'Who is responsible for Baramati's development — Sharad or Ajit Pawar?'

Due to infighting, Congress will not have an official candidate contesting under its symbol in the Kolhapur North constituency.

The Maharashtra state president of the Nationalist Congress Party's Sharad Pawar faction is hopeful that the statewide atmosphere is pro-MVA.

Watch The Wire' Atul Ashok Howale in conversation with farmers from Haryana on key poll issues.

The Agniveer scheme and unhappiness with how the government has dealt with farmers top issues these polls.

These hurdles may shape the discourse around the state elections as polls approach.

The group punched Ashraf Ali Syed Hussain in the face, chest, and stomach, hurled abuses, snatched his phone, and recorded the assault on multiple devices before posting it on social media.

The Congress party and the National Conference (NC) have jointly announced the seat-sharing agreement under which the NC will contest a majority of 51 seats while the Congress candidates will fight on 32 seats.

"We are waiting for a verdict from the sessions court or the labour court, but the verdict hasn’t come yet. We have no choice but to wait," one of the sacked staffers said.

The Wire travelled with Kanwariyas from Haridwar to Muzaffarnagar.

For many, the Kanwar Yatra is a family affair. For others, it is expensive.

Are kanwar yatras indeed sites of violence? Are eatery owners indeed being inconvenienced? The Wire travels along a popular kanwariya route to find out.

Abrar Ali, who runs a coaching centre in Delhi's Shakurpur, claims that he and other Muslim teachers at the centre were beaten by members of a right-wing Hindutva organisation.

More than 200 houses in the Civil Lines Khyber Pass area were demolished on the night of July 13.

Patil defeated the candidates of both the Mahavikas Aghadi and Mahayuti; he got 1,00,053 votes more than two-time BJP MP Sanjay Patil.

Those most affected by the rise in temperature are labourers, online food delivery partners as well as auto rickshaw and bike drivers for services like Rapido, Ola and Uber.

The crossover of Ashok Chavan to the BJP has made the electoral contest in Nanded interesting this time around. With the Dalit and Muslim communities strongly backing it, the Congress is still confident of securing a win here.

Nanded remains a Congress stronghold; ordinary Congress workers do not like that Chavan has joined the BJP.

The saffron party veteran is contesting the election for the third time from Nagpur. But is missing from the posters.

He emphasised that concerns like inflation, corruption, and farmer suicides matter in the elections because the construction of the Ram temple doesn't significantly influence voters in Maharashtra.