Eknath Shinde will be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra, not Devendra Fadnavis, announced the BJP leader on Thursday. Shinde, the rebel Shiv Sena leader, will be sworn in at 7pm.
The rebellion by Shinde, a Cabinet minister who has walked away with a bunch of Shiv Sena MLAs, is most significant in the outfit's 56-year-old history as it threatens to bring down the party-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, while the other revolts took place when it was not in power in the state.
Will quit if even one of the disgruntled MLAs says he doesn't want me as CM says Uddhav.
The political developments in Maharashtra are headed towards dissolution of the state Assembly, tweeted Raut. Later, when asked to elaborate on the tweet, Raut, who is the Shiv Sena's chief spokesperson, said, “When such a situation arises in any state, I have seen that the Legislative Assembly is dissolved.”
Lok Sabha MP from Aurangabad Imitiaz Jaleel, also the AIMIM's Maharashtra unit chief, said he and his party could reply to Thackeray in equal measure but would desist from doing so.
Maharashtra Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis said it was not new for chief ministers of states to meet in this manner, adding that KCR had met him as well when he was CM of Maharashtra between 2014 and 2019.
Maharashtra records 33,470 new covid cases on Monday with 8 deaths recorded according to a statement released by the state health department. The fatality rate in the state is 2.03 percent.
Coronavirus seems to be spreading widely across all states of India. More than 13,000 cases were reported across the states, with most cases in Maharashtra and Delhi.
As of now, Ruturaj has hit 261 runs in two games and is the top run-scorer in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy.
A fire erupted at a grain godown in Dombivili town of Maharashtra's Thane district on Thursday, and no casualties were reported in the incident, a civic official said.
There were legal hurdles in the implementation of the Maratha quota -- quashed by the Supreme Court in May -- and a legal solution needs to be found, Thackeray said
Women and children in the slum of Ulhasnagar in Maharashtra's Thane district were found packing sticks used for swab tests or RT-PCR tests without following Covid-19 protocols.
Lata Mangeshkar has contributed Rs 700,000 to Maharashtra Chief Minister's Relief Fund for taking up Covid-19 related works.
Ayushmann Khurrana and Tahira Kashyap has contributed to Maharashtra Chief Minister's Relief Fund, to help those affected by Covid-19. Ayushmann posted an Instagram note on Tuesday urging everyone to help the needy.
Maharashtra Lockdown: In case you need to travel Inter-State or Inter-District during the lockdown, you will need an e-pass for that. Here’s how you can apply for the same online.
The permission has been granted on the conditions of these entities adhering to social distancing norms and other protocols.
Rahul Gandhi has stirred a fresh controversy in Maharashtra’s political circles, after conceding that Congress wasn’t a key decision-maker in the western state, which has been severely struggling to cope with the rising number of coronavirus cases
A fire destroyed a yarn manufacturing factory in Maharashtra's Thane district on Sunday night, a civic official said. There was no casualty in the mishap, he said.
Five members of a family, including two women, were booked in an alleged case of triple talaq in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Saturday. As per the complaint, the victim was allegedly harassed by her husband Sharique Shaikh and four in-laws for dowry since February 2019.
Two persons were arrested for allegedly assaulting two on-duty policemen during an attempted burglary in Vasai town of Maharashtra's Palghar district
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