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INDORE: Komalpreet Kaur and Nadar Dhillon shared 41 points as Punjab edged out defending champions Tamil Nadu 76-74 to face Maharashtra in the women's semifinals of the 74th junior national basketball championship at the Emerald Heights International School in Indore on Sunday.

Of the 50 turncoats in phase four of the Lok Sabha polls, a total of seven are contesting in Maharashtra – a state that’s been a citadel of defectors with splits in prominent regional parties NCP and the Shiv Sena. 

First-ever Marathi Yakshagana performance by Udupi artists begins tour in Maharashtra

The spectre of the Maratha quota agitation hovers over several electoral battles as 11 key seats in Maharashtra go to polls in phase four of the general election on May 13.

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry reporters Tanishka Sodhi and Anmol Pritam, who have been reporting on the ongoing Lok Sabha elections from ground zero. 

Maratha community activist warns Maharashtra government over reservation denial, vows to teach a lesson in Lok Sabha elections

The Hindu’s Deputy National Editor Srinivasan Ramani and The Hindu’s Maharashtra correspondent Shoumojit Banerjee discuss the electoral battle in Maharashtra ahead of phase 4

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Raman Kirpal are joined by journalists Girish Kuber, Sunita Aron, and Sudipto Mondal. 

Sharad Pawar criticizes PM Modi, refuses alliances with those who don't uphold democratic principles, amid political maneuvering in Maharashtra.

In March 2022, a Ram Navami rally passed peacefully through the Muslim-dominated area of Kiradpura in Aurangabad, now Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, where a Ram temple is located. Some Muslim shopkeepers and associations distributed sharbat to the hundreds of people walking by in the heat. 

Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar discusses political opportunities, new leadership, and past alliances with BJP and Shiv Sena.