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New rules for schools have ignited street protests and unrest, exposing a nationwide conflict over language and regional identity. Shahana Yasmin reports

Weeks after it made headlines for being the venue of podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia’s remarks, the Habitat Comedy Club in Mumbai now stands shut following vandalism, two FIRs and a political controversy surrounding Kunal Kamra’s performance at the venue.

In the lead-up to the Maharashtra polls, observers were cautious in their predictions. The battle between two major alliances, each with three main members, would be too close to call, they said.

Winning at least 54 of the 81 seats it contested in Maharashtra, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena seems to have settled the long-standing debate around who carries the legacy of the undivided Sena.

The ruling Mahayuti alliance won the Maharashtra assembly polls and is poised for a landslide mandate with JMM-led alliance slated to return to power in Jharkhand. Read further on Dynamite News:

In Mumbai’s vibrant Worli Koliwada, three septuagenarian women sit in the shadow of colourful buildings, watching children play in a makeshift playground nearby. It’s a daily routine – they sit for hours every evening, chatting about things of great and small significance. 

Shiv Sena leader Dipesh Mhatre switched from Eknath Shinde’s faction to Uddhav Thackeray's faction last month. Now, he is the MVA’s candidate for the Dombivali seat. 

Sanjay Raut also accused that money was being distributed in the election-bound Maharashtra by the top leaders of the Mahayuti alliance. Read Further Dynamite News:

The proposed Adani redevelopment project in Dharavi has become a contentious issue in Maharashtra’s high-decibel poll campaign. Amid the opposition’s allegations of the Adani Group being given preferential treatment under the NDA government, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has promised to scrap the Dharavi project and this is gradually…