Maharashtra news

Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh claimed that phones of Congress and NCP leaders were tapped by the previous BJP-Shiv Sena government in the state misusing the government machinery and in violation of laws. read more

Rahul Gandhi was the first member from the Gandhi family to visit Hanuman Garhi in Ayodhya in September 2016 after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992. read more

This is not the first time schools have been asked to start preamble reading. In February 2013, the then Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) government had issued the same order. read more

A controversy over Savarkar had also erupted last month when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi suggested that Savarkar was a turncoat. The Shiv Sena had then condemned his remark. read more

Stalin sought to justify his move by saying Karunanidhi too, had aligned with the BJP when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was at the helm without compromising on its ideology. read more

Former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis raised three objections to the circumstances surrounding the trust vote and urged the pro-tem speaker to set things right before proceeding further. read more

The BJP, which lost out to the former alliance partner Shiv Sena in a bitter battle for power, accused the new government of violating the rules of the assembly and the constitutional provisions from the day it took oath of office. read more

On the question of different ideologies being an impediment in forging an alliance with the NCP and the Congress, Uddhav cited the example of the BJP and the PDP joining hands in Jammu and Kashmir read more

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

The PWD has asked the Centre to provide Rs 680 crore from its Rs 6,813-crore relief package for Maharashtra in order to help fund the road repair work. read more