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Surendra P Gangan

Surendra P Gangan

Surendra P Gangan is Senior Assistant Editor with political bureau of Hindustan Times’ Mumbai Edition. He covers state politics and Maharashtra government’s administrative stories. Reports on the developments in finances, agriculture, social sectors among others.

Articles by Surendra P Gangan

Over 7.5 million names removed from free ration list in Maharashtra

Chhattisgarh - 15 June 2010 - Villagers queue up to collect their quota of food grains from ration shop in Bastar village. HT Photo by Ejaz Kaiser (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Feb 12, 2026 24:22 IST

Merger of NCP factions, cabinet changes part of Shah-Fadnavis meet

**EDS: THIRD PARTY IMAGE** In this image posted on Feb. 2, 2026, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis meets Mahindra & Mahindra CEO (Auto and Farm Sector) Rajesh Jejurikar at his official residence Varsha, in Mumbai. (@CMOMaharashtra/X via PTI Photo)(PTI02_02_2026_000463B) (@CMOMaharashtra)

Updated on Feb 10, 2026 23:48 IST

Mahayuti sweeps ZP, panchayat samiti polls

Karad: BJP candidates and their supporters celebrate their victory in the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections, in Karad, Maharashtra, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (PTI Photo)(PTI02_09_2026_000454B) (PTI)

Updated on Feb 9, 2026 23:08 IST

Extortion bids continue to haunt Dharashiv, Beed districts

Extortion bids continue to haunt Dharashiv, Beed districts

Updated on Feb 8, 2026 22:26 IST

Kamra, Andhare cite fundamental right in replies to legislature

Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra (HT)

Updated on Feb 7, 2026 24:04 IST

Pre-SIR process kicks off; over 10 mn voters likely to be deleted from roll

Kolkata: An official checks the documents at a centre in central Kolkata during hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, Tuesday, December 30, 2025. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)(PTI12_30_2025_000263B) (PTI)

Updated on Feb 4, 2026 01:26 IST

Kunal Kamra, Sushma Andhare summoned by privileges committee for “insulting” Eknath Shinde

Kunal Kamra, Sushma Andhare summoned by privileges committee for “insulting” Eknath Shinde

Updated on Feb 4, 2026 24:36 IST

Sena springs surprise, registers as separate group

The newly elected corporators of the Shiv Sena Shinde faction and the BJP gathered together at the BMC Municipal headquarters today and then departed for Konkan Bhavan for group registration, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, Feb 02, 2026. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 2, 2026 23:40 IST

Maharashtra: CM Fadnavis rubbishes talk of NCP merger

Front row from left, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Governor Acharya Devvrat, Deputy CM Eknath Shinde and Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar, wife of late NCP chief Ajit Pawar, during the latter’s swearing-in ceremony as the state’s first woman Deputy Chief Minister at Lok Bhavan, in Mumbai, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (PTI)

Updated on Feb 2, 2026 24:02 IST

Sunetra Pawar to take oath as first woman deputy CM of Maharashtra at 5pm today

After Ajit Pawar's death, his wife Sunetra Pawar set to become Maharashtra’s first woman deputy chief minister

Updated on Jan 31, 2026 02:54 IST

Sunetra Pawar to be state’s first woman deputy CM, swearing-in today

Former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar pays condolences to the family of late Maharashtra DCM Ajit Pawar, in Baramati on Friday. (@mahancpspeaks X)

Updated on Jan 31, 2026 01:06 IST

Maharashtra: Scramble for new deputy CM to begin soon

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's last rites were performed at the Vidya Pratishthan ground on Thursday.

