23:10
Pakistan's former President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday moved the Lahore high court just days before a special court is scheduled to announce its verdict in the high profile treason case against him.Musharraf has filed a petition in the Lahore high court against the special court for...
22:37
The NCP meet has ended and the MLAs, along with Sharad Pawar, have been moved to a hotel in Mumbai's Powai area. Talking about the meet, the new NCP legislative party leader Jayant Patil said that the party had the support of 42 MLAs and seven of them have been in touch. When asked about action...
22:20
President Ram Nath Kovind should intervene in the matter of Maharashtra, said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday, questioning what was the need to do all this in a hidden manner.The President's Rule was scrapped at 5.47 am. The oath of office and secrecy was administered at 8...
21:40
In what can be viewed as a slap on the face of the Maharashtra Governor, the Supreme Court will hear the NCP-Sena-Cong petition seeking urgent floor test in Maharashtra at 11.30 am tomorrow -- on a Sunday. Earlier in the evening, the three parties filed a joint petition against the decision of...
21:33
The NCP meet has ended with a resolution to remove Ajit Pawar as the legislature party leader. After the meet ended, the MLAs were taken away by bus and according to sources, they are being moved to the Renaissance Hotel in Powai in Mumbai. Meanwhile, the Sena MLAs are holed up in the Lalit Hotel...
20:57
Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Saturday alleged that as most of the NCP MLAs, who were said to be backing the BJP in Maharashtra, attended a meeting convened by the NCP later, it was clear that Devendra Fadnavis had misled the governor.Fadnavis should, therefore, quit as chief minister, Chavan...
20:46
Of the 50 NCP leaders present at the NCP meeting currently, 13 are MLCs, say sources. So, total 17 MLAs are missing from the meet including Ajit Pawar, claim sources. At the meet, the party also removed Ajit Pawar as the party's legislature unit leader after he joined hands with the Bharatiya...
20:32
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that there was no reason for the Congress, Shiv Sena or Sharad Pawar to have doubts on the role of Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in government formation in Maharashtra.The Governor can ask anyone to form the government when he is fully...
19:59
Ajit Pawar removed as NCP legislative party chief. The NCP has announced that Dilip Walse Patil will be the new NCP legislature party head. The action came after the NCP MLAs met at the YB Chavan Centre in Mumbai. Four NCP MLAs including Ajit Pawar gave the meet a skip. At least seven legislators...
19:42
A writ petition has been submitted in the Supreme Court by NCP, Shiv Sena and Congress against Bhagat Singh Koshyari, the Governor of Maharashtra. They are demanding that governor's actions in the morning should be declared illegal and Sena-NCP and Congress should be invited to form the...
19:35
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday took a sarcastic jibe at the political developments in Maharashtra apparently targeting the BJP.Ab to lagta hai ki, 'jiska Governor uski Sarkar', the Samajwadi Party chief said. In the morning, I was thinking that some other party...
19:12
The BJP in Maharashtra has support of 170 MLAs in the 288-member House, senior party leader Sudhir Mungantiwar claimed on Saturday, which was marked by NCP leader Ajit Pawar's coup that saw Devendra Fadnavis taking oath as chief minister for a second term.Ajit, nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar,...
18:46
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has moved the Supreme Court to file a writ petition against BJP's government formation in Maharashtra. It is submitted that the Hon?ble Governor has acted in a partisan manner and has made a mockery of the high office of the Governor. It is respectfully submitted...
18:35
Here's an important update, courtesy Rajdeep Sardesai. The senior journalist has tweeted, Shiv Sena prepares a writ petition to file in SC claiming that governor's invite and swearing in ceremony of Devendra Fadnavis was illegal. Morning, Sena indicated won't take battle to court; now it may end...
18:16
Uddhav Thackeray met his MLAs who are now living at the Lalit Hotel near the airport in Mumbai. During the meet, the Shiv Sena chief assured his legislators that the party will form the government in Maharashtra and the CM will be from the Sena.Meanwhile, a senior Congress leader said that all...
