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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicShiv Sena (UBT)

Topic: Shiv Sena (UBT)

Amid Mahayuti discord, praise for Fadnavis from unlikely quarter: Sena (UBT) mouthpiece

Editorial in Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana credits Maharashtra CM Fadnavis for cutting out ‘fixers and brokers’ from govt, slams Shinde for supposed graft and rot that had set in.

Thackerays have a plan to whip up support before civic polls. It starts on Shinde’s home turf

Focus will be on building party at grassroots-level, say leaders. Exercise to cover Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Beed, among others, followed by stock-taking.

The Sena vs Sena fight persists in Maharashtra. One plans to focus on ‘expansion’, other seeks ‘revenge’

Heads of both factions were speaking at separate events to mark Bal Thackeray’s birthday. Shinde wishes to take his party to every household, while Uddhav insists his Hindutva is ‘clean’.

Signs of disintegration in MVA with Uddhav Sena’s ‘mixed signals’, decision to go solo in civic polls

Shiv Sena (UBT) says that its decision to contest independently will not impact MVA’s future. However, it continues to trade barbs with Congress & interact closely with the BJP.

With praise for CM Fadnavis, how Shiv Sena (UBT) seems to be holding out an olive branch to BJP

On the face of it, Shiv Sena (UBT) maintains that Saamana editorial is nothing more than 'basic civility in politics' keeping the good of Maharashtra in mind.

Kalyan to Dadar, how Uddhav Sena is doubling down on Hindutva push after Maharashtra poll debacle

With Mumbai civic polls likely to be the next big test, Shiv Sena (UBT) wants to shed ‘Muslim league’ tag, experts say. But party says Hindutva has always been a part of its ideology.

Oppn MPs attack ex-CJI Chandrachud in Parliament. ‘Attention-seeking divas don’t leave legacies’

Trinamool’s Mahua Moitra berated the former judge for inviting Modi to a Ganpati puja at his home, and for his remark that he prayed to a deity before Ayodhya verdict.

SP decides to walk out of ‘communal’ MVA after Sena (UBT)’s celebration of Babri demolition

Meanwhile, MLAs of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi boycotted the oath taking ceremony, questioning the entire election process and the use of EVMs.

As ‘people’s court’ pronounces verdict in Sena vs Sena, what’s next for Uddhav & Shinde

Voters' verdict was overwhelmingly in favour of Shinde, who won 57 seats, surpassing the 2019 tally of the undivided Shiv Sena at 56. Shiv Sena (UBT) stares at existential crisis.

Sena (UBT)’s Mahesh Sawant wins in Shiv Sena birthplace Mahim. MNS’s Amit Thackeray in 3rd place

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Bal Thackeray)'s Mahesh Baliram Sawant comes out on top in Mahim, with Sada Sarvankar of Shinde's Sena taking 2nd place.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.