The move came amid intense speculation in Mumbai and New Delhi that a dozen Shiv Sena MPs are likely to join the group of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and could announce their decision soon.
Shiv Sena attacked the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis dispensation in Maharashtra saying it was taking arbitrary decisions despite being trapped in a "constitutional dilemma" without a cabinet
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday instructed the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to provide an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh
Supreme Court posted for hearing the petition filed by the Uddhav Thackeray-led camp challenging the initiation of disqualification proceedings against them by the Speaker on July 20
Eknath Shinde said rebel Shiv Sena MLAs who had accompanied him to Guwahati had spent tense moments as and when they watched TV news showing various happenings following their rebellion
Talking to reporters in Pune after his expulsion, Shivtare said the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is the "real" Shiv Sena and he will follow Shinde.
The NCP's chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said, "The illegal government of Eknath Shinde has expeditiously given clearances to the bullet train project"
Shinde informed reporters after a cabinet meeting at Mantralaya that the decision would entail a burden of Rs 6,000 crore on the state exchequer
The scheme, which was introduced by the Devendra Fadnavis government in 2018, was scrapped by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) dispensation in 2020
Highlighting the ongoing flood-like situation in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena party leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday slammed the "illegal" Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government
Talking to reporters here, Shinde said a common man like him could assume the top post in the state because of the blessings of Bal Thackeray
Telangana BJP state president and MP from Karimnagar, Bandi Sanjay took a dig at CM K Chandrasekhar Rao saying that his political days are numbered and 'there are several Eknath Shinde's in TRS'
there was uncertainty as to whether Shinde, who took over as CM on June 30, would be able to attend the "official pooja" as the model code of conduct for municipal elections has come into force.
Shinde also dismissed his predecessor Uddhav's call for mid-term polls in Maharashtra and asserted that his government is strong and stable with the support of 164 MLAs, while opposition has only 99.
Apart from Gadchiroli, Hingoli and Nanded districts in the Marathwada region also received heavy showers on Friday and Saturday, the state relief and rehabilitation department said in a bulletin
He said a decision about the expansion of the Maharashtra council of ministers will be taken in Mumbai next week.
Heavy rains had caused the Asna river in Hingoli, some 570 kilometres from here, to swell, with water entering villages and damaging crops.
The meetings followed lengthy deliberations over the power-sharing arrangement in Maharashtra between the BJP and the Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena at the residence of Home Minister Amit Shah
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis are scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President J P Nadda on Saturday
The plea submitted that the Governor cannot recognise rebel MLAs as a political party as that would ring a death knell on the working of a multi-party democracy.