17:56
A senior Congress leader said that all the 44 MLAs of Congress will be moved to either Jaipur or Bhopal, in Congress ruled Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh.These MLAs will be back in Mumbai on November 28 or 29 before the floor test at Maharashtra assembly.We want all our MLAs to stay together and...
17:36
Hours after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as chief minister of Maharashtra with the Nationalist Congress Party's Ajit Pawar, the NCP was counting who in its ranks had broken away with go with the BJP. Dhananjay Munde, a senior NCP leader who was believed to be with Ajit Pawar, made a...
17:19
The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday termed the government formation in Maharashtra undemocratic and said it has disrespected the mandate of the state's people.The month-long political impasse in Maharashtra ended dramatically earlier in the day with the Bharatiya Janata Party's Devendra Fadnavis...
16:59
As events took a sudden dramatic turn in Maharashtra on Saturday with a faction of NCP led by Ajit Pawar joined hands with BJP and with BJP's Devendra Fadnavis taking oath as chief minister, Congress is now planning to move its MLAs out of the state.Congress is planning to move its MLAs out of...
16:42
Devendra Fadnavis met BJP workers outside party office in Mumbai. The new CM was given a hero's welcome with drum play, crackers bursting and sweets being distributed. Addressing the workers, Fadnavis said, We will provide a stable government. Modi hai toh mumkin hai!!Early on Saturday morning,...
16:22
Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday that anything can happen in cricket and politics, and expressed confidence that the new BJP-led government in Maharashtra will pass the floor test.The BJP's Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday returned as Maharashtra chief minister for a second term,...
16:06
Twitter, unfortunately, for tweet-happy people never lies. Nor does it forget. A 2014 tweet by Devendra Fadnavis in September 2014, almost a month before Maharashtra went to the polls, says the BJP will never ally with the NCP since their corruption was proved in the Assembly. Five years on, as...
15:51
After the coup d'etat this morning, this is what HM Amit Shah, fondly referred to by his party as Chanakya, and PM Narendra Modi did. The Prime Minister helmed a meeting with governors and lieutenant governors in New Delhi and asked them to listen to the needs of the people and work towards the...
15:44
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad of the BJP addressing the press conference, originally slated for 2:30 pm. Highlights...Mumbai is the financial capital of India and Maharashtra is a big state. It was a conspiracy (by NCP-Shiv Sena-Congress) to control Mumbai through the backdoor. Throughout...
15:32
And a witticism from Union Minister & BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Maharashtra govt formation: I had earlier said anything can happen in cricket and politics, now you can understand what I meant.
15:30
BJP's presser by union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has just ended. But before we give you the details, here's some news: Resort politics begins with the Congress planning to move its MLAs out of Maharashtra. They will be moved to a Congress ruled state. With the governor giving the BJP one whole...
15:06
Accusing the BJP of sordid manipulation, the Left parties on Saturday said it could do anything to grab power, referring to the government formation by the saffron party in Maharashtra, backed by the NCP. Sordid manipulations for grabbing power. The political immorality of the BJP has reached its...
14:36
The Congress party will ask for Ajit Pawar's expulsion from the Nationalist Congress Party if he has joined hands with the BJP without his party chief Sharad Pawar's consent, top Congress sources have told ANI.The Congress party will ask Ajit Pawar's expulsion from the NCP if he has joined hands...
14:16
So, the Congress presser by Ahmed Patel who had Mallikarjuna Kharge seated next to him. Today was a black day in the history of Maharashtra. Everything was done in a hushed manner and in the early morning hours. There is something is wrong somewhere. Nothing can be more shameful than this, he...
14:07
The Congress presser by Ahmed Patel has just ended. But before we tell you what the party had to say, Sanjay Raut, the Shiv Sena's chief negotiator says that of the eight MLAs who had gone with Ajit Pawar, 5 have come back. They were lied to, put in a car, and sort of kidnapped. Agar himmat hai...
13:44
Lot of bluster, but is it just bluff? Time will tell. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray who barely spoke at the presser had this to say: This is a surgical strike on democracy. The BJP is breaking all rules. Let them try and break my party. My MLAs will not allow it.Thackeray who was accompanied...
