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The 57-year-old firebrand leader, who led the Sena's charge to seek equal share in power with the BJP after the Assembly poll results in Maharashtra, complained of chest pain on Monday following which he underwent angioplasty at the Lilavati Hospital here. (Photo: File)

We will succeed, says Sanjay Raut after setback over govt formation

Raut tweeted two lines from Bachchan's famous poem: 'Lehron se dar kar nauka paar nahi hoti, himmat karne waalon ki kabhi haar nahi hoti'.

12 Nov 2019 10:43 AM

BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar talks to reporters on Maharashstra crisis. (Photo: ANI)

BJP stands for 'wait and watch policy' as NCP called for forming Maha govt

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday asked Pawar to indicate willingness and ability of NCP to form government in the state.

12 Nov 2019 9:10 AM

Present in the meeting were Siddaramaiah, Dinesh Gundu Rao, BK Hariprasad, Rahman Khan, Eshwar Khandre, KH Muniyappa, Saleem Ahmad and MM Pallam Raju. (Photo: ANI)

Congress leaders meet ahead of K'taka bypolls; 'BJP govt weak,' says Gundu Rao

The date of polling has been set for Dec 5, while counting of votes is scheduled to begin on Nov 9.

11 Nov 2019 2:39 PM

After tendering his resignation as Union Minister, Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant blamed its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for not keeping its promise on the 50:50 formula. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

No trust left: Sena’s Arvind Sawant slams BJP for reneging promise on power sharing

This comes after Sena was invited by Maharashtra Governor on Sunday to indicate its 'willingness and ability to form government'.

11 Nov 2019 2:14 PM

Malik told reporters here that there is a need to reach a consensus on "certain big issues" while working out a common minimum programme. (Photo: ANI)

NCP says responsibility of 'all of us' to give alternative to Maharashtra

NCP leader Nawab Malik, however, said it will take any decision in consensus with its ally Congress.

11 Nov 2019 1:10 PM

Pawar will be chairing party's core group meeting here to discuss the current political situation in the state after BJP despite being the single largest party expressed its inability to form the government owing to its differences with ally Shiv Sena. (Photo: ANI)

Will decide on Maha govt formation after discussion with Cong: Pawar

NCP has 54 MLAs while its alliance partner Congress bagged 44 seats in Assembly polls.

11 Nov 2019 11:10 AM

The Congress party will hold a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting to discuss the political situation in Maharashtra at party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi’s residence in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: File)

Congress highcommand calls Maha leaders to Delhi over govt formation

'We will sit again at 4 pm and will decide on the issue after a meeting with our state leaders,' Kharge said after CWC meeting.

11 Nov 2019 10:46 AM

Raut said if the BJP was unwilling to fulfil its promise, then there was no point in staying with the alliance. (Photo: ANI)

‘BJP’s arrogance not to share CM’s post led to this situation,’ says Sanjay Raut

They are willing to sit in opposition but were reluctant to follow the 50-50 formula, to which they agreed before the polls,' Raut said.

11 Nov 2019 10:27 AM

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday accused the government of "tampering with" and "suppressing" a report on farmer suicides. (Photo: File)

BJP govt tampering, supressing truth: Priyanka Gandhi's attack on farmers' suicide

In another tweet, she attacked the government over farmers allegedly not getting the right price for onions.

11 Nov 2019 9:51 AM

Nirupam, however, contradicted his statement and tweeted, "It was impossible for Congress-NCP to form any government in Maharashtra in the current political arithmetic.'(Photo: File)

'Disastrous move': Nirupam warns Cong-NCP about tie-up with Sena

Nirupam said: ''No matter who forms government and how? But the political instability in Maharashtra cannot be ruled out now.'

11 Nov 2019 9:44 AM

Opposition Congress and NCP won 44 and 54 seats, respectively in recent assembly polls. Halfway mark is 145.(Photo: PTI)

Governor invites Shiv Sena to form govt in Maharashtra

In the 288-member Assembly, the BJP and the Sena each has 105 and 56 MLAs, respectively.

10 Nov 2019 9:01 PM

The Congress working committee, the highest decision-making body of the party, decides on the party strategy on crucial issues. (Photo: File)

Congress leaders to meet Saturday morning, ahead of Ayodhya verdict

CWC would discuss the party strategy to be adopted in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya.

09 Nov 2019 9:18 AM

Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Friday alleged that sums of "Rs 25 crore to Rs 50 crore" were being offered to MLAs to switch sides in Maharashtra. (Photo: File)

Cong, NCP should prove horse-trading charges within 48 hours or apologise: BJP

Wadettiwar was speaking to reporters at his official residence here ahead of a meeting of MLAs later in the day.

08 Nov 2019 12:37 PM

Karnataka Congress-JD(S) disqualified MLAs on Friday approached the Supreme Court seeking deferment of state bypolls which are scheduled to take place on December 5. (Photo: File)

Karnataka rebel MLAs seek deferment of bypolls on December 5

The bench asked Rohatgi to file the plea and said that they will later consider what to do.

08 Nov 2019 12:03 PM

Congress leader Husain Dalwai on Friday said that his party will not allow the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form the government in Maharashtra. (Photo: File)

We will not allow BJP to form government in Maharashtra: Congress

The Congress leader also added that whatever decision the party will take, it will be taken along with NCP.

08 Nov 2019 11:29 AM

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today hit out at the Modi government for claiming that demonetisation was a "slayer of all evils", saying it proved to be a "disaster" that has all but destroyed the economy. (Photo: File)

'Anyone want to claim responsibilty': Priyanka calls demonetisation act as 'disaster'

On November 8, 2016, PM Modi announced to the nation that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes would cease to be a legal tender.

08 Nov 2019 11:17 AM

BJP and its ally Shiv Sena have failed to reach an agreement on government formation after the October 21 Assembly elections. (Photo: File)

Maharashtra: Unmoved Shiv Sena taunts ally BJP to get the numbers

The BJP won 105 seats in the 288-member Assembly, the Sena 56, Nationalist Congress Party 54 and the Congress 44.

08 Nov 2019 10:42 AM

'In an issue like this, why cannot apprehension be there that the entire area or the place may be disturbed?' a bench headed by Justice N V Ramana asked Azad's party colleague and counsel Kapil Sibal, who argued that it was a 'colourable exercise of power' on the part of the authorities to impose restrictions, including on communication and transportation. (Photo: File)

'Should authorities have waited for riots?' SC asks Azad on J&K restrictions

Azad's lawyer Sibal said that it shows there is assumption in their minds and there are no materials.

07 Nov 2019 7:27 PM

Newly-elected Congress MLAs do not want to see a BJP government in Maharashtra, party leader Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar said on Wednesday. (Photo: ANI)

Our party MLAs do not want BJP to form govt: Congress leader

Responding to talks that Sena may form govt with Congress and NCP, Wadettiwar said his party has not received any proposal from the party.

07 Nov 2019 11:31 AM

The UPA's decision to engage with RCEP nations and the Congress' advice to the Modi government to not sign the trade deal were both correct as the difference between 2012 and 2019 is the "parlous" state of the economy, senior party leader P Chidambaram said on Thursday. (Photo: File)

Difference between 2012 and 2019 is 'parlous' state of economy: Chidambaram on RCEP

Chidambaram, in a tweet posted by his family on his behalf, said the UPA's decision in 2012 to engage with RCEP countries was correct.

07 Nov 2019 11:04 AM

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