CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Slain Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh’s brother Dhananjay met Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Tuesday in Mumbai and confirmed that a criminal writ petition pertaining to the murder filed in his name before Bombay high court’s Aurangabad bench has been withdrawn.The HC was yet to admit the online petition, which demanded a fair probe into…
NEW DELHI: Parbhani in Maharashtra turned into a political battleground on Monday as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited the city to meet the family of Somnath Suryawanshi, who died in judicial custody on December 15. The ruling BJP called Rahul’s visit an “attempt to create hatred among people on caste lines”.Somnath, a 35-year-old law student,…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar admitted on Sunday that dissatisfaction among some members was inevitable, a day after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis allocated portfolios in the newly sworn-in government.“As the number of ministers is high, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had to give each minister a portfolio. Obviously, some are happy and some…
NAGPUR: CM Devendra Fadnavis announced on Saturday that his govt has launched stringent action against illegal Bangladeshi migrants and this includes deportation from Mumbai and other parts of the state.Talking to reporters after conclusion of the winter assembly session, Fadnavis, accompanied by deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde and other ministers, outlined key legislative achievements. Both…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis retained the home ministry along with law and judiciary in the newly sworn-in Maharashtra government, while deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde was entrusted with urban development, housing, and public works. Meanwhile, deputy chief minister and NCP ally Ajit Pawar has been allocated the finance ministry.The portfolio announcement late…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday told NCP leader Ajit Pawar that he will become CM one day. While speaking in the legislative assembly, he emphasised that he and his deputy chief ministers will be work in different shifts throughout the day. Fadnavis said Ajit Pawar will work in the morning shift…
NEW DELHI: NCP veteran politician Chhagan Bhujbal, who is unhappy after being overlooked for a cabinet berth in the newly sworn-in Fadnavis government, appealed to his supporters to express their discontent in a “civil” manner rather than resorting to derogatory actions against deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.The response came after various OBC organisations and activists…
BJP and Congress should move beyond debates over Nehru and Savarkar, and focus on growth issues, Uddhav Thackeray said. NAGPUR: In his bid to reclaim the hardline Hindutva turf after being accused of abandoning the party’s core ideology, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday questioned BJP on why the nation’s highest civilian honour,…
NEW DELHI: Ajit faction NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday took a veiled attack on the party president over his exclusion from the new council of ministers and said that after rejecting his demand for a Lok Sabha seat, the party offered Rajya Sabha seat “Am I a toy?”Amid speculation over his “Jahan nahi chaina,…
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra cabinet was expanded on Sunday as 39 MLAs were administered oath as ministers by governor PC Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur.In the expansion, the BJP got 19 ministerial berths, followed by 11 for Eknath Shinde‘s Shiv Sena and 9 for Ajit Pawar‘s Nationalist Congress Party. Including CM…
