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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicMaharashtra assembly elections

Topic: Maharashtra assembly elections

BJP is winning elections without Modi. Congress needs to change its strategy

If Modi is no longer the most important campaign issue then how does it matter how much Rahul Gandhi attacks him?

As ‘people’s court’ pronounces verdict in Sena vs Sena, what’s next for Uddhav & Shinde

Voters' verdict was overwhelmingly in favour of Shinde, who won 57 seats, surpassing the 2019 tally of the undivided Shiv Sena at 56. Shiv Sena (UBT) stares at existential crisis.

Shocked Congress cries ‘targeted manipulation’ after Maharashtra debacle, says BJP ‘misused machinery’

While alleging subversion of 'level playing field', Jairam Ramesh avoids pointed attack on EVMs, in contrast with approach after Congress's defeat in Haryana assembly elections.

Devendra Fadnavis wins for fourth time from Nagpur South West with lead of almost 40k votes

The ex-CM has successfully contested the assembly polls from Nagpur 5 times since 1999—twice from Nagpur West & thrice from Nagpur South West.

Congress’s Jyoti Gaikwad wins by 23,459 votes in Dharavi amid land grab charges against Adani, Mahayuti

In the Congress stronghold, Rajesh Khandare from Shinde's Shiv Sena is in second position. Uddhav Thackeray had vowed to scrap the Dharavi redevelopment tender if he returned to power.

Ajit Pawar retains NCP bastion Baramati, defeats nephew Yugendra by over 1 lakh votes

Dy CM Ajit Pawar has held on to Baramati assembly seat since 1991. He lost the first round in NCP vs NCP fight when his wife Sunetra lost to Supriya Sule in Lok Sabha elections.

Fate of 2 Muslim Mahayuti candidates opposed by BJP: Nawab Malik takes a battering, Abdul Sattar wins

Local BJP unit had informed state leadership that it would not campaign for Sattar, while in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, the party had earlier announced it would not support Malik.

As CBI probes Rs 6,600-cr crypto ‘scam’, a look at the 2018 case & its impact on Maharashtra polls

CBI has summoned cyber expert Gaurav Mehta, whose name came up after ex-IPS officer Ravindranath Patil accused Supriya Sule & Nana Patole of using scam funds to finance poll campaign.

From dairy farmer to Vasai-Virar power centre: Hitendra Thakur, BVA chief who took on Vinod Tawde

BVA workers claimed they caught BJP's Vinod Tawde ‘red-handed’ distributing cash. Hitendra Thakur and son Kshitij are in fray in Vasai and Nalasopara seats, respectively.

Mahayuti likely to retain power in Maharashtra, exit polls predict

The ruling Mahayuti includes BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi includes Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP).

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.