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#TumSENAhoPayega — Maharashtra crisis plays out on social media with memes & jokes

Before President's Rule was imposed Tuesday, govt formation in Maharashtra turned out to be a potboiler with new twists & turns each hour in the past week.

A jittery BJP waits as SC is set to rule on rebel Karnataka MLAs Wednesday

SC verdict will give rebel MLAs a clear picture on whether they can contest the 5 December bypolls or wait until 2023.

BJP plans memorial for Kolkata’s kar sevak brothers killed in run-up to Babri demolition

In 1990, Ram and Sharad Kothari led 69 kar sevaks to Ayodhya, where they were killed in police firing on 2 November.

Shiv Sena moves Supreme Court against Maharashtra Governor as govt formation talks continue

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari had rejected the Shiv Sena's request for three days to prove its claim to form government.

After Ram Mandir, next on VHP agenda — reconstruction of J&K temples, cow protection

VHP’s biggest campaign, to construct the Ram temple in Ayodhya, is nearing completion. Hindutva organisation to now focus on staying relevant.

Cabinet clears President’s Rule in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena moves SC against Governor

The Governor's move to recommend President's Rule is believed to have come after NCP wrote to him asking for more time to secure its numbers.

Uddhav Thackeray, BJP leaders visit Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut in hospital

Sanjay Raut, who led the Sena's charge to seek equal share in power with the BJP in Maharashtra, underwent an angioplasty Monday after he complained of chest pains.

Sawant quits, Prakash Javadekar gets additional charge of Ministry of Heavy Industries

On Monday Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant resigned from the Union cabinet after his party walked away from NDA over the power-sharing agreement in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra plot thickens as Governor invites NCP after Congress dithers over backing Sena

Congress has been unsure of supporting Shiv Sena, its political and ideological adversary, over concerns it would alienate minorities and hurt the party nationally.

Haryana has no cabinet ministers even a fortnight after BJP-JJP formed govt

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar met Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday and held discussions over the final list of ministers and division of portfolios with the JJP.

On Camera

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.'

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson steps down amid turbulent times, to remain till successor is announced

Development comes days after Air India’s biggest rival IndiGo hired aviation industry veteran Willie Walsh as its next CEO replacing Peter Elbers.

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.