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…
Mumbai: After a brief stint as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister in 2019 under a BJP government, NCP leader Ajit Pawar is back to the post by splitting the party, in a stunning turn events in the state politics. Pawar, who was also the deputy CM in the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, which…
Khammam (Telangana): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the party’s blueprint for a “new dawn” in Telangana is ready and that 3.8 crore people of the state want change. He also said that the Congress is proud of its collective leadership in Telangana. The remarks came ahead of the party’s grand public meeting in the…
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday said her party is not opposed to the idea of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), but does not endorse the way the BJP and its government “seek to implement it in the country”. In her first remarks on the UCC since the Law Commission on June 14…
Mumbai: In an expected move, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) formally splits in Maharashtra with Ajit Pawar walking out of the party with 29 other MLAs. At a jet speed, even Ajit Pawar was sworn in as deputy chief minister – a position he will share with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis. Besides him, nine others…
