The Maharashtra CM is known to choose the right time to hit back at people he considers a threat, says N Suresh.
'He deliberately encouraged my rivals to diminish my influence in the party.'
Rohini Khadse will fight the elections from her father's Muktainagar constituency in north Maharashtra.
Protesting legislators of Congress caused 'injury' to Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao on the first day of the session today when they tried to block his entry into the legislature complex in Mumbai, revenue minister Eknath Khadse said.
A 10-member Bharatiya Janata Party ministry led by Devendra Fadnavis was sworn-in at Wankhede on Friday.
Bansal, 42, is a partner and head of the appellate litigation practice at the New York firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & From; Srinivasan, 41, is a partner at the Washington, DC office of O-Melveny & Myers; and Mehta, is a partner, at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, also in Washington, DC.
His son Sunil lighted the pyre and a police contingent gave the departed leader a gun salute.
Housing minister Prakash Mehta, who represented the state government at the funeral of the celebrated cricket coach, said Achrekar not being given a state funeral was 'sad and unfortunate'.
Vikhe Patil, who was leader of opposition in the state assembly, resigned from the Congress recently.
Two fire brigade officers were seriously injured while as many went missing and were feared trapped under the debris.
A day after a residential building caved in on Mumbai, police on Saturday arrested the owner of a decoration firm, who illegally carried out renovation works at his rented office-cum-warehouse on the ground floor of the ill-fated structure.
A fresh search operation, involving multiple agencies and local divers, will be launched on Saturday morning
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday allocated portfolios to the twenty-member council of ministers, including 10 of the Shiv Sena, who were inducted into his expanded cabinet.
Floral tributes were on Wednesday paid to the martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists on the sixth anniversary of the 26/11 attack.
Terming as a "scam of words" the charges against her, Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde, under fire for alleged irregularities in purchase of items worth Rs 206 crore, on Wednesday said that similar items were procured at a higher price during the previous Congress-Nationalist Congress Party rule.
Leaders in both Sena and BJP feel that the parties will fare better if they contest on their own, and, if needed, they could go for a post-poll tie-up for the Asia's biggest civic body -- the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
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.
Amid a plethora of senior party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah, Bharatiya Janata Party's Devendra Fadnavis took the oath of office at a mega function organised at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Meet the richest and poorest candidates contesting the election to the richest civic body in the country.
The Coast Guard has deployed a Chetak Helicopter to carry out search operation for missing vehicles.
'This speech is going to be more of a punishment. I spoke too much this afternoon' A tireless Prime Minister Narendra Modi left over 700 notable luminaries in peals of laughter with his quick wit and sense of humour during a dinner and reception hosted by Indian Ambassador Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Taj-owned, The Pierre Hotel. In the presence of the who's who of desi Americans and US lawmakers, Modi once again thanked the Indian-Americans for their contributions and discussed his plans of developing India and the ties he hopes to nurture with America. Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com presents a sneak-peak into the festive, grand dinner.
Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday attacked the coalition partner on issues like Pakistan, beef, Ram temple and inflation but ruled out walking out of the Maharashtra government any time soon.
'Hrishi-da often voiced his disenchantment with Bachchan's Angry Young Man persona -- the 'maara-maari', the growth of sidelocks; he even said directors were killing Amitabh the actor and turning him into a stuntman. Yet, as Jaya Bhaduri jovially pointed out, the seeds of that seething persona can be found in Anand and Namak Haraam.'
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