

Saturday 7 November '09
After its debacle in the Assembly elections that saw an impressive debut by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray has, despite his poor health...Friday 30 October '09
For years, media-shy Ajit Pawar has been quietly waiting in the wings to inherit uncle Sharad Pawar’s legacy. This week the 50-yr-old found his wait had got extended...Tuesday
27 October '09Notwithstanding the euphoria over the success of his party in the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and the talk of going solo that preceded it....Tuesday
27 October '09The Legislative Assembly results in Maharashtra have come as a terrible blow for the Shiv Sena, with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) breaking the Sena monopoly over Marathi Manoos issues in the state....Saturday
24 October '09Last month, as he led the Eid prayers at the Jama Masjid in Malegaon, Imam Mufti Mohammed Ismail Khalique was a bit preoccupied....Thursday
22 October '09In Haryana, Hooda looks favourite to return as CM, while in Maharashtra it’s a keen contest among many bigwigs....Tuesday
20 October '09With just two days left for counting of votes polled for the 12th Legislative Assembly in Maharashtra, the NCP is banking on rebels...Saturday
17 October '09Onions are likely to be dearer with insufficient rainfall in the state and heavy rains in the southern states hurting the production of kharif onions at a time when the stocks of Rabi onions are fast depleting.Friday
16 October '09With the Congress expecting to emerge as the single-largest party in Maharashtra, and even the NCP acknowledging the same, Industries Minister Narayan Rane has made the first move....Tuesday
13 October '09As Maharashtra goes to the polls on Tuesday with the ruling Congress-NCP alliance hoping for a third straight term despite failing to deliver on several fronts....Monday
12 October '09Deputy Chief Minister and NCP’s OBC poster boy Chhagan Bhujbal’s son Pankaj has followed his father and cousin Sameer from Mumbai to Nashik....Saturday
3 October '09Wary after the tragedy that struck Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajashekhara Reddy whose helicopter crashed but could be traced only 24 hours later...Thursday
1 October '09While launching the poll campaign at Shetfal in Solapur district on Sunday, Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)...Monday
28 September '09Resentment is brewing among Muslim leaders against the Congress and the NCP over being “slighted” while allotting tickets for the Assembly elections.....Saturday
26 September '09While admitting that there were too many rebels in the fray in the Maharashtra Assembly elections because the ruling Congress-NCP....Saturday
26 September '09A mix of political ambition, the urge to promote dynasties, delimitation of constituencies and new players in the fray has resulted in a major headache for all key players in next month’s Assembly elections in Maharashtra.Monday
21 September '09The Thackeray cousins — Shiv Sena’s working president Uddhav and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s chief Raj — are competing...Saturday
19 September '09With Ramdas Athawale firm on granting entry to Ramvilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party into the Third Front...Saturday
5 September '09Even as the Ashok Chavan government sought financial aid of Rs 15,000 crore from the Central government to tide over the present scarcity situation...Sunday
30 August '09Prakash Ambedkar’s Bharatiya Republican Paksha Bahujan Mahasangh is likely to join the Third Front -under the banner of Republican Left Democratic Front as a constituent in a week.Monday
17 August '09Raj Thackeray has always considered his uncle Bal Thackeray as his role model and has been imitating his gestures and words for years.Saturday
8 August '09A day after former MP Ramdas Athawale and other leaders of over a dozen factions of Republican Party of India...Wednesday
5 August '09CITING the sharp rise in atrocities against Dalits in the state and discontent in the large, politically crucial community....Sunday
2 August '09To ensure that the benefits of reservation reach all the deprived communities who have to compete with the “better off” within themselves...Saturday
1 August '09To ensure that the benefits of reservation reach all the deprived communities who have to compete with the “better off” within themselves...