Free travel, ritual kits, cash prizes: How parties are trying to attract voters this GaneshutsavPolitical leaders and parties in Maharashtra are making efforts to woo voters ahead of the upcoming elections by offering free travel, cash...
18 Sep, 2023, 04.02 PM IST
Have faith in EVM, no return of ballot papers in Maharashtra: Ajit Pawar"Everything is fine with people in any party if they get majority. But they start alleging that EVMs were managed if they get routed...EVMs...
11 Feb, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
Shiv Sena's Gordian Knot: Impact of diluting ideological purity for powerShiv Sena needs to guard against any perceived surrender of its sovereignty.
17 Nov, 2019, 10.38 AM IST
How & why Maharashtra went from a ‘no-contest’ to a strong contestFarm distress, the overall state of the rural economy and the aftermath of the floods made the BJP all the more vulnerable to anti-incumben...
26 Oct, 2019, 10.46 AM IST
Introspect, don't blame EVMs for poll loss: Devendra Fadnavis to oppositionAsked about speculation that some parties may boycott elections if EVMs are used, Fadnavis said, "I can only say that the reason for boycot...
02 Aug, 2019, 02.49 PM IST
Maximum Mumbai’s civic polls are turning traditional politics on its headThe key data point here is that the proportion of Marathi population in Mumbai has progressively dropped to 22-25% from around 52% in 1960.
22 Jan, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
India’s big experiment with referendum: When Goa did not go with BombayIn a referendum in 1967, which had concluded some days before, on whether Goa should merge with Maharashtra, most villagers were strongly a...
03 Jul, 2016, 10.14 AM IST
Maharashtra Assembly Polls 2014: MNS ends, Asaduddin Owaisi’s Majli-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen makes entry with 2 winsMNS had won 13 seats in the 2009 assembly polls in Maharashtra and it pretended to be the biggest rival of the Shiv Sena in many parts of t...
20 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Exit polls: BJP no more a party of upper castes, gets vote of aspirational middle class tooBJP seems to have gone well beyond its traditional base. It has successfully garnered the support of OBCs since the 90s.
16 Oct, 2014, 07.05 AM IST
BJP now ‘free’ to expand its footprint in stateBJP state chief Devendra Fadnavis said in an interview that Narendra Modi will address 10-12 rallies in the state.
26 Sep, 2014, 12.18 PM IST
Raigad: NCP minister Tatkare locked in 4-cornered contestCongress stalwart A R Antulay is sulking because the seat swap happened without consulting him since he represented the constituency for fo...
20 Mar, 2014, 03.08 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls: Meet corporate honchos, actors, sportsmen who are set to make a splashThe academic and corporate honcho bring along intense strategies and analyses. The activist and ex-cop arrive armed with steely resolve. An...
18 Mar, 2014, 04.37 PM IST
- Goa's unusual stories on state's business, politics and Russian mafia
Elections got over in this most unusual of Indian states. Fittingly, therefore, here's a flavour of Goa through three very unusual stories.
05 Mar, 2012, 11.15 AM IST
- Cities will be heard more
The recent delimitation exercise has changed the contours of assembly polls in Maharashtra, with the number of seats in urban areas increas...
02 Sep, 2009, 02.53 AM IST
- Save environment' theme song for polls in Goa
'Save Goa’, which was the main platform for the political parties wooing voters during the 2007 assembly elections, continues to be the man...
02 Mar, 2009, 03.13 AM IST