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Mumbai, March 30 Two months after the tragic death of then deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar in a plane crash in Baramati, two NCP leaders have expressed support for the merger of the party, now headed by Sunetra Pawar, with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP...

Mumbai, March 28 Senior BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Saturday demanded the death penalty for self-proclaimed religious leader Ashok Kharat, who was arrested for allegedly repeatedly raping a woman over the past three years.Kharat, who was arrested on March...

Mumbai, March 27 NCP leader Rupali Chakankar, who was embroiled in the controversy surrounding self-proclaimed godman Captain Ashok Kharat, finally resigned from her position as the President of the Maharashtra NCP women's wing on Friday.She has forwarded her resignation to the NCP national...

Mumbai, March 27 NCP leader Rupali Chakankar resigned as the chief of the party's Maharashtra women's wing on Friday, following criticism over her association with rape-accused "spiritual leader" Ashok Kharat."Following a phone discussion with (NCP president and Deputy Chief Minister) Sunetra...

Nashik, March 27 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare said on Friday that instead of undermining other leaders in the ruling alliance, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should ensure that the investigation in the Ashok Kharat case is taken to its logical conclusion.Kharat, a...

Mumbai, March 27 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare on Friday claimed that former Maharashtra State Commission for Women chairperson Rupali Chakankar cleared music director Anu Malik in a sexual harassment case, and later her son appeared in a film produced by him.While Malik denied the...

Mumbai, March 27 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday that a "decisive decision" regarding Minister Narhari Zirwal will be taken after verifying the facts related to a viral video showing the NCP leader with a transgender person in a bedroom.The video of the minister...

Chennai, March 26 The ruling DMK on Thursday criticised AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami over his comments on its alliance partners, calling them "unnecessary."Senior party leader and Transport Minister S S Sivasankar also criticised the AIADMK, stating that the party's future...

Mumbai, March 25 A court in Maharashtra has ordered the immediate release of two local NCP leaders, who were arrested on allegations of kidnapping a Satara Zilla Parishad member during the governing body's presidential polls last week, citing their custodial ill-treatment and failure to follow...

Mumbai, March 25 NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar alleged on Wednesday that NCP leaders Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare wrote to the ECI falsely claiming changes to the party constitution as part of a "premeditated plan" to vest sweeping powers in its working president Patel.Maharashtra Deputy Chief...

Mumbai, March 24. A rare display of bonhomie was observed between Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray during the farewell programme for nine members of the legislative council on Tuesday.Thackeray, who retires on May...

Mumbai, March 24 NCP MLA Rohit Pawar said on Tuesday that he had to file a 'zero FIR' in Karnataka because the police in Maharashtra did not register a case on his complaint regarding the Baramati air crash that claimed the life of then deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, and questioned the delay...

Mumbai, March 24 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday that the Legislature cannot assume the role of the Executive, and that directions given by the Legislature do not become the ultimate truth, as action based on those directions will take place based on the ground...

Mumbai, March 24 NCP leader Sunil Tatkare said on Tuesday that the party is keen to ensure that the upcoming by-election for the Baramati assembly constituency in Maharashtra is held without any opposition, and will initiate talks with the opposition parties.The by-elections to Baramati in...

Mumbai, March 24 NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar hosted a dinner for Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders in Mumbai, his first interaction with them after a period of illness that had kept him away from public engagements recently.The dinner meeting, held at the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre on...

Mumbai, March 23 – Maharashtra's ruling alliance members clashed over the election for the Satara Zilla Parishad (ZP) president, with the dispute reaching the state council. Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe on Monday asked the government to suspend the district SP over alleged rowdism and...

Mumbai, March 23 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Monday termed the alleged police action against some elected members of the Satara Zilla Parishad last week as a "murder of democracy", accusing authorities of misusing power to influence the local body...

Mumbai, March 23 – The Maharashtra Legislative Council witnessed dramatic scenes on Monday when Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe ordered the immediate suspension of Satara Superintendent of Police (SP) Tushar Doshi following allegations that police personnel manhandled and injured Guardian...

Mumbai, March 23 Maharashtra legislative council vice-chairperson Neelam Gorhe on Monday directed the government to suspend Satara Superintendent of Police Tushar Doshi over the commotion and manhandling that occurred during the Zilla Parishad president election last week.Shiv Sena minister...

Nagpur, March 22 Veteran BJP leader Datta Meghe passed away on Sunday evening at the age of 89, his close aide and former Nagpur deputy mayor Raghunath Malikar said.Meghe is the father of Hingna MLA Sameer Meghe and former MLC Sagar Meghe.Datta Meghe was a four-time Congress MP from Nagpur...