Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar was on Tuesday admitted to a hospital in Mumbai, a day ahead of the scheduled surgery, after he experienced pain in his abdomen, a party leader said.
Convert the Haryana result into a blessing in disguise; make the calamity into an opportunity. Maharashtra was always the big ticket game in town; MVA must win it. The Congress should shift headquarters to Mumbai for the entire month. Show urgency and a hunger to win, asserts Sanjay Jha.
To keep their MLAs together, political parties are organising dinner meetings and arranging hotel stays for them ahead of the council elections, which are taking place just three months ahead of the assembly polls in the state.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said future decisions on COVID-19 SOPs will be taken in consultation with the Union Health Ministry and the state Task Force, amid a difference between the Centre and the state over guidelines for international travellers in the wake of the new variant of SARS-CoV2.
The only occasion when the BJP had 100 seats in the Upper House was in 2022.
The first meeting of leaders of the National Democratic Alliance after the election results was held at caretaker Prime Minister Narendra D Modi's residence in New Delhi on Wednesday, June 5, 2024.
'There are legions of unemployed degree holders across rural and semi-urban belts in Maharashtra. Now, they aren't finding brides.' 'This issue has now snowballed into a social crisis. In 2014 and 2019, they had voted for the BJP.'
Out of the 24 NCP MLAs who attended the session, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, cabinet ministers Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Bansode, Dhananjay Munde, Anil Patil and Dharmarao Atram were seated on the ruling side.
India will send 117 athletes to the Paris Olympics, starting July 26 in the French capital. This will be India's second-biggest contingent at an Olympic Games after 121 athletes went to Tokyo in 2021. A total of 47 female and 70 male athletes will be part of the Indian contingent at the Games.
He alleged that the MVA allies were refusing to consider the factor of Maratha activist Manoj Jarange.
Sule has been renominated from the Pawar family turf of Baramati, which she represents in the outgoing Lok Sabha whereas grand nephew Parth Pawar, as it does not mention Maval constituency.
'Union Budgets are often used as political instruments and that was the intention of this government too.' 'But while the exercise has settled two fronts, it has left open several others and this has the potential to aggravate with time,' predicts Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.
Among the many reasons to watch Murder In Mahim is that it may be a chance to wipe out -- if it is achievable by a Web series -- the air of judgment towards those who do not conform to the majority's idea of normal, asserts Deepa Gahlot.
India is slated to play three ODIs and two Tests in Bangladesh.
Almost a week after the Naxal attack on police personnel in Gariaband, in which nine police personnel were killed, the lone police jawan who had gone missing was spotted in an unconscious state in a village in Gariaband. He was hospitalised later. "A jeep driver spotted Sahu lying in an unconscious state on a road in Dhawalpur village in Gariaband. The driver informed the Mainpur police station and Sahu was later admitted to a hospital," said a officer.
Nine policemen, including the additional superintendent of Chhattisgarh's Gariabandh district, were killed in a landmine blast triggered by Naxals in a jungle close to the border with Orissa.
'The West has always opposed a strong nationalist leader in India and Narendra Modi is no exception.' 'The West prefers weak leaders who are amenable to Western pressure and Mr Modi's independent stance is not to the liking of the West,' asserts Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
With this allocation of portfolios, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP has got most of the 'plum' ministries.
'Chinese are going bang, bang, bang building 30-35 reactors.' 'We should announce a programme of 50 new reactors and show that we mean business on the ground and not just announcements.'
Sitanshu Kotak and Sagar Jogiyani scored half-centuries to help Saurashtra reach 122 for two against Baroda's 406.
According to insiders, their lack of enthusiasm is showing on the ground. There is nothing to suggest that their enthusiasm will return in the final four phases of polling, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Here's your complete guide to when India's athletes compete at the Paris Olympics, with dates, events, and timings in IST.
Baroda were 17 for one, chasing 172 for victory, against defending champions Uttar Pradesh at close on the third day's play of their Super League Ranji Trophy match.
A 215-run stand for the eighth-wicket helped Baroda to a draw against Orissa and set the stage for a clash with Delhi in the Super League semi-final of the Ranji Trophy.
Hyderabad were bowled out for 170 runs in the first innings, but did well to reduce Baroda to 23 for 4 at close on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match.
Baroda off-spinner Ajit Bhoite justified his inclusion in the team with a four-wicket haul.
North, who bowled their rivals for 201, suffered a dramatic collapse and were bundled out for 196 in the Duleep Trophy match.
Uttar Pradesh were bowled out for 166 in their second innings, handing Baroda a win by an innings and 93 runs
Shatrunjay Gaekwad, son of former Test player Anshuman, scored a fighting 68 to rescue a struggling Baroda.
They need 94 runs for an outright victory in the Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabd.
Yusuf Pathan's late surge of 92 took Baroda to 446; Iqbal Siddidqui of Maharshtra claimed six wickets.
'Laluji personally telephoned several Opposition leaders to attend the meeting.'
'In the larger cities, we can see that 12%-20% of the population making use of the metros. I don't think it is happening in the smaller cities.'
This time Modi has no emotive message to take to the stump. Muscular nationalism doesn't work against the backdrop of China's successive inroads into Indian territory. Rising prices is a sore point that cuts across class and caste barriers; unprecedented levels of unemployment has the youth in a ferment. This has reduced the BJP campaign to a laundry list of recycled grievances and thinly veiled communal appeals, neither of which are working as well as they have in the past, argues Prem Panicker.
Arvind Kejriwal warned the media that "very big forces" would try and break the INDIA alliance by showing that there was a lot of acrimony among them.
Former India pacer Ajit Agarkar has been appointed as the chairman of the selection committee for the senior and under-23 Mumbai men's team by the Mumbai Cricket Association.
Any move of the present government to appease the Marathas may boomerang. Eknath Shinde is a worried man with the agitation not having an easy solution, notes Ramesh Menon.
Spurred by Chirag Jani's a five-wicket haul, defending champions Saurashtra scripted their first knockout win of the season with a 238-run thrashing of Vidarbha on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match in Nagpur on Sunday.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar blew away Bengal top-order in an incredible five-wicket haul
A hard-fought 99-move win on the top board against B Vignesh has put Nitin on 7 points, a full point ahead with three rounds remaining.
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