Maharashtra government formation: Special Assembly session begins
Nov 27, 2019, at 09:10 am
Mumbai/IBNS: A day after witnessing the dramatic turn of events in the political scenario of Maharashtra, a special session of the state Assembly is taking place on Wednesday when the 288 newly-elected MLAs are being administered the oath of office.
Maharashtra: Greedy politics took Constitution for granted, says Shatrughan Sinha
Nov 26, 2019, at 09:48 pm
Patna/IBNS: Veteran actor and Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court's decision to hold a floor test in Maharashtra Assembly and said "greedy politics" took the Constitution for granted.
Nine injured in fire at chemical factory in Thane
Nov 26, 2019, at 08:36 pm
Thane/UNI: Nine industrial workers were injured, some of them seriously, when a fire broke out in a chemical unit in Badlapur MIDC area of the district on Tuesday.
Maharashtra CM Fadnavis resigns, says Shiv Sena surrendered Hindutva ideology to Sonia
Nov 26, 2019, at 04:59 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Three days after controversially taking oath as the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday resigned but trained his guns at the Shiv Sena saying his former ally surrendered its Hindutva ideology to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis announces resignation
Nov 26, 2019, at 03:43 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Ahead of the floor test, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced his resignation on Tuesday.
Ahead of Maharashtra floor test, PM Modi, Amit Shah meet
Nov 26, 2019, at 03:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah met inside the Parliament after the Supreme Court ordered a floor test in Maharashtra, media reports said.
Ahead of floor test, Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar resigns
Nov 26, 2019, at 02:48 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Ahead of the floor test, NCP leader Ajit Pawar resigned as the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister on Tuesday.
Sena-NCP-Cong to urge Maharashtra Guv to appoint Balasaheb Thorat as Pro-Tem Speaker
Nov 26, 2019, at 02:46 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress alliance will urge Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to appoint senior Congress MLA Balasaheb Thorat as the Pro-Tem Speaker for the floor test which will take place in the assembly on Wednesday.
Shiv Sena, NCP, Congress MLAs to elect leader at 5 pm today
Nov 26, 2019, at 02:30 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Ahead of the floor test in the Maharashtra assembly on Wednesday, the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress MLAs will be meeting at 5 pm on Tuesday to elect the leader of the alliance which has been termed as Maha Vikas Agadi.
Grateful to SC for upholding democratic values and constitutional principles: Sharad Pawar
Nov 26, 2019, at 01:55 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said he is grateful to the Supreme Court for upholding democratic values and constitutional principles as the top court on Tuesday ordered a floor test in the Maharashtra assembly by 5 pm on Wednesday.
Maharashtra: BJP calls meeting of all MLAs at 9 pm today
Nov 26, 2019, at 01:20 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Ahead of the floor test on Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called a meeting of its 105 MLAs at 9 pm at Garware Club in Wankhede Stadium here on Tuesday.
Floor test in Maharashtra Assembly to take place tomorrow, orders Supreme Court
Nov 26, 2019, at 10:52 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the ongoing political tussle in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court on Tuesday announced that the Floor Test in the state assembly will be held on Nov 27.
Floor test in Maharashtra Assembly will take place tomorrow: SCÂ
Nov 26, 2019, at 10:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced that the Floor Test in the Maharashtra assembly will be held on Nov 27.
Maharashtra: 162 Sena-NCP-Cong MLAs come together to show strength
Nov 25, 2019, at 09:06 pm
:Mumbai/IBNS In a bid to come to power, top leaders and MLAs of Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress displayed a show of strength at a five-star hotel in Mumbai on Monday evening.
Devendra Fadnavis running 'minority' govt: Sena
Nov 25, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Mumbai, Nov 25 (UNI) Attacking Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena on Monday asked Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to tender his resignation claiming that he does not have support and heading a ‘minority government’.
Watch our 162 MLAs together for the first time at 7 pm: Sanjay Raut Â
Nov 25, 2019, at 05:17 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: In what seems to be a show of strength, Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut on Monday said all 162 MLAs of Sena-NCP-Congress will appear together at 7 pm.
Devendra Fadnavis gets back to work as CM of Maharashtra, signs cheque
Nov 25, 2019, at 05:06 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Even as the future of the new Maharashtra government remains uncertain, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday signed a cheque for the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
Nov 25, 2019, at 01:52 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: With both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress camps claiming to have the majority, the Supreme Court decided to deliver its judgement on the Maharashtra coup at 10:30 am on Tuesday.
Supreme Court to pass verdict on Sena-NCP-Congress plea tomorrow
Nov 25, 2019, at 11:57 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court will on Tuesday pass the judgement on the plea filed the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress against the Centre's move to revoke Presidential rule in Maharashtra and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's step to invite Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis to form the government.
Democracy has been murdered in Maharashtra: Rahul Gandhi
Nov 25, 2019, at 11:47 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s seizure of power in Maharashtra saying democracy has been murdered.
Congress stages protest over Maharashtra coup outside Parliament
Nov 25, 2019, at 11:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress on Monday took the Maharashtra coup to the national capital protesting against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s seizure of power outside the parliament.
Supreme Court begins hearing on plea filed by Shiv Sena, NCP, Congress
Nov 25, 2019, at 10:48 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court began its hearing on the plea filed by the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress against the Centre's move to revoke Presidential rule in Maharashtra and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's step to invite Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis to form the government.
Ajit Pawar's statement is misleading: Sharad Pawar
Nov 24, 2019, at 09:36 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Negating his nephew Ajit Pawar's statement that BJP-NCP alliance would give a stable government, Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that there was no question of forming an alliance with the BJP in Maharashtra.
Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP over govt formation in Maharashtra
Nov 24, 2019, at 08:53 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party and Maharashtra Governor B S Koshyari over the dramatic turn of events that saw Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar taking oath as the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, respectively.
I will always be in NCP: Ajit Pawar
Nov 24, 2019, at 06:14 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Rebel Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar, who was yesterday made the Deputy Chief Minister in the BJP-led Maharashtra government, on Sunday said he will always be in the party and consider Sharad Pawar as the leader.
Maharashtra guv should resign on moral grounds: Ashok Gehlot
Nov 24, 2019, at 05:51 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari should resign on moral grounds for being a part of the plot that led to the surprise swearing-in of Devendra Fadnavis as the CM of Maharashtra, an India Today report said.
Ajit Pawar thanks PM Modi, says 'We will ensure a stable govt in Maharashtra'
Nov 24, 2019, at 05:04 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Rebel Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar, who was yesterday made the Deputy Chief Minister in the BJP-led Maharashtra government, on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 17 other BJP leaders in a series of tweets.
BJP MP Sanjay Kakade meets Sharad Pawar
Nov 24, 2019, at 04:12 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: BJP MP Sanjay Kakade met NCP chief Sharad Pawar this morning amid turbulent political situation in Maharashtra after Pawar's nephew and political heir called a coup siding with BJP and aborting midway the attempts of BJP-free government formation in Maharashtra.
No floor test for now, SC asks Centre to produce letter of majority
Nov 24, 2019, at 01:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Sunday rejected any floor test by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for now to prove its majority in the Maharashtra Assembly and asked the Centre to first produce the letters of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claiming majority along with the Governor's invitation to form the government.
Sena, NCP, Congress demand floor test for BJP in SC
Nov 24, 2019, at 12:43 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Shiv Sena, Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday demanded in the Supreme Court that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) must take a floor test to prove its majority in Maharashtra Assembly.