Adarsh scam: Maharashtra Governor says no to prosecute Ashok Chavan
In a politically significant development, Maharashtra Governor K Shankaranarayanan has refused to give permission to the CBI to prosecute former Maharashtra chief minister and senior Congress leader...
View ArticleMaharashtra Cabinet rejects Adarsh Commission report
Maharashtra Cabinet on Friday rejected the Adarsh Commission report. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had convened a meeting in the morning to get the consent of the ministers on tabling of the report....
View Article7 layers of security for Modi during BKC rally today
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who will address a rally in Mumbai on Sunday, will be provided seven layers of security, Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh said.
View ArticleModi to address rally in Mumbai, 7-layer security put in place
While the Congress tries to regain lost ground, the BJP is leaving no stones unturned ahead of 2014 lok Sabha polls and party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will be addressing a massive...
View ArticleMumbai: Modi accuses Congress of playing divisive politics
In an attempt to leave no stone unturned ahead of the Lok Sabha 2014 polls, Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi addressed a huge rally in Mumbai on Sunday. Keeping up the...
View ArticleIs Congress protecting the guilty in the adarsh scam?
Retired High Court judge JA Patil, who headed the two-member commission probing the alleged Adarsh Housing Society scam, said that he was aware that the report will not be accepted by the Maharashtra...
View ArticleShiv Sena miffed, tells Modi not to worry about Maharashtra
In a veiled rebuff to Narendra Modi, BJP's ally Shiv Sena on Tuesday said he should remember that he was "no longer a leader of just Gujarat but of the entire country" and should stop worrying about...
View ArticleNCP pressures Chavan regime, says it's open to review Adarsh report
The Congress is under more pressure by its coalition partner in Maharashtra, the NCP, which has said that it is open to reviewing the decision to reject the Adarsh Housing Society Commission Report.
View ArticleAdarsh scam: Congress may review its decision to reject report
The Maharashtra government may review its decision to reject the report on the Adarsh scam after pressure from the high command. The review of report by the Congress can also be seen as an attempt to...
View ArticleMaharashtra Cabinet meeting on Adarsh Commission report on Jan 2
After Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi publicly disapproved of the Maharashtra Cabinet's decision to reject a judicial commission report on the Adarsh scam, the state government has decided to take...
View ArticleCongress follows AAP, Nirupam seeks cut in Maharashtra power tariff
The Aam Aadmi Party's decision to slash the electricity prices has led to a similar call by the ruling Congress in Maharashtra.
View ArticleMaharashtra: Will protest if power tariff is not cut, says Nirupam
After demanding a cut in electricity tariff in Maharashtra, Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Wednesday threatened to launch an agitation if a decision is not taken by the state government to provide...
View ArticleMaharashtra Cabinet discusses Adarsh Commission report
The Maharashtra Cabinet meeting is underway to discuss the Adarsh commission report on Thursday after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi disapproved its decision to reject the report. The Cabinet...
View ArticleChavan refuses to accept criminality against politicians in Adarsh
Maharashtra Cabinet on Thursday accepted the Adrash Housing Society Commission probe report. According to sources the state Cabinet accepted the findings on almost all terms of reference of the Adarsh...
View ArticleBJP slams Chavan government for ignoring Adarsh committee report
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday lambasted the Maharashtra government and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for ruling out action against politicians involved in Adrash Housing Society scam.
View ArticleCong refuses to probe former CMs indicted in Adarsh Commission report
The Maharashtra government reviewed its stand on the Adarsh commission report on Thursday after criticism by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. But the exercise has turned out to be an eyewash as...
View ArticleModi to hold rally in Maharashtra today
Modi's rally in Raigad is his first public programme after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called him 'disastrous' for the nation.
View ArticleMaharashtra alliances to face AAP hurdle in LS, assembly polls
As Maharashtra's main political players, the Congress-NCP alliance and BJP-Shiv Sena combine, brace for the Lok Sabha and subsequent state assembly polls this year, they would have to contend with a...
View ArticleShiv Sena, BJP chiefs meet to discuss election strategies
Shiv Sena is a constituent of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.
View ArticleDo not politicise Pawar-Modi meet, says BJP
Pawar had said, "I don't know why me meeting Modi was made out to be such a big deal. Its not like I meet someone from Pakistan or from China."
View ArticlePawar meets Congress, NCP leaders from Maharashtra
Union Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday met leaders of the ruling NCP and Congress alliance in Maharashtra to discuss the political situation ahead of the Lok Sabha election...
View ArticleRaj Thackeray to contest Maharashtra Assembly elections
With Maharashtra going to polls later this year, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray has said he will contest the Assembly elections and will become the chief minister if his party gets a...
