scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicMaharashtra Legislative Assembly

Topic: Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

A day in Maharashtra assembly, baby in tow — how MLA Saroj Ahire is blazing a trail postpartum

Saroj Ahire, a Nationalist Congress Party MLA from Deolali, traveled about 650 kilometres to Nagpur to attend the winter session of the assembly, despite being postpartum & breastfeeding her baby.

How winter session of legislature, political weddings turned Covid ‘superspreaders’ in Mumbai

ThePrint independently confirmed 6 cases among Maharashtra’s ministers and 9 among the state’s MLAs, with some of them testing positive just in the last two days.

Why Uddhav govt wants assembly Speaker election with open vote not secret ballot

The speaker's post in Maharashtra has been vacant ever since Nana Patole resigned in February. Congress wants to fill it soon but NCP & Shiv Sena wish to wait for stable moment.

Mumbai to stay open 24×7: More cities should follow or fix creaking infrastructure first?

Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray said the cabinet proposal allowing shops, malls and eateries in Mumbai to stay open 24x7 will boost the city’s nightlife.

Talk Point: Can the Shiv Sena be in the opposition and government at the same time?

The Shiv Sena passed a resolution that it will contest all elections independently, including the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in 2019. Experts weigh in.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.