Abhijit Karande

Speaking at a recent event, Fadnavis said that the NDA coalition got the blessings of Marathis from all sections.

A comprehensive analysis of what went wrong with the Thackeray brothers (Uddhav and Raj), who joined hands for the BMC polls after a long time.

A political row has erupted in Maharashtra civic polls over the use of marker pens instead of indelible ink to mark voters, with the opposition alleging the practice could enable electoral fraud.

Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad soon rushed to the spot and conducted searches around the area. However, they did not find anything suspicious.

Preliminary details indicate that a bus belonging to the BEST undertaking collided with pedestrians while it was reversing.

The victim, Mangesh Sadashiv Kalokhe, left home on Friday to drop off his kids at school. While returning, four unknown assailants, on a black four-wheeler, stopped his motorcycle, chased him, and attacked him with swords, sticks, and an axe.

BJP's decision to field six candidates from the same family stirred a major controversy ahead of the polls. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi and alliance partner NCP fired their shots at the party.

Ahead of the Pune Municipal Corporation elections, the Maha Vikas Aghadi suffered a huge blow as 22 former corporators and local office-bearers from Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party, Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and other parties switched allegiance and joined the BJP.

Interestingly, as the Maharashtra government has not officially declared his removal and the Governor's letter also reflects this, Manikrao Kokate continues to remain a minister without a portfolio.

Maharashtra's Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate and his brother have been sentenced to two years in prison for fraudulently acquiring flats under the Chief Minister's Housing Scheme. The court ordered immediate enforcement of the sentence and possible arrests.