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All eyes are on Maharashtra, Jharkhand assembly election results as counting begins shortly

Nov 23, 2024, at 12:31 pm

Mumbai/Ranchi/IBNS: Counting of votes in the highly crucial state of Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections, as well as other by-polls in several states will begin at 8 am on Saturday.

Debate over CM's face in both Mahayuti and MVA camps ahead of Maharashtra poll results

Nov 22, 2024, at 07:54 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: A day ahead of the counting of votes in Maharashtra assembly elections, tensions brewed in both the ruling Mahayuti and opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) camps over the Chief Ministerial posts with passing remarks from allies in both groups, media reports said.

CBI initiates probe into Maharashtra 'Bitcoin scam' allegedly linked to Supriya Sule, issues summons

Nov 21, 2024, at 06:43 am

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated a probe and summoned an employee of an auditing firm in connection with the multi-crore bitcoin scam in which senior Maharashtra politicians Supriya Sule and Nana Patole have been accused of involvement by a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, media reports said.

Akshay Kumar, Sachin Tendulkar among early voters in Maharashtra assembly elections

Nov 20, 2024, at 04:57 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar are among the early voters in the Maharashtra assembly elections 2024.

Maharashtra voting to elect new Assembly today

Nov 20, 2024, at 02:30 pm

More than 9.7 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise to elect 288 members of the highly contested Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday.

Maharashtra polls: Ex-cop accuses Supriya Sule of being involved in Bitcoin scam, BJP says opposition 'unmasked'

Nov 20, 2024, at 06:47 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Ahead of the crucial Maharashtra polls, a retired police officer, Ravindranath Patil, has accused Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule and state Congress chief Nana Patole of being involved in a 2018 fraud case related to cryptocurrency. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was quick to pick up the issue and said the opposition has been "exposed".

Maharashtra ex-minister Anil Deshmukh receives injuries after stones hurled at his car

Nov 19, 2024, at 05:21 am

Nagpur/IBNS: Former home minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh received grave injuries after stones were hurled at his car in Nagpur district on Monday.

BJP urges EC to 'reprimand, censure' Rahul Gandhi for spreading 'lies' in Maharashtra poll campaign

Nov 12, 2024, at 03:39 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has urged the Election Commission to "reprimand, censure, and restrain" Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from "handing out lies during campaigning" ahead of next week's Maharashtra election.

BJP’s Maharashtra poll manifesto promises financial aid boost for women, AI hub plan, and essential goods price control

Nov 10, 2024, at 09:51 pm

Mumbai: The BJP’s manifesto for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections includes an increase in monthly financial aid for women under the Ladki Bahin Yojana, plans to establish Maharashtra as an Artificial Intelligence (AI) hub, and measures to regulate prices of essential goods.

Congress wants to return to power dividing castes: PM Modi in Maharashtra

Nov 09, 2024, at 07:24 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday claimed the Congress is keen to create a rift among different castes to take political leverage and return to power.

Ahead of high-stakes Maharashtra elections, NCP chief Sharad Pawar hints at his retirement

Nov 06, 2024, at 06:11 am

Baramati (Maharashtra): NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who has been a key figure in Indian politics for over sixty years, hinted at his retirement on Tuesday, stating that he would not participate in any election in the future and would focus on mentoring younger leaders.

Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM hopeful of 'kingmaker' role in Maharashtra amid scaled-back electoral strategy

Nov 03, 2024, at 06:32 am

Mumbai: Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party is contesting only 16 seats in the upcoming Assembly polls in Maharashtra on November 20.

Congress veteran Ravi Raja joins BJP ahead of Maharashtra polls

Oct 31, 2024, at 08:35 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: In an apparent setback for the grand old party, Congress veteran Ravi Raja on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, media reports said.

Baba Siddique's son Zeeshan joins Ajit Pawar's NCP ahead of Maharashtra polls

Oct 25, 2024, at 05:51 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Zeeshan Siddique, the son of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique who was murdered by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's group earlier this month, on Friday joined the party faction led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

Congress, Shiv Sena, NCP reach seat-sharing agreement; each to contest from 85 constituencies in Maharashtra

Oct 24, 2024, at 05:14 am

Mumbai/IBNS: The Shiv Sena faction of Uddhav Thackeray released a list of 65 candidates on Wednesday evening, revealing the seat-sharing arrangement for Maharashtra.

