New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday attacked the Modi government over reported shortage of officers at the Major and Captain levels in the Army, saying it has all the time to break political parties but no time to fill important vacancies in the armed forces. Taking to Twitter, Kharge shared a media report…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the bail plea of AAP leader Manish Sisodia, who was arrested for his alleged role in the money laundering case relating to alleged irregularities in the city government’s excise policy. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma refused to grant relief to Sisodia, saying he is not entitled to bail…
Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has moved a petition before Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, seeking disqualification of Ajit Pawar and eight other MLAs who have taken oath as ministers in the Eknath Shinde-led government. Jitendra Awhad, whom the NCP has appointed leader of opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly after Ajit Pawar joined the…
New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda has appointed Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya and party general secretary Vinod Tawde as central observers for the election of the leader of opposition in the Karnataka assembly. BJP chief spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni said the two central leaders will be visiting the state in a couple…
Mumbai: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday claimed NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who has been sworn in as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, would replace Chief Minister Eknath Shinde soon. Ajit Pawar on Sunday led a vertical split in the NCP to become the deputy chief minister, shocking his uncle Sharad Pawar,…
Mumbai: Like Udhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, even uncanny Sharad Pawar seems to undergoing or experiencing the same agony. Not so long ago, UdhavThackeray was dumped by his close confidant, Eknath Shinde, by walking out with a major chunk of the MLAs. That led to the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, an unholy alliance…
Mumbai: Maharashtra NCP president Jayant Patil on Sunday said his party has moved a disqualification petition against Ajit Pawar and eight others who took oath as ministers in the Eknath Shinde-led state government. Addressing a press conference late Sunday, Patil said the disqualification petition has been sent to Speaker Rahul Narvekar. He said an e-mail has…
Thane: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday ridiculed people who used to routinely predict the fall of his government by wondering which astrologer they were consulting, his comments coming on a day when Ajit Pawar joined it along with eight other NCP MLAs. Pawar was sworn in as deputy chief minister after he managed to…
With the general elections due in less than a year, political churning seems to have begun. And, the determined Modi-Shah duo heading the BJP’s successful poll strategists looks more aggressive than ever before, not only to return to power with a bang but also completely wipe the ‘Opposition parties’ from India’s democratic political canvas. This was evident from the way…
Mumbai: The share of residential housing loans in total advances has increased over the last eleven years to 14.2 per cent in March 2023 from 8.6 per cent in March 2012, as per the Reserve Bank’s latest Financial Stability Report (FSR). It also said the housing sector is witnessing a healthy growth with sales growing by…
