Amidst calls by several Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs in Maharashtra for Union minister Nitin Gadkari to be made the state's chief minister, the senior leader on Thursday said he was happy working at the Centre.
A summary of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday.
Dhapola's feat did not miss the attention of the BCCI secretary Jay Shah who termed it as one of the finest bowling performances of the tournament.
'The Maratha versus OBC friction will increase. A huge chunk of the Shiv Sena's social base consists of OBCs.' Dhaval Kulkarni reports.
Rajneesh Gupta gives us a list of noteworthy statistics from first-class and Ranji Trophy
A round-up of Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday.
After the high court order on April 5, Deshmukh, a veteran politician from Vidarbha, had resigned from the state government.
A summary of the third day's play in the quarter-final matches of the Ranji Trophy.
All eyes will be on the opening fixture between defending champions Saurashtra and record 41-time champions Mumbai in Ahmedabad with Rahane and Pujara on either side, aiming to make the big scores that have deserted them at the Test level for a while.
The meeting is significant as PM Modi heaped heavy praise for the NCP during a debate on Monday to mark the 250th session of the Rajya Sabha was viewed with interest.
The highest 24-hour rain record in Nagpur stood at 304 mm, which was registered on July 12, 1994.
Modi said he was shocked that such voices are being raised for political gains in the land of Shivaji Maharaj.
"Looking at the personas involved and nature of allegations and seriousness of allegations, it requires investigation by an independent agency, the SC said.
Shreyas Iyer was the lone ranger as his unbeaten 191 helped Mumbai to 328/6 in their Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match against Gujarat in Hubballi on Wednesday. At stumps on the third and penultimate day, Mumbai trailed Gujarat by 109 runs with four wickets remaining in the first innings. Gujarat were all out for 437 in their first essay after Priyank Kirit Panchal slammed 232.
In the wake of the attack by Naxal in Chhattisgarh, killing 28 people, including political leaders and security forces, R R Patil, home minister of Maharashtra, talks to Sanjay Jog on what is to be done.
Despite toiling hard for long hours, they hardly get the right price for the produce nor do they get timely assistance from the government.
Kalawati Bandurkar was scheduled to contest the October 13 polls from Wani Assembly Constituency in Yavatmal district as Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti candidate, but in a recent interview to a leading Marathi newspaper she had said that she was being "pressurised to contest elections and that she was unaware of what election and politics were."
The time for filing of nomination for the post of Maharashtra legislative assembly speaker was on Tuesday extended after the Shiv Sena disrupted proceedings and demanded that the notification of schedule for the speaker's election be cancelled as all members had not taken oath.
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday.
Candidates appearing for the exam in Kolkata were seen standing in queues while abiding by the social distancing norms.
The BJP veteran was detained on Monday evening while protesting against the state government's "apathy" towards the farmers of Vidarbha. He was taken to the district police headquarters and later released.
The old guard of Board of Control for Cricket in India continued to show defiance to the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (COA) with only six state units filing their responses to "Due Diligence Report' prepared by Deloitte on the functioning of these associations.
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal has said corruption is one the major factors behind farmer suicides in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, and the Jan Lokpal Bill will bring relief to the distressed peasants.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh resigned on Monday after the Bombay high court ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the allegations of extortion against him by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.
Opposing the demand for a separate state of Vidarbha, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said Maharashtra should get Marathi-speaking areas of Belgaum and adjoining areas in Karnataka. "The government should remove the injustice done to Maharashtra by giving it Belgaum-Karwar areas where the Marathi-speaking populace is being oppressed," Uddhav said in a statement. "As long as the Shiv Sena is there, no one will be allowed to divide Maharashtra," he said
Maharashtra has the opportunity to solve all these problems by voting for the Congress and NCP, he said.
Terming socialite Shobhaa De's tweet -- suggesting separate statehood for Mumbai -- as "frivolous", Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said the state will remain united.
Fadnavis said they also discussed the short- and long-term measures to tackle drought situation.
A summary of Friday's action in Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
Defending champions Karnataka crashed out in the group stages of the Ranji Trophy after losing to Maharashtra by 53 runs in their final league encounter, in Pune, on Friday.
Thackeray also claimed that the Maharashtra government is yet to receive a total of around Rs 38,000 crore from the Centre.
Vowing to raise voice for farmers on very platform, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said government should take into account their concerns and not just extend monetary assistance.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the ED registered the case based on the high court directive.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday renewed her demand for splitting the state into four parts, besides creation of Gorkhaland and Vidarbha.
Electoral politics is going to be an important part of farmer protests going forward.
Before being appointed as the Mumbai police chief, Singh was posted as the Director General of the Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau.
One reason for the surge in cases is the spread of infection at large weddings. Weddings turned out to be super spreaders.
A summary of Day 2 action in the Ranji Trophy matches, played at various venues across the country.
'The BJP government, before the polls, tried to gather information about what and with whom these (NCP-Congress) leaders were talking to'
Late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray made BJP leaders remove posters that proclaimed Modi, then CM of Gujarat, as the 'Hindu Hriday Samrat'.
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