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Vijayawada/New Delhi, Apri 1 (UNI) During the Lok Sabha proceedings today, leaders representing the TDP-led NDA government in Andhra Pradesh strongly advocated for the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, while YSRCP MP Midhun Reddy opposed the Bill on behalf of the YSR Congress Party, following which YSRCP MPs staged a walkout from Parliament. The Lok Sabha passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 on Wednesday after detailed deliberations, that will form ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 1 (PTI) Maharashtra minister Aditi Tatkare on Wednesday said NCP workers will support whatever decision party chief Sunetra Pawar takes about the merger of rival NCP factions. Claims and counter-claims about the possible merger of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) cropped up following the death of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28. Ajit Pawar then headed the ruling NCP, while his wife Sunetra Pawar currently helms the pa ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Lok Sabha on Wednesday unanimously passed a Bill to grant statutory recognition to Amaravati as the sole capital of Andhra Pradesh. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was passed by a voice vote after a two-hour-long debate, which saw the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Congress, Samajwadi Party and others supporting the Bill. However, Dharmendra Yadav of Samajwadi Party while supporting the Bill said if Visakhapatnam was develop ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Ashwini Bhide, 55, an IAS officer of 1995 batch, widely known as the 'Metro Woman of Mumbai' for spearheading the Aqua Line (Metro 3) and navigating challenges of land acquisition and resettling project affected people, has emerged as the front-runner for the post of commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner (BMC), the country's richest civic body. Bhide will become the first woman IAS officer to make it to the position, when she takes over from the current civic chief Bh ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Dharmendra Yadav on Wednesday took a swipe at the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Lok Sabha, saying those who have sided with the BJP have 'suffered'. Participating in a debate on a bill to make Amaravati the sole and permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh, he referred to the TDP as "cycle walon" and suggested they should join the opposition. He referred to JDU leader Nitish Kumar shifting to the Rajya Sabha by giving up his Bihar chief ministershi ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Ashwini Bhide, who played a key role in the construction of the underground Metro in Mumbai, was Tuesday appointed the city's municipal commissioner, the first woman to head BMC in the history of the over-160-year-old corporation. The 1995 batch IAS officer retires in 2030, and thus could get a full three-year tenure as chief of the country's richest civic body. Known as a task master and said to be close to CM Fadnavis, Bhide, who was an additional chief secretary in the CMO, took charg ...Read More >
The Maharashtra government on Monday sent Satara Superintendent of Police (SP) Tushar Doshi on compulsory leave pending an inquiry into allegations of police misconduct during the recent Satara Zilla Parishad (ZP) presidential polls. As an interim arrangement, additional superintendent of police Vaishali Kadukar has been given temporary charge of the district police administration. When contacted, Kadukar's office confirmed that she had taken charge. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the el ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) An ex-assistant professor now behind bars for allegedly making over 1,100 hoax bomb threats was reportedly furious with the legal justice system. Srinivas Louis, 47, is presumed to be tech-savvy and employed multiple methods to conceal his IP address, making it difficult for agencies to trace the origin of the threatening e-mails, a senior police officer said. Louis was apprehended on Saturday from his rented accommodation in Karnataka's Mysuru, after a series of coordi ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The state govt on Tuesday appointed Ashwini Bhide as the city's Municipal Commissioner. Bhide is the first woman BMC chief since the BMC was set up over 160 years ago.Bhide who is an IAS officer of the 1995 batch retires in 2030 and could get a full three year tenure as BMC chief. IAS officer Lokesh Chandra who was Chairman and Managing Director (MD) of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) replaces Bhide as Additional Chief Secretary in the CMO. Bhide w ...Read More >
Jaipur, Mar 31 (PTI) The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education on Tuesday announced the results for Class 12, with five students jointly topping the exam with a score of 99.80 per cent. Announcing the results, State Education Minister Madan Dilawar congratulated the toppers over the phone. According to official data, five students jointly topped in the Science stream with a score of 99.80 per cent. They are the overall toppers. Three students secured the top position in Arts with 99.60 per c ...Read More >
