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Mumbai, March 4 Chhagan Bhujbal, a former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, has rejected the claim of former IPS officer K P Raghuvanshi that he had pressured him to arrest Bal Thackeray, stating that the "file" related to the case originated from the police themselves.Thackeray, the late...

New Delhi, March 3 The Privileges Committee of the current Lok Sabha was constituted on Thursday, with Speaker Om Birla nominating BJP leader and former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad as its chairperson.Birla has named 14 other MPs as members of the panel, according to a notification.The...

Mumbai, March 3 Responding to the claim by former IPS officer K P Raghuvanshi that he faced pressure from then Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal to arrest Bal Thackeray, Bhujbal said on Tuesday that the "file" related to the case came from the police themselves.Thackeray, the...

New Delhi, March 3 Former Law Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad was nominated as the chairperson of the Lok Sabha's Privileges Committee on Tuesday.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has also named 14 other MPs as members of the panel, according to a notification.This is the first time...

Mumbai, February 27 Two officials of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) were suspended on Friday following a directive from the pro-tem Speaker of the legislative assembly.The swift action raised eyebrows in political circles, as the MPCB is headed by Siddhesh Kadam, a leader of...

Mumbai, February 27 – The suspension of the Secretary of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has triggered a political storm in the state, drawing attention to the power dynamics within the ruling alliance.The MPCB is headed by...

Mumbai, February 27 – In an effort to strengthen administrative and expertise-based representation in local self-government, the Maharashtra State Cabinet has approved the appointment of co-opted members to Zilla Parishads (ZP) and Panchayat Samitis.The decision was made by the state cabinet...

Mumbai, February 27 Shiv Sena, led by Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT), has responded to the Supreme Court's recent observations on mandatory voting by questioning the very foundation of India's current electoral system. It acknowledged the court's intent to strengthen democracy and argued that...

Mumbai, February 26 – The newly elected Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President, Sunetra Pawar, faces multifaceted challenges, ranging from personal electoral battles to the very survival of the party faction.Her immediate focus is expected to be on further strengthening the party...

Pune, February 25 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are likely to form the governing body in the Raigad Zilla Parishad, while the third Mahayuti ally, Shiv Sena, may sit in the opposition despite emerging as the single largest party in the recent elections...

Thane, February 24 Relations between the Mahayuti alliance partners, the BJP and the Shiv Sena, reached a critical point in the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) on Tuesday, a day after chaos erupted in the general body meeting.The discord led to a series of demands from the BJP and a sharp...

Thane, February 23 The first general body meeting of the Thane Municipal Corporation began with a heated exchange between the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena after the civic administration decided to skip the question-and-answer session and pass proposals without discussion.Deputy Mayor Krishna Dadu...

Thane, February 23 Shiv Sena corporator Hanumant Jagdale was elected as the leader of the house at the general body meeting of the Thane Municipal Corporation on Monday.In the meeting chaired by Mayor Sharmila Pimplolkar, Shanu Pathan of NCP (SP) was declared the Leader of the Opposition (LoP)...

Pune, February 21 Only NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar can decide on his Rajya Sabha tenure, his party leader Ankush Kakade said on Saturday."We have not received any reports about Pawar saheb retiring from active politics. There has been no discussion on this in party meetings. The decision...

Mumbai, February 21 Activists from the BJP and Shiv Sena staged demonstrations against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Mumbai and Thane on Saturday, in response to the Youth Congress's protest at the AI Summit in New Delhi.Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske demanded that a sedition case be registered...

Mumbai, February 21 Former Member of Parliament Gajanan Kirtikar said on Saturday that he has written to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, seeking his nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Kirtikar, one of the senior-most leaders from the undivided Shiv Sena, sided...

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...

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...

Mumbai, February 18 MNS president Raj Thackeray met Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at the latter's official residence here on Wednesday, their first in-person interaction after the Mumbai municipal elections last month.Both leaders discussed a wide range of topics, a...

Mumbai, February 18 The BJP has suffered a setback ahead of the mayoral elections in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur municipal body, with nine of its 22 corporators forming a separate group and extending support to the Congress-led alliance, paving the way for the party to elect its mayor.With the...