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Mahayuti allies agree not to criticise each other: Bawankule
Mumbai: The constituents of the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra have decided to contest upcoming elections together and refrain from making critical or contradictory remarks against each other, senior BJP leader and…
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Maharashtra Congress draws flak for calling NCP Dy CM ‘gungi gudiya’
A political storm broke out in Maharashtra after the Congress on Tuesday branded Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar a “gungi gudiya” (mute doll), drawing a sharp and vocal rebuttal from her party…
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No question of split NCP camps joining hands: Sharad Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President Sharad Pawar on Tuesday categorically rejected reports of a possible merger between the two NCP factions, declaring that there is “no question” of the split camps joining…
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Congress extends support to Sharad Pawar for Rajya Sabha polls
Mumbai: The Congress on Wednesday, March 4, declared its support for Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate for Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra, where…
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Maharashtra government cancels 5 pc Muslim quota in jobs, education
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Maharashtra government has cancelled the five per cent reservation for members of the Muslim community in jobs and education. A Government Resolution (GR) was issued to this…
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BJP calls labour Bill historic, Opposition calls it ‘anti-labour’
New Delhi: The BJP and its allies on Thursday, February 12, strongly defended the Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Bill terming it “historic reforms” for the welfare of labourers while the opposition described…
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Maharashtra HC grants bail in Siddique murder case, cites lack of evidence
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday, February 9, granted bail to Akashdeep Karaj Singh, an accused in the murder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former MLA Baba Siddique, making…
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Sunetra Pawar takes oath as Maharashtra’s first woman Dy Chief Minister
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Pawar was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, replacing her deceased husband and party chief Ajit Pawar, at the Lok…
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What after Ajit Pawar? Maharashtra politics in conundrum
Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president after John Kennedy’s assassination on the very aircraft the slain leader’s body, as per the US laws governing presidential succession. Rajiv Gandhi was made the…
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NCP’s future at stake after Ajit Pawar’s death: Political analysts
Mumbai: The tragic and untimely demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on Wednesday, January 28, has not only left a vacuum in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led…
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Who was Ajit Pawar, the blunt, powerful seven-time deputy CM of Maharashtra
Mumbai: Early Wednesday morning, January 28, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash in Baramati in Maharashtra’s Pune district. Known for his often blunt remarks, Ajit Anantrao Pawar,…
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BJP-led Mahayuti set to win 25 out of 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra
Mumbai: Breaking the nearly three-decade-old dominance of the undivided Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, January 16, emerged as the single largest party in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)…
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Shiv Sena-backed NCP councillor defeats BJP rival to become Ambernath Municipal Council VP
Thane: Following a week of high-pitched political drama, Shiv Sena-backed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) councillor Sadashiv Hender Patil was on Monday elected vice-president of the Ambernath Municipal Council (AMC) in Maharashtra by…
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Parties using money, muscle and fear to poach leaders: Ajit Pawar
Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday, January 9, expressed concerns over what he called a steady erosion of ideological commitment in politics, alleging that most political parties have abandoned…
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NCP (SP) and Ajit Pawar-led NCP fail to agree on alliance for Pune polls
Pune: Talks between the NCP (SP) and the Ajit Pawar-led ruling NCP over a possible alliance for the next month’s Pune civic polls appear to have hit a dead end, with the…