13:36
More updates from the presser: Sharad Pawar prophesies that the government will fall on November 30. That's when the governor has called for a floor test. Pawar parades three of the 10 MLAs who accompanied Ajit Pawar to the Raj Bhavan this morning. NCP MLA Rajendra Shingane says, Ajit Pawar had...
13:26
More on the Sharad Pawar-Uddhav Thackeray presser:Nationalist Congress Party Chief, Sharad Pawar, says, that a new NCP legislative party leader will be elected at 4 pm. Sharad Pawar will be holding a meeting of party MLAs at 4:30 pm.The NCP chief also said action against Ajit Pawar will be taken...
13:02
Shiv Sena-NCP address the media at the YB Chavan Centre in Mumbai. This is the first time the two leaders are addressing a joint presser since the decision to form a tripartite government in Maharashtra.Highlights from Sharad Pawar's address who has Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray seated next to him....
12:45
After the NCP-Sena presser, the Bharatiya Janata Party will address the media at the party's state office in Mumbai at 2.30 pm today. Clearly, the timing after the NCP-Sena presser indicated allegations made at the presser, and they will be made, will be addressed by the BJP at their presser. The...
12:29
Nationalist Congress Party's Supriya Sule receives Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray and Aditya Thackeray outside YB Chavan Centre, where Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena will address the media shortly. Sule in her tweet, referring to Ajit Pawar, her cousin brother, said, Loved him. Defended him. Look what I...
12:24
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh weighs in on the government formation in Maharashtra saying it was the prerogative of the governor to invite a party to form a government. The comments come after BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oath as the Maharashtra chief minister and...
12:13
Nationalist Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar, Congress leaders Mallikarjuna Kharge and Ahmed Patel arrive for the Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena joint press conference at the YB Chavan Centre in the city. Pawar will also hold a meeting of his party MLAs at 4.30 pm, in the wake of his nephew and...
12:11
In the wake of dramatic political developments in the state, security has been beefed up at offices of political parties and leaders' residences to prevent untoward incidents, an official said on Saturday. Devendra Fadnavis took oath as Chief Minister of Maharashtra and NCP leader Ajit Pawar was...
12:04
If a WhatsApp status is anything to go by, Supriya Sule, Senior NCP leader and daughter of Sharad Pawar's latest status confirms that the NCP's first family has split with Ajit Pawar. News agency ANI also reports that her office has confirmed the statement (the WhatsApp status). She declined to...
12:02
Amruta Fadnavis on Saturday congratulated her husband Devendra Fadnavis and NCP leader Ajit Pawar on taking oath as the new Maharashtra Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister respectively.Congratulations Shri @Dev_Fadnavis & Shri @AjitPawarSpeaks! You have done it! she tweeted.In a sudden...
11:42
Congress' Sanjay Nirupam, who had cauthioned his party against any alliance with Shiv Sena said today, People would be thinking I will be happy by today's developments, but I am actually very sad. Congress has been unnecessarily defamed in this and thinking of alliance with Shiv Sena was a...
11:07
NCP leader Praful Patel on Saturday said that newly sworn-in Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar going with BJP is not NCP's decision as party supremo Sharad Pawar does not extend any support to it. This is not NCP's decision and does not have Sharad Pawar saheb's support, said Praful...
10:59
BJP Maharashtra unit chief Chandrakant Patil on Saturday said that his party was compelled to form the government in the state since its ally Shiv Sena betrayed the mandate.On October 24 results came, voters voted for BJP-Sena alliance. 144 was the majority mark, the alliance got 161 MLAs. Shiv...
10:55
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday questioned the morality of revoking the President's rule and swearing-in of the chief minister and deputy chief minister in Maharashtra. Gehlot said both the chief minister and deputy chief minister were guilt conscious and raised doubt whether...
10:42
It's called closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. The Congress party has called for an urgent meeting at the their office in Mumbai. Senior party leaders Mallikarjuna Kharge and KC Venugopal to be present. Senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi got it right when he tweeted this...
