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Topic: Mahrashtra

Bhujbal exhorts Ajit Pawar to claim 80-90 assembly seats. ‘We should get what they had promised’

Purva Chitnis -
At meeting in Mumbai, Chhagan Bhujbal & senior leaders decide to make it clear to BJP & Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena that they will not settle for less than 80 assembly seats.

In Shiv Sena’s battle of Dussehra rallies, Shinde pulls weight of extended Thackeray parivar

Manasi Phadke -
Shinde faction held its rally at Bandra Kurla Complex grounds around the same time as Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray’s traditional event at Dadar’s landmark Shivaji Park.

J&K to Kerala, Gujarat, Bengal — Journalists across India face police action, even for tweets

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Here's a list of journalists across 18 states and UTs who have either been arrested or have been booked under several sections of the IPC since March.

Koshyari not first, governors accused of toeing party line and taken to courts in past too

Apoorva Mandhani -
With the row over Maharashtra govt formation deepening, here is a list of instances when governors were censured for not acting 'independently'.

‘Blood on the bedsheet a must’: How this Indian tribe keeps horrific virginity test alive

Manasi Phadke -
At the behest of community elders, the Kanjarbhat tribe still practices ‘gun’. But now, community youth have taken up cudgels to bring about a change.

Row over switching judges in Bombay HC is a result of how cases can be moved

Apurva Vishwanath -
The Maharashtra government was at the centre of a controversy when it sought a case be moved from one judge and the chief justice granted it.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

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

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

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

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

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

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