Mumbai (IANS) Maharashtra State Congress President Balasaheb Thorat has been appointed the new Maharashtra Congress Legislature Party leader, top party leaders announced here on Tuesday.
Thorat's name was announced by AICC General Secretary…
Kolkata (IANS) Three persons were injured in a clash between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP activists in Kharagpur town of West Midnapore district on Sunday, police said.
Local BJP leaders claimed all three were their workers. Two of the…
Kolkata (IANS) Amid sporadic allegations of malpractices, moderate to brisk polling were seen in bye-elections at three West Bengal Assembly constituencies that got underway on Monday.
Election Commission sources said polling was proceeding…
New Delhi (IANS) Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Monday informed the Supreme Court that the Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra has a majority in the House with the support of 170 MLAs.
During the hearing on the petition of the Shiv…
Mumbai (IANS) In a pre-emptive move to avoid another spell of President's Rule, the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress' 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' on Monday morning staked its claim to form the government in Maharashtra, a party…
Mumbai (IANS) Maharashtra's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday gave a clean chit in some of the around 10-year-old irrigation scam cases allegedly involving new Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, officials said here.
The ACB has closed…
Mumbai (IANS) Calling up Maharashtra Governor B.S. Koshyari to ask the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to prove his majority within 24 hours, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the Sena-NCP-Congress…
New Delhi (IANS) In an unprecedented hearing on Sunday on the brewing political drama in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court has asked the Solicitor General to produce letters of support, used by Devender Fadnavis in staking claim to form the government,…
Mumbai (IANS) In an unprecedented confidence building measure, the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress are conducting 'cross-meetings' with the legislators of their parties in the proposed 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' here…
New Delhi (IANS) Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane is prominent among the BJP leaders commissioned to secure a majority for the Devendra Fadnavis government in the state -- for the prime reason that he has spent a long period in both…