View ArticleMaharashtra polls: Tussle within Sena-BJP alliance over CM candidate
Just weeks before the Maharashtra state Assembly elections, a tussle is on within the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance over who will be projected as chief ministerial candidate for the state.
View ArticleMaharashtra CM Chavan likely to be replaced, NCP keen on Shinde
With Assembly elections in Maharashtra scheduled later in the year, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is likely to face the brunt of the Congress's poll debacle in the Lok Sabha elections.
View ArticleCongress undecided on changing Prithviraj Chavan as Maharashtra CM
The Congress high command remains undecided on having a change of guard in Maharashtra. Sources say that the final decision on replacing Prithviraj Chavan as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra will be...
View ArticleChavan meets Sonia, unlikely to step down as Maharashtra CM
Amid speculation of a possible change of guard in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Saturday. However, according to sources, Chavan is...
View ArticleMaharashtra, Haryana Assembly elections on October 15, counting on October 19
While Haryana has 90 Assembly seats, Maharashtra has 288 seats. Maharashtra is ruled by Congress-NCP combine.
View ArticleMaharashtra Assembly elections: BJP talks tough now, demands equal share of...
BJP wants Shiv Sena to contest on 135 seats each of the 288-seat Maharashtra Assembly. The rest 18 seats should be divided amongst smaller allies, BJP proposed.
View ArticleMaharashtra Assembly polls: Bickering over seat share continues between Sena,...
Exactly a month ahead of the state Assembly elections, a fresh deadlock has erupted in the saffron combine in Maharashtra. Posturing over the seat-sharing talks, both Shiv Sena and BJP have hardened...
View ArticleMaharashtra elections: Won't compromise on seats anymore, BJP tells Shiv Sena
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena continue to play hardball over seat-sharing in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. While the Sena remains adamant saying that it wants to contest more...
View ArticleMaharashtra: Congress-NCP alliance hangs in the balance
Amidst the rising tension between Congress and NCP ahead of Assembly elections in Maharashtra, NCP leader Nawab Malik on Saturday said, "Talks regarding the alliance between NCP and Congress haven't...
View ArticleMaharashtra polls: Don't break alliance, BJP urges Shiv Sena as deadlock on...
This comes a day after the Shiv Sena had made a final seat sharing offer to BJP under which the latter gets to contest 119 seats as opposed to its demand for 130 seats.
View ArticleNo end to BJP, Sena seat sharing stand off yet as Amit Shah cancels Mumbai visit
In its final offer, Shiv Sena kept 151 seats for itself while offering 130 seats to BJP and just 7 seats to its four smaller allies.
View ArticleMaharashtra polls: After parting ways with Sena, BJP to declare its...
The party, however, has decided not to project its chief minister candidate.
View ArticleMaharashtra polls: BJP confident despite the split with Shiv Sena
BJP leader Shaina NC told CNN-IBN that the party tries to save its alliance with its 25-year-old ally Shiv Sena but was confident about the polls despite the split.
View ArticleBJP backstabbed Shiv Sena; no joining hands with MNS: Aditya Thackeray
"The Communication could have been better, we got updates through the media," he remarked.
View ArticleAssembly polls: Political bigwigs including PM, Sonia, Rajnath on campaign...
BJP seeks to wrest control in both Haryana and Maharashtra in October 15 Assembly polls.
View ArticleShiv Sena targets Raj Thackeray
Shiv Sena leader Devendra Fadnavis targeted MNS chief Raj Thackeray for his comments against Modi. He said, "Raj Thackrey has spoken against Modi on earlier occasions but look at what happened to him...
View ArticleAssembly polls: EC notice to Gadkari for his 'Lakshmi Darshan' remark
Gadkari was addressing an election rally in Maharashtra's Latur on October 5 when he allegedly asked voters to accept bribe.
View ArticleMaharashtra polls: Narayan Rane's son is Congress candidate from Kankavli
The 32-year-old leader said that he has worked for the the people and hence earned the ticket.
View ArticleAssembly polls live: Modi hits campaign trail, addresses rally in Mahendragarh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will once again hit the campaign trail in Haryana and Maharashtra today ahead of the Assembly elections in both these states.
View ArticleShiv Sena targets BJP, accuses it of having double standards
The latest editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamna reads, "It is the duty of the Shiv Sena to expose the double standards of BJP."
View ArticleBJP will capture Maharashtra: State president Devendra Fadnavis
Dismissing speculation that its erstwhile ally Shiv Sena would win more seats, the chief minister probable asserted: "The verdict will completely favour the BJP."
View ArticleAssembly elections: Celebrities cast vote in Mumbai, appeal others to join
Among Bollywood personalities who went to polling booths in Mumbai were actress Rekha, Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Amol Palekar and actor Atul Kulkarni.
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