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 Sandeep Meghe and former MLC Sagar Meghe.Datta Meghe was a four-time Congress MP from Nagpur...
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Mumbai, March 21 Vice President C P Radhakrishnan visited Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar at her residence in Mumbai on Saturday, and offered condolences over the death of her husband, Ajit Pawar.The Vice President paid tribute to the late NCP president, who died in a plane...
Mumbai, March 21 – Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar forwarded the resignation submitted to her by the state party’s women wing chief, Rupali Chakankar, as Chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women, to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for further...
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Mumbai, March 21 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, who heads the ruling NCP, said on Saturday that she had forwarded the resignation of Rupali Chakankar, who stepped down as the chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women, to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for...
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Satara, March 21 Following the BJP's victory as the president of the Satara Zilla Parishad (ZP) in Maharashtra, despite defeating the Shiv Sena-NCP combine without having a majority, the Shiv Sena criticized the BJP, accusing it of "murdering democracy" and warning of severe consequences in...
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Mumbai, March 20 Facing criticism from opposition parties over her association with rape-accused "spiritual leader" Ashok Kharat, Maharashtra State Commission for Women chairperson Rupali Chakankar submitted her resignation on Friday.Chakankar, who is also the chief of the NCP's women's wing...
Mumbai, March 20 Facing criticism over her association with the rape-accused "spiritual leader" Ashok Kharat, Maharashtra State Commission for Women chairperson Rupali Chakankar submitted her resignation on Friday.Chakankar, who is also the head of the NCP's women's wing, submitted the...
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Mumbai, March 20 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asked State Women’s Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar to resign on Friday, sources within the CMO said.This directive came two days after the arrest of self-proclaimed godman Captain Ashok Kharat from Nashik on allegations...
Mumbai, March 20 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked state women's commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar to resign amid controversy over her alleged links with a rape accused.Chakankar met Fadnavis in the evening, and during the meeting, the chief minister asked her to...
Mumbai, March 20 Opposition parties on Friday targeted Maharashtra State Women's Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar over her alleged links with a self-proclaimed numerologist, arrested by the Nashik Crime Branch for raping a woman and exploiting many others under the guise of religious...
Mumbai, March 20 NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar on Friday demanded a thorough investigation into the alleged incidents of black magic that reportedly took place near the residences of late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar last year, and sought to identify the individuals who...
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 18 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured the posts of president and vice-president of the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra unopposed here on Wednesday.Avinash Galande was elected as the president, and Jitendra Jaiswal as the...
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New Delhi, March 18 Members of the Rajya Sabha bid farewell to retiring colleagues on Wednesday, highlighting cross-party camaraderie and expressing confidence that they would continue to serve public life, while several leaders underlined the importance of dialogue and democratic values...
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Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Maharashtra), March 17 The nine elected members of the Zilla Parishad from the Shiv Sena (UBT) want to support the parties that are in a position to control the local body in Wednesday's election, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve said here on Tuesday.Notably, the...
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Mumbai, March 17 – The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which includes strict provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, moved a step closer to becoming law on Tuesday with its passage in the legislative council.The...
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Mumbai, March 17 The Maharashtra legislative assembly was adjourned for the day on Tuesday due to a lack of quorum, prompting the opposition to accuse the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of prioritizing party matters over public issues.Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar raised an...
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Latur, March 17 Usha Sambhaji Patil-Talegaonkar, from the BJP, has been elected as the president, while NCP candidate Dayanand Damodar Surwase has become the vice-president of the Latur Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra, an official said on Tuesday.The election for the top positions took place on...
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Mumbai, March 17 – Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Rohit Pawar criticised Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Tuesday for his response to the plane crash in which former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died.In a post on X, Rohit Pawar wrote, “Well...
Mumbai, March 16: Differences among the constituent parties of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) came to the fore in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday over the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, introduced to curb illegal and forced religious conversions in the state.After...
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Mumbai, March 16 Members of the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP created a commotion in the legislative assembly on Monday, demanding an apology from NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awahad for "insulting" Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, leading to a brief adjournment of proceedings.MLAs from the Mahayuti parties...