BJP releases first candidate-list for Maharashtra elections

Oct 20, 2024, at 11:34 pm

Mumbai/ New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is one of the prominent names in the BJP's first list of candidates for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly elections.

Election Commission announces dates for Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly polls

Oct 15, 2024, at 10:58 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced a one-phase and two-phase assembly elections for Maharashtra and Jharkhand respectively.

Lawrence Bishnoi gang claims responsibility for NCP leader Baba Siddique's murder

Oct 13, 2024, at 09:46 pm

Mumbai: The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has taken responsibility for the killing of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, media reports said.

Ahead of assembly polls, Maharashtra cabinet attempts to appease SC, OBCs with key decisions

Oct 11, 2024, at 05:55 am

Mumbai/IBNS Eyening a repeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party's success in Haryana, the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP coalition in Maharashtra has reached out to two key groups - the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in an attempt to appease them ahead of the Assembly polls to be held later this year.

Rahul Gandhi visits Dalit family's kitchen, enjoys 'spicy meal'

Oct 08, 2024, at 04:47 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday visited a "Dalit kitchen" during his recent visit to Maharashtra's Kolhapur as he was curious to know "what they eat, how they cook and its social and political significance".

Maharashtra: Modi inaugurates and lays foundation stone for various projects worth over Rs 32,800 crore in Thane

Oct 07, 2024, at 04:15 am

Indian PM Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various projects worth over Rs 32,800 crore in Thane, Maharashtra today with a key focus on boosting urban mobility in the region.

Maharashtra Deputy Speaker, 3 MLAs jump off secretariat building in protest, land on net safely

Oct 05, 2024, at 06:02 am

Mumbai/IBNS: In an unprecedented event, Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal and three other legislators jumped off from the third floor of the state secretariat building in Mumbai to protest the inclusion of a community in the Scheduled Tribes category

Badlapur rape accused dies in shooting inside police vehicle after he attacks cop snatching his gun

Sep 24, 2024, at 03:20 am

Mumbai/IBNS: The man accused of raping two nursery students in Badlapur near Mumbai died after he was shot at in a retaliatory firing when he attacked a cop inside a police vehicle on Monday evening.

Congress is now the most corrupt party: Modi in poll-bound Maharashtra

Sep 20, 2024, at 07:41 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi trained his guns at the Congress calling it the "most corrupt party" of the country in the present time as he is gearing up for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra.

CCTV captures Audi owned by Maharashtra BJP chief's son ramming several vehicles in Nagpur, 2 arrested

Sep 10, 2024, at 05:27 pm

Nagpur/IBNS: An Audi car owned by Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule's son Sanket Bawankule rammed several vehicles on a busy road in Nagpur as captured on CCTV footage, media reports said.

Sharad Pawar rules out projecting MVA alliance's CM face in Maharashtra polls

Sep 05, 2024, at 07:59 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar has ruled out projecting a Chief Ministerial face on part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the opposition alliance, in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, media reports said.

INDIA bloc holds mega protest in Mumbai over Shivaji statue collapse amid heavy security deployment

Sep 01, 2024, at 05:16 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: The INDIA bloc in Maharashtra which is represented  by Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi is holding a massive protest rally in Mumbai on Sunday over the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji's 35-foot statue at Malvan in Sindhudurg.

Nursing trainee allegedly raped by auto-rickshaw driver in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri

Aug 27, 2024, at 06:26 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Amid the nationwide outrage over the RG Kar case, a nursing trainee has been allegedly raped by an auto-rickshaw driver in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, media reports said.

Shivaji statue collapse: PWD's warning about 'rusting nuts and bolts' ignored, FIR filed against contractor, consultant

Aug 27, 2024, at 04:19 pm

An FIR has been filed against contractor Jaydeep Apte and structural consultant Chetan Patil following the collapse of Shivaji's statue, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, at the Rajkot Fort in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg on Monday.

Atrocities against women are unpardonable sin, says Narendra Modi amid ongoing protests over RG Kar rape and murder

Aug 25, 2024, at 10:13 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said atrocities against women are an unpardonable sin and those involved in the crime should not be spared.