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Mumbai, February 26 – A Mumbai Sessions Court on Thursday acquitted Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut in a criminal defamation case filed by Medha Somaiya, wife of BJP leader Kirit Somaiya.The Special Sessions Court delivered its verdict after reserving the order in Raut's...

Mumbai, February 24 The issue of delays in official responses to letters from legislators was discussed in the Maharashtra assembly on Tuesday, with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis recounting that he received a reply in 2021 to a question he had asked in 2009.Raising the issue in the House...

Mumbai, February 24 – Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar directed the state government on Tuesday to take serious note of the alleged threats given to Congress MLA Sajid Khan Pathan by members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.Congress MLA and legislative group leader Vijay Wadettiwar...

Mumbai, February 24 – A heated exchange erupted in the Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday during the ongoing budget session between members of the ruling alliance following a "Calling Attention Motion" regarding the issue of bonuses for the state's rice farmers.Senior BJP leader Sudhir...

Mumbai, February 24 Congress MLA Sajid Khan Pathan has received a death threat and an extortion demand of ₹10 crore, allegedly from an associate of the Bishnoi gang, senior leader Vijay Wadettiwar told the Maharashtra assembly on Tuesday.He demanded that Khan be provided with immediate...

Mumbai, February 23 – Former Maharashtra minister Jayant Patil stated on Monday that the united NCP's motto is "the right decision at the right time," but the late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's only wrong decision was the timing of his departure.In his speech during the condolence motion...

Mumbai, February 23 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said that Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash last month, was "the best chief minister the state never had".Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde described the late NCP leader as an "elder brother" and said that he...

Mumbai, February 23 – Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday that Ajit Pawar could have been the best Chief Minister that Maharashtra never had, and that his passing has created a huge void.In an emotional tribute, the Chief Minister said that the true meaning of the word "void" is...

Mumbai, February 23 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday that Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash last month, was "the best CM the state never had".Maharashtra has lost a towering leader and administrator, he said in a glowing tribute to Ajit Pawar in the state...

Mumbai, February 22 The Budget Session of the Maharashtra legislature, scheduled to begin on Monday, will be the first in the state's history in which both the assembly and legislative council will not have a Leader of the Opposition (LoP).The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) termed this...

Mumbai, February 22 Leaders of the NCP (SP) remained absent from a meeting of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) aimed at projecting opposition unity ahead of the Maharashtra legislature's budget session, with the Shiv Sena (UBT) attributing it to a "communication gap".The MVA comprises the Congress...

Mumbai, February 19 The battle for limited opposition seats in Maharashtra intensified on Thursday as Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray virtually staked his party's claim to the Maha Vikas Aghadi's lone winnable seats in the upcoming Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections...

Mumbai, February 19 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray virtually staked his party's claim to the seats the Maha Vikas Aghadi can win in the upcoming Rajya Sabha and Maharashtra legislative council elections, citing their numbers in the state assembly.Thackeray said there have been no...