Travel nod to Wadhawans: Shiv Sena trains guns at ex-CM Devendra Fadnavis
NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena on Monday said the IPS officer, who gave permission to scam accused DHFL promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan and 21 others to travel to a hill station amid lockdown, was appointed in the state Home department by previous chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. It is now clear who is actually behind […]
Maharashtra portfolios: Ajit Pawar gets Finance, Anil Deshmukh Home
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar has got the finance and planning department while party colleague Anil Deshmukh is the state’s new Home minister, a senior official said on Sunday. Besides, first-time Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray, who is the son of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, has been given […]
Amruta Fadnavis vs Shiv Sena: Thane Municipal Corporation to shift Axis Bank accounts
NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena-ruled Thane Municipal Corporation has decided to shift its salary accounts from Axis Bank to a nationalized bank, a civic official said. Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske, in a meeting on Thursday, directed officials to shift the accounts from Axis Bank to a nationalised bank, the official said. The development follows a […]
Uddhav Thackeray gives Home to Shiv Sena, Finance to NCP, Revenue to Congress
NEW DELHI: In what was described as a “balancing exercise” in political circles, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray allocated the Home department to Shiv Sena, Finance to Nationalist Congress Party and Revenue to Congress, on Thursday. The suspense over portfolios allocation, amid reports of a tug-of-war among the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies, ended exactly […]
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government wins floor test
MUMBAI:The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance won the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on Saturday. Altogether 169 MLAs vote in favour of the motion of confidence, pro tem Speaker Dilip Walse Patil informed the House. Four MLAs abstained, he said. Nobody voted against the motion as all the […]
Maharashtra politics: All eyes on 13 Ind, 16 smaller party MLAs
NEW DELHI: While major political parties in Maharashtra are slugging it out to form a government amidst twists and turns, all eyes are now on which way 13 Independents and 16 MLAs from smaller parties will swing in the quest to achieve the 145-mark in the 288-member House in floor test. The Shiv Sena, which […]
Devendra Fadnavis back as Maharashtra Chief Minister,Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister
NEW DELHI: The month-long political impasse in Maharashtra ended dramatically on Saturday with Devendra Fadnavis returning as the chief minister, backed by the Sharad Pawar-led NCP. NCP’s Ajit Pawar was sworn-in as the deputy chief minister. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered the oath at the Raj Bhavan here at around 7.30 am Blaming the Shiv […]
Shiv Sena’s Kishori Pednekar elected unopposed as Mayor of Mumbai civic body
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena corporator Kishori Pednekar on Friday officially elected as Mayor of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Another Shiv Sena corporator Suhas Waadkarand was elected as Deputy Mayor. Both were elected unopposed as BJP, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) did not field their candidates for the posts. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi started cleanliness […]
Consensus on Uddhav Thackeray to lead Maharashtra government: Sharad Pawar
NEW DELHI: There is consensus in the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance that Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray should lead the new government in Maharashtra, NCP president Sharad Pawar said here on Friday. Pawar’s announcement capped a day of hectic meetings between the Congress, NCP and their pre-poll allies and a combined meeting of the three parties later […]
Government led by Shiv Sena will be in place by next month in Maharashtra: Sanjay Raut
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday exuded confidence that a government led by his party will be in place by next month in Maharashtra He said the picture of the government formation in the state will become clear in the next two days Raut also said NCP chief Sharad Pawar will meet […]
Eknath Shinde elected as Shiv Sena’s leader of house
NEW DELHI: The newly-elected Shiv Sena MLAs on Thursday elected senior leader Eknath Shinde as leader of the party’s legislative wing. Sena youth wing chief Aaditya Thackeray proposed his name, which was seconded by senior MLA Pratap Sarnaik, party sources said. Source: Press Trust of India
Opposition parties, some BJP allies attack government over Kashmir visit of EU MPs
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Wednesday stepped up their attack against the government over EU MPs’ Kashmir trip with the Congress describing it as the “biggest diplomatic blunder” and others asking the Centre how these foreign lawmakers were allowed to visit the Valley while Indian leaders were denied permission. It was not just opposition parties […]
Uddhav Thackeray cancels BJP meet as Devendra Fadnavis denies sharing of Maharashtra CM post
MUMBAI: Hours after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis denied the Shiv Sena was assured post of the CM for 2.5 years as part of a power sharing “formula”, Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday cancelled his party’s meeting with the BJP on formation of the next government. The development might potentially worsen the already strained relationship between […]
Shiv Sena not promised CM’s post for 2.5 years: Devendra Fadnavis
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the Shiv Sena was not promised the CM’s post for two-and-a-half years when the alliance was formalised before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Amid the ongoing tussle between the BJP and Shiv Sena over sharing of power in the next state government, Fadnavis asserted he […]
Shiv Sena asks BJP about economy: Itna Sannata Kyun Hai Bhai
NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena on Monday borrowed an iconic dialogue from Hindi blockbuster movie ‘Sholay’ to target the Centre over the economic slowdown, seeking to know why there was so much “silence” in markets on the occasion of Diwali and wondered if worse days were ahead. The comment came in the wake of a […]
Shiv Sena releases manifesto, no mention of Aarey
NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena, which is contesting 124 seats in the Maharashtra Assembly election as part of its alliance with the BJP, on Saturday released its manifesto, which promises to provide full meal at Rs 10 and make farmers debt-free, among other things. However, despite Sena’s opposition to the felling of trees in Aarey […]