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  Maharashtra: Stage set for elections to Sangli, Jalgaon municipal bodies; all eyes on BJP

  Elections | July 31, 2018 20:31 IST

  Elections are being watched with keen interest in political circles as their results are likely to throw up new leadership equations among parties, especially the BJP, at the local level.

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  BJP emerges winner in Maharashtra municipal polls, says mandate for demonetisation

  Politics | November 29, 2016 9:42 IST

  BJP on Monday emerged as the major gainer in the first phase of municipal council polls winning 39 municipal chief's posts of the 147 urban local bodies.

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  Some Congress leaders had given up fight even before Maharashtra polls: Narayan Rane

  Politics | November 04, 2014 21:43 IST

  Mumbai: In a veiled attack on former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, senior Congress leader Narayan Rane today alleged that many candidates in fray for the assembly polls were not provided funds and some party leaders

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  Maharashtra polls: Uddhav Thackeray holds meeting with newly-elected Shiv Sena MLAs

  Politics | October 20, 2014 20:01 IST

  Mumbai: Even as the impasse over government formation in Maharashtra continues following a fractured mandate in the Assembly polls, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray today held a meeting with the newly-elected legislators here."All the newly

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  Richest, poorest candidates defeated in Maharashtra polls

  Politics | October 20, 2014 9:01 IST

  Mumbai: The richest and poorest candidates who contested the Maharashtra assembly elections were defeated.However, the second richest candidate among a total of 1,356 contestants, BJP's Mangal Prabhat Lodha (58), won from the Malabar Hill constituency.Shiv

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  Maharashtra: BJP legislature party to meet in Mumbai today

  Politics | October 20, 2014 7:39 IST

  New Delhi/Mumbai: Newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs in Maharashtra are likely to meet today evening in Mumbai to select their leader and the next Chief Minister.According to reports, the BJP is looking for

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  Pawar citadel develops cracks, but Ajit reigns supreme

  Politics | October 19, 2014 22:01 IST

  Pune: Even as NCP suffered reverses in its citadel of Pune district with just three out of 21 seats in its kitty, party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar romped home with a

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  No Modi wave, says Manohar Joshi

  Politics | October 19, 2014 15:20 IST

  Mumbai: Senior Shiv Sena leader and former Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi Sunday said there is no 'Modi wave'."There was no Modi wave... No...," he told TV channels shortly after meeting Shiv Sena chief Uddhav

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  Maharashtra polls: MIM stuns with three victories

  Politics | October 19, 2014 14:52 IST

  Mumbai: The Hyderabad-based Majli-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) Sunday notched three stunning victories in the Maharashtra assembly polls and was leading in a fourth constituency.Bagging 25,314 votes, MIM's Warish Yusuf Pathan won from Byculla in Mumbai, trouncing

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  Congress blames corruption charges against NCP for poor show in Maharashtra

  Politics | October 19, 2014 12:06 IST

  New Delhi: With trends indicating a victory for BJP in Maharashtra, Congress today blamed corruption charges against its erstwhile coalition partner NCP and an overall anti-incumbency factor for the party's “depressing” performance in the State.The

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  Day before Maharashtra counting, parties hold cards close to chest

  Politics | October 18, 2014 23:35 IST

  Mumbai: With less then 24 hours to go for the results to be out in one of the most keenly-watched assembly elections in Maharashtra, major parties are keeping their cards close to the chest as

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  Maharashtra Polls: BJP should support Shiv Sena if it falls short of majority says Sanjay Raut

  Politics | October 18, 2014 23:09 IST

  Mumbai: On the eve of Assembly election results, Shiv Sena on Saturday exuded confidence that the party will get majority on its own in Maharashtra to form the government headed by Udhhav Thackeray and hoped

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  Maharashtra Polls: Congress leaders not expecting favourable poll result

  Politics | October 18, 2014 19:06 IST

  New Delhi: On the eve of counting of votes in Maharashtra and Haryana, Congress leaders appear resigned to the party's fate in the Assembly polls giving more than ample hints that it was unlikely to

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  Maharashtra, Haryana Polls: Counting of votes to begin at 8 am today

  Politics | October 19, 2014 7:02 IST

  New Delhi: Counting of votes for the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, seen as the first major test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity after the Lok Sabha polls, will be held today.The vote

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  Maharashtra polls: Shiv Sena goes soft on BJP, says there should be no bitterness

  Politics | October 18, 2014 10:14 IST

  Mumbai: With most exit polls projecting BJP's emergence as the single-largest party in Maharashtra but falling short of a majority, Shiv Sena on Friday hinted at a possible reconciliation with its former saffron ally, saying

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  Shiv Sena stooped to new low in poll campaign by attacking PM Narendra Modi: BJP

  Politics | October 17, 2014 18:30 IST

  Mumbai: BJP today hit back at Shiv Sena for "stooping to a new low" by launching a personal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in its Hindi mouthpiece ahead of the Assembly elections, saying its

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  Won't Need Sena Support to Form Govt in Maharashtra, Says BJP

  Politics | October 16, 2014 20:15 IST

  Patna: Buoyed by exit poll surveys, BJP today claimed that it would form governments on its own in Haryana and Maharashtra, and stressed that it would not require support of the Shiv Sena to form

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  Repeat telecast of Modi's US speech in Maharashtra under scanner: EC

  Politics | October 16, 2014 12:58 IST

  New Delhi: The Election Commission of India said that the issue of the repeat telecast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at Madison Square Garden by several Marathi channels ahead of Assembly polls in Maharashtra

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  Maharashtra polls: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat gives voting a miss

  Politics | October 16, 2014 6:45 IST

  Nagpur: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and general secretary of the organisation Bhaiyyaji Joshi could not cast their votes for the Maharashtra Assembly elections here.Both are in Lucknow at present ahead of

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  Maharashtra polls: Approximately 64% turn out recorded in Maharashtra

  Politics | October 15, 2014 21:49 IST

  Mumbai: An estimated 64% of Maharashtra's 8.35 crore voters on Wednesday cast their ballots in a bitterly-fought election that pollsters said will throw up a hung assembly with BJP emerging as the single-largest party but