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Capital Context | Tamil Nadu’s moving pieces: DMK steady, AIADMK-BJP yet to finalise strategy, Vijay in play
January 19, 2026 9:44 am
With Congress restive but staying put, AIADMK weighs its options as the BJP makes a push to build a wider anti-DMK front.
Asaduddin Owaisi interview: ‘Wrong to see AIMIM’s Maharashtra wins via prism of religion… what do secular parties have left?’
January 19, 2026 7:51 am
"Muslim and Dalit areas are not well developed ... silence of secular parties on atrocities against Muslims ... There is a complete list of factors," says AIMIM chief when asked if minority votes had shifted from parties such as Congress and SP.
Who will be the next Mumbai mayor? After BMC win, a BJP-Shiv Sena tussle takes shape
January 18, 2026 10:43 am
As Shinde signals tough bargain, Fadnavis says will decide together
Despite jolts, how AIMIM pulled off its best show in Maharashtra civic polls
January 17, 2026 8:18 pm
Amid rebellion and resignations, Asaduddin Owaisi-led party won 126 corporator seats in 13 corporations across Maharashtra, nearly three times NCP(SP)'s tally and just 30 fewer than Sena (UBT)'s seats
Amid SC split over anti-corruption clause, data shows cases rising, but acquittals outnumber convictions
January 17, 2026 12:13 pm
Since 1988, while corruption cases have tripled at national level, chargesheets have grown eight-fold, even as pending trials have risen nine times
As BJP wins BMC qila, why the echoes of its civic poll success will travel far beyond Maharashtra
January 17, 2026 8:07 am
While the outcome in the Mumbai civic elections will likely allow Devendra Fadnavis keep his allies in check, it also contains a message for the regional satraps who will face the BJP in elections within a few months.
What next for Ajit, Sharad Pawar after both NCPs are routed in Maharashtra civic polls?
January 17, 2026 11:47 am
Inducting leaders from rival parties, quelling rebellions over candidate selections, and effective campaign against the NCP-NCP(SP) alliance were among the factors that helped the BJP win the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations on its own for the first time
What BJP’s dominance, in BMC polls and beyond, signals for Opposition, allies
January 17, 2026 7:22 am
With the BJP and the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde crossing the halfway mark in Mumbai, the Thackerays will have to reassess, as their plank of Marathi consolidation appears not to have worked.
Who is Dinesh Waghmare, Maharashtra SEC under fire amid civic poll controversies?
January 16, 2026 8:56 am
An IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, Waghmare held several key posts throughout his career and retired as Additional Chief Secretary.
Maharashtra civic polls: SEC wraps up with ‘surprises’ on campaign extension, vote display machine
January 15, 2026 5:47 am
Opposition questions SEC nod to door-to-door visits into 48-hour silent period before polling, says was not given any demonstration of ‘PADU’ machine to be deployed in BMC polls in case of a snag
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