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Jammu, Dec 15 (PTI) Protests were held on Monday by two organisations in Jammu city alleging discrimination against the region in the selection of the Santosh Trophy football squad by the Sports Council and demanding the scrapping of the list. Jammu and Kashmir Sports Minister Satish Sharma assured a time-bound and impartial inquiry into the Santosh Trophy team selection, a day after the BJP alleged discrimination against the Jammu region and demanded his resignation. Two organisations -- Shiv ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 15 (PTI) High-stakes polls to 29 municipal corporations, including the cash-rich Mumbai, on January 15 will see the ruling Mahayuti and Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) battling it out for electoral supremacy in Maharashtra's major urban centres. The poll schedule announcement was made by Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday in compliance of an order from the Supreme Court fixing January 31 next year as the deadline for holding the long-pending local body election ...Read More >
Mumbai: Former Shiv Sena UBT corporator Tejasvee Ghosalkar on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, triggering fresh political churn in north Mumbai ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections. Her switch is being seen as a significant setback for the Shiv Sena (UBT), particularly in the Dahisar-Magathane belt, where the party's organisational strength has been steadily eroding over the past few years. Joined BJP in Presence of Senior Party Leaders Tejasvee Ghosalkar, who had ...Read More >
Thane: Although the grand alliance leaders are announcing that the state's local self-government elections will be contested as a grand alliance, in the Thane Municipal Corporation area, the Nationalist (Ajit Pawar faction) party, which is a constituent of the grand alliance, will contest the elections on its own strength. Such an announcement has been made by the Thane city president of the Ajit Pawar faction, Najib Mulla, while speaking to reporters, and due to this, it seems that the Ajit Paw ...Read More >
Patna: Nitish Kumar was at the centre of a controversy after the Bihar chief minister pulled down a woman's hijab. The incident took place at 'Samvad', the CM's secretariat in Patna, where appointment letters were handed over to 1,283 AYUSH doctors. When it was the turn of Nusrat Parveen to receive her letter, the 75-year-old Nitish frowned and exclaimed "What is this? as he noticed the lady wearing a hijab. Nusrat was hastily pulled aside by an official, as Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary was see ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Shiv Sena UBT leader and former minister Aaditya Thackeray on Monday claimed that the slew of decisions to push redevelopment in Mumbai by the BJP-led MahaYuti government in the run-up to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections were lies and false announcements, adding that they are pro-builders and developers. He further said that a slew of announcements, including making Mumbai Pagdi free, relocation of high-frequency radar centres located at Dah ...Read More >
Pune/Mumbai, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said that upcoming elections to the 29 municipal elections wherever possible, will be contested jointly. However, in Pune, there will be a friendly fight in Pune as the NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) and the BJP will contest the elections independently. "Ajit Pawar and we cannot contest the elections together in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. Both of us understand politics well enough to know that if we contest together, it b ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday expressed confidence in Mahayuti's victory in the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections next month. Speaking to reporters in Pune, CM Fadnavis said that, given the government's work, people will vote for Maharashtra's ruling alliance. Also Read | MGNREGA Renaming: Shashi Tharoor Says Controversy Over Renaming MGNREGA in Modi Government's Proposed New G-RAM-G Bill Is Unfortunate ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: After a delay of nearly three years, the State Election Commission has finally announced dates for Maharashtra's long-pending civic body elections, which have been overdue since 2022. Polling will be held on January 15 for 29 municipal corporations, 32 zilla parishads and 336 panchayat samitis, with results scheduled for January 16.The elections to key urban bodies such as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Pune and Thane are being seen as more than routine local contests, ...Read More >
Pune, Dec 15 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the BJP and Shiv Sena will contest the upcoming civic polls together in most places and efforts are underway to seal seat-sharing arrangements among Mahayuti allies, including NCP, in the maximum number of corporations. He said there will be friendly contests between the BJP and Ajit Pawar-led NCP in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations. After the State Election Commission announced the schedule for the ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI): The polling for the elections for 29 Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), will be held on January 15, with the results to be announced on January 16, the State Election Commission said on Monday. From December 23 to 30 is the period to file nominations, and scrutiny of the nominations will be done on December 31. January 2 is the last date to take back nominations, as the symbols will be d ...Read More >
