Eknath shinde

According to officials from the home department, although the Act is part of central list and is under the purview of the central government, the state has the power to implement it. read more

The parties have considered seniority while finalising the names for the first lot of cabinet composition. read more

There are also reports of unrest over the pending alliance with ideologically opposite parties – Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress – but senior Sena leaders have dismissed it. read more

Maharashtra was put under President’s Rule after no party could show numbers to form a government after the assembly polls. read more

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The recommendation of the cabinet finalised at its hurriedly convened meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi followed report by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari earlier in the day that “the government of the state of Maharashtra cannot be carried... read more

This Cabinet decision came even as the Nationalist Congress Party was in a huddle and the Congress top leaders were on way to Mumbai to streamline the arrangement for the government formation in the state. read more

The Shiv Sena, which pulled out its nominee Arvind Swant from the Union Cabinet yesterday, had hoped to form a government with support from the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress. read more

In Delhi and Mumbai, top leaders of the three parties got into huddles to discuss modalities of government formation and talks swirled of possible CM faces: Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray or senior leader Eknath Shinde. read more

A Sena leader said the delegation sought prompt financial aid for farmers hit by untimely rains. read more

Aaditya Thackeray, the first from the Sena’s first family to enter the state assembly, had told his party leaders that he didn’t want to be part of the government for now. Senior Sena leaders say his father Uddhav agreed. read more

While Sena candidate Eknath Shinde won from Kopri Panchpakhadi by 89,300 votes, party candidate Pratap Sarnaik won from Ovala Majiwada by 84,008 votes. read more

A meeting was held at Matoshree on Tuesday in presence of Thane’s guardian minister Eknath Shinde, mayor, civic chief and few other Sena leaders to end the face-off. read more

Podar International School in Kalyan added another feather in its cap recently as it celebrated one of its students receiving a scholarship from the government read more

Five-year-old Vedant Das was killed on August 15 after his father’s two-wheeler skidded over a crater between a concrete and asphalt road on Ghodbunder Road. Vedant, who was riding pillion, fell on the road and a tempo coming from behind ran over hi... read more