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Thursday, September 11, 2025
TopicMaharashtra assembly elections

Topic: Maharashtra assembly elections

Congress going down in Maharashtra without a fight, Rahul finds few takers among candidates

While Maharashtra is dotted with hoardings & billboards featuring PM Modi, CM Fadnavis & Sena leaders, Congress is not to be seen even in TV or newspaper ads.

After chor-police for 36 years, Mumbai’s ‘Dirty Harry’ set to begin political innings now

Pradeep Sharma, Mumbai Police officer of 1983 batch, will contest against two-time Nalasopara MLA Kshitij Thakur as a Shiv Sena candidate.

All that Raj Thackeray wants is to be in Maharashtra’s opposition

Campaigning for his MNS in Maharashtra, Raj Thackeray is saying everything people want to hear but will it bring votes?

History will remember those who opposed scrapping of Article 370, says PM Modi

Addressing a rally in Maharashtra, PM Modi said the elections are a battle between BJP's power of development and the opposition's selfishness.

Drought-free Maharashtra, 1 crore jobs & Bharat Ratna for Savarkar in BJP’s poll manifesto

To combat drought, BJP plans to divert 167 TMC of water from west-flowing rivers to drought-hit parts of Marathwada and North Maharashtra.

3 elections & 15 years later, Dharavi still gets same political promise — redevelopment

First mooted in 2004, Dharavi redevelopment is yet to take off, despite Fadnavis govt fast-tracking project ahead of Lok Sabha elections earlier this year.

BJP’s 2014 spend on Maharashtra, Haryana poll campaign was 4 times that of Congress: Report

The report, prepared by the Association for Democratic Reforms, comes days before Haryana and Maharashtra go to polls again.

Narayan Rane — the one prickly issue between BJP & Shiv Sena that’s unlikely to be resolved

BJP is banking on Rane, a former Sainik, and his aides to make inroads in Sindhudurg district but that has angered Shiv Sena, which holds sway there.

There will be a Shiv Sena CM in Maharashtra in times to come, says Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said the party looks a little calm but not to go by that since they have to speak carefully because of alliance with BJP.

BJP candidates around Mumbai’s Aarey Colony say tree felling not a poll issue for voters

Sitting BJP MLAs and candidates say, on the campaign trail, voters have barely mentioned the cutting of trees for a Metro car shed at Aarey Colony.

On Camera

Lifting night shift ban increased female employment in India—only among big firms

Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?