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‘Abki baar – chori chhipe sarkar’, says Aam Aadmi Party on Maharashtra govt formation

Maharashtra Governor administered oath to BJP's Devendra Fadnavis & NCP leader Ajit Pawar at Raj Bhavan Saturday after President's rule was revoked at 5.47 am.

Deputy CM of Bihar draws comparison between Shiv Sena & RJD, calls both of them goons

Deputy CM of Bihar Sushil Modi said, "No government can run for long with a party like Shiv Sena, people in Nationalist Congress Party knew this."

‘Treachery will have consequences’ – Politicians take to Twitter on midnight Maha coup

Hours after Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the Maharashtra chief minister and Ajit Pawar as his deputy, reactions to it began trickling in on social media.

5 reasons why nobody is ready to believe Sharad Pawar

As the BJP forms the government in Maharashtra with Sharad Pawar’s nephew Ajit, ThePrint goes behind the scenes to find out why and what really happened.

Sharad Pawar calls nephew Ajit Pawar’s move to support BJP as ‘against party lines’

While addressing a press conference with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Pawar also cautioned party MLAs backing Ajit Pawar that they may lose their membership.

What happened in the dark of Friday night as BJP pulled off a coup in Maharashtra: A timeline

The BJP formed the government in Maharashtra Saturday morning after Governor B.S. Koshyari revoked President’s Rule overnight.

Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut claims that Ajit Pawar was blackmailed into joining hands with BJP

"NCP leader Dhananjay Munde has been contacted. Ajit Pawar may also return (to NCP fold)," Raut told reporters Saturday.

BJP ally AIADMK congratulates Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar on forming Maharashtra govt

In a letter greeting to Fadnavis, Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami said: "I congratulate you on your assumption as the chief minister of Maharashtra."

First it was EVM ‘khel’ & now it’s this game: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Maha govt

Everyone knows what Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj did when betrayed and attacked from behind," Thackeray told reporters Saturday. "Let them try to break Shiv Sena MLAs, we will not keep quiet," he added.

DMK calls political developments in Maharashtra ‘disgusting’ and governor a ‘puppet’

"One feels even calling this a murder of democracy will become an understatement — if it will minimise the gravity of the situation," Stalin, DMK president, said.

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Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.