There is no rift in the NCP, all the members are our leaders, said party supremo Sharad Pawar adding that there is no conflict that Ajit Pawar is our leader.

Maharashtra LoP Vijay Wadettiwar attacked Chief Minister Eknath Shinde claiming that there is a "danger" to the "main chair" in the state and that it will be changed by September this year.

Maharashtra Deputy CM and HM Devendra Fadnavis has been constantly arguing against the idea of legalisation of casinos in state under the Maharashtra Casinos (Control and Taxation) Act 1976.

Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will return to the Centre and Maharashtra with a "thumping majority".

Sharad Pawar had earlier said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that he would be back next year at the Red Fort is similar to that of Devendra Fadnavis’, however, the Maharashtra BJP leader had to settle for “lower post”.

Maharashtra news: Rupinder Singh, a 1996-batch IAS officer, is the new resident commissioner and principal secretary, Maharashtra Sadan, New Delhi.

Devendra Fadnavis said that no more changes will be made in the positions of the leaders in the Maharashtra government and the leaders will remain in their respective positions.

Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders claimed that the NCP leader Ajit Pawar joining the Maharashtra government is the start of Eknath Shinde losing his CM's post.

The landslide occurred around 11 pm on Wednesday at the tribal village, situated on a hill slope, under Khalapur tehsil of the coastal district, around 80 km from Mumbai.

Devendra Fadnavis described the BJP's alliance with Shiv Sena as emptional and that with NCP a political one.

Uddhav Thackeray said Devendra Fadnavis was a "taint" on Nagpur as he had aligned with the NCP despite asserting he would never do so.

Maharashtra: The MLAs of the Shinde Sena will be attending the meeting.

Chai Pe Charcha: Maharashtra Deputy CM Fadnavis interacted with the masses at a tea stall in Nagpur and clicked pictures with them.

Devendra Fadnavis said that with the joining of Ajit Pawar in the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra dispensation, the state government has now become a ‘trishul’ (trident) of development.

Aurangzeb poster row in Maharashtra: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that no Muslim in India is a descendant of Aurangzeb, and nationalist Muslims in the country do not recognize the Mughal emperor as their ruler.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde has rubbished reports saying that he's going to resign as CM adding that he has the power of PM Modi and Amit Shah backing him.

After Shiv Sena, NCP, Congress could be the next party in Maharashtra to split as according to Shinde-faction MLA, several leaders of the party may leave quit.

As NCP crisis continues to unfold, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has directed all party MLAs to strengthen the organisation and to work together with NCP and BJP.

After NCP, the Congress party may face a jolt as 17 of its MLAs may quit the party, CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader Gulab Raghunath Patil has said in a statement.

A day after rebellion in the NCP, Sharad Pawar sacked party's working president Praful Patel and general secretary and treasurer Sunil Tatkare, who have sided with Ajit Pawar in his revolt, for engaging in "anti-party” activities.