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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
TopicMaharashtra Crisis

Topic: Maharashtra Crisis

Maharashtra election body gets ready for pending local polls days, after Ajit Pawar switch

To the media, the SEC said this was a “routine exercise” they do before every election, adding that no dates had been announced yet.

Good news! ‘one-size uniform for everyone’ & ‘ED takes vacation break before Lok Sabha polls’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

SC verdict on Maharashtra political crisis today. CM Shinde, 15 other MLAs face likely disqualification

In March 2023, SC had reserved verdict on series of cross-petitions by 2 factions of Shiv Sena. One of them seeks disqualification of the MLAs who rebelled against Uddhav Thackeray.

Reference of Nabam Rebia ruling to 7-judge bench can’t be decided in ‘abstract manner’, says SC

The 2016 ruling says a speaker can't initiate disqualification proceedings against MLAs if a notice for her/his removal is pending. It came to rescue of MLAs led by Eknath Shinde last year.

Our take on ‘Rashtrapatni’ remark, SSC scam and Uddhav Thackeray—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

The many political battles in Maharashtra post Uddhav Thackeray’s resignation

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

12 of 19 Shiv Sena MPs join Shinde faction, tell LS speaker to identify them as ‘separate group’

At least 8 of these 12 MPs had attended a meeting called by Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray last week and some, expressing their unhappiness, asked him to ally with the BJP.

India’s anti-defection law didn’t stop power politics. It just moved from farmhouse to resort

Maharashtra turmoil shows Rajiv Gandhi's 1985 anti-defection law changed nothing, but only left India 'with the worst of both worlds'.

On Camera

Women are missing from Chinese politics. CCP is a boys’ club

Under Xi, the CCP’s political structure has become even more centralised and male-dominated. Power increasingly revolves around a tight inner circle of male loyalists.

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.