Rewa/Ayodhya, Dec 15 (PTI) Ram Janmabhoomi movement leader and former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ram Vilas Vedanti died of a heart attack on Monday in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa at the age of 67, an official said. Vedanti's disciple, Chhote Das Maharaj, said his last rites will be performed in Ayodhya. Vedanti had been unwell for some time and was admitted to Superspecialty Hospital affiliated with Shyam Shah Medical College here on the morning of December 14, the official added. "When he was admit ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 5 (PTI) The BJP-led Mahayuti government in Maharashtra on Friday completed one year in power, a period marked by a push for infrastructure expansion and an emphasis on investor confidence, as well as delicate balancing within the three-party coalition. While the ruling party leaders said the state saw governance with transparency and speedy decisions in the last one year, the opposition sought a "white paper" on the achievements, or the lack of it, of the Devendra Fadnavis dispensat ...Read More >
Lucknow, Dec 5 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday underscored the need to implement the "One District, One Cuisine" (ODOC) concept to give each district a unified identity through its distinctive culinary heritage. Adityanath, in a high-level meeting here, said, "The 'One District, One Product' (ODOP) initiative, now a defining feature of 'Brand Uttar Pradesh', is set to advance to its next phase, ODOP 2.0, which will further boost local industries, self-employment, an ...Read More >
The Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday announced the cancellation of polling on more than 25 municipal councils across several districts in the state after it detected widespread irregularities. The polling has now been rescheduled to December 20 from December 2 and the results will be declared on December 21. In all other municipal councils and nagar panchayats, the polling will take place on Tuesday (December 2) as declared earlier by the SEC and the counting of votes will ...Read More >
Mumbai, Nov 20 (PTI) Amid poaching charges flying thick and fast between ruling allies Shiv Sena and BJP, opposition NCP (SP) on Thursday said Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who heads the Sena, "must wake up and read the writing on the wall before he is asked to exit disrespectfully". NCP (SP) spokesperson Clyde Crasto also said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' "reprimand" of Shiv Sena ministers over the charges of poaching of its leaders and functionaries appeared to be "well-planned" a ...Read More >
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said Mahayuti allies have started fighting among themselves, and called Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's recent meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah a show of "helplessness". Addressing members of the Shikshak Sena, the teacher's wing of Sena (UBT), at the MIG Club here, Thackeray took a dig at the BJP over pre-poll sops, saying what others offer citizens is "revdi" but what the ruling party gives to people is a "favour". ...Read More >
T'puram: An RSS worker from Thrikkannapuram in Thiruvananthapuram died by suicide on Saturday evening after allegedly being denied a BJP ticket for the upcoming local body elections. The deceased has been identified as Anand Thampi.The 32-year-old reportedly shared his suicide note with friends via WhatsApp shortly before he was found hanging at his residence around 5.20pm. In the note, Thampi levelled serious allegations against several BJP and RSS leaders in his locality, claiming they were in ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Congress party's Mumbai unit announced that it is preparing to contest the Mumbai Municipal Corporation election on its own strength and is set to field candidates on all 227 seats. This announcement comes day after the Congress Party faced defeat in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025. With the stance to run solo, there is also a sign of a possible strain within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The announcement by the Mumbai Congress was made during the one-day 'Lakshya 2026' camp that w ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 13 (ANI): Shiv Sena UBT spokesperson Anand Dubey on Thursday slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government for "focusing on Bihar election" and not on "national security" comments made a day after the Cabinet passed a resolution terming the November 10 Delhi blast as a "terror incident" which claimed the lives of 12 civilians. Dubey told ANI, "... The incident has shaken the whole country and has claimed 12 lives. Prime Minister Narendra Modi sai ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Nov 13 (PTI) A day after retired Lieutenant General D S Hooda, who led the 2016 surgical strikes, accused an escort vehicle of Punjab Police of hitting his car, the state's Director General of Police on Thursday issued directions for respectful and courteous conduct on the road by cops escorting VIPs. Hooda on Wednesday alleged that his vehicle was hit by a Punjab Police vehicle, which was escorting a VIP, on the Zirakpur flyover in Mohali when he was travelling with his wife. He c ...Read More >
