Maharashtra Congress leaders on Thursday met Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at his residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra a day after he resigned as chief minister. It was a courtesy call as they had worked with Thackeray as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition government for the last two-and-half years, said Congress leader Nitin Raut. As to whether the MVA, an alliance of Sena, Congress and NCP, would continue, he said it was yet to be discussed. Congress would function as an opposition party, he said. State Congress chief Nana Patole said the party would contest the coming local body polls on its own, while the decision as to whether to continue the alliance for Assembly and Lok Sabha polls would be taken by the party leadership. The three parties would be together in raising issues concerning common people, Patole said. Besides Raut and Patole, Congress leaders Prithviraj Chavan, Balasaheb Thorat, Amit Deshmukh, Sunil Kedar and Yashomati Thakur met ...
The names of Aurangabad, Osmanabad, and Navi Mumbai Airport will be changed to Sambhajinagar, Dharashiv, and Dinkar Balu Patil Airport respectively
An ace photographer, the otherwise affable, mild-mannered politician, Uddhav had displayed combative traits of his father in dealing with the BJP
The stage is set for the return of a BJP-led government in Maharasthra with Thackeray resigning as chief minister shortly after the Supreme Court declined to stay the floor test called by Guv Koshyari
The BJP, which is expected to stake claim to form the next government in Maharashtra soon following the resignation of Uddhav Thackeray as the chief minister, will be holding a series of meetings
A day after Uddhav Thackeray resigned as Maharashtra chief minister, all eyes are on Raj Bhavan to see when does Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari invite the BJP to form the next government in the state
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Supreme Court refused to stay Maharashtra Governor's direction to the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress Maha Vikas Aghadi government to take a floor test in the Assembly on Thursday
The cabinet meeting chaired by the beleaguered CM Uddhav Thackeray also approved the naming of upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport after farmer leader late D B Patil
Shiv Sena rebel MLA Eknath Shinde on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction is in a 'hopeless minority' within the party
A chartered flight carrying the breakaway MLAs of Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde landed at the Dabolim airport in Goa on Wednesday night from Guwahati.
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has asked the Maharashtra Legislature Secretary to hold a floor test of the MVA government at 11 am on Thursday
A major decision taken by the state cabinet on Wednesday was renaming of Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar
Best way to stop horse-trading is floor test, any delay would cause more damage to democratic polity, says Eknath Shinde's counsel to SC
GoM given 15 more days to iron out the issue of the valuation mechanism and submit the report, says FM Sitharaman
Plea challenging Guv's direction was mentioned before a vacation bench which took note of submissions of senior advocate that an urgent hearing was needed and is scheduled to hear the matter at 5 PM
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has convened a special session of state assembly on Thursday, June 30, as he has asked Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to prove his majority
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has asked the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi government of Shiv Sena-Nationlaist Congress Party-Congress to take a floor test and prove its majority on June 30
Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said that he along with other rebels will fly to Mumbai soon
We informed Koshyari that Uddhav Thackeray-led government is in minority as 39 MLAs of Shiv Sena want to snap ties with Congress and NCP, says the BJP leader