Yogi Encounters, Himanta Acts, Fadnavis Does Paperwork: Is He BJP’s Weakest Chief Minister on Law and Order?

By BPN News Desk June 2, 2026

Op-Eds Opinion

Maharashtra has long prided itself on being one of India’s most progressive and economically powerful states. Home to Mumbai, the country’s financial capital, the state has traditionally projected itself as a model of governance, administration, and policing. Its police force once

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From Pollution To Progress: Maharashtra’s Scrappage Policy Can Boost Auto Industry And Clean The Air

By BPN News Desk March 8, 2026

The Maharashtra government led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced motor vehicle tax concessions for citizens who scrap older vehicles and purchase new ones. At first glance the decision may appear to be a routine transport policy, but in reality it addresses several long-standing challenges simultaneously. Maharashtra’s rapidly expanding vehicle population

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Arrest Is a Start: Devendra Fadnavis Must Ensure Swift Justice in the Badlapur Case

By BPN News Desk March 2, 2026

The arrest in the Badlapur case is not a cause for celebration. It is a long overdue correction. For days, the public was forced to watch a display of administrative hesitation while religious sentiments were openly mocked. While an arrest finally signals that the law has woken up, it does not erase the questions surrounding […]

State News West India

Fadnavis Alleges Pro-Pak Slogans At Thackeray-Linked Events

By BPN News Desk January 15, 2026

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis accused rivals linked to Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray of allowing “pro-Pakistan slogans” to be raised at some campaign events ahead of the upcoming civic body elections. He said such slogans are inappropriate in a civic poll focused on local governance and development. Political Context The accusation came as […]

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Local BJP Alliances with Congress and AIMIM Are a Mirror of Fadnavis’s Own Playbook

By BPN News Desk January 8, 2026

Devendra Fadnavis’s public anger over BJP’s local-level post-poll alliances with the Congress and AIMIM has been framed as a defence of ideology and party discipline. But the outrage feels misplaced and late. What is unfolding across Maharashtra’s municipal councils is not rebellion. It is replication. Local leaders are behaving exactly as recent state-level politics

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Outskirts + Buses = No Tapovan Trees Need to Die for Kumbh

By BPN News Desk December 8, 2025

Nashik is preparing for the next Kumbh Mela and the first instinct of the administration is not planning, not logistics, not efficiency. It is to pull out the chainsaw. Nearly 1,800 trees in Tapovan have been marked for destruction on the justification that a “Sadhu Gram” must be built there. The state government, led by […]

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Koyta Raj in Pune: How Fadnavis and Pune Police Let a City Fall to Teenaged Blades

By BPN News Desk November 28, 2025

Pune was once proud of being India’s cultural capital, the academic hub, the IT magnet, the city where families felt safe. Today, it is a city where mothers pray their children return home without crossing paths with a teenager holding a koyta. That is the transformation Maharashtra’s Home Ministry has gifted us. Not progress. Not […]

Editorials

Maratha Morcha Turns Mumbai Into India’s BLM, Fadnavis Left Clueless

By Editor - News Desk August 30, 2025

The images from Mumbai this past week looked more like a civil rights uprising than a routine protest. Young men were dancing atop BEST buses, some were bathing on the city’s roads, while others casually walked into Westside stores and Burger King outlets near the Taj Hotel. For a city that already suffers from broken […]

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Selective Outrage and Vote Bank Politics: The Truth Behind Fadnavis’s Response to Jain Community Demands

By BPN News Desk August 6, 2025

Two different court orders, two sections of the same religious community, and two strikingly different responses from Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis — the last few weeks have revealed a troubling undercurrent in the state’s governance. At stake is not just animal welfare or public health, but the principle of fairness in political responsiveness. In […]

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Fadnavis Says Government ‘Stable’ After Uddhav Meet

By BPN News Desk July 19, 2025

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday firmly stated that the state’s ruling coalition remains “stable” and united, amid growing speculation following his recent meeting with Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray. He was speaking alongside Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar during a press interaction in Mumbai. “Hum majboot hain (We are