Ex-Maha CM Ashok Chavan quits Cong, likely to join BJP

In a setback to Congress ahead of Lok Sabha polls, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan resigned from the grand old party on Monday, amid speculation that he may join the Bharatiya......

Shinde ready for special session to grant Maratha quota amid Jarange warning

A special session of the state legislature will be held in February 2024, if necessary, to provide reservation to the Maratha community after reviewing a report of the Backward Class Commission,......

Maratha Quota Row: Not An Easy Puzzle To Solve

The BJP cannot afford to alienate the OBCs, who have explicitly voiced their opposition to the Maratha quota. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde meets Manoj Jarange Patil (wearing a......

'Some home ministers, DGs corrupt; auction police stations'

'Earlier in my career DGs were nearly 100 per cent honest.''By the time I retired, many DGs have not been honest.''One DG asked me to go and meet a home minister whom everybody knew is corrupt.'......

'Shashi Kapoor was a dearly loved man'

'We will never really lose him because in death, his spirit, trapped in a frail body, has been set free and will surround us like the air we breathe.'Shabana Azmi, Asha Parekh, Zeenat Aman,......