Following Ajit Pawar camp's poor showing in LS polls, there is growing speculation that some MLAs are willing to defect to NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) ahead of Maharashtra assembly elections.
While there are questions over whether Supriya Sule can be an able successor to her father, Ajit Pawar will have to go into battle mode for state polls beginning with seat sharing.
Out of the 10 LS seats in western Maharashtra, the Maha Vikas Aghadi has won 5 while the Mahayuti won 4. In key seat Baramati, Supriya Sule defeated Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra.
Sena (UBT) to contest 21 seats, Congress 17 and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) 10. Announcing deal at joint press conference, leaders say there were no differences over any seat.
In Maharashtra, Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi leader announced candidates on 9 seats. This could mean repeat of 2019 polls when his party split opposition votes, hurting Congress-NCP alliance.
While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.
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.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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