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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TopicMaharashtra government

Topic: Maharashtra government

Maharashtra’s cluster schools have computers, more teachers. 10,500 schools will be merged

Maharashtra’s plan to mainstream rural education by merging small schools into bigger clusters could open up a brave new world— but it could also push some students to the fringes.

Shinde, Fadnavis rush to Delhi as Maratha quota activist resumes hunger strike after deadline ends

Even as Jarange-Patil said he was resuming his hunger strike, a seemingly helpless CM Shinde & his deputy Fadnavis rushed to Delhi to ‘hold meetings’, it is learnt. 

Maharashtra govt on edge as countdown starts for another Maratha stir. Its options are limited

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil has warned that he will launch a fast unto death on 25 October unless govt announces OBC reservation for the community by then.

The value of a ‘Vote’ and a ‘Voter’ & ‘Hindutva protection guard’

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

Maharashtra’s Maratha quota stir puts Fadnavis in a tight spot, CM Shinde attempts damage control

After protesters in Jalna were lathicharged, Deputy CM & Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis is under Opposition fire. CM Eknath Shinde says 'committed to restoring Maratha reservation'.

‘Law & order over in Maharashtra’: Oppn hits out at Shinde govt after 4 Dalit men tortured

Six men — all from ‘upper-caste’ community — allegedly beat up four Dalit men in Ahmednagar with sticks, hung them upside down from a tree, urinated on them, and lobbed casteist slur.

Family, political style, strategy — why Sharad Pawar isn’t attacking rebels, unlike ally Thackeray

After Eknath Shinde split Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray attacked the rebels tooth and nail. That hasn’t been the case with Sharad Pawar since nephew Ajit Pawar split NCP last month.

Inspired by MLA mom, Maharashtra govt proposes nursing rooms for lactating women in all workplaces

Last week, govt called for feedback on its draft notification on ‘Hirkani’ rooms. Need for such spaces came into focus after MLA Saroj Ahire attended assembly sessions with her baby.

‘Wanted a full bhakri, will now get half’: Resentment in Shinde’s Sena over induction of NCP ministers

With the induction of nine NCP MLAs in the Maharashtra cabinet, the state now has only 14 vacant cabinet berths as against 23 before the Ajit Pawar-led faction joined the government.

1 yr of Shinde-Fadnavis govt: Infra push, populist moves, Uddhav-bashing & a 2-man show with rifts

Maharashtra’s Shinde-Fadnavis government has prioritised swift decision-making over the last year, but experts say a long-term vision and strategy seems to be missing.

On Camera

Rajnath Singh is discovering India-Pakistan civilisational ties

Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.

Chhattisgarh pitches state as hub for ‘specialty steel’, nets investment plans of Rs 6,321 crore

Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector. 

India eyes more S-400s with upcoming Putin visit, Su-57 likely to stay off radar

Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.