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  Maharashtra govt formation: 2 Independent MLAs declare support to BJP

  October 28, 2019 19:03 IST

  Ravi Rana, the Independent MLA from Badnera in Amravati district