10:35
Girish Mahajan, BJP: We will prove our majority with support of over 170 MLAs. Ajit Pawar has given a letter to Governor about support of his MLAs and as he is legislative party leader of NCP, which means all NCP MLAs have supported us.On Sanjay Raut, Mahajan said: Verbal diarrhoea will be the...
10:32
Union minister Nitin Gadkari congratulated Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar for taking oath as the chief minister and the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra respectively on Saturday. In a tweet, Gadkari said under the leadership of Fadnavis and Pawar, the chariot of Maharashtra's development...
10:30
Anant Goenka, Executive Director of the Indian Express: Sharad Pawar seems hellbent on reducing a newspaper's shelf life!! :))) Maharashtra politics can not get more entertaining...
10:25
And here's Ajit Pawar at a meeting with Congress leaders, NCP leaders at MLA Dhananjay Munde's home yesterday. Little did they know, this would be his last meeting with them. Pic: Sahil Salvi.
10:17
NCP chief Sharad Pawar gave his consent to party leader Ajit Pawar and was part of the discussion leading to the formation of a BJP-led government in Maharashtra, sources told ANI.Ajit Pawar is the leader of Parliamentary board of NCP and no decision of NCP is taken without Sharad Pawar's assent,...
10:13
President's Rule was on Saturday revoked in Maharashtra following the formation of a new government in the state.In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 356 of the Constitution I, Ram Nath Kovind, President of India hereby revoke the proclamation issued by me under the said...
10:02
First reactions from Sanjay Raut, who if reports are correct, was as shoo-in for the CM's post.The Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP says, Uddhav Thackerayji and Sharad Pawarji are in touch and will meet also today, they might also address the media together. But fact is that Ajit Pawar and the MLAs...
09:54
Devendra Fadnavis after taking oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister for the second consecutive term said that the state needed a stable government and not a 'Khichdi' government.People had given us a clear mandate, but Shiv Sena tried to ally with other parties after results, as a result...
09:47
NCP's Ajit Pawar who took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra on Saturday said that the NCP chose to go with the BJP for government formation in the state so that the problems faced by the farmers are resolved at the earliest.After results, no government was formed. There are many...
09:44
Sharad Pawar tweets: Ajit Pawar's decision to support the BJP to form the Maharashtra Government is his personal decision and not that of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). We place on record that we do not support or endorse this decision of his.
09:41
BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday expressed confidence that the new Maharashtra government under Devendra Fadnavis, who took oath as chief minister in the early morning on Saturday, will scale new heights of development. Shah tweeted his congratulation to Fadnavis and NCP leader Ajit Pawar,...
09:34
First reactions from NCP chief Sharad Pawar after the coup de'etat by his nephew. The 78 year old leader says, This is not my decision.
09:25
The Bharatiya Janata Party-Nationalist Congress Party government took charge in Maharashtra on Saturday after President's rule, imposed in the state a fortnight ago, was revoked at 5.47 am. According to a home ministry notification, President Ram Nath Kovind issued the proclamation for revocation...
08:55
Congress's first reaction on a twist in Maharashtra politics.Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi tweets, Surreal wht I read abt #Maharashtra. Thought it was fake news. Candidly &personally speaking, our tripartite negotiations shd not have gone on for more than 3 days...took too long. Window given...
08:34
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and his deputy Ajit Pawar.Congratulations to @Dev_Fadnavis Ji and @AjitPawarSpeaks Ji on taking oath as the CM and Deputy CM of Maharashtra respectively. I am confident they will work diligently for the bright...
08:27
In what can be termed as a surprising development, Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday took oath as Maharashtra chief minister for the second consecutive term while Nationalist Congress Party's Ajit Pawar took oath as deputy chief minister of the state.The move came at a time when deliberations between...
00:49
The Congress wants a grand temple to be built in Ayodhya, Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot said on Friday, days after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the construction of the shrine in the Hindu holy town. He also said the court's decision was acceptable to all and people should...
