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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicMaharashtra polls

Topic: Maharashtra polls

Ajit Pawar resigned as MLA because he couldn’t tolerate ED action against me: Sharad Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar says he hasn’t spoken to his nephew Ajit, adds that his children had told him reason behind resignation.

How BJP is making Article 370 the focal point of its Maharashtra poll campaign

Booklets, street plays, leaflets — on Article 370, its history and benefits of scrapping it — are being employed by BJP in its Maharashtra poll campaign.

Shiv Sena asks EC to hike candidates’ poll expenditure from Rs 28 lakh to Rs 70 lakh

The demand to raise the expenditure over two-fold hike in the upcoming assembly election has been supported by Sena-ally BJP as well as Sharad Pawar-led NCP.

Congress is so desperate to survive in Maharashtra it wants to ally with fringe player SP

The decision to ally with the SP was discussed by the Congress at the Maharashtra screening committee meeting in New Delhi.

Congress’ new headache ahead of Maharashtra polls — no senior wants to fight Fadnavis

5 senior leaders suggested as probable candidates by state Congress working president Nitin Raut. They say recommendations are result of party rivalry.

Mumbai gets nearly Rs 4,000-cr plan to decongest metro station areas ahead of state polls

A Rs 3,849.38-crore plan has been approved, last month, to improve areas within a 500-metre periphery of every Metro station proposed or under construction.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.