest against Mahayuti government on 1 September. BJP had first won Lok Sabha elections followed by MLC polls in Sena's stronghold Konkan.

With agitation for Mumbai-Goa highway, Marathi manoos card, Raj Thackeray eyes resurgence via Konkan

Raj Thackeray’s MNS Wednesday launched an agitation to flag inordinate delays in widening of Mumbai-Goa highway. Work on the highway has been going on since 2010.

Puran Poli to pickles—In Dapoli, women are bringing home-chef revolution to Konkan food

In the last 10 years, Maharashtra’s Dapoli has emerged as a prime tourist destination. And tourists want the authentic Konkani thali.

Amit Shah’s Konkan visit just the beginning as BJP signals open war in Shiv Sena bastion

Shah visited Sindhudurg’s Kudal to inaugurate a medical college and used the platform to launch a scathing attack on CM Thackeray and the MVA govt.

Week after Nisarga, over 3 lakh in Raigad & Ratnagiri without power, rains could delay relief

Cyclone Nisarga spared capital Mumbai of any major damage but battered the state’s other coastal districts, including Raigad and Ratnagiri. 

Natural spas, electricity: IIT-led team uncovers power of India’s Western Ghat geysers

A team of researchers led by IIT-Bombay recognises vast economic potential in the famous geysers of Maharashtra's Western Ghats.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.