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The move comes nearly three years after the then government headed by Eknath Shinde formally rechristened Aurangabad city as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The city, previously named after Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, received this name as a tribute to Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's son. The original name change was initiated by the erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government. The BJP-led Mahayuti government on October 15 issued a gazette notification to change the name of Aurangabad r ...Read More >
UBT chief's presence at annual MNS event signifies a clear reunion between Thackery brothers ahead of BMC pollsThe MNS's invitation to Uddhav Thackeray for Deepotsav at Shivaji Park on October 17, marks a direct signal yet of an emerging political realignment in Maharashtra, highlighting the potential revival of a united Marathi political front.The invitation follows several recent public meetings between the Thackeray cousins, signalling a steady thaw in relations and a possible reunion ahead o ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Maharashtra government has issued a gazette notification to rename the Aurangabad railway station to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar station. The government's move comes two years after the name of Aurangabad city was renamed to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The government's move coincided with the ongoing preparations by ruling MahaYuti and opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi for the local and divic body elections. The BJP-led MahaYuti government issued a gazette notificat ...Read More >
Leaders accuse both the SEC and the ECI of failing to maintain transparency and allowing manipulation of voter dataIn a rare show of unity, Maharashtra's opposition leaders came together on Tuesday to raise serious allegations of large-scale irregularities in the voter lists for the local body elections. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray jointly led the charge, accusing both the State Election Commission (SEC) and the Election Commi ...Read More >
While the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) has batted for the Raj Thackeray-led MNS joining the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in Maharashtra for the upcoming local body elections, the Congress party, a key MVA ally, does not seem to be in favour of joining hands with the MNS, at least not at this stage with the crucial Bihar Assembly elections scheduled for next month. Significantly, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP(SP), another constituent of the MVA, is also not averse to taking the ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress has conveyed to the party leadership that it does not favour an alliance with the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) Sena for the upcoming local body elections - not just in Mumbai but across the state - arguing that the partnership has become counterproductive. The party is concerned that UBT Sena's outreach to Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) could alienate its north Indian and Muslim voter base, not only in Maharashtra but also in Bihar. UBT Sen ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 16 (PTI) Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday accused the Congress of double standards and sought to know from the party whether the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is now a member of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance. Speaking at a press conference, Nirupam said the presence of MNS representatives alongside Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) members in a delegation that met the Election Commission on Tuesday and Wednesday over voter list discrepancies proves Raj Thackeray has ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 16 (PTI) The Maharashtra Chief Electoral Office on Thursday conveyed to the Election Commission of India a demand by opposition leaders for a Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls before conducting local body polls. An official at the state Chief Electoral Office confirmed that the opposition's demand regarding SSR has been conveyed to the Election Commission of India, which will now take a decision on it. On Wednesday, a delegation comprising Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddh ...Read More >
Mumbai: After opposing the inclusion of Raj Thackeray-led MNS in the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal has softened his stand, saying the final decision in this regard will be taken by the INDIA bloc parties. "It would not be correct to comment on the issue as no proposal has been received from the MNS on joining the Opposition INDIA bloc," said Sapkal on Thursday. His comments came after Raj Thackeray joined the MVA leaders to meet sta ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 16 (PTI) Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Thursday clarified that no proposal has been received from the Raj Thackeray-led MNS on joining the Opposition INDIA bloc, a national level front against the ruling BJP. Talking to reporters here, Sapkal asserted the issue of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) joining INDIA bloc doesn't arise as no proposal in this regard has been received yet from the Raj Thackeray-headed outfit. MNS president Raj Thackeray was part ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 16 (PTI) Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Thursday sought to downplay his absence from an Opposition delegation that met the State Election Commission (SEC) and maintained he was unaware of any complaint against him to the party leadership over the issue. Talking to reporters here, Sapkal noted the Congress was duly represented in the multi-party delegation of Opposition leaders and he could not accompany them due to a pre-scheduled meeting with party leadership ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 16 (ANI): In a heartfelt tribute, both daughters of Haryana-cadre IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar performed the 'mukhagni' to his mortal remains during his last rites at the Sector 25 crematorium. The solemn ceremony was attended by Haryana DGP OP Singh, along with other dignitaries, honouring the legacy of the esteemed officer. Puran Kumar allegedly shot himself at his residence in Chandigarh on October 7. In the 'final note' he left behind, he accused eight ...Read More >
Mumbai: Maharashtra's top opposition leaders, including Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, on Wednesday reiterated their demand that the upcoming elections to local bodies across the state be postponed until the alleged anomalies in the voter list are corrected. Senior opposition leaders, including the Thackeray cousins, Balasaheb Thorat and Vijay Wadettiwar from the Congress, and Jayant Patil from the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), held a joint meeting with Maharashtra's chief electo ...Read More >
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said he had not seen in his life more confused politicians than the present opposition members, in a reference to a delegation meeting state election officials for two consecutive days. The opposition is creating a perception of unfair polls, knowing they would face defeat in the electoral battle for civic bodies in Maharashtra, Fadnavis said.A day after meeting chief electoral officer S Chockalingam, the delegation, including Shiv Sena (UBT) p ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 13 (PTI) The MNS wants the Congress should be taken along, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said, indicating that the Raj Thackeray-led party could be a part of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi. Raut's remarks came amid a buzz of cousins Raj Thackeray and Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray joining hands for the upcoming local body polls in the state, though it is still unclear if the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) head will be part of the larger Opposition alliance. Respon ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi challenged the Congress to reveal who prevented India's military response after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, stating this "weakness" emboldened terrorists. Speaking at the Navi Mumbai International Airport inauguration, he emphasized national security and highlighted the government's aim to make India a global aviation MRO hub, noting the significant increase in airports since 2014. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Congress should tell the natio ...Read More >
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Friday said he was amused to see the BJP, which not so long ago criticised him on "culture and safety" over the policy of "Mumbai 24/7", has re-issued a govt resolution (GR) allowing shops and establishments to remain open 24/7. Thackeray said the policy was in place since Jan 2020, and the BJP's leaders had criticised it then. He said he was wondering what made the BJP change its mind.The state labour department on Wednesday issued fresh directio ...Read More >
The two factions of the Shiv Sena will hold simultaneous Dussehra rallies in Mumbai today ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena will hold its annual Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park, Mumbai at 5 pm * Eknath Shinde's faction will hold its Dussehra rally at NESCO Centre, Goregaon at 6 pm * Both rallies are major public mobilisations ahead of the Mumbai civic elections Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Mumbai: In a ...Read More >
NAVI MUMBAI: In a significant political development, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Monday formally inducted Chandrakant Patil, the Navi Mumbai district president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP), into the Shiv Sena. This is just the latest in a series of defections that have severely impacted the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the city. It also marks an escalation in the ongoing political tug-of-war within the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Navi Mumbai. Patil's shift in l ...Read More >
Nagpur: Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), urging it to "burn its ten faces of reactionary politics" while warning against threats to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi."On Dussehra, the burning of Ravana signifies not a person but the destruction of evil tendencies. The ten faces of the Sangh are not just spread in ten directions but hidden in every reactionary force. They must be condemned and burnt -- this i ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 26 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray will likely lead a protest march in Maharashtra's Marathwada region on October 11 on the issue of assistance to the farmers hit by unprecedented rains, party MP Sanjay Raut said here on Friday. Raut, however, did not specify the city or district where the march will be held. Thackeray has demanded that the BJP-led state government provide Rs 50,000 per hectare and loan waiver to farmers from the PM CARES Fund, he told reporters. Chie ...Read More >
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday asserted a Rahul Gandhi-like "expose" to reveal the chinks in the armour of the Election Commission, saying that he will soon expose alleged irregularities in electoral rolls during the 2024 Maharashtra assembly polls. While speaking at the India Today Conclave, the former Maharashtra Minister said that the Shiv Sena (UBT) is preparing to reveal issues that show how election processes were mismanaged. When asked about the timing of this plann ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
Mumbai: After Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has hinted that he will carry out a 'surgical strike' on the alleged voter fraud in Maharashtra. However, he refused to disclose the date or time of his "expose". "Our party has found very many chinks in the armour (of the Election Commission) and it will bring them out very soon," Thackeray said while speaking at the India Today Conclave. Thackeray claimed that just before the assembly polls, the party had wr ...Read More >
Mumbai, September 3: The cabinet sub-committee chairman on Maratha reservation and Water Resources Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil on Wednesday said that the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is the real architect of historic decisions, including the implementation of the Hyderabad Gazette providing Kunbi certificates to the Maratha community. Minister Vikhe-Patil, who, along with members of the cabinet subcommittee, held talks with pro-Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Tuesday, fu ...Read More >
No headway appeared in sight as the talks between Maratha quota agitation leader Manoj Jarange and a government-appointed delegation ended inconclusively in Mumbai on Saturday. Jarange also slammed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for sending former Justice Sandeep Shinde, who heads the committee set up by the state government to expedite the process of granting reservation to the Marathas, to hold parleys with him. "It is not the job of Justice Shinde to issue a Government Resolut ...Read More >
Ramesh Chennithala, Maharashtra Congress in-charge, stated that a decision regarding the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) contesting local body polls together is pending. While the Congress will discuss the possibility of an alliance, Chennithala mentioned the party has no objections to Uddhav and Raj Thackeray joining forces. Aaditya Thackeray emphasized the need for parties to unite to protect democracy. Maharashtra Congress in-charge Ramesh Chennithala has said there has been no decision yet on wheth ...Read More >
Thackeray's remarks came as Maharashtra recently witnessed a growing Hindi-Marathi language controversy Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of having a double standard over protecting regional identity. Thackeray pointed to Gujarat as an example to support his argument. The MNS chief, while addressing a gathering in Maharashtra's Raigad, stated that although Biharis were expelled from Gujarat twice, the leade ...Read More >
Navi Mumbai: MNS workers allegedly vandalised a bar in Panvel late on Saturday, hours after a fiery speech of their party president Raj Thackeray condemning the functioning of dance bars in the 'sacred land' of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Raigad.Police registered a case against 15 individuals under the relevant BNS sections following a viral video of some men storming into Night Riders Bar on the outskirts of Panvel, vandalising furniture, smashing liquor bottles, and damaging the property. P ...Read More >
Thackeray further criticised the flood of populist promises made during the campaign, suggesting they backfired and weakened the MVA's position. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the Maha Vikas Aghadi's (MVA) performance in the recent Maharashtra assembly elections, warning that repeating past mistakes, such as delays in seat-sharing and candidate selection,n renders the alliance purposeless. In a candid interview with Saamana, the Sena (UBT) mout ...Read More >
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