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
Chairman of the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission, Justice (retired) Sunil Shukre hands over the survey report on the backwardness of Maratha community to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Mumbai on Friday. Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis is also present. | Photo Credit: ANI The Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission on Friday submitted a comprehensive survey … 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
Hours after quitting the Congress party, ex-Union Minister Milind Deora said that he was feeling “sidelined” in the party following which decided to break his association with the Grand Old Party. In an exclusive interview with India Today TV’s Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, Deora further added that the current Congress is different from the one … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: PTI Amid the raging disqualification tussle between the rival Shiv Sena groups, Maharashtra Deputy CM and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis exuded confidence that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde would not be disqualified, remarking that even if that happened in the unlikely event, then Mr. … Read more
Veteran Congress leader and former Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said he has retired from electoral politics and has proposed that his daughter, MLA Praniti Shinde, contest the crucial Solapur Lok Sabha seat in his lieu in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. This is not the first time that the 82-year-old Mr. Shinde, who was … 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
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. | Photo Credit: PTI Targeting former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) faction leader Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on May 25 said that all top authorities in his administration moved in the field to solve people’s problems unlike the ex-CM who “conducted his government over Facebook.” Speaking … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah being felicitated during the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme, at Dahanukar college of Vile Parle area in Mumbai on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday attended the live broadcast of the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s … Read more