Twenty-two MLAs and nine MPs of the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction are like caged birds, feeling suffocated by the “step-motherly treatment” by their alliance partner, the BJP.
This claim was made in an editorial in Saamana, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece, run by the Uddhav Thackeray (UBT) faction.
The editorial has further c...
According to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), 22 MLAs and nine MPs from the rival Shiv Sena are allegedly experiencing discontentment due to the BJP's perceived "step-motherly treatment." The UBT suggests that these members may consider leaving the group led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Latching on to Shiv Sena MP Gajana...
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday (May 28) said the upcoming Bandra-Versova sea link in the western part of Mumbai would be named after Hindutva ideologue late VD Savarkar, while a state-level gallantry award on the lines of the one given by the Centre would also be named after him.
Speaking in New Delhi on the birth anniversary...
According to the police, a tragic incident occurred on Tuesday (May 23) morning in Maharashtra's Buldhana district, where a collision between a state transport bus and a container truck resulted in the loss of six lives and left 10 individuals injured.
The accident took place near Sindkhed Raja town on old Mumbai-Nagpur highway in ...
Former Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) chief Sameer Wankhede, accused in a drug bust bribery case, on Monday (May 22) said that he and his wife were getting death threats.
Wankhede vowed to write to the Mumbai police chief and seek protection.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, probing the alleged ₹25 crore bribe demand from actor Sha...
The Bombay High Court on Monday (May 22) extended till June 8 the interim protection granted to former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede in a bribery case related to Shah Rukh Khan and his son Aryan.
Wankhede is accused of demanding Rs 25 crore from Khan for not implicating Aryan in the Cordelia cruise drug bust case....
In a short relief for former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede, the Bombay High Court on Friday (May 19) gave him protection against any “coercive action” like arrest till May 22.
Wankhede, who had arrested Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in the Cordelia cruise drug bust case, has been accused by the CBI of demanding ₹25 ...
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 18) upheld the validity of amendment Acts of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Karnataka which allowed bull-taming sport "Jallikattu", bullock-cart races and buffalo racing sport "Kambala" respectively.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice KM Joseph, which delivered a unanimous verdict, dealt with five q...
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tends to face defeat wherever its president J.P. Nadda visits, during the BJP leader's two-day Maharashtra trip.
However, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane hit back at Raut, accusing him of targeting individuals on constitutional posts and inciting the ...
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday (May 17) accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to set up a "laboratory of riots" in Maharashtra to disturb social peace and polarise voters.
"May be they want to fight elections by dividing the society, just like they "broke the Shiv Sena" to form government in Maharashtra...
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar has said that after the Supreme Court's May 11 verdict he needs to recognise which faction of the Shiv Sena is the political party before taking a decision on appointing the next chief whip.
Earlier, Sunil Prabhu, chief whip of Shiv Sena when it was led by Uddhav Thackeray, had urged Deputy...
Violent clashes between members of two communities over a social media post in Maharashtra’s Akola has left one person dead and eight others, including two policemen, wounded, officials said on Sunday (May 14).
At least 26 people have been detained in connection with the incident which took place at around 11.30 pm on Saturday (May 13) in the se...
The results of the Karnataka assembly elections, in which BJP suffered a huge defeat, are an indication of the scenario after next year's Lok Sabha polls, said NCP chief Sharad Pawar.
Pawar told reporters that the trend in the Karnataka Assembly election results will continue in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. "Our aim was to defeat the BJP," he s...
The Congress won in Karnataka as some Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) votes got transferred to it but the verdict will have no impact on Maharashtra, its deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday (May 13).
"Karnataka election results will not have any impact nationally or in Maharashtra. The Modi government will come (to power again) na...
Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Friday (May 12) maintained that he will not succumb to any pressure while taking a decision on the disqualification of 16 MLAs of the ruling Shiv Sena. And reiterated that whatever time is required to complete the process will be taken.
Narwekar's comments comes close after Supreme Court gave its ve...
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday (May 12) asked Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to decide on the disqualification of 16 rebel Sena MLAs at the earliest.
Thackeray’s plea came a day after the Supreme Court ruled on the political crisis that resulted in the collapse of the Thackeray government following a rebellion by rebel S...
The chairman and managing director of the Raymond Group, Gautam Hari Singhania, told the media on Wednesday (May 10) that the foundation for a new temple of Lord Venkateswara in Mumbai would be laid before the end of June. He said that the construction of the TTD temple would receive priority and they would endeavour to complete it as soon as possi...
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and 15 other rebel Shiv Sena MLAs stand disqualified going by the Supreme Court ruling that Sunil Prabhu of the Uddhav Thackeray faction remains the official whip in the House, party leader Sanjay Raut said on Thursday.
Raut also asserted that since the process of the formation of the government was illeg...
Addressing the Supreme Court's decision, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's predecessor Uddhav Thackeray asserted that Shinde had "murdered" democracy in order to attain power and should consequently resign from his position.
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Thackeray, accompanied by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar...
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 11) held that the Maharashtra Governor was not justified in calling upon then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to prove majority in the Assembly on June 30 last year, but refused to order status quo ante, saying he did not face the floor test and resigned.
The five-judge Constitution bench also held that the Spe...
A group of around 40 people allegedly beat up four men following a dispute at a gym in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Thursday. A case has been registered against three identified and more than 35 unidentified persons after the incident which took place on Wednesday morning when the victims and the accused were exercising at th...
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra minister Jayant Patil in connection with the IL&FS money laundering case, an official said on Thursday (May 11).
The Maharashtra NCP chief has been asked to appear before agency at its office in Ballard Estate in South Mumbai on Frida...
A Mumbai court granted bail to IIT Bombay student Arman Khatri, arrested in connection with fellow student Darshan Solanki's suicide, stating that mere allegations in a suicide note are not sufficient to conclude the accused has committed the offence of abetment.
The court in its order on Saturday (May 6) also said there is nothing on record to ...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) never contacted Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar and certain imaginary news is being spread, state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule claimed on Monday (May 8).
He said, in fact, the junior Pawar is being targeted by Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which includes Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP, and Congress....
A day after withdrawing his decision to give up the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president’s post, Sharad Pawar said on Saturday (May 6) that he would play a role in bringing together opposition parties ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Speaking to the media in his hometown Baramati in Maharashtra’s Pune district, Pawar said he would pl...
