Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. File | Photo Credit: PTI Even as Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Friday tried to dissuade Vijay Shivtare, a senior leader of his Sena faction, from contesting the Baramati Lok Sabha seat, Mr. Shivtare remained firm on entering the poll fray as an Independent. A … Read more
A file photo of Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde | Photo Credit: ANI The Maharashtra unit of Congress on Monday accused Chief Minister Eknath Shinde of issuing a threat to Manoj Jarange-Patil and asked if he would take responsibility if something untoward happened to the Maratha quota activist. Also … Read more
The battle for Baramati (in Pune district) is arguably the most keenly contested electoral fight in the upcoming Lok Sabha election in Maharashtra. However, shifting alliances within the Pawar family has ensured that the contest has heated up even before the start of the official campaign. Sources say that Deputy CM and rebel NCP leader … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on February 3 ordered a high-level inquiry into the Ulhasnagar firing incident involving a BJP MLA and a local Shiv Sena leader, calling it “serious”. “Kalyan MLA Ganpat Gaikwad of the BJP opened fire on Mahesh Gaikwad, the Shiv … Read more
Manoj Jarange-Patil has been demanding that Kunbi OBC caste certificates be given to the Maratha community. File Photo: PTI | Photo Credit: PTI Activist Manoj Jarange on January 22 said Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar should have questioned the State government over the delay in granting quota to Marathas and claimed that Mr. Pawar … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said that the state has inked memorandums of undertaking (MoUs) worth Rs 3,53,675 crore at the World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos, Switzerland. Shinde thanked investors, noting the increased confidence of global industries that showed interest in investing Rs 1 lakh crore in Maharashtra. These MoUs have the potential … Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred to January 22 the hearing on a plea of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena against the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker’s order declaring the Sena bloc led by CM Eknath Shinde as “real political party” after its split in June 2022. The plea, which was filed on Monday by … Read more
A view of ongoing work of the longest sea bridge in India, the Sewri-Nhava Sheva Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL) Road project, at Sewri, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The 21.8 km six-lane Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), India’s longest sea bridge, will be opened to the public on December 25, the BJP’s Maharashtra … Read more
Maratha community people welcome Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil as he arrives to hold a meeting, in Thane, on Nov. 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday urged the Maharashtra government to pass a bill to provide reservation to Marathas in the upcoming winter session of the state … Read more
For representation. | Photo Credit: File The Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde requested Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday for separate hearings on disqualification petitions filed against them, while the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena group argued that all petitions shared the same ground and could be heard together. Though the hearing … Read more