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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
TopicMaha Vikas Aghadi

Topic: Maha Vikas Aghadi

IPS transfer row in Mumbai Police hints at fresh cracks in Shiv Sena-NCP ties

Mumbai Police commissioner's decision to transfer 10 deputy commissioners of police Thursday was revoked by the government Sunday without explanation.

Ajoy Mehta — Maharashtra IAS officer Congress can’t stand & Uddhav can’t do without

Ajoy Mehta got two extensions as chief secretary before term ended Tuesday. Now principal adviser to CM, he is known to be a tough taskmaster who's popular with his politician bosses.

Shiv Sena mouthpiece slams Congress, airs Maharashtra ruling alliance’s dirty laundry

An editorial in Saamana has said the disgruntlement voiced by Congress ministers of not being part of the government’s decision-making process is ‘unwarranted’.

Why Uddhav Thackeray needs to watch out for Ajit Pawar, not Rahul Gandhi or Sharad Pawar

Rahul Gandhi may be distancing himself from Maharashtra’s Covid struggle & Sharad Pawar seems to be taking the lead, but the threat lies elsewhere.

How Ajit Pawar garlanding Savarkar portrait has got Maharashtra political circles abuzz

While Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar garlanded V.D. Savarkar’s portrait at Mantralaya Thursday, ally Congress is protesting in Karnataka over 'Savarkar flyover'.

Maharashtra paying a price in Covid because Uddhav Thackeray and Rahul Gandhi stole mandate

Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP stole a mandate by swapping partners in 2019. That misadventure drove Maharashtra into the tragic mess it finds itself in today.

BJP using Raj Bhavans as den of politics in states where it’s out of power, says Nawab Malik

Senior NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Nawak Malik says Rahul Gandhi's words are being twisted, MVA govt is working fine.

How Mumbai Raj Bhavan has become centre of political activity amid Maharashtra Covid crisis

Civil servants give inputs on Covid situation to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, while BJP leaders have approached him with complaints about govt’s 'failure' to deal with crisis.

Sharad Pawar has taken lead role in Maharashtra Covid crisis, and Shiv Sena doesn’t mind

Senior Shiv Sena leaders say they don't see Pawar’s role as interference, adding that his experience is valuable.

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray announces Rs 1 crore for construction of Ram Temple

In its mouthpiece Saamana, Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena states that the govt may be backed by anyone, but there is no change in its ideology.

On Camera

Should Goa share Mhadei waters? A living river can’t be divided like property

Asking Goa to give up 4% of a river’s flow to help parched districts seems reasonable, moral. But it masks a deeper ethical problem: who bears the burden of the ‘greater common good’?

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.