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A four-member Delhi Police team on Thursday seized a laptop and hard disks belonging to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair from his residence in Bengaluru, officials said. Zubair was arrested on Monday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of Hindus through an objectionable tweet he...
23:25
Rebel Shiv Sena MLAs broke into a dance in the lobby of the Goa hotel where they are staying when they heard that Eknath Shinde was going to be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra. While Shinde arrived in Mumbai earlier on Thursday, the MLAs of his faction stayed back in Goa where they...
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Sixteen inmates and seven jail staff were injured in a scuffle at Tihar prison in west Delhi, officials said on Thursday. According to a senior prison official, a routine search was conducted in ward number 4 of central jail number 8 on Wednesday by a team of the jail staff. During the...
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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan, who got a clean chit from the NCB in the last year's drugs-on-cruise case, on Thursday moved a plea before a special NDPS court, seeking return of his passport. The court directed the Narcotics Control Bureau to file a reply and posted the...
22:38
Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday became a fourth Maharashtra politician who accepted a junior position in a government after having served as chief minister. Fadnavis, earlier in the day, made a stunning announcement that rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde would be sworn in as the new chief...
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The new Maharashtra government has directed the state's advocate general to inform the court that the metro car shed will be built in Aarey itself, ANI has reported quoting sources.It also reported that Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has directed officers that a proposal be brought in at the...
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Uddhav Thackeray
Former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday greeted Eknath Shinde, once his trusted confidant who led a rebellion against him on becoming the Maharashtra chief minsiter.'I extend my greetings to the new CM of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. I hope that good works...
21:59
A two-day special session of the Maharashtra legislature will be held from July 2. The decision was taken in the first cabinet meeting after Eknath Shinde took over as the new chief minister of the state, officials said. On the first day, election to the post of assembly speaker will be...
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AAP MLA Jai Krishan Singh Rouri was unanimously elected as the deputy speaker of the Punjab assembly on Thursday. Rouri is a two-time MLA from the Garhshankar assembly constituency in Hoshiarpur district. On the concluding day of the budget session of the Punjab assembly, Rouri's name was...
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The monsoon session of Parliament will commence on July 18 and continue till August 12, Parliament secretariat announced on Thursday. The session will have 18 sittings and will perhaps be the last one in the existing Parliament building.The election to the office of President of India...
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Within minutes of being sworn-in, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis held the first cabinet meet of the state's new government, in Mumbai, on Thursday night.
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Eknath Shinde on Thursday became the fourth chief minister of Maharashtra who hails from Satara district. NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who himself has roots in the western Maharashtra district, noted this in a tweet congratulating Shinde. While Shinde cut his teeth as a Shiv Sena leader in...
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Just In: Parliament's monsoon session to be held from July 18 to August 12: Lok Sabha secretariat.
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Mumbai on Thursday logged 1,265 new coronavirus cases, about 16 per cent less than the previous day, while one more patient succumbed to the infection, the city civic body said. With these additions, the overall COVID-19 tally in the city increased to 11,12,492, while the death toll rose to...
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The NIA is looking into the role of 'local self-radicalised' groups and other linkages of the two prime accused in the brutal killing of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal Teli, officials said on Thursday. The federal agency is waiting to get the custody of Riaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad so that...
19:45
Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis taking oath as the deputy chief minister at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai, on Thursday evening.How many former CMs can you think of who agreed to become deputy CM?
19:37
Eknath Shinde sworn in
Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde was on Thursday sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister by governor BS Koshyari. Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was instrumental in the fall of the MVA government headed by Uddhav Thackeray, was sworn in as deputy CM. The...
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The Mumbai Raj Bhavan gets ready for the swearing-in of Eknath Shinde as Maharashtra chief minister.
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Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde has arrived in Raj Bhavan, Mumbai, for his swearing-in as Maharashtra chief minister shortly.
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Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot meets the family members of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur/ANI
Traders at the wholesale market in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city shut their establishments for half day on Thursday to protest the gruesome killing of a tailor in Udaipur. Wholesale traders associated with groceries, bullion, utensils, iron products and cloth among others closed their...
19:16
Devendra Fadnavis
The BJP's central leadership has decided that former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis should become a part of the Maharashtra government, BJP president JP Nadda announced on Thursday. So, made a personal request to him and the central leadership has said that Fadnavis should take charge as...
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ISRO's PSLV C-53, carrying three commercial satellites from Singapore, lifted off from the spaceport in Sriharikota on Thursday. This was the second dedicated commercial mission of the space agency's commercial arm NewSpace India Limited. The launch vehicle carrying DS-EO satellite...
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Senior journalist Nikhil Wagle sums up Eknath Shinde as Maharashtra's new CM, succinctly: He tweets, This is the magnificent game of Modi-Shah to end Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena. The 'sacrifice' of Fadnavis is bunkum. Now, (Shinde) will have to obey his masters.
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National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on the Maharashtra drama: Eknath Shinde as CM is very bad news for #UddhavThackarey and his branch of the Shiv Sena. Uddhav was probably counting on a BJP CM giving, him a political weapon to target Shinde with. This makes the job of rebuilding their Shiv...
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Senior IPS officer Vivek Phansalkar on Thursday took charge as the new police commissioner of Mumbai. Phansalkar succeeded Sanjay Pandey, who has retired from the police service. The 1989-batch IPS officer's appointment to the top post was announced by the Maharashtra home department on...
17:36
Monsoon marches on
Nearly 86 per cent of the people surveyed as part of a national study have claimed that their district gets waterlogged during the monson season which leads to traffic woes, loss of productivity and accidents, a statement said. The finding of the survey came on a day on which Delhi received its...
17:33
Tech Mahindra was the biggest laggard in the Sensex pack, dropping 2.09 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, HCL Tech and M&M. In contrast, Axis Bank, SBI, Kotak Mahindra Bank, NTPC, Larsen & Toubro and Reliance Industries were among the...
17:31
One of the men accused of beheading a tailor
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) which has taken up the case of the brutal murder of a tailor in Udaipur says the accused will be presented in court tomorrow. Riyaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad, the accused in the brutal murder of a tailor, will be presented in a special NIA court in...
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The Serum Institute has sought the Centre's approval to export 32.4 lakh doses of the COVID-19 jab Covovax under the brand name Nuvaxovid to the US, which will be the first vaccine to be exported to the country by any Indian manufacturer, official sources said on Thursday. According to a...
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Eknath Shinde with Governor Koshyari
Maharashtra CM-designate Eknath Shinde speaking at the joint presser with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis: A total of 50 MLAs are with us, including 40 MLAs from Shiv Sena. We have fought this battle so far with their help. I will not let even a scratch mar the trust that these 50 people have placed...
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More rain in Mumbai = Building collapses.A portion of a five-storey residential building collapsed in Kalbadevi area of south Mumbai on Thursday, and at least 60 to 70 people were evacuated safely from the structure, a fire brigade official said. The incident took place around 2 pm in...
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Cartoonist Mahmud's intelligent take on the Maharashtra political drama.
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Maharashtra's CM shocker, rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde, says, The decision that we have taken is committed to Balasaheb's Hindutva and for the development work in the constituencies of our MLAs. We have 50 MLAs with us. BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis made the dramatic announcement of he...
16:48
Eknath Shinde to be the Maharashtra Chief Minister, oath ceremony to be held at 7.30 pm today, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis announces in a joint press conference with Shinde.It was considered a foregone conclusion that Fadnavis will become the CM for the third time, in alliance with the...
16:35
Eknath Shinde & BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari & stake claim to form the government
16:34
Maharashtra Congress leaders on Thursday met Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at his residence `Matoshree' in suburban Bandra a day after he resigned as chief minister. It was a courtesy call as they had worked with Thackeray as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition...
16:32
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari can't stop smiling under his mask as he feeds sweets to Eknath Shinde.
16:13
Benchmark indices ended on a flat note on Thursday, with the Sensex dipping 8 points as fag-end volatility wiped out intra-day gains amid weak global trends. The BSE benchmark Sensex slipped 8.03 points or 0.02 per cent to settle at 53,018.94. During the day, it had gained 350.57...
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BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde reach Raj Bhawan. BJP state president Chandrakant Patil congratulates Shinde (alongside) when the rebel leader arrived at the house of Devendra Fadnavis. Fadnavis is likely to be sworn in as Maharshtra Chief Minister at 7 pm today, say reports.
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First look: Eknath Shinde meets BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis at the latter's residence, this evening. With them are BJP state president Chandrakant Patil and senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar.
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Devendra Fadnavis with with party workers in Mumbai yesterday
BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde are likely to meet Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari today, according to sources. Shinde, who spent Wednesday night in a Goa hotel after returning from Guwahati with his camp, arrived in Mumbai this afternoon and met Fadnavis.
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Eknath Shinde arrives at the residence of BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai. He is scheduled to meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari as well.Shinde on Thursday said that there has been no discussion with the the BJP on portfolios, but talks would happen soon.A spokesperson of the...
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Uddhav Thackeray's cousin and MNS chief, Raj Thackeray, tweets a message, presumably for the former CM. (See alongside).Devendra Fadnavis had said that he had spoken to Raj Thackeray for his support in the Floor Test. The Floor Test will not take place after Uddhav Thackeray handed in his...
14:43
Maharashtra Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde lands in Mumbai from Goa.A Rediff.com colleague on his way to Andheri from Mahim says a convoy of policeman is accompanying Shindes convoy. Traffic was halted on Western Express Highway for around 10 minutes for the convoy to pass. There are cops every 150...
14:37
A massive landslide triggered by incessant rains has caused damage to Tupul station building of ongoing Jiribam -- Imphal's new line project. Landslide also stuck the track formation, camps of construction workers. Rescue operations in progress. 19 people already rescued and are being treated...
14:35
Just in: Gunfire was heard close to the Loya Jirga hall in Kabul city. The exact cause and location of the incident have not been clarified yet. A Taliban meeting is being held today in the Loya Jirga under the name of Ulema Meeting.The first-ever 'Loya Jirga' or grand assembly of...
14:15
Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair brought to Bengaluru by an Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi Police Special Cell. He has moved Delhi HC challenging the police remand granted by the Patiala House Court to the Delhi Police Special Cell.
14:08
Kangana Ranaut in her Instagram video
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, on Thursday, via social media shared her reaction to Uddhav Thackeray's recent resignation from the post of Maharashtra Chief Minister.The 'Queen' actor took to her Instagram handle and shared a minute-long video along with the caption, When evil takes over,...
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Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party leader Girish Mahajan on Thursday claimed that his party has the support of 170 MLAs, way above the 145 majority mark in the 288-member House that is necessary to form a government in the state.The BJP is set to return to power in the state with the support of...
13:29
Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair has moved the Delhi HC challenging the police remand granted by Patiala House Court to the Delhi Police Special Cell. His lawyer mentioned the matter before Delhi HC's vacation bench today. The matter will be heard tomorrow.
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Deepak Kesarkar, spokesperson of the Eknath Shinde camp
Deepak Kesarkar, spokesperson of the Eknath Shinde camp holds a press conference in Panaji where the rebels are holed up. Yesterday, CM Uddhav Thackeray resigned. We didn't indulge in any kind of celebration as removing him was not our intention. We are still in Shiv Sena and it is not our...
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Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde left Goa for Mumbai on Thursday afternoon, where he is scheduled to meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Shinde and other rebel MLAs, who arrived in Goa on Wednesday night from Guwahati, stayed at a resort at Dona Paula near...
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Update on Maharashtra politics: Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde says he is going to Mumbai today. MLAs are still here in Goa but I am going to Mumbai today, says Shinde. He and his MLAs are holed up in Goa. The left Guwahati yesterday. Eknath Shinde this morning said that there has been...
12:34
Shy of wearing the tag of a 'journalist', Zubair has shaped the news cycle on many days of the past year. Read more on the journalist arrested for a 2018 tweet from a Hrishikesh Mukherjee film. Zubair remains in police custody.More here.
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It's NCP MP Supriya Sule's birthday today. Her cousin and former Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar sends wishes her way. Ajit Pawar who is NCP supremo Sharad Pawar's nephew, tweets, Heartfelt wishes on your birthday, Supriya Sule. Wish you good health and a long life always.
12:18
Uddhav Thackeray with his resignation letter to Governor Koshyari
The Bombay High Court on Thursday termed as politically induced litigation a PIL filed by seven citizens seeking action against dissident Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde and other rebel MLAs of the party, and said it would hear the plea if the petitioners deposit Rs 1 lakh as...
12:12
Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray tweets this picture with Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari saying he has given in his resignation yesterday, but the governor has asked him to assume charge till a new CM takes office.
12:05
On July 1, 2016, Bangladeshi militants carried out an attack, targeting mostly foreigners and non-Muslims, at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka. The Bangladeshi government responded to the attack with a concerted and controversial counterterrorism campaign. Although the number of terrorist...
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Devendra Fadnavis relishes a victory for the BJP in Maharashtra
A meeting of the BJP core committee is underway at Sagar Bungalow, residence of former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis. Maharashtra BJP in-charge CT Ravi, party leaders Chandrakant Patil, Girish Mahajan, Praveen Darekar and others present. The stage is set for the return of a BJP-led...
11:45
As Delhi received its first monsoon showers on Thursday morning, providing respite from the oppressive heat, woes began for commuters as they battled traffic snarls and waterlogging. The Delhi Traffic Police, through a tweet, asked commuters to plan their journey...
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Maharashtra Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat: I feel that he (Uddhav Thackeray) should've faced the trust vote, but he gave his farewell speech at the end of the Cabinet meeting. Uddhav Thackeray is a sensitive person with a simple nature. He did not like a few things, so he resigned.All our...
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Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde tweets, offering his respects to Bal Thackeray for his 'thoughts on Hindutva', the late Sena leader Anand Dighe for his teachings and says that their focus will remain on the 'vikas' or progress of all the people of Maharashtra and the MLAs work for the...
10:46
Devendra Fadnavis meets MLAs
To bring you up to speed on Maharashtra politics, Maharashtra Assembly Secretary Rajendra Bhagwat has informed all state MLAs that as per the Governor's orders the special session that was scheduled on Thursday will not be convened.The special Assembly was scheduled today with the only...
10:45
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut tweets this image alongside saying, Nemke hech ghadle' or 'finally this is what happened' and an image of claw marks on the back of a man, presumably former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray. Uddhav has said that he is hurt at being backstabbed by his own people -- the...
09:58
Maharashtra's new CM?
The stage is set for the return of a BJP-led government in Maharasthra with Uddhav Thackeray resigning as chief minister shortly after the Supreme Court declined to stay the floor test called by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in a special Assembly session on Thursday.The BJP which is the...
09:50
All Congress MLAs to shortly meet at Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan to discuss the present political situation in Maharashtra.
09:23
A day after Uddhav Thackeray resigned as Maharashtra chief minister, all eyes are on Raj Bhavan to see when does Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari invite the Bharatiya Janata Party to form the next government in the state.The process for the change of regime in the state, which began with...
08:45
Ambernath MLA Balaji Kinikar, who is with the rebel camp of Shiv Sena legislators led by Eknath Shinde, has received a death threat, following which a probe is launched, police said on Wednesday.The anonymous letter was received at Kinikar's office at Ambernath in the Thane district earlier in...
08:35
The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday as a batch of about 2,750 pilgrims left the base camp here for the cave shrine housing the naturally formed ice-lingam in the south Kashmir Himalayas.The pilgrimage was flagged off by Deputy Commissioner Piyush Singla at the Nunwan base camp in the...
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Bharatiya Janata Partyleader Devendra Fadnavis and rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde will now decide the next court of action, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil said on Wednesday night. Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray resigned earlier in the evening, a day before a...
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Maharashtra has lost a sensible and cultured chief minister in Uddhav Thackeray who has stepped down gracefully, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Wednesday night. Stating that he was not interested in playing the numbers' game, Thackeray on Wednesday...
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