Bullet Train funds likely to go for Maharashtra farm-loan waiver
Maharashtra's new Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government, after taking over, is likely to announce a farm loan waiver scheme by cutting on the state's share in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 508-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed train project. According to the top NCP...
Aghadi to decide portfolios in 2 days: Thorat
Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat on Wednesday said the sharing of portfolios among the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress in the next state government will be finalised in a couple of days. The 'Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi', comprising the Shiv...
I am in NCP, Sharad Pawar my leader: Ajit
NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who last week supported the BJP to form a short-lived government in Maharashtra, on Wednesday said he continues to be in his party and that there is no reason "to create" confusion about it. "I have...
Uddhav Thackeray To Be Maharashtra Chief Minister, Sunday Oath Likely
Maha Vikas Aghadi elects Uddhav as CM candidate Tue, 26 November 2019 Joint meeting of MLAs of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress proceeds at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai. Sena leader Eknath Shinde moves resolution to form 'Maha Vikas Aghadi', the alliance...
Ajit Pawar Quits Before Floor Test
Mumbai: Ajit Pawar has resigned as Maharashtra deputy CM. Reports say that the NCP has successfully convince Pawar to submit his resignation. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis to address the media at 3:30 pm. A meeting was held at the Prime Minister's...
SC Orders Open Ballot Floor Test Tomorrow, to be Telecast Live
New Delhi: A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court orders the floor test in the Maharashtra assembly to be held before 5 pm, tomorrow, November 27. A pro-term Speaker will be elected. There will be a live telecast of...
26/11 anniversary: Fadnavis, governor pay tribute
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari pay tribute at Police Memorial at Marine Drive on 11th anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks....
Activist Trupti Desai to visit Sabarimala along with Bindu Ammini
Women's rights activist Trupti Desai reached on Tuesday Kochi to proceed to Sabarimala to offer prayers at the Lord Ayyappa shrine. Desai and a few other activists who landed at the Kochi International Airport early Tuesday have been taken...
26/11 terror attacks: 11 years since LeT attack on Mumbai
On November 26, 2008, ten terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba from Pakistan had entered Mumbai via the Arabian Sea. The civilians were targeted at multiple places in Mumbai. Approx 164 people among 26 foreigners were dead. Nearly 308 people were injured. 9...
SC to pronounce order on Maha floor test on Tuesday at 10.30 am
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will pass an order at 10.30 am on Tuesday on the issue of floor test for the Maharashtra government led by Devendra Fadnavis whose swearing-in has been challenged by Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress-Party-Congress combine. The...
Our fight is for Satyamev Jayate: Uddhav
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray addresses the MLAs, says, "The strength of our alliance cannot be captured in any camera lens. We have arrived, clear our way." He adds, "If you do not know what Shiv Sena is, try crossing...
Two days after Ajit Pawar supports BJP govt in Maharashtra, case against irrigation scam closed
Mumbai: Two days after Ajit Pawar extended support to Devendra Fadnavis-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra, some files pertaining to the 2013 irrigation scam in Maharashtra have been closed. The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) issued a notification to the effect...
Sonia complains to Speaker: Women MPs manhandled
Congress party interim president Sonia Gandhi has filed a letter of complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla saying party MPs were manhandled by the marshalls. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and the party's leader in the Lok Sabha also...
Maharashtra: SC order on floor test at 10:30 am tomorrow
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will pass its order at 10.30 am on Tuesday on the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine's plea against the Maharashtra governor's decision to swear in Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister. A bench comprising...
NHAI’s water conservation project in Maharashtra my ‘best’ work: Nitin Gadkari
Union minister Nitin Gadkari hailed the pilot project under which the NHAI created water conservation facilities in several villages in drought- prone Buldhana district of Maharashtra while carrying out road works. The Minister of Road Transport and Highways said although he...
SC seeks Maha Guv’s letters, hearing on Monday
The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine on Sunday told the Supreme Court that Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis should be directed to prove majority today itself or they be given an opportunity to form the government led by Uddhav Thackeray. The combine claimed...
Sharad Pawar clarifies after Ajit bats for BJP-NCP govt
Nationalist Congress president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said there was no question of an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Paryt in Maharashtra. He was reacting to his nephew Ajit Pawar's tweets that he was still with NCP and that the "BJP-NCP...
‘Accidental swearing-in’: Raut on Maha drama
On Sunday morning, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut put up a tweet to comment on the potboiler that is Maharashtra politics. On a single tweet, the Sena leader wrote, "Accidental Shapath grahan (swearing-in)." For those who don't remember, Saturday was a...
Court Directs Centre To Produce Maharashtra Governor’s Letter By Monday
New Delhi: The Centre must produce the letters of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claiming majority and that of the Governor inviting to form government, the Supreme Court said today. In an extraordinary hearing on Sunday, a three-judge bench also...
Gadkari on politics and cricket quip: Do you understand what I meant?
And a witticism from Union Minister & BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Maharashtra govt formation: "I had earlier said anything can happen in cricket and politics, now you can understand what I...
Does not have Sharad Pawar’s support: Praful Patel
NCP leader Praful Patel on Saturday said that newly sworn-in Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar going with BJP is not NCP's decision as party supremo Sharad Pawar does not extend any support to it. "This is not NCP's decision...
