New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday condemned Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur for her statement on Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and said that she will be removed from the consultative committee on defence. BJP’s working president J.P. Nadda said: “We have decided that Pragya Singh Thakur […]
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Modi-Shah tried to subvert democracy in Maharashtra: Sonia
New Delhi: Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday launched a tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister and BJP President Amit Shah accusing them of attempting to subvert democracy in Maharashtra through Governor B.S. Koshyari. While addressing the meeting of the party leaders during the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting, Sonia Gandhi […]
Was Ajit Pawar a Trojan Horse, wonders BJP now
Mumbai: Ajit Pawar, in an early morning ‘jhappi’ with his cousin Supriya Sule at the Maharashtra Legislature on Wednesday, furnished due optics that the “estranged” NCP leader is back in the fold. Later in the day, he attended the NCP legislative party meeting and addressed the MLAs, saying that he never left the party. Sources […]
SPG (Amendment) Bill 2019 passed in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: The Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesaday. According to the amendment the elite force will now only protect the Prime Minister and his immediate family residing with him at his official residence, and former PM and his kin residing with him at the residence allotted to […]
Pawar-play puts Supriya Sule at NCP’s centre stage
New Delhi: The optics in the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha have set the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)’s internal dynamics straight with Supriya Sule receiving the newly elected MLAs before the start of the first session on Wednesday, and she welcoming and hugging estranged cousin Ajit ‘Dada’ Pawar. With Ajit Dada Pawar being pushed to the fence, Supriya […]
India successfully puts into orbit Cartosat-3, 13 US satellites; touches 310 foreign satellite launch-mark
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): India on Wednesday successfully placed into orbit its own earth observation satellite Cartosat-3 and 13 American nano satellites in a text book style. In the process, India crossed the milestone of putting into orbit 300 foreign satellites. By putting the 13 American nano satellites into orbit, India till date has launched a […]
Decision of Fadnavis’ resignation taken during Modi-Shah meeting
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah and party Executive President J.P. Nadda in a meeting on Tuesday decided to ask Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to put his resignation. The top leaders had to take this decision because they could not arrange the majority to win floor test despite […]
Udhhav to be sworn-in as Maharashtra CM on Thursday
Mumbai: Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray late on Tuesday staked his claim to form the government in Maharashtra before Governor B.S. Koshyari, party sources said. The Governor has accepted the claim and announced that Thackeray will be sworn-in as on 5 p.m. on November 28 (Thursday) at Shivaji Park. A high-level delegation including NCP leader […]
BJP’s ‘Operation Kamal’ fails to bloom in Maharashtra
NEW DELHI: Within a night’s span, a deal with NCP leader Ajit Pawar saw the BJP forming a government in Maharashtra with Devendra Fadnavis seeming set for another term as Chief Minister. But before the test of strength in the Assembly ordered by the apex court, both Fadnavis and his deputy quit on Tuesday. The […]
SC order on floor test becomes redundant as Fadnavis quits
New Delhi: Hours after the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday, newly sworn-in Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar both resigned, making the apex court ruling redundant. As the political drama started on Saturday with the early morning swearing-in of Fadnavis and Ajit […]