Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar told a gathering Monday night of MLAs that he would personally ensure that none of them loses membership for voting against the BJP during floor test in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Pawar addressed a joint meeting of...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said it will pass an order at 10.30 am Tuesday on the plea filed by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine against the Maharashtra governor's decision to swear-in Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister. A bench comprising justices N V Ramana, Ashok...
New Delhi: Maintaining that the BJP had the support of all 54 NCP MLAs to form a government in Maharashtra, the Centre Monday asked the Supreme Court for two to three days to file a reply to the plea against the governor's decision to invite...
New Delhi/Mumbai: The government formation in Maharashtra has come under the Supreme Court’s scrutiny with the Centre being asked to produce before the court Monday morning the letters of the Governor inviting Devendra Fadnavis as well as the communication of the BJP leader staking his...
Mumbai: The new-found bonhomie between the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Shiv Sena was on display Sunday after Uddhav Thackeray met Sharad Pawar at a Mumbai luxury hotel where the NCP MLAs are lodged amid the high ongoing political drama in Maharashtra. Incidentally, NCP spokesperson...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Sunday asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to place before it Monday morning the letters of the Governor recommending revocation of President's Rule and inviting Devendra Fadnavis to form government in Maharashtra. A bench of Justices N V Ramana, Ashok Bhushan...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Sunday issued notices to the Centre and Maharashtra government on a petition filed by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Cong combine against the Maharashtra Governor's decision to swear in Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister. A bench of Justices N V Ramana, Ashok Bhushan...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition by Shiv Sena-Congress-National Congress Party seeking a floor test within 24 hours to avoid horse-trading and ‘illegal manoeuvres’ in Maharashtra at 11:30am Sunday. The petitioners moved the apex court Saturday evening seeking an urgent...
Mumbai: BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oath as the Maharashtra chief minister and deputy chief minister respectively Saturday, an unexpected development a day after Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray emerged as the Sena-NCP-Congress' consensus candidate for the top post. Nationalist Congress...
Mumbai: A crucial two-hour-long meeting of the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress concluded here Friday evening with a call to Sena President Uddhav Thackeray to accept the post of Maharashtra Chief Minister. Emerging from the meeting, NCP President Sharad Pawar indicated that a consensus had evolved...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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