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Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Monday won the crucial floor test in the state Assembly on the last day of the two-day special session of the House. In the 288-member House, 164 MLAs voted for the motion of confidence, while 99 voted against it....

Mumbai: In a major setback for the Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray, the Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat has struck down appointments of Ajay Chaudhary as the Shiv Sena Legislature Party Leader (SSLP) and the Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu. The action came late on Sunday. The legislature...

Mumbai: On expected lines, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Rahul Narwekar was elected the new Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly here Sunday. He defeated his sole rival - the Maha Vikas Aghadi-backed Shiv Sena candidate Rajan Salvi - with a comfortable margin. The elections were held...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday dismissed the bail plea of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair and sent him to 14-day judicial custody in a case related an "objectionable tweet" he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria allowed...

Puri: Emotions spilled over and cries of 'Jai Jagannath' and 'Haribol' rent the air as the gigantic chariots of Lord Jagannath and his divine siblings Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra along with Chakraraj Sudarshan rolled for the nine-day Rath Yatra festival in this sea-side pilgrim...

Several religious texts suggest that Lord Jagannath is the ‘Birata Purusha’. Priests offer flowers to Lord Jagannath, the main attraction of Srimandir, by reciting ‘Purushasukta’ of Bajasaneya Samhita. Religious scholars consider Purushasukta as the most precious Sukta, described in Veda. Bajasaneya Samhita describes Jagannath as...

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde was Thursday sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister, while BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as deputy chief minister. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered the oath of office to them at Raj Bhavan in south Mumbai shortly after 7.30 pm....

Mumbai: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis who was tipped to be the next chief minister of Maharashtra however, has opted out from the race. Devendra Fadnavis said Thursday that rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde will be the next chief minister of Maharashtra. “Eknath Shinde will...

Panaji: Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde left Goa for Mumbai Thursday afternoon, where he is scheduled to meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Shinde and other rebel MLAs, who arrived in Goa Wednesday night from Guwahati, stayed at a resort at Dona Paula near...

Mumbai: Stating that he was not interested ‘in playing the numbers’ game’, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said Wednesday he was resigning from his post. “I am also quitting as member of Legislative Council,” Uddhav Thackeray said in a webcast. Uddhav also appealed to the...