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TopicMaha Vikas Aghadi

Topic: Maha Vikas Aghadi

Mahayuti to retain Maharashtra in tight contest, exit polls predict, with BJP single largest party

Pollsters say over 45% vote share likely to go to Mahayuti, which comprises BJP, Shinde Sena, Ajit Pawar's NCP, and 41% for MVA, which includes Uddhav Sena, NCP Sharad Pawar & Congress.

Watch CutTheClutter: Muddled agendas & ideologies, divided houses, fight to finish for some in Maharashtra

In Episode 1555 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta examines the state's six regions, their significance, and the power-share dynamics within coalitions.

Shinde govt wanted to enslave women with Ladki Bahin scheme, people have seen intention, says Uddhav

Mumbai: Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has claimed that the Eknath Shinde-led Mahayuti government’s Ladki Bahin scheme won’t have any impact on the...

Fact Check: Sena (UBT)’s Sanjay Raut didn’t promise higher financial aid to Muslim women if MVA wins

Viral graphic bears logo of Pudhari News. The Marathi news outlet has confirmed that it never carried any such statement by Raut & that font used in viral image is different from theirs.

Mahayuti or MVA? Why each of the six parties want the other five down in Maharashtra polls

Mahayuti vs Maha Vikas Aghadi is the dominant theme in the Maharashtra Assembly election. Scratch the surface and you find how the six parties are ranged against each other.

Modi’s ‘ek hain, safe hain’ call riles Maharashtra allies, yet BJP banking on ‘vote jihad’. Here’s why

BJP's allies—Shinde Sena & Ajit Pawar's NCP—say such remarks are unwelcome in the state. But BJP feels that while 'vote jihad' hurt them in LS polls, it may benefit them in state elections.

More aid for women, houses for ‘sons of soil’. Mahayuti, MVA neck and neck in battle of the freebies

While MVA released joint card of poll guarantees Wednesday, ruling alliance unveiled its 10-point guarantee list a day earlier. Women, youths, farmers, all find place in manifestos.

Congress embroiled in ‘royal’ drama in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur after candidate’s last-minute withdrawal

Madhurimaraje Chhatrapati, member of Kolhapur’s royal family, withdrew her nomination for the elections, taking district unit party chief Satej Patil by surprise.

How Mahayuti & MVA have been getting rebel candidates across Maharashtra poll map to stand down

Eight rebel leaders from Mahayuti and 20 from MVA are still in the poll fray. However, many have been persuaded by their respective parties to withdraw their nominations.

What’s the controversy around Maharashtra DGP Rashmi Shukla, transferred by EC just before polls

This comes after Congress requested her removal alleging 'bias'. Maharashtra's 1st woman DGP, the 1988 batch IPS officer was accused in a phone-tapping case involving MVA leaders.

On Camera

J&K reservation system is flawed. Caste, category certificate shows geographical fault lines

A division or district-wise recruitment model will not take away anyone’s rights; it will give meaning to those rights across the map. It will replace competition with fairness.

GST cut fuelled Rs 6 trillion festival shopping boom in India

Items like jewellery, electronics, apparels, furnishing, and sweets were most in demand, the Confederation of All India Traders said in a statement.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.