Updated on Jan 30, 2026 04:49 IST

His 11-year FM tenure was a blend of the pragmatic and the political

Ajit Pawar, who held the finance portfolio, was poised to present his 14th budget next month and set a record. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 28, 2026 23:50 IST

State announces three-day mourning for Ajit Pawar

The state government has announced a three-day mourning and state honours for deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash on Wednesday morning. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 28, 2026 22:56 IST

After meeting with CM, decision on ending long march to be taken today

After meeting with CM, decision on ending long march to be taken today

Updated on Jan 28, 2026 24:58 IST

Ten days after poll result, BJP-Sena yet to resolve power-sharing disputes

Fadnavis and Shinde are expected to meet on Tuesday or on Wednesday (PTI)

Updated on Jan 27, 2026 23:52 IST

Fadnavis may meet representatives before Nashik ‘long march’ reaches Mumbai

Nashik: Farmers and labourers participate in a ‘long march’ to Mumbai to press for their various demands, including land rights, irrigation facilities and uninterrupted power supply, (PTI)

Updated on Jan 26, 2026 15:14 IST

Maha govt with IIT-Bombay building AI tool to ‘identify’ illegal Bangladeshis

CM Devendra Fadnavis said that the state government had also set up a detention centre to hold such persons before deportation

Updated on Jan 24, 2026 05:36 IST

State and IIT-B building AI-based tool to flag illegal Bangladeshi nationals

Mumbai, India - June 29, 2023: Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis interacts during his interview at Sagar Bunglow, in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, June 29, 2023. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 24, 2026 01:58 IST

Mumbai, 14 other cities, to get women mayors; Sena (UBT) alleges rigging

Mumbai, India. Jan 22, 2026 – Workers are busy painting the colour and cleaning the Mayor Banglow at Veer Jijamata Udyan (Byculla Zoo) in Byculla. Mumbai city will get a new mayor next week after the election. Mumbai, India. Jan 22, 2026 (Raju Shinde)

Updated on Jan 23, 2026 02:10 IST

State, Tata group to establish ‘Innovation City’ near NMIA: CM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with Tata Sons Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, in Davos, Switzerland. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 23, 2026 24:16 IST

Whatever it takes: political manoeuvres heats up as parties aim for civic bodies

Whatever it takes: political manoeuvres heats up as parties aim for civic bodies

Updated on Jan 22, 2026 01:42 IST

A tale of two polls: BJP, Sena vote share in BMC battle declines

Mahendra Kolhe/HT Photo

Updated on Jan 21, 2026 02:38 IST

Won’t concede mayor, standing committee posts: BJP to Shinde

To discuss the way forward, the Shiv Sena convened a meeting of the party’s corporators on Monday in Taj Land’s End, where they have been staying for the past three days.

Updated on Jan 20, 2026 24:39 IST

BJP ‘unhappy’ with BMC results despite historic sweep, reviewing what went wrong

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis addresses newly elected BJP corporators during a felicitation function, in Nagpur.

Updated on Jan 18, 2026 06:05 IST

Mahayuti paints the state orange

India / Pune / 16 Jan / The BJP has brought a landslide victory to the Pune Municipal Corporation. Today, vote counting is underway at a total of 15 counting centers.( pic- Mahendra Kolhe)

Updated on Jan 17, 2026 01:54 IST

Marker pen row mars Mumbai polls, SEC to revert to bottled ink in phase 3

Marker pen row mars Mumbai poll, SEC to revert to bottled ink in phase 3.

Updated on Jan 16, 2026 03:24 IST

Polling concludes in high-stakes civic polls in state, Mumbai

iMumbai, India - January 15, 2026: Young girls pose for the photos after cast their vote in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections at a polling booth, Vile parle in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, January 15, 2025. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 16, 2026 02:32 IST

How the BJP spoke many languages to court Mumbai’s voters

How the BJP spoke many languages to court Mumbai’s voters

Updated on Jan 15, 2026 01:04 IST

Eknath Shinde: Thackeray cousins are trying to create a fake narrative, which won’t affect our prospects

Mumbai, India. Jan 14, 2026 - Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde, poses for an interview with Hindustan Times at his official residence, Nandavan, in Makbarhill, Mumbai. Mumbai, India. Jan 14, 2026. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Raju Shinde)

Updated on Jan 15, 2026 24:44 IST

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