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NEW DELHI: Senior NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that discussions on a possible merger of the two Nationalist Congress Party factions were held between Ajit Pawar and Jayant Patil, and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had no right to talk about it. Asserting that he was happy that Sunetra Pawar had been sworn…
Who will be Ajit Pawar’s political successor? NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday that it is up to the NCP to choose its next leader following the untimely demise of party chief and Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar.The BJP leader added that both his party and the state government would support…
MUMBAI: With the chief minister leaving for Davos to attend the World Economic Forum and the date for a lottery to decide whether the mayor’s post goes to the open category, SC/ST, OBC or women likely in the next few days, discussions for power-sharing in the BMC are expected to extend through the month.A lottery…
MUMBAI/PUNE: With negotiations for power-sharing in the Mumbai civic corporation between BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena expected to take time, the Shinde Sena on Saturday corralled all 29 of its newly-elected corporators in a five-star hotel in Bandra.BJP, which won 89 seats in the 227-member BMC House, needs the Sena’s support to get…
BJP emerged as the single largest party in many of the municipal corporations that went to poll on Thursday, also improving on its previous election tallies. Of the 29 municipal corporations that went to polls, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance was set to govern in 24 bodies. Congress emerged single largest party in two corporations and…
Chief Minister Devendraji Fadnavis for the campaign of Nagpur Municipal Corporation elections ‘Road Show’ NAGPUR: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis kickstarted the final day of campaigning for the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) elections on Tuesday with a high-octane roadshow across the city, riding a Royal Enfield. The bike rally drew huge crowds, with supporters cheering, waving…
MUMBAI: Just four days before her retirement on Jan 3, former DGP Rashmi Shukla submitted a report to the state home department saying an offence should be registered against ex-DGP and former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey, along with two other police officers, for conspiring to arrest Devendra Fadnavis, who was opposition leader, and Eknath…
MUMBAI: The Thackeray cousins, Uddhav and Raj, are not a cause for worry for the BJP. “We will win decisively,” said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in an interview with an online channel. “Thackeray is no longer a brand. There was only one Thackeray brand and that was late Balasaheb Thackeray.”In the interview aired on Friday,…
Argentine football icon Lionel Messi, left, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, second left, Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff, right, in Mumbai (@CMOMaharashtra/X via PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: A tense moment unfolded at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium when Bollywood actors Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff faced booing from the crowd during Lionel Messi’s event on Sunday. The incident…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Jaykumar Gore urged women voters reaping the benefits of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme to remain loyal to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in the upcoming civic body polls, saying even their husbands don’t give them Rs 100.Addressing a poll rally in Solapur district on Saturday, the state rural…