Mumbai: As the Mahayuti govt nears one year in office, the BJP's allies -- the Shiv Sena led by DCM Eknath Shinde and NCP led by DCM Ajit Pawar -- have proved to be controversial for the BJP. Led by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, BJP has had to firefight, defend, and troubleshoot for its allies as Sena and NCP ministers faced allegations of corruption, scams, and repeated court controversies. With Parth Pawar's alleged Pune land scam now coming to light, political observers note that in the f ...Read More >
MNS president Raj Thackeray has stepped up his campaign against ECI over duplicate and bogus voters. Initially, it appeared that he was alone in his battle but now, major opposition parties in the state have joined him. Unexpectedly, he has found support from Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Balasaheb Thorat and Supriya Sule.Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was the first to raise his voice against bogus and duplicate voters. He was followed by Thorat, who brought to ECI's notice such voters in his assemb ...Read More >
Top leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi, including Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray chief Uddhav Thackeray, Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar head Sharad Pawar along with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray, will lead the Opposition's November 1 protest march in Mumbai against alleged irregularities in voters' lists. IMAGE: MNS chief Raj Thackeray speaks during a press conference on discrepancies in the voters' list in Mumbai on Wednesday. Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Tha ...Read More >
The Maharashtra government has issued detailed clarification denying the claims of Rohit Arya who was shot dead by Mumbai police after he took 17 children hostage. In his last video, Arya said he was committing the act over payment of "dues" from the state government. "I am not a terrorist and do not have any monetary demands, and my demands are not immoral at all," he said. In an official release as quoted by News18, the government said that Arya's corporate social responsibility (CSR) projec ...Read More >
Pune: After constant criticism by the opposition parties and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Dhangekar in the alleged connection in the sale of land belonging to the Seth Hirachand Nemchand Smarak Trust (SHNT) Jain Boarding House in Model Colony, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Cooperation Murlidhar Mohol spoke with the media on Thursday and clarified the matter and reiterated his non-involvement. Pune MP Murlidhar Mohol said, "Before the indefinite hunger strike bega ...Read More >
BJP MP and junior aviation minister Murlidhar Mohol is locked in an unexpected controversy over the Jain land deal in Pune following sensational disclosures made by Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Dhangekar.Apparently, when scribes asked deputy CM and Sena chief Eknath Shinde about the row, he did not take the question seriously, saying the matter will end soon. In view of Dhangekar's fresh salvo, it appears unless CM Devendra Fadnavis and Shinde step in, an end will not be in sight. In the past too, ...Read More >
Uddhav Thackeray has accused the ruling BJP of "vote theft," claiming the government now selects voters instead of voters electing governments. He called for a case against the Election Commissioner for "corrupt practice" involving bogus voters, vowing they would face trial after the Lok Sabha polls. Thackeray labelled the BJP a "bogus gang" for allegedly breaking parties and "stealing" votes. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday accused the ruling BJP of vote theft by asserting tha ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah told BJP workers on Monday to ensure a "triple engine government" in the state by winning the upcoming local body polls. Amid the BJP's tussle with its ruling alliance partners over seat-sharing in civic polls, Shah reminded the party workers that the BJP had formed the government on its own after contesting the 2014 assembly election separately. During his two-day visit to Mumbai, Shah has reportedly discussed issues related to the alliance with Shiv Sena ...Read More >
Chief Minister arrived in Phaltan and wasted no time in extending support to his ''friend'' Days after the suicide of a doctor in Maharashtra's Satara district, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Sunday threw his weight behind a former BJP MP who has been accused by the Opposition of "pressuring" the doctor. The 29-year-old doctor's body was found in a hotel in Satara's Phaltan town. In a five-page letter, purportedly written by her before her death, she claimed to have been pressured by a forme ...Read More >
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