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TopicKirit Somaiya

Topic: Kirit Somaiya

Why Kirit Somaiya, Maharashtra BJP’s ‘anti-corruption crusader’, is miffed with his party

Earlier this week, Somaiya stunned state BJP leaders by rejecting his appointment to party’s campaign committee, saying he is already doing a lot of work as 'ordinary' party worker.

Maharashtra dy CM Fadnavis assures probe into ‘explicit video’ as Oppn tears into BJP’s Kirit Somaiya

Maharashtra Congress president Varsha Gaikwad says 'self-styled torchbearer of probity in governance has now been exposed'. Somaiya, a former MP, says he has never harassed any woman.

Why ex-BJP MP Kirit Somaiya is in trouble over his campaign to save aircraft carrier INS Vikrant

Mumbai Police have filed charges against former MP & his son, who are accused of misappropriating funds they collected in 2013 campaign to save INS Vikrant from scrapping.

Sanjay Raut’s ‘fraud link’ claims latest chapter in constant Kirit Somaiya-vs-Shiv Sena battle

War of words between Somaiya & Shiv Sena started before 2017 BMC polls, which Shiv Sena & BJP, though allies in state govt, fought separately. Last 2 days saw more allegations from both sides.

BJP beats Uddhav govt with law & order stick again, for stopping Kirit Somaiya’s Kolhapur visit

Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya has accused Maharashtra minister Hassan Mushrif of graft, and was going to Kolhapur to register a complaint when police stopped him.

Get tip-off, file RTI, tell Centre: How BJP’s targeting Sena leaders on Konkan landholdings

Allegations by BJP began in November last year with an attack on CM Uddhav Thackeray and Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar over land purchased in an Alibaug village.

Nadella’s Twitter storm, Kirit Somaiya’s possible world record & Naravane’s (w)arm welcome

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

The Mumbai MP who could stand between a possible Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra

BJP MP Kirit Somaiya is a vehement critic of the Shiv Sena but what has really rattled the Sena rank and file, is his targetting of chief Uddhav Thackeray.

We asked Indian politicians for the best LOL moments of 2017

We asked some politicians to quote their most LOL moment the year. Here are some of the responses.

On Camera

Victor Gao claims all land north of Ganga for China. People say he’s a ‘diplomatic fighter’

Beijing is content to avoid resolution, distract with historical revisionism, and provoke through offensive rhetoric. This is hardly the posture of a country seeking peace.

Operation Sindoor: How Rafales, Pakistani J-10s & lots of propaganda moved global defence markets

New Delhi: The impact of Operation Sindoor extended far beyond the battlefield as aerial battles continued in the stock markets. After India carried out...

CISC Air Marshal Dixit sums up Op Sindoor lessons—traditional battlefield ideas ‘irrelevant’

CISC Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit says modern surveillance must allow military to detect, track & identify threats while still in staging areas, airfields or bases deep in enemy territory.

Op Sindoor is the first battle in India’s two-front war. A vicious pawn in a King’s Gambit

The Chinese use Pakistan as a cheap instrument to triangulate India between them. It is safer to presume that the Chinese now see Pakistan as an extension of their Western Theatre Command.