Disqualification petitions are pending against 34 MLAs — 20 from CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv & all 14 from Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT). Any delay in proceedings will benefit Shinde.
Addressing his faction, the junior Pawar said he had 'created a record being deputy CM' but he 'many ideas' in his mind for which he needs to occupy Maharashtra's top seat.
The additions take the number of ministers in the Maharashtra cabinet to 29, against a maximum approved number of 43. None of the new ministers have been assigned portfolios yet.
Ad in several newspapers, using numbers from a Zee News-Matrize survey, also hails CM Shinde and PM Modi as “dream team loved by all”, sparking reactions from BJP and opposition parties.
Demand first raised by BJP leader Gopichand Padalkar, who wrote to then CM Uddhav Thackeray last June. This is 3rd city to be renamed under Shinde govt after Aurangabad & Osmanabad.
The Rs 5.47 lakh cr budget for Maharashtra includes hefty allocation of Rs 950 cr for projects related to Chhatrapati Shivaji, icon of undivided Shiv Sena that Shinde govt is vying for.
BJP’s Hemant Rasane lost to MVA-backed Congress candidate Ravindra Dhangekar by 10,915 votes in bypoll to Pune’s Kasba Peth — a seat BJP had held for almost three decades.
Modi inaugurated & launched projects worth over Rs 38,000 cr in Mumbai Thursday. While Maharashtra chief minister heaped praises on Modi, PM exalted the ‘Shinde-Fadnavis jodi’.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
While Pakistani authorities have not clarified what intended target was, the incident adds to a troubling pattern of PAF strikes killing civilians, including women and children.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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