Deshmukh's statement came after opposition leader Narayan Rane raised the issue during the adjournment motion.
The BJP on Friday named Gopinath Munde as its candidate for the post of Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly.
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"In all, 22 of us (including 18 MLAs) met party chief and presented our view that we have majority in the state assembly," Pratapsinh Rane said.
Photographers Abhishek Rane and Reuben NV and Nadisha Daniel document the popular practice of forming human pyramids on Janmashtami in Maharashtra.
Telugu actor Harshavardhan Rane talks about working with director Ravi Babu in Avunu 2.
The Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena leaders who were sworn in today during the expansion of Devendra Fadnavis ministry include some who have been ministers in the past and some new faces.
The Maharashtra government on Thursday said that it would like to have reservation for the Maratha community as early as possible even as a committee headed by Industry Minister Narayan Rane is studying the issue.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of Sena leaders at party chief Bal Thackeray's residence in Mumbai.
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Parrikar has been admitted to the AIIMS for follow-up treatment reportedly for a pancreatic ailment.
After holding meetings with senior leaders of the Congress on Monday morning, party president Sonia Gandhi has decided to convene a meeting of the Congress Working Committee on Tuesday at 9 am to discuss the difficulties before the United Progressive Alliance government headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Amongst those who met Gandhi on Monday was Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.
His son Sunil lighted the pyre and a police contingent gave the departed leader a gun salute.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Venugopal is valued highly by Mrs Gandhi and Mr Gandhi. They consider him a loyalist, more to the point, one who can deliver.
Denying the reasoning of alcoholism behind farmers' suicide, independent MLA from Maharashtra Bacchu Kadu said even Hema Malini drinks everyday but she does not commit suicide.
Back in January 2006, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray granted the Sena daily newspaper Saamna Editor Sanjay Raut an interview where he spoke his mind about his nephew Raj's departure from the party.
The discussions on the new Goa CM came to a halt after Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLA Sudin Dhavalikar wanted to be the chief minister.
Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher Ranee Ramaswamy, 60, has been nominated by United States President Barack Obama as a member to the National Council of Arts, a key administration position.
The Shiv Sena on Monday termed the "assault" on Marathi-speaking populace in Karnataka by the police as "Kannada terrorism" and asked the Narendra Modi government to intervene.
A day after a Goa minister ignited a controversy by his remark that India will develop as a Hindu nation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the state's Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza on Friday stoked it further, saying India is already a Hindu nation and will always remain so.
Harshvardhan Rane talks about Avunu, a supernatural horror film.
He was a leader who enjoyed acceptance from all sections of the BJP and beyond.
Goa's former Tourism Minister and controversial Nationalist Congress Party leader Fransisco 'Miccky' Pacheco on Friday resigned as a member of the legislative assembly, two months ahead of the State elections.
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A meeting chaired by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba reviewed India's preparedness to deal with the virus amid mounting global concern over increasing number of cases in China and several other countries.
Shiv Sena spokesman Rahul Narvekar, who recently withdrew his candidature from the legislative council elections, met Nationalist Congress Party chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Sunday morning.
The actor-director talks about his upcoming film Avunu.
The actor-director talks about his upcoming film Avunu.
In a novel way to pay tributes to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks, Non-Governmental Organisation Swabhimaan Sanghathana, led by Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane's son Nitesh, on Saturday conducted a job fair for kin of the 26/11 victims and also ordinary Mumbaikars.
A weekend without a party is not Bollywood's scene!
Carl McHugh scored ATK's 100th goal of the ISL in only the sixth minute of the game but the home side, egged on by a vociferous crowd of more than 35,000, hit back with two goals from their new signing Ogbeche to begin their campaign on a winning note.
The assembly by-poll elections yielded good results for BJP allies.
In the 2012 assembly elections, Goa had recorded an impressive 81.8 per cent voting.
Gandhi used a purported audio clip to allege that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is 'blackmailing' Modi.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Amid reports that more leaders from Congress and Nationalist Congress Party from Maharashtra could have links with the controversial Adarsh Housing Society, three ex-Maharashtra chief ministers and a NCP leader have claimed they had not recommended any case for membership.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari will head a committee which will reach out to social and volunteer organisations while his Cabinet colleague Sushma Swaraj will head a group that will produce literature for the polls.
The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Maharashtra authorised All India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi to choose a new leader to succeed Ashok Chavan who resigned as chief minister in the wake of Adarsh Housing Society scam.
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