In the past decade, women have emerged as a new vote bank that appears to be voting on more than just identity and emotive issues.

“This is for the first time that he has not faced the media on an election result day,” says a senior colleague of Pawar as his nephew lays claim to the "real NCP" label.

The humiliating defeat has also raised the question over the existence of the MVA in the state as Maharashtra at present stands virtually without an Opposition in the legislative house.

Out of the total 36 seats in the Marathwada region, eight constituencies have shown a drop in voting ranging from 0.12 percentage points (Naigoan seat) to 3.69 percentage points (Beed).

While 61.4 per cent of the electorate exercised their voting rights in the 2019 assembly elections, in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, the voter turnout stood at 61.39 per cent.

The charges against NCP(SP) leader Supriya Sule and Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole were levelled by former IPS officer Ravindranath Patil on Tuesday, and amplified by BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi at a late night press conference in Delhi on the eve of polling.

According to election officials, Bhosari which was racing ahead in polling through the day, registered around 61 per cent voting by the deadline of 6 pm.

Compared to the Lok Sabha elections in May, where voters faced long queues and inadequate facilities, this time the process was notably smoother, with better management of queues and more efficient polling setups across Mumbai.

Supporters of the family, which is no stranger to controversy itself, claimed to have caught Tawde distributing cash at a hotel in Virar East.

Deshmukh, who sustained injuries during the attack, was immediately rushed to the Katol Civil Hospital from where he was later shifted to Alexis Hospital, police said.

Rahul attacked the ruling Maharashtra government and said, “Do not forget that the present Maharashtra government was formed by theft. This government was formed after violating the Constitution.”

Devendra Fadnavis took the blame for the Lok Sabha loss and said that he failed to counter the opposition’s anarchist and ultra Leftist narrative.

In their campaign for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly polls, BJP leaders recently sought to link the “red book” carried by Gandhi to “urban Naxalism”.

The HC, while granting interim bail on medical grounds, had directed Malik to remain within Greater Mumbai, which is the jurisdiction of a special PMLA court, till the trial concluded.

Abdul Sattar will contest the Sillod Assembly seat in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar district against Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Suresh Bankar, a close aide of senior BJP leader Raosaheb Danve.

During his visit to Nagpur on Wednesday, Gandhi had carried a copy of the Constitution in his hand at the ‘Samvidhan Samman Sammelan’ where he advocated for a caste census. 

Thackeray also outlined plans to check the prices of five essential commodities — wheat, rice, dal, oil, and sugar — without impacting farmers. Another significant promise is the expansion of the ‘Shiv Bhojan Yojana’, a scheme that provides nutritious meals to the public for just Rs 10.

An officer said that both the accused are residents of Karvenagar area of Pune city and were in contact with Pravin Lonkar, one of the alleged conspirators, and another accused Rupesh Mohol.

In a major promise, under the Mahalakshmi scheme, women will receive financial assistance of Rs3,000 per month and free transportation in government buses across Maharashtra.

The Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials have arrested police constable Prathmesh Patil and booked API Amit Awhal, both posted with the Naya Nagar police station.

Fadnavis’s remarks came a day ahead of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the state to attend the Constitution rally. 

DGP Rashmi Shukla has been sent on compulsory leave for a period of one month following which the new government will take a decision on whether she will be reinstated or the selected DGP will continue.

Mumbai Metropolitan Region to see most of the high-stakes battle for Bal Thackeray’s political legacy.

Amin Patel has represented the area since 2009.