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JUST IN: Uddhav Thackeray has talked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over phone and invited him to tomorrow's oath taking ceremony.This was in addition to an invitation letter which was sent to PM Modi. -- ANI
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In the backdrop of its alliance with the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, the Congress on Wednesday said there could be more such 'pragmatic formations' in other parts of the country as it was imperative for all parties to come together to halt the Bharatiya Janata Party's march.Congress spokesperson...
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Shiv Sena leader Aditya Thackeray visited residences of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh to invite them for the swearing-in ceremony of Uddhav Thackeray as the chief minister of Maharashtra, tomorrow.We met Sonia Gandhi ji and Dr Manmohan Singh...
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Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray at Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi's residence to invite her for the swearing-in ceremony of Uddhav Thackeray as the chief minister of Maharashtra, tomorrow. -- ANI
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Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray leaves from the residence of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi.He had gone there to invite her for the swearing in ceremony of Uddhav Thackeray as Maharashtra Chief Minister, in Mumbai tomorrow.He was accompanied by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's close...
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Nationalist Congress Party's Praful Patel addresses media after attending meeting of NCP-Congress-Shiv Sena MLAs in Mumbai:After a six-hour meeting between the leaders of the three parties, Patel said that some ministers of the alliance government will take oath along with the CM at Shivaji Park...
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Leaders of the 'Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi' (MVA) met in Mumbai on Wednesday, a day ahead of Chief Minister-designate Uddhav Thackeray's oath-taking ceremony as the process of forming the new council of ministers gathered momentum.The meeting is taking place at the Y B Chavan Centre in South...
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In a rare move, the Lok Sabha saw a response to all 20 oral questions on Wednesday, which Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi termed as a 'record' in recent times.A member also expressed surprise that his turn to ask a question to the minister came so quickly.I congratulate all the...
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Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar, who shocked his party and family after joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday and became deputy chief minister in the Devendra Fadnavis-led government, on Wednesday said what he did could not be termed a revolt.He also reiterated...
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Apart from the chief minister's portfolio, the Shiv Sena will have 15 ministers in the new Maharashtra Cabinet while the Nationalist Congress Party will have a deputy chief minister and 13 other ministers, sources said on Wednesday. The Congress will get the assembly speaker's post and 13...
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Students from across the national capital formed a human chain in Connaught Place on Wednesday in solidarity with the Jawaharlal Nehru University's Students' Union (JNUSU), which is protesting against the hostel fee hike.The JNUSU had urged universities and students across India to observe...
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Union minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday released the party's manifesto for Jharkhand polls, promising a slew of measures for the farmers, including a loan of up to Rs 3 lakh with easy repayment options and a mobile handset. The saffron party also pledged job for...
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The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to amend the SPG Act. According to the amendment, the SPG will now protect the prime minister and members of his immediate family residing with him at his official residence.It will also provide security to former prime ministers and their immediate family...
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It is an affront to the 166 innocent victims and their families that the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack have still not been convicted, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.In one of the deadliest terror attacks in India's history, 166 people, including six...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister- designate Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday met NCP president Sharad Pawar in Mumbai, a day ahead of the former's oath-taking ceremony as the process of forming the new council of ministers gathered momentum. The meeting between the two top leaders is taking place in the...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said security of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul and Priyanka has not been withdrawn but changed to 'Z-plus' with ambulance. Replying to the debate on the SPG (Amendment) Bill, he asserted that the BJP does carry out any action...
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Market benchmark indices scaled fresh closing peaks on Wednesday on hectic buying by foreign investors in banking, IT and auto stocks amid positive trends from global markets. The 30-share Sensex rose by 199.31 points or 0.49 per cent to end at a new life-time high of 41,020.61 as 24 of its...
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Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy turned emotional on Wednesday ruing that the people of Mandya deserted him by defeating his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the Lok Sabha election this year. He was campaigning for the JD(S) candidate B L Devaraju who is contesting the December 5...
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Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said political parties with diametrically opposite ideologies have come together only to grab power and have discredited the mandate given by the people of Maharashtra. Speaking at a function organised by Republic channel, the minister said people voted for...
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Former finance minister P Chidambaram Wednesday attacked BJP over the manner in which Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister, saying, the Governor, the Prime Minister and President are all responsible. That is the way they celebrate Constitution Day. That is the honour...
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A Delhi court Wednesday extended the judicial custody of former finance minister P Chidambaram till December 11 in connection with the INX Media money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate. Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar passed the order after the ED sought extension of...
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NCP's Ajit Pawar, has clearly been forgiven for rebelling against his party. Reports say he will replace Jayant Patil as the leader of the legislative party, a post he had held, till he decided to switch sides to the BJP. Pawar, who joined hands with the BJP last week to form government in...
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The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a bill that seeks to prohibit production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale or distribution of electronic cigarettes.The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage, and...
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Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the SPG (Amendment) Bill will restore the law's original intent as it was enacted in 1988 only to protect the prime minister and former prime minister. He accused previous governments of amending the original law from time to time to dilute it,...
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The government on Wednesday said inputs indicate that attempts are being made to reactivate terror camps at Balakot in Pakistan which was bombed by the Indian Air Force fighters. Union minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said in Rajya Sabha that the central government is committed to take...
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The All India Muslim Personal Law Board said on Wednesday that it will file a review petition against the Supreme Court's verdict on Ayodhya title suit before December 9. The board is firm on its decision to file a review petition in the Supreme Court and we have time till December 9 for doing...
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And while on a white winter, Reckong Peo in Kinnaur district was covered with snow today. The roofs of houses, the cars on roads, trees and shrubs were all covered in a blanket of fresh, white snow in sub-zero temperatures. Schools in Kalpa and Pooh blocks of the district of Himachal Pradesh...
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Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had offered prayers at the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand in October, a day before election results in the state were announced. This is what the shrine looks like before snowfall.
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First snowfall in Kedarnath today. The temple, one of the four holy dhams in Hinduism, is closed during the winter months.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that normalcy was fast returning to Kashmir and terror incidents have almost come to nil after the repeal of Article 370.The minister said that the region has been facing terror incidents for the past 35 years and security forces were dealing with...
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The BJP made aghori (barbaric) attempts to retain power in Maharashtra, but the state's people foiled it, marking the beginning of a change in the country's politics, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Wednesday. Raut also said it will not be surprising if the Shiv Sena forms government at the...
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Amid the rise in onion prices in the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused the Centre of stopping the supply of the kitchen staple at controlled price to the Delhi government. It is sad that the Central government has stopped the supply of onions to the city for...
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She had powerful abilities as a researcher and as a formidably creative academic, writes Nobel Prize winner and her ex-husband, Amartya Sen. Do read.
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Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Sena, speaks after he was sworn in as a first-time MLA in the Maharashtra assembly: We are committed to making a new Maharashtra. There are several first time MLAs and we all felt proud while taking oath. Want to serve the people of the state. The newly-elected Shiv...
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Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis remained non-committal when asked if if was a mistake to ally with NCP leader Ajit Pawar. I will say the right thing at the right time, don't worry, Fadnavis, who resigned yesterday afternoon as Maharashtra CM said. Nationalist Congress Party...
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NCP MLA Rohit Pawar on Wednesday said he was sure his uncle Ajit Pawar would return to the party and felt happy after the latter met party chief Sharad Pawar. He also said that the Pawars stand united and will remain so. Ajit Pawar called on his uncle and NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar late...
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Senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party's Devendra Fadnavis for his 'three wheels' remark saying, Three wheels are better than two wheels.Yesterday, hours before stepping down as Chief Minister, Fadnavis took a jibe at the Congress-National Congress Party-Shiv...
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Indian Army havildar Anuj Kumar of the Madras Engineer Group was welcomed by senior officials on his arrival home, after winning a gold medal in 100+ kg weight category in the 11th World Body Building Championship held at Juju Island, South Korea.
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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully injected into orbit its earth imaging and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the United States. With cloudy skies in the back ground, the 44.4 metre tall PSLV C47 rocket lifted off...
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Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday attacked the BJP over the way Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister, saying it was an assault on the office of the President to wake him at 4 am to get the order revoking President's rule signed.What will remain in memory of...
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Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat on Wednesday said the sharing of portfolios among the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress in the next state government will be finalised in a couple of days. The 'Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi', comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress along with some small...
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Maharashtra Congress President Balasaheb Thorat said on Wednesday that no decision has been taken on who will be the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.No decision has been taken on who will be Deputy Chief Minister, said Thorat. The oath-taking ceremony of the newly-elected MLAs began in...
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Nobody says it quite like the Telegraph. The headline this morning.
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NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who last week supported the BJP to form a short-lived government in Maharashtra, on Wednesday said he continues to be in his party and that there is no reason to create confusion about it.I have nothing to say (right now), I will speak at the right time. I had said earlier...
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Nationalist Congress Party MLA Rohit Pawar, grand nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar, said that Ajit Pawar is part of NCP and the party will work under his guidance.We are happy that Ajit Pawar has come back. He is also here today. He is a part of NCP. Going forward, we would work under his...
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Even as all 288 MLAs take the oath in a special session, Uddhav Thackeray, who has been elected as the head of the Maha Vikas Aghadi -- the Sena, NCP, Congress combine, met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhawan. State Vidhan Bhawan's in-charge secretary Rajendra Bhagawat said...
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As the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance is set to form the government in Maharashtra, newly-elected BJP MLA Ram Satpute on Wednesday said that their government will not last for many days.We will work as a good Opposition under the leadership of Devendra Fadnavis. This government will be only...
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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited the Tihar jail on Wednesday to meet former finance minister P Chidambaram. The senior Congress leader was first arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on August 21 in the INX Media...
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As all 288 MLAs take the oath at the Maharashtra assembly, Shiv Sena leader Neelam Gorhe was all smiles. Speaking to the media at the assembly, she said, We are happy that finally the dream of Balasaheb ji Thackeray is being fulfilled. 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' will be led by Uddhav Thackeray,...
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NCP leader Ajit Pawar takes oath in Maharashtra assembly. A day before he resigned as the deputy chief minister from the Devendra Fadnavis government.On Wednesday at 8 am, all 288 MLAs of Maharashtra have begun taking oath in a special assembly session called by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat...
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All 288 newly-elected MLAs of Maharashtra have begun taking oath in a special assembly session called by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, less than 24 hours after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis resigned as Chief Minister and the NCP's Ajit Pawar as his deputy.Interim Speaker Kalidas...
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Supriya Sule welcomes Ajit Pawar with a hug at the oath-taking ceremony.Supriya Sule welcomed cousin Ajit Pawar with a warm smile as he came along with other NCP leaders to join the MLAs at the swearing-in ceremony. Ajit Pawar had earlier pulled off a major coup against Sharad Pawar to join...
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Uddhav Thackeray will take oath as the chief minister at 6:40 pm on November 28 at Shivaji Park in Dadar. Uddhav Thackeray, who would be the first member of his family to occupy the top political post in the state, said his government will not be vindictive. I will go to Delhi to meet...
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Shiv Sena leader and newly-elected MLA Aaditya Thackeray visited the residence of Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on late Tuesday night.Aaditya was accompanied by Sena leaders Anil Desai and Milind Narvekar.NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who stepped down as deputy chief minister of...
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