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TopicMaha Vikas Aghadi

Topic: Maha Vikas Aghadi

BJP wins first bypoll in Maharashtra since it lost power to MVA, wrests seat from NCP

BJP’s Samadhan Autade defeats NCP candidate Bhagirath Bhalke, with a margin of 3,733 votes. The bypoll was necessitated after NCP MLA Bharat Bhalke's death due to Covid last year.

BJP again caught in a remdesivir row in Maharashtra, this time for distributing drug

BJP’s Shirish Chaudhari, who belongs to Amalner in Jalgaon, sold large stocks of Cadila Healthcare’s Remdac & Bruck Pharma’s Corovir in Nandurbar & Jalgaon districts. 

Uddhav Thackeray hints at Maharashtra lockdown, set to meet with task force on 10 April

State PWD Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan said his government's priority is to keep the people safe, and the details of the lockdown 'will be finalised soon'.

Third Uddhav minister in ‘trouble’, Anil Parab is CM’s trusted aide & a Matoshree regular

Maharashtra cabinet minister Anil Parab has been accused by suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze of extortion.

Anil Deshmukh resigns as HC orders CBI probe, is 2nd Maharashtra minister to quit in 14 months

Deshmukh’s resignation came Monday after the Bombay High Court ordered the CBI to probe allegations against him of running an extortion racket in Mumbai. 

Fadnavis still wields clout in Maharashtra bureaucracy & is using it to corner Uddhav govt

Over the past few days, former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has managed to push the Thackeray govt into a situation where it is pitted against its own officials.

For BJP, Uddhav Thackeray is the perfect example — how not to run a government

Sweeter than getting the numbers to form the government is the pleasure of seeing your ally-turned-rival make constant gaffes and seem unworthy of the throne.

Deshmukh was in home quarantine but met officers, Pawar was not briefed properly — Fadnavis

Addressing a press conference Tuesday, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis claimed that the MVA government has not acted on an 'incriminating' state intelligence report on police corruption.

Unhappy alliance gets more uncomfortable for Congress after Waze, Param Bir Singh scandals

Arrested cop Waze was a Shiv Sena member while Singh has made corruption allegations against NCP’s Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

MVA partners shield Home Minister Deshmukh, say Covid put him out of action through February

Mumbai Police’s ex-chief has alleged Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh met arrested cop Sachin Waze in February and instructed him to collected Rs 100 crore a month from bars & eateries.

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Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.