Jammu, Mar 31 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the government is regularly clearing its financial liabilities, including dues to contractors and retired employees, with over Rs 18,000 crore paid during financial year 2025-26. Replying to a question of BJP MLA Sham Lal Sharma in the Legislative Assembly, he said "the financial liabilities of the government in the shape of bills presented at treasuries are cleared on regular basis. Bills pertaining to contracto ...Read More >
Jaipur, Mar 31 (PTI) The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education on Tuesday declared the Class 12 results for Arts, Commerce and Science streams, with state Education Minister Madan Dilawar announcing the results and congratulating the toppers over the phone. According to official data, five students jointly topped the Science stream with 99.80 per cent marks, while three students secured the top position in Arts with 99.60 per cent. In Commerce, a girl student topped the stream with 99.20 per c ...Read More >
Mumbai, March 31: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into self-styled godman and astrologer Ashok Kharat has uncovered a sprawling sexual exploitation racket, with investigators estimating that more than 150 women were exploited. According to a report from The New Indian Express, the SIT conducted a raid on Kharat's Nashik office on Monday, March 30, seizing digital evidence that suggests a systematic abuse of power under the guise of spiritual and career guidance. During the search of Kh ...Read More >
Mumbai, Mar 31 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said Satara Superintendent of Police Tushar Doshi has been sent on leave to ensure an impartial probe into allegations of police misconduct during the Zilla Parishad presidential election. Ministers Shambhuraj Desai (Shiv Sena) and Makarand Patil (Nationalist Congress Party) had alleged the local police manhandled them during the poll held on March 20 to elect the Satara ZP president. Maharashtra legislative council deputy c ...Read More >
Mumbai: Leader of the Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party, Shrikant Shinde on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Congress in the Lok Sabha, holding its past policies responsible for the spread of Naxalism in the country, while crediting the current government for bringing the situation under control. Insurgency began in Naxalbari in 1967 Participating in a discussion under Rule 193 on tackling Left-wing extremism, Shinde said the insurgency, which began in Naxalbari in 1967, expanded across multi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Amazon India on Monday announced 'Zero Referral fee' on more than 12.5 crore products, a move, the ecommerce giant said, aims to accelerate growth for lakhs of sellers across the country. Building on last year's fee revision, the company has expanded zero referral fees coverage more than 10-times from 1.2 crore products in 2025 to over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 across 1,800-plus categories, the company said in a release. In addition, Amazon has reduced Ea ...Read More >
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Mar 2 (PTI) Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat on Monday took a jibe at Sanjay Raut by saying the Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP should talk to US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with the Iran war. Raut had earlier attacked the Centre and questioned its foreign policy in connection with the war and the killing of "friend" Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Speaking to reporters in Chh ...Read More >
Mumbai: Mid-growing confusion over the exact date of Holi celebrations this year, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam on Monday sought to clarify the situation, linking the uncertainty to a lunar eclipse coinciding with the festive period. Speaking to IANS, Nirupam said the rare overlap of the festival calendar and the celestial event has resulted in differing interpretations among priests and religious bodies regarding the appropriate day and time for observance. "There is considerable confusion t ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday informed the State Legislature that 48,278 women were reported missing in the State in 2025, of whom 36,581 have been traced, leaving 11,697 still unaccounted for. During the same year, 12,113 minor girls were reported missing, with 10,295 traced so far. The data was provided in a written reply by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also heads the Home Department, in response to a question on missing women and girls. According to the reply, Mumba ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Even as the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was all set to corner the Mahayuti government in the budget session on issues such as graft cases and law and order, the rift within its constituents came to the fore on the eve of the session, which begins today. The NCP (SP) failed to turn up for a major meeting, leaving the MVA red-faced. While the party reportedly boycotted the meeting because it was irked at its alliance partners' statements on the Rajya Sabha polls, the MVA claimed it ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: A portion of the frontal section of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira's house in Bholath, Kapurthala, was demolished on Monday by the office of the Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO). Khaira, a strong critic of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, condemned the move, calling it the dangerous introduction of "bulldozer (Pila-Panja) politics" in Punjab by Mann under directions from AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, aimed at silencing criticism and democratic dissent. As the de ...Read More >
Mumbai, Feb 23 (PTI) Glowing tributes were paid to Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar by politicians of all hues, his colleagues, and prominent industrialists on Monday, remembering their association with the Baramati leader whose death in a plane crash last month created a void in state politics. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis led leaders cutting across party lines in expressing condolences for Pawar on the first day of the Budget session of the legislature, saying he was "the best CM the state ...Read More >
Maharashtra leaders on Monday (February 23, 2026) paid emotional tributes to late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who died in an air crash on January 28, as the Legislature moved a condolence motion on the opening day of the Budget session. "Ajit Pawar was the best Chief Minister Maharashtra never had," Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, recalling their long association first as political rivals and later as colleagues in the government. He described Mr. Pawar as a capable administrator a ...Read More >
Mumbai: Shiv Sena UBT leader and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on Monday met with late Ajit Pawar's wife and Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar and his son Parth Pawar at a prayer meet organised in his memory. The prayer meeting comes almost a month after Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash on January 28. Meanwhile, earlier in the day, the Maharashtra Legislature witnessed rare political unity and deep emotion as leaders across party lines paid tribute to Pawar during the ongoing Budget Sessi ...Read More >
Reacting sharply to the BJP's protest and the ensuing violence, Sapkal accused the ruling party of twisting his words to divert attention from pressing national and state issues. "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is our deity, our pride, and our honour. His valour is unparalleled. We do not need the BJP to teach us about Shivaji Maharaj," Sapkal said. "The BJP has distorted my statement and is trying to incite riots in the state. This was evident today in Pune." The controversy stems from Sapkal's c ...Read More >
Mumbai, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The controversy surrounding the display of Tipu Sultan's portrait in the office of the Malegaon Deputy Mayor intensified on Monday, with Maharashtra Samajwadi Party chief Abu Azmi defending the former ruler of Mysore as a "freedom fighter" who "bravely fought" against the British. The political dispute erupted after Shiv Sena workers belonging to the Eknath Shinde faction entered the Malegaon Municipal Corporation premises and demanded the immediate removal of th ...Read More >
Mumbai, Feb 16 (PTI) The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday said Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal, by equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan, has unnecessarily provided the BJP an issue. In an editorial in Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana, the party said the BJP, as always, has given a Hindu-Muslim colour to the Tipu Sultan controversy. Tipu Sultan is considered a hero in Pakistan, but the Bharatiya Janata Party does not find it condemnable to allow an India-Pakistan ...Read More >
Ajit Pawar's party inducts three former corporators from BJP EVEN as Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was busy conducting interviews of aspirants for the PCMC polls and inducting former corporators including those from the BJP, the NCP on Tuesday denied speculations of a tie-up with Sharad Pawar's party for which it has got the green signal from the BJP. "We did meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The issue of any tie-up did not come up... How can that issue even come up? We discussed only way ...Read More >
Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde targeted Uddhav Thackeray. He spoke about "Rehman Dakait" robbing Mumbai's treasury and vowed a reply from the "Dhurandhar Mahayuti" alliance. Shinde highlighted government schemes and development plans for Vidarbha. He asserted the Mahayuti will win upcoming municipal elections. The alliance aims to fulfill Balasaheb Thackeray's dreams for Mumbai. In a veiled attack on Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde on Sunday invoked characters from th ...Read More >
Thane: Two unidentified bike-borne assailants opened fire at the office of BJP candidate Pawan Walekar contesting the Ambernath Municipal Council polls a little after midnight on Wednesday. Pawan's security guard sustained injury when shards of broken glass pierced his finger due to the impact of the bullets on the windows, police said.With just three days left for Ambernath to go to polls, the firing incident, which took place the day chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was scheduled to address a ...Read More >
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