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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicMaharashtra assembly elections

Topic: Maharashtra assembly elections

Urdu press hails ‘end of bulldozer terror’, calls SC ruling a big step in curbing misuse of power

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

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.

‘Ajit Pawar was with anti-Hindu ideologies,’ says Fadnavis on NCP’s opposition to ‘Katenge to Batenge’

It will take Ajit Pawar some time to understand public mood, says Fadnavis. Adds that he sees nothing wrong with slogan given by Yogi Adityanath and 'this is the history of this country'.

Will the other Dighe roar in Thane? Uphill battle for late Sena leader’s nephew against Eknath Shinde

As Shinde eyes a fifth assembly term, his rival Kedar Dighe is giving it his all to take on the chief minister on his own turf. Experts believe it’s a one-sided fight.

Ajit Pawar’s NCP will emerge ‘kingmaker’ in Maharashtra, will join govt ‘on own terms’—Nawab Malik

In conversation with ThePrint, five-time MLA Nawab Malik also talks about his decision to join Ajit Pawar-led NCP and communally charged remarks by leaders of Mahayuti ally BJP.

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.

Litmus test for PK’s party to prestige battle for Gowdas. Key players & what’s at stake in upcoming bypolls

Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Karnataka, Meghalaya, UP and West Bengal among other states are going to bypolls. Contests in many seats are multipolar.

Fact Check: Islamic flag mistaken for Pakistan’s at NCP rally in poll-bound Maharashtra

Image from the rally with the flag in background was shared on social media with the claim that it was Pakistan’s. However, it lacks the vertical stripe seen on Pakistan’s flag.

Congress suspends 7 more rebel candidates ahead of upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections

The suspended candidates are contesting against the official nominees of the MVA. Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said that all party rebels would face a six-year suspension

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.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

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.