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Wednesday, May 20, 2026
TopicMaha Vikas Aghadi

Topic: Maha Vikas Aghadi

Uddhav Sena goes its own way on Maharashtra Bill seeking to curb ‘unlawful’ conversions

MVA partners Congress, NCP-SP continue to oppose ‘intent' of proposed legislation, without directly declaring whether they support or oppose it. Discussion on the Bill began Monday.

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.

On Camera

Norway’s Modi cartoon was not satire. Just colonial laziness

Political satire is indispensable to democracy, racial caricature isn’t. If Europe’s liberal press still cannot tell difference, then decolonisation never happened in their imagination.

Recovery of unclaimed shares, dividends now takes days, not yrs. EAC-PM credits investor watchdog revamp

PM-EAC paper says overhaul of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority system sharply improved processing speed and reduced paperwork for investors.

Dragon’s armour: How Xi reshaped China’s military with theatre commands a decade before India’s push

While India yet to set in motion theaterisation of armed forces, China's military reforms combined China’s Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force aimed at regional dominance & tight political control.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.