Pawar, who was also the deputy CM in the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, which was in power from November 2019 to June 2022, enjoys the image of a grassroot leader and an able administrator.
As the curtain comes down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
Malaika wraps up a trip... Abhay meets Baby Yoda... Prithviraj quotes Will Smith...
Malayalam cinema isn't the same as Telugu or Tamil, but Bollywood's blanket approach fails to see the distinction in Selfiee, observes Sukanya Verma.
Raut said industrialists should be supported, but not corruption.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday described the Election Commission's decision to recognise his faction as the real Shiv Sena victory of truth and people.
'I was never interested to work as Leader of Opposition but accepted the role on demand of the party MLAs'
Once you are done paying your respect to God and Grasshoppers, you circle back to the human beings in Gold, and that's when things become progressively more and more muddled, observes Sreehari Nair.
While arithmetic political stability is a reality, the end result of politics in Maharashtra is hard to predict.
Sukanya Verma looks at how one of the seven primal human emotions is usually treated in Hindi movies.
Though Karan announced the film in June 2021, the news that Akshay will play Sir Sankaran has only now come to light.
Were it not for Samrat Prithviraj, Miss World 2017 Manushi Chillar would have made her debut opposite Aamir Khan in Laal Singh Chaddha.
'We lost the brightest shining star in our constellation. You made us laugh till we cried.'
"Sharad Pawar's presence has extraordinary importance when a new battle for freedom is going on in the country to save the Constitution and democracy, and in such a situation, Pawar should not step aside," he said.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday claimed that the centre imposed President's rule in the state even after the governor had asked him to continue as caretaker chief minister.
The Maharashtra Congress has convened a meeting of its legislators on Tuesday in view of the developments in the state that saw a split in the Nationalist Congress Party and Ajit Pawar being inducted as deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde government.
Mouni is ready for a nap... Karishma sleeps in... Rasika sunbathes...
Ranveer turns on the charm... Prithviraj directs mum and Mohanlal... Preity starts shooting...
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has resigned as the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, sources said on Saturday, a day after he filed his nomination papers for the All India Congress Committee president's election.
Amala makes her Hindi debut... Prithviraj shares a first look... Tovino is ready with next film...
Sushmita and her thoughts... Malaika-Gauri get together... Divyanka's ode to summer...
Kumar had also made it clear that he was in the process of uniting the non-BJP leaders.
'On Monday, you have to pick yourself up and start working on another film and be happy on the set.' 'You cannot carry your sad face everywhere.' 'You have to go and enjoy yourself, your work.'
What was supposed to be a guest appearance, then an 'extended cameo' for Salman, has now become a full-fledged role.
'Praful Patel said his residential building was sealed, and the investigative agencies have shifted their office to his house, and that he was in a helpless condition.'
Taapsee plays a cop...Diljit visits a temple...Mandira wraps up a shoot...
Janhvi soaks in the sun... Inaaya spots Soha... Deepika's grateful...
'We do not attach any importance if someone is writing about whether we create new leadership or not'
'Since September 1, a senior cabinet minister has been to-ing and fro-ing between Jalna and Mumbai by chartered flight every single day with messages from the two deputy chief ministers and the chief minister to get Manoj Jarange-Patil to back down from his agitation.'
The Leader of Opposition in the assembly also told an interviewer that he will "100 per cent" like to be chief minister of Maharashtra.
Senior leaders P Chidambaram and Digvijaya Singh are learnt to be the front-runners to take on the mantle of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.
Rakul is grateful for Runway 34... Ram Charan's Acharya releases today. Mamata and Prithviraj's Jana Gana Mana too...
The march will start near J J Hospital and end at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in south Mumbai.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the patriotic movies coming up in 2022.
'The CM wants to develop a Film City that would provide the entire value chain of film-making services and infrastructure in one place.'
Before you catch a brawny Prabhas as the Prince of Ayodhya in its VFX-heavy edition, Sukanya Verma looks at the many, many on screen portrayals of Ram over the years.
Former Maharastra CM Prithviraj Chavan, who is contesting his maiden assembly election from Karad, is facing a formidable party rebel as an adversary in in Satara district, a traditional Congress bastion.
All the current political upheavals in Maharashtra are with the 2024 elections in mind and there is a degree of white-knuckle tension in all parties.
Brushing aside speculation about a leadership change in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan virtually confirmed on Thursday that he is not going to be replaced.
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