Pawar broke away from the parent NCP in July, to become deputy chief minister in the ruling BJP-Sena. His faction's handle was very similar to the original party's.
Grandson of Appasaheb Pawar, Sharad Pawar’s older brother, Rohit had been quietly working in the background. Then, Ajit Pawar rebelled against the party.
Sharad Pawar, 82, addressed a massive public rally, ‘Swabhiman Sabha’, in Maharashtra’s Beed Thursday. His message to NCP workers was clear: He is still very much in the game.
TIPRA Motha recognised as a 'state party' in Tripura while KCR's BRS, earlier known as TRS, lost its ‘state party’ status in Andhra but retained it in Telangana. RLD lost the status in UP.
In January, Mohammed Faizal was sentenced to 10 yrs in jail. The Kerala HC stayed his conviction the same month but his disqualification from Lok Sabha is yet to be revoked.
Saroj Ahire, a Nationalist Congress Party MLA from Deolali, traveled about 650 kilometres to Nagpur to attend the winter session of the assembly, despite being postpartum & breastfeeding her baby.
Incidents like throwing ink and eggs & hurling chappals have not been unheard of in Maharashtra’s political landscape. But they have mostly been associated with Shiv Sena.
'Will fight and win, expose everyone', says UP-born Maharashtra minister, who has been accused in a money laundering case involving the Mumbai underworld.
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik releases unsigned letter alleging NCB zonal director planted drugs, including on his son-in-law. Wankhede rebuts claims about faking his religion.
The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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