Mumbai, Nov 8(ANI): The first meeting of the newly constituted Maharashtra Government was held under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Ashok Chavan here on Sunday. Ending a 16-day stalemate, the Congress ...

New Delhi/Chandigarh, Nov 8 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Sunday announced that a heritage memorial would be built in New Delhi as a tribute to the victims of the ...

Mumbai, Nov. 8 (ANI): Maharashtra's newly appointed Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and Deputy Chief Chhagan Bhujbal on Sunday visited Buddhist monument, Chaityabhoomi, to take the blessings of Dr. B R Ambedkar. "Today is ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Nobody quite knows how the crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party's first ever government in Karnataka flared up to such a point that Chief Minister B.S. ...

Chandigarh, Nov 8 (IANS) Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) leadership Sunday kept up the pressure to seek justice for victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Ending a 16-day tussle between coalition partners the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Ashok Chavan took oath as the chief minister of Maharashtra Saturday evening along ...

Mumbai, Nov.7 (ANI): Congress leader Ashok Chavan and Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal took oath of office and secrecy as Maharashtra's Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister respectively on Saturday evening ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Ending a 16-day tussle with its ally over power sharing, Ashok Chavan took oath as the chief minister of Maharashtra Saturday evening along with 37 more ministers. The new ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) A new Democratic Front government headed by Ashok Chavan took office in Maharashtra Saturday evening. Governor S.C. Jamir administered the oath of office and secrecy to Chavan, of the ...

Chennai, Nov 7 (IANS) Incessant rain in Tamil Nadu over the past few days has not only thrown life out of gear in the state but also sent vegetable prices soaring. Thirteen ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (ANI): The swearing in of the new Congress -NCP ministry in Maharashtra will take place today. The Congress will have 23 ministers and the NCP have 20. While all NCP ...

Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Maharashtra chief minister-elect Ashok Chavan Friday staked formal claim to form the next government with the support of 170 legislators. The new Democratic Front ministry will be sworn-in ...

Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) After a 15-day long wait, Maharashtra chief minister-elect Ashok Chavan Friday staked formal claim to forming the new government with the support of 170 legislators. The swearing-in ceremony of ...

New Delhi/Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) The swearing-in ceremony of Maharashtra's new ministers will be held Saturday, Chief Minister-elect Ashok Chavan said Friday, a day after the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) broke ...

Mumbai/New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The new Maharashtra cabinet will be sworn in Saturday, Chief Minister-elect Ashok Chavan said Friday, a day after the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) broke the deadlock ...

New Delhi/Chandigarh, Nov 4 (IANS) Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday sought the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) intervention for the speedy trial of cases against Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar ...

Mumbai, Nov. 4 (ANI): The BJP and Shiv Sena have demanded President's rule in Maharashtra where a deadlock over the formation of government is continuing due to differences between Congress and the ...

Jammu, Nov 4 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday assured Kashmiri Pandits that he would do his best to fulfil the central government's commitment on the return and rehabilitation of the ...

Jammu, Nov 4 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday visited a satellite township in Jammu being constructed for Kashmiri Pandit migrants and asked officials to get the township ready at ...

Mumbai, Nov 4 (ANI): The deadlock over government formation in Maharashtra continued on Wednesday even after 13 days of the announcement of results of the 12th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections. State Governor ...

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel Tuesday said his party will "definitely" be part of the next government in Maharashtra and said all power sharing issues ...

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel Tuesday said his party will "definitely" be part of the Congress-led ministry in Maharashtra, but asserted that the NCP will stick ...

Mumbai, Nov 3 (IANS) Maharashtra Governor S.C. Jamir's efforts to resolve the deadlock in government formation failed Tuesday, with both constituents of the ruling front -- Congress and Nationalist Congress Party ...

Maharashtra, Nov 3(ANI): Governor of Maharashtra S C Jamir, today called Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and his Deputy Chhagan Bhujbal to discuss the government formation in the state. The deadline for the formation ...

Mumbai Nov, 3 (IANS) In an effort to break the logjam over the formation of the government in the state, Maharashtra Governor S.C. Jamir has summoned Chief Minister Ashok Chavan ...

Chandigarh, Oct 31 (IANS) The Punjab government has asked the state police to train English-speaking youth from the state to make them employable in western countries as security guards, according to Deputy ...

Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Friday stuck to its demand for implementing the 1999 power-sharing formula in Maharashtra and urged the Congress to resolve the stalemate to enable ...

Mohali, Oct 29 (IANS) Anuradha Bali aka Fiza Mohammed, the estranged wife of Haryana's former deputy chief minister Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammed, is all set to fight a legal battle against ...

Ranchi, Oct 29 (IANS) With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and ally Janata Dal-United (JD-U) striking discordant notes over seat sharing ahead of the Jharkhand assembly polls, a question mark hangs ...

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) As the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party leaders meet here Wednesday to finalise portfolios' allocation in Maharashtra, NCP general secretary P.A. Sangma said the party will ...