MUMBAI: After hectic daylong negotiations with Congress and NCP (SP), Shiv Sena (UBT) Wednesday announced its first list of 65 candidates for the assembly polls. It has renominated 14 of its 15 sitting MLAs and declared nominees for 13 seats in Mumbai, including Aaditya Thackeray from Worli and Aaditya’s cousin Varun Sardesai from Bandra East….
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of Congress, Sharad Pawar’s NCP, and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena in Maharashtra has sealed the seat-sharing deal for the upcoming assembly elections. The three parties have agreed to contest on 85 seats each, the bloc announced on Wednesday.“We have decided that Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and Shiv Sena…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra state president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sunil Tatkare announced first list of 38 candidates for NCP (AP) on Wednesday. NCP chief and Maharashtra deputy chief minister, Ajit Pawar, will contest from Baramati seat against his nephew Yugendra Pawar from Sharad Pawar faction.Chhagan Bhujbal will contest from Yeola constituency.The Baramati SeatInterestingly,…
C-60 commandos in Abujmarh NAGPUR: Five Maoists were killed Monday during an eight-hour gunfight with C-60 commando units and CRPF quick-action teams that stormed the booby-trapped Abujmarh headquarters of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) in an offensive ahead of elections in Maharashtra next month.At least 2,500 rounds were fired during the joint operation to…
MUMBAI: Five months ago, the Mahayuti alliance had to settle for a dismal score of 17 of the state’s 48 LS seats, its poor tally dragging down the BJP’s numbers at the Centre and leaving the opposition confident of a repeat in the assembly polls. Yet, just a week ago, BJP made a comeback by…
CM Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray / File photos The political atmosphere heated up in Maharashtra soon after the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the schedule for the assembly polls, which will take place on November 20 in a single phase. Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena…
ECI to announce election dates for Maharashtra and Jharkhand on Tuesday. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) is set to announce the poll dates for assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand on Tuesday. The announcement will be made during a press conference at 3.30 pm.With several upcoming festivals, including Diwali from October 29 to November…
Bhupinder Hooda (L), Rahul Gandhi, and Kumari Shelja. (Photo/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Following the party’s unexpected loss in the Haryana elections, Congress’s INDIA bloc partner in Maharashtra targeted it, suggesting a re-evaluation of election strategy. Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece, Saamana, in its editorial, targeted Congress on Wednesday. Coming down heavily on Bhupinder Hooda and Congress leadership,…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed BJP over the collapse of Shivaji Maharaj’s statue in Kolhapur stating that “their ideology is not right.”After unveiling a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Rahul Gandhi said, “The Congress party today is fighting against the…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday claimed that during a closed-door meeting, Union home minister Amit Shah instructed BJP leaders to break the Opposition ranks and politically target him and NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar. Thackeray asserted that the people, not the BJP, will determine his political future.According to Thackeray, Shah’s…
