Buoyed by its recent success in the region in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress has decided to focus on Vidarbha and Marathwada for the forthcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections. Beginning August 10, Congress’s state in-charge Ramesh Chennithala, along with other senior leaders, will embark on a comprehensive tour of Vidarbha and Marathwada. First, the senior Congress leadership, including state president …
MUMBAI: When a mega infrastructure project opens to the public before elections, it generally becomes a talking point in the election campaign and among voters. “The promise of prosperity will take a few years.” The BJP-led state government under Fadnavis had aimed to connect the Vidarbha and Marathwada regions to Mumbai and Nashik through Samruddhi in order to transform the …
In the end, it needed the home team’s bowlers to turn ‘khadoos’ — the hard-nosed attitude generally associated with Mumbai's batters — and break the back of Vidarbha’s resistance to lift the coveted Ranji Trophy for a record-extending 42nd time. Mumbai's Dhawal Kulkarni lifts the championship trophy after winning the Ranji Trophy final For 255 balls on Thursday, Vidarbha skipper …
Mumbai: Immediately after the Shinde-Fadnavis-Pawar government launched a campaign for women empowerment in the state to woo women voters, the Thackeray faction too has extended an olive branch to half of the electoral chunk by launching ‘Stree Shakti Saamvad Yatra’ from January 17 in Vidarbha. In the first phase, from January 17 to January 19, women leaders from the Thackeray …
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and Maharashtra Assembly polls next year, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray began a two-day tour of the state's Vidarbha region on Sunday. The leader’s meetings are focused on sensitising them and “boosting their morale” against the recent split in the party, which “weakened” it in the state Legislative Assembly, a Shiv Sena leader told …