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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicMaha Vikas Aghadi

Topic: Maha Vikas Aghadi

MVA conundrum ends, Sharad Pawar to be candidate in Rajya Sabha polls

Both Congress & Shiv Sena UBT came out to present a united face after veteran’s name was announced as Aghadi candidate.

MVA’s future in limbo? Differences with Sena-UBT, possible NCP merger leaves Congress in thinking mode

Chandrapur Municipal Corporation mayoral poll is just the latest flashpoint. Cracks between Congress & Sena-UBT have been widening for some time now.

Praise from citizens, brickbats from politicians: ‘Upright’ IAS Tukaram Mundhe & his many transfers

Mundhe had faced 23 transfers in 20 years, but his Nagpur posting remains the most contentious, still causing headaches for the IAS officer five years later.

Alleged D-Company link returns to haunt Nawab Malik. Mumbai court frames charges against ex-minister

Special judge framed charges against Malik & other accused after they pleaded not guilty, paving the way for trial to begin.

No seat-sharing signals aggressive Congress in BMC polls, move to strain weakened MVA further

Shiv Sena (UBT) was dismissive of Congress decision, but other partner NCP(SP) termed election strategy as one ‘taken because of pride despite a debacle in Bihar’.

‘No local polls till voter list is clean’: At MVA-MNS rally in Mumbai, Oppn heavyweights take aim at EC

Raj, Uddhav, Supriya Sule, Balasaheb Thorat, Jayant Patil & Aaditya Thackeray present. Sharad Pawar says rally reminded him of ‘Samyukta Maharashtra’ movement of 1950s.

Will Uddhav Sena dump MVA for Raj Thackeray ahead of BMC polls? Sanjay Raut’s teaser sparks suspense

BMC polls will be 1st major electoral test for both ruling & oppn allies after Maharashtra elections last November, when NDA secured thumping win and BJP emerged as largest party.

Why politics over Gokul Milk, Maharashtra’s biggest dairy cooperative, is on the boil

Mumbai: Ahead of local body elections across Maharashtra, a new political battle is brewing over milk, with Kolhapur as its epicentre. The tug-of-war is over...

What Congress is thinking at a time when bonhomie is blooming in Thackeray, Pawar clans

The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi hasn’t put up any great show of unity since the assembly polls in November last year. Local body polls are due in 4 months.

Saif Ali Khan stabbing takes political turn as Mahayuti leaders question ‘seriousness’ of attack

On Friday, actor recorded his statement with the Mumbai Police, recounting how he & his wife Kareena Kapoor Khan were woken up by the cries of a staff member & their youngest son.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

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.