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What’s stopping Shinde from asking for floor test? Anti-defection law and the Sena identity 

It’s not the numbers in the legislative assembly that’s the real problem, say experts. In order to avoid disqualification, he must either merge with the BJP or prove that the party has been split vertically. 

Our take on presidential elections, Maharashtra, and AIADMK — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Not Shinde vs Uddhav, Shiv Sena has an identity crisis. Choose Hindutva or get a makeover

In the see-saw game between the Shinde faction and the Uddhav group, no guess is a good guess. The big question for Shiv Sena is about its ideology.

Floods in Assam, need govt’s full attention, Cong asks Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde to leave

Congress state chief writes to Shinde, says the ‘royal hospitality’ provided to him and his MLAs at the time of floods was ‘unfair and unacceptable’.

Eknath Shinde — ‘Balasaheb’s Shiv Sainik’ set to be CM after staging Sena’s biggest rebellion

Eknath Shinde headed a shakha in Thane back in 1980s. He became a corporator in Thane Municipal Corporation before becoming an MLA in 2004. Was said to be upset about Sena-BJP split.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.