Heavy rains continue in Maharashtra, Mumbai remains cut off
Rane accused the Congress of reneging on its promise of making him the CM after he joined the party 12 years ago.
Followers of the godman, went on a rampage at the airport, protesting the Delhi Airport Authorities decision not to allow the Maharaj to carry his mace on board
Bhujbal's son Pankaj will contest from Mazgaon in central Mumbai.
One of the country's most eagerly awaited transportation models -- the skybus project faces delay with uncertainty over who will give its safety certification.
Several pracharaks said that the shorts discourage youths from joining the RSS, and hence the uniform should be updated.
While the BJP and ally Shiv Sena are yet to announce the seat-sharing pact for the polls, scheduled on October 21, the Amit Shah-led party believes it will be back to power with a thumping majority.
Earlier Uddhav had to manage only seniors in the party. Now, he has to manage the leadership of two other parties who have been political adversaries in the past. Aditi Phadnis notes.
Kadam was elected at a meeting of party MLAs here which was attended by around 50 of 63 party MLAs.
Rane said three Sena MLAs owing allegiance to him, who quit the Sena, would contest the bypolls as and when announced by the Election Commission.
Sulking Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane on Thursday said he will quit the Prithviraj Chavan ministry on Monday but has decided to remain in the Congress.
The unique design of the skybus has put officials in a quandry over whether it can be included under the Railways Act.
Founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, the Shiv Sena in its more than five decades long journey has allied with the Congress, formally and informally.
Goa was put on alert on Wednesday following intelligence inputs about a possible terror attack on the coastal state by Lashkar-e-Tayiba.
At least seven bogies and the engine of the Ernakulam-bound Jaipur-Ernakulam Express derailed on Saturday morning about 111 km from Mumbia between Kasu and Pen, railway sources said.
The rains are expected to bring down the temperature to around 33° C, sources said.
'Monsoon today advanced into remaining parts of coastal Karnataka and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim,' B P Yadav, director, Indian Meteorological Department, said.
'You are constantly subjected to the demands of people of different types. There are conflicting interests,' says Suresh Prabhu, MP.
They were found dumped in the Nawande nullah on the Mumbai-Goa highway, a few kilometres from Karjat town in Raigad district.
The two western states, already battling a raging pandemic, which has put their health infrastructure under severe strain, opened new fronts to tackle the fallout of the storm which is expected to make a landfall close to Mumbai on Wednesday. They are likely to be impacted most by the cyclone.
'We will have a well-designed product, and not a compromise.' 'We will make a completely contemporary vehicle, in keeping with consumers' aspirations, not like the Nano, which disappointed them,' Sajjan Jindal tells Shreekant Sambrani.
Senior citizens, differently-abled, pregnant women and medically sick travellers will be given a preference
Meera Borwankar will take over from Joint Commissioner of Police Satya Pal Singh as part of a major reshuffle in the Maharashtra police set up in which at least 53 senior police officials were transferred.
Incessant rains continued to lash Mumbai city and neighbouring districts on Saturday, throwing normal life out of gear even as weathermen predicted heavy showers across the state for Sunday.
Konkan Railway will run a special train between Madgaon and Ahmedabad for visitors to Goa.
Besides late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and former prime minister Indira Gandhi, NCP president Sharad Pawar also figured in the posters.
R D Singh, director of MET, said conditions are favourable for further advance of the monsoon into remaining parts of coastal and south interior Karnataka during the next 48 hours.
In a U-turn from its earlier stand to include Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in a panel to discuss construction of party patriarch Bal Thackeray's memorial, the Maharashtra government resolution has not included any political leaders in the committee.
The slow progress of the south-west monsoon has led to overall deficiency of rains by 22 per cent over the last fortnight, the meteorological department on Wednesday said.
The accident occurred on Sunday night between Rajapur and Vaibhavwadi stations when the train hit some boulders, which had rolled on to the tracks following a landslide.
A 58-year-old man died after a power transformer fell on him in Raigad district. 2 people died and 3 were injured in two separate cyclone-related incidents in Pune.
In the third of a 12-part series, we list out all the places you should visit and all the festivals you should celebrate through the New Year.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has pleaded ignorance about claims made by rebel state minister Narayan Rane regarding assurance of chief ministership by the Congress when he left Shiv Sena nine years ago.
A "minor" fire broke out in one of the living compartments of warship 'INS Savitri' in the Naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam but there were no casualties.
