‘Don’t do all this’: For Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal’s warning to supporters amid cabinet exclusion row | India News – Times of India

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…

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In Fadnavis cabinet expansion, mix of old and new, 19 berths for BJP | India News – Times of India

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…

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Maharashtra CM pick: Day after Mahayuti leaders’ meet, Eknath Shinde goes to his village, talks on govt pushed back | India News – Times of India

A day after the Mahayuti leaders’ meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, caretaker CM Eknath Shinde left for his village Dare Tamb in Mahabaleshwar taluka in Satara district. Sources said the BJP is working on him to get him to accept the deputy CM’s post.The swearing-in of the Maharashtra cabinet is…

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Child rights panel NCPCR advises states to stop funding madrasas | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Saturday issued a directive to the chief secretaries and administrators of all states and union territories. This directive concerns a report titled “Guardians of Faith or Oppressors of Rights: Constitutional Rights of Children vs madrasas.”The NCPCR’s report contains 11 chapters and discusses the…

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‘All is well’: Ajit Pawar calls claims of rift in Mahayuti ‘baseless’ | India News – Times of India

Ajit Pawar (File photo/ PTI) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar on Friday said that “all is well” in the Mahayuti alliance, scotching off the speculations that trouble may be brewing in the ruling bloc.Rumors were rife that Pawar, who is also Maharashtra’s deputy CM, may break ranks with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…

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Ahead of polls, Maharashtra govt seeks hike in non-creamy layer income limit to Rs 15 lakh | India News – Times of India

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra cabinet has decided to request the central government to raise the income limit for the ‘non-creamy layer‘ category to Rs 15 lakh per annum from the current Rs 8 lakh. This decision came ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, likely to be held…

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