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The Shivaji Nagar police on Monday arrested a 37-year-old man from Maharashtra who made a hoax call to the police control room claiming that a bomb has been planted in a mosque on last Wednesday.

The Hindu

Uddhav accuses BJP of 'splitting' other parties as it wasn't confident of winning polls on its own

Uddhav Thackeray, who was on a tour of Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, also accused the BJP-led Centre of raising issues like the Uniform Civil Code ahead of polls just to divert the attention of people for electoral gains.

The Hindu

How BJP and Opposition might spin the NCP split for the 2024 poll

The saga of rival factions making claims on the ‘real’ Nationalist Congress Party is still in flux. Even if the Ajit Pawar group has become a part of the state government in Maharashtra, it looks like there is more to come within the party and the governing alliance.

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Supreme Court to hear on July 31 Uddhav Thackeray’s plea to quash ECI order giving Shiv Sena name, symbol to Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde faction

The Supreme Court on July 10 agreed to hear on July 31 a petition filed by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray challenging an Election Commission of India order allotting the party name ‘Shiv Sena’ and symbol ‘bow and arrow’ to the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

The Hindu

Watch | Pawar Play: What is happening in Maharashtra politics?

In this episode of Talking Politics with Nistula Hebbar, we discuss the recent political developments in Maharashtra

The Hindu

Uddhav slams BJP for dishonouring pre-poll agreement on CM post

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on July 9 said had the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) honoured the “decision” taken before the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly election on sharing of the chief ministerial post, the BJP workers would not have been required to carry “carpets” of other parties now.

The Hindu

Had BJP respected pre-2019 polls decision, its workers wouldn't have required to carry 'carpets' of others: Uddhav

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on July 9 said had the BJP respected the “decision” taken before the 2019 Maharashtra polls the BJP workers would not have required to carry “carpets” of other parties now

The Hindu

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Newborn found dead in hospital's garbage bin in Maharashtra's Palghar

PALGHAR: The body of a newborn baby was found in a garbage bin of a private hospital in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Sunday, police said.

The Times of India

Aaditya Thackeray predicts Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde might resign

MUMBAI: Days ahead of Maharashtra cabinet expansion, Aaditya Thackeray, a youth leader of UBT sena camp, on Saturday predicted a big change in the government starting with chief minister Eknath Shinde.

The Times of India

TV Newsance 217: NCP split and Rubika Liyaquat’s new shows on Bharat24

This week we saw the NCP split – as Ajit Pawar broke away to join the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance and took oath as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister. As the political upheaval unfolded, TV news anchors took a U-turn from their usual narrative.

Newslaundry

School children made to stand on road to welcome newly-sworn in NCP minister in Maharashtra; video goes viral

MUMBAI: A video of school children standing on a road in north Maharashtra to welcome the convoy of a newly-sworn in NCP minister has gone viral on social media.

The Times of India

Congress single largest opposition party, to send LoP to Maharashtra assembly: Nana Patole

THANE: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole, Friday clarified that the post of Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly belonged to his party which now has the highest number of leaders among the coalition partners.

The Times of India

Watch | Fault lines in the Opposition unity

The Hindu’s Sandeep Phukan on the state of the Opposition unity following the turbulent political events in Maharashtra

The Hindu

Eknath Shinde refutes rumours of factional discontentment over alliance with rebel NCP legislators

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on July 6 said nobody in Shiv Sena is unhappy over NCP leader Ajit Pawar’s inclusion in the State ministry.

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Watch | When an Ambedkar Jayanti celebration turned tragic in rural Maharashtra

A video on the killing of Akshay Shravan Bhalerao in Maharashtra’s Nanded district, which brought to the fore the simmering tensions between the dominant Marathas and the oppressed Dalits

The Times of India

Nobody unhappy in my party over Ajit Pawar joining government: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said nobody in Shiv Sena is unhappy over NCP leader Ajit Pawar's inclusion in the state ministry.

The Hindu

Rumours that Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde will resign being deliberately planted, say Shinde-led Shiv Sena

Uday Samant hinted that the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA coalition of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction, the Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP) were spreading these rumours out of despair at their present situation.

The Hindu

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale meets Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar

Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale met Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at the latter’s residence in Mumbai on July 6 and said Mr. Pawar’s support to the NDA will “further weaken” the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi.

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Maharashtra NCP crisis | ‘Tamasha’ not democracy, says Kapil Sibal

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on July 6, 2023 dubbed the political developments in Maharashtra as a “tamasha”, and said the law seems to allow it.

Newslaundry

Pawar vs Pawar: Ajit wins round one against uncle with 29 MLAs in ‘show of strength’

The battle of Pawar vs Pawar in Maharashtra intensified today with both sides engaging in shows of strength in Mumbai. The faction led by Ajit Pawar met at Bandra’s Mumbai Education Trust, while supporters of Sharad Pawar gathered at YB Chavan Centre at Nariman Point.

The Times of India

5 MPs of CPI, CPM to visit strife-torn Manipur for 3 days to assess situation

NEW DELHI: The CPI and CPM have alleged that the central government is ignoring the disturbed situation in Manipur and is focusing more on engineering defections in Maharashtra. A joint delegation of five MPs of the two left parties will visit the strife-torn northeastern state for three days starting Thursday.

Dynamite News

"Party symbol is not going anywhere...people, workers are with us": Sharad Pawar at crucial meeting amid NCP crisis

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, who is battling a crisis in the party triggered by his nephew Ajit Pawar joining the Shinde-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra, said at a crucial party meeting here that the NCP symbol is "not going anywhere" and that they were not hungry for power…

The Hindu

President Murmu stresses on importance of education for development of tribals, backward classes

President of India Droupadi Murmu on July 5 said education plays a very important role in the development of any society, specially in changing the condition of tribals and backward classes. President Murmu was addressing the 10th convocation of the Gondwana University in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district.

The Hindu

Only Mehul Choksi, Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya now left to be inducted into BJP: Shiv Sena (UBT)

Days after Nationalist Congress party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar joined the Maharashtra government, the Shiv Sena (UBT) claimed that only alleged economic offenders Mehul Choksi, Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya were left to be inducted into the BJP.

Dynamite News

"Majority of NCP MLAs with me," claims Ajit Pawar after Maharashtra cabinet meeting

Days after leading a revolt and splitting NCP, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said that the majority of party MLAs are with him. Read further on Dynamite News:

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