Mumbai, February 25 Vijay Wadettiwar, the leader of the Maharashtra Congress legislative party, said on Wednesday that the Governor's address to the state legislature was a repetition of "old and re-polished points" which presented a misleading picture.Participating in the discussion on the...
Buldhana, February 24 Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal expressed hope on Tuesday that after President Droupadi Murmu's visit to Buldhana on February 25, the 70 healthcare centers under the AYUSH department, which themselves are in a "precarious" state, will become operational...
Mumbai, February 19 Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Thursday that a "secular front" comprising corporators from his party, those of the NCP (SP), and a group of rebel BJP corporators will ensure the alliance gets the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in the...
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bhiwandi-nizampur municipal corporation
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civic election
deputy mayor election
eknath shinde
maharashtracongress
mayor election
mumbai
narayan chaudhary
ncp (sp)
political alliance
shiv sena (ubt)
suresh mhatre
thane district
Mumbai, February 19 Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Thursday that a "secular front" comprising corporators from his party, those of the NCP (SP), and a group of rebel BJP corporators would ensure that the alliance secures the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in the...
ashish shelar
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bhiwandi-nizampur municipal corporation
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civic election
deputy mayor
eknath shinde
harshwardhan sapkal
maharashtracongress
mayor
municipal corporation
ncp (sp)
political alliance
shiv sena
thane district
Mumbai, February 19 Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Thursday that a "secular front" comprising corporators from his party, those of the NCP (SP), and a group of rebel BJP corporators will ensure the alliance gets the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in the...
bhiwandi-nizampur municipal corporation
bjp
bnmc
deputy mayor election
eknath shinde
harshwardhan sapkal
maharashtracongress
mayor election
municipal elections
narayan chaudhary
ncp (sp)
political alliances
shiv sena
suresh mhatre
thane district
Mumbai, February 19 The Maharashtra Congress has decided to set up a committee to investigate the mayoral defeat in Chandrapur, where the party failed to secure the post despite having a numerical advantage.AICC general secretary in charge of Maharashtra, Ramesh Chennithala, will form the...
Mumbai, February 18 – The Maharashtra Congress has decided to form an inquiry committee into the party's debacle in Chandrapur, where, despite emerging as the single largest party in the municipal corporation elections, it failed to win the Mayoral election, resulting in the victory of the...
bharatiya janata party
chandrapur municipal corporation
devendra fadnavis
farmers issues
internal disputes
law and order
maharashtracongressmaharashtra state government
mayoral election
political affairs committee
pratibha dhanorkar
shiv sena-ubt
unemployment
vijay wadettiwar
women's safety
Mumbai, February 17 Facing criticism for his remarks drawing parallels between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Tipu Sultan, Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal apologized on Tuesday, saying he did not intend to offend anyone's sentiments.He reiterated that his remarks were...
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devendra fadnavis
harshwardhan sapkal
historical comparisons
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maharashtracongress
malegaon municipal corporation
misinformation campaign
political controversy
political discourse
religious discord
shan-e-hind nihal ahmed
social media
tipu sultan
Mumbai, February 17 Maharashtra Congress leader Sachin Sawant on Tuesday claimed that BJP's Mumbai president Ameet Satam had previously supported a proposal to name a road here after Tipu Sultan, but has now changed his stance for political reasons.Sawant rejected Satam's assertion that the...
Mumbai, February 16 – Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal issued a provocative challenge to the BJP on Monday, saying they were free to cut his tongue if he had said anything historically incorrect while equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the 18th-century Mysuru ruler Tipu...
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indian politics
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political protests
religious sentiment
stone-pelting
tipu sultan
trade deals
Mumbai, February 16 The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday said Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal, by equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan, has unnecessarily provided the BJP with an issue.In an editorial in Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana, the party said the BJP...
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eknath shinde
harshwardhan sapkal
hindu-muslim relations
indian politics
maharashtramaharashtracongress
malegaon municipal corporation
mysuru
pakistan-india relations
political controversy
shan-e-hind nihal ahmed
shiv sena (ubt)
tipu sultan
Pune, February 16 The Pune police have registered two separate cases against the BJP and Congress city chiefs and several other party workers after violence following Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal's remarks equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan, officials...
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congress bhavan
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fir (first information report)
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malegaon municipal corporation
police
political protest
pune
shiv sena
stone-pelting
tipu sultan
Wardha, February 16 Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal has claimed that the BJP is criticizing his statement about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Tipu Sultan, as it wants to divert people's attention from basic issues and also the contents of the Epstein files.Sapkal is under fire...
Wardha, February 15 Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Sunday that his statement about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Tipu Sultan is being criticized by the BJP, as the party wants to divert people's attention from the core issues of the state and also from the contents...
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devendra fadnavis
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hindu organizations
maharashtracongressmaharashtra politics
political criticism
political protest
shan-e-hind
shiv sena
swarajya
tipu sultan
vd savarkar
Mumbai, February 15 Maharashtra Congress leader Sachin Sawant accused the BJP of "double standards" and pursuing a divisive agenda on Sunday, after his party's state chief, Harshwardhan Sapkal, faced criticism for equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan.In a statement, the...
akola municipal corporation
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devendra fadnavis
hindu outfits
historical figures
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malegaon municipal corporation
mumbai (city)
political criticism
political polarization
republicanism
sachin sawant
shiv sena
tipu sultan
Nagpur, February 14 Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal has stirred controversy by suggesting equivalence between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and 18th-century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan, triggering condemnation from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.A BJP functionary in Pune also filed...
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buldhana
chhatrapati shivaji maharaj
constitutional history
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harshwardhan sapkal
hindu organizations
indian penal code
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malegaon municipal corporation
political controversy
shiv sena
swarajya
tipu sultan
x (social media)
Nagpur/Buldhana, February 14 Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal sparked controversy on Monday by suggesting equivalence between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and 18th-century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan, triggering fierce condemnation from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who called the...
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maharashtracongress
malegaon municipal corporation
nagpur
sangh-bjp
shan-e-hind nihal ahmed
shiv sena
swarajya
tipu sultan
x (social media)
Mumbai, February 14 Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal has alleged that a senior official in Minister Narhari Zirwal's office directed the bribery, which led to the arrest of a clerk at Mantralaya this week.The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday caught a clerk from the Food...
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bribery
corruption investigation
food and drug administration (fda)
government resignation
harshwardhan sapkal
maharashtracongress
mantralaya
medical licenses
narhari zirwal
rajendra dherange
x (social media)
Mumbai, February 13 An employee of the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration was caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000 at the state secretariat, Mantralaya, an official said.The Congress alleged that the accused, Rajendra Dherange...
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anti-corruption bureau
bribery investigation
cabinet minister
complaint investigation
devendra fadnavis
maharashtracongressmaharashtra food and drug administration
mahayuti government
mantralaya
medical license restoration
mumbai
prevention of corruption act
rajendra dherange
state secretariat
Mumbai, February 9 The Maharashtra Congress on Monday criticised the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for its chief, Mohan Bhagwat, having a meal with singer-composer Adnan Sami, alleging that this amounted to being "anti-national".In a post on X, the opposition party said that Adnan Sami's...