A day after the Supreme Court granted bail to former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, the Rajya Sabha member reached Parliament and expressed his concern that voices are being "suppressed" by the government.
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.
In an unprecedented confidence building measure, the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress are conducting 'cross-meetings' with the legislators of their parties in the proposed 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' here on Sunday, party sources said.
After the sudden developments in Maharashtra, Supriya Sule changed her WhatsApp status and wrote "Party and Family splits"
Remember Raji Teja-starrer superhit film Kick? Popular comedian Brahmanandam, who is taken for a ride by Ravi Teja, tells heroine Ileana: “Everybody here is thinking he has started his own game. But they are not realising that they are all just players in the game started by him.”
Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as the Maharashtra Chief Minister for 2nd term. The oath was administered by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhawan. Whereas, NCP's Ajit Pawar takes oath as Deputy chief minister.
The Nationalist Congress Party, engaged in talks with the Congress to forge an alliance with the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra to form government, is working on a formula of rotational chief minister, party sources said on Tuesday.
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said: "It needs 100 births" to understand what Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar says.
Ahead of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar's meeting with Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, the former on Monday took a dramatic u-turn on a possible alliance with the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra and said the BJP and Shiv Sena fought together and they have to choose their paths.
NDTV's auditors are of the view that there is a significant doubt on the ability of the company to continue as a going concern.
For the first time in its 59-year old history, Maharashtra, India's second most politically important state and base of the country's financial centre, is facing an intriguing, political situation after the October 21 Assembly elections.
As the impasse over government formation refuses to end in Maharashtra, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has reportedly recommended President’s Rule in the state.
Former Election Commissioner T.N. Seshan, who was known for ushering in reforms to ensure free and fair polls, passed away at his residence here on Sunday following cardiac arrest, family sources said.
In a stunning political development, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday conceded its inability to form the government in Maharashtra despite having the public mandate for its pre-poll alliance.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi by far is the master of political surprise and timing and when under siege is able to manoeuvre the situation to his own advantage.
