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Topic: Sharad Pawar

How NCP and Congress have stormed back into western Maharashtra

Congress and NCP are leading in 31 assembly constituencies of western Maharashtra, with NCP ahead in 21 seats and Congress in 10.

‘Maratha warrior’ Sharad Pawar shows why he still matters in Maharashtra politics

Sharad Pawar’s NCP is leading in 56 seats and looks well on its way to improving 2014 tally of 41. In NCP bastion of Western Maharashtra, party is ahead in 26 of 28 seats.

BJP has risen in Maharashtra by dismantling Sharad Pawar’s old empire piece by piece

NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s family has presided over a vast network of local elites for decades, creating a political equivalent of the gilded age.

BJP wants to do an Amethi in Baramati but doesn’t have a Smriti Irani to defeat Pawar clan

BJP is confident of winning the Maharashtra assembly elections. But its hopes in Baramati are tenuously hanging on ‘outsider’ Gopichand Padalkar.

Nathuram Godse has a lot to give to the opposition in Maharashtra’s assembly election

Besides being one of the top Twitter trends on Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, Godse is important to political parties for another reason.

Congress is confused whether Sharad Pawar is saviour or threat in Maharashtra

Sharad Pawar is a closer friend to Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah than Congress’ Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.

Sharad Pawar can’t be caged by ED probe. That’s why he is Modi’s guru, Sonia’s trusted ally

Sharad Pawar has cultivated a deep political and socio-cultural network. The ED probe a month before Maharashtra election will only help him.

Resigned on my own as Sharad Pawar’s name got embroiled, says Ajit Pawar

Ajit Pawar added that Sharad Pawar is not even remotely associated with the bank or its transactions. Yet, his name was doing the rounds in the case.

Amit Shah and Fadnavis play hardball with Sharad Pawar as Mehul Choksi is now ‘unwanted’

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

In Maharashtra’s ED political potboiler, Sharad Pawar has the last laugh

NCP chief Sharad Pawar used the ED controversy to turn himself from an accused to a victim and then to a victor, and in the process also galvanised his party’s cadres. 

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.