Palakkad (Kerala), Nov 20 (IANS) While former Kerala chief minister K.Karunakaran's son K.Muraleedharan is meeting Congress leaders in Delhi to plead for his re-entry to the party, leader of opposition Oommen Chandy ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 17 (IANS) The Congress party's Kerala unit president Ramesh Chennithala Tuesday said he has received a letter from party veteran K. Karunakaran asking that his son K. Muraleedharan and ...

Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Dilip Walse-Patil, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and a confidant of party chief Sharad Pawar, was Wednesday unanimously elected the speaker of the 12th Maharashtra assembly. In ...

Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) Dilip Walse-Patil, senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and close confidant of Sharad Pawar, is all set to become the speaker of the 12th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly ...

Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) In a shocking incident, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) members slapped state Samajwadi Party chief Abu Asim Azmi inside the assembly when he began taking his oath in ...

Kozhikode (Kerala), Nov 9 (IANS) Minister of State for Home Mulapally Ramachandran Monday again called for former state Congress unit chief K. Muraleedharan to be allowed to rejoin the Congress party. He had ...

Lucknow, Nov 9 (IANS) Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday was all praise for his party's Maharashtra legislator Abu Asim Azmi for defying Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's ...

Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) members Monday attacked state Samajwadi Party chief Abu Asim Azmi inside the assembly when he insisted on taking his oath as a legislator ...

Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) members Monday attacked state Samajwadi Party chief Abu Azmi inside the legislature after he insisted on taking his oath as a legislator in ...

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 ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 8 (IANS) Trouble appears to have broken out in the Kerala unit of the Congress over the question of former party state president K. Muraleedharan's re-entry into the party. Muraleedharan was ...

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 ...

By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) There are as many as 10 new faces, including two women, in the 37-member ministry of Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in Maharshtra that ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Fauzia Khan, a Muslim, and Congress party's Varsha Gaekwad, a Dalit, have found place in the new Maharashtra council of ministers sworn in Saturday. Both ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Fauzia Khan, a Muslim, and Congress party's Varsha Gaekwad, a Dalit, have found place in the new Maharashtra council of ministers sworn in Saturday. Both ...

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 ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) The first batch of 270 pilgrims bound for Haj left for Jeddah by a Saudi Arabian airlines flight from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here Saturday. A large number ...

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 ...

New Delhi, Nov 6 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan today held discussions with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, a day after the party sealed a deal with its ally, the Nationalist ...

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 ...

Mumbai/New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) finally broke their deadlock over power sharing in Maharashtra Thursday, paving the way for swearing-in of the new ...

Mumbai, Nov 5 (ANI): The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday reached a broad understanding on the portfolio allocation in Maharashtra. Union Defence Minister A K Antony, who is ...

Mumbai/New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) finally broke their deadlock over power sharing in Maharashtra Thursday, paving the way for a new government by ...

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Mumbai, Nov 5 (ANI): The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have reportedly reached a broad understanding on the portfolio allocation in Maharashtra and a new government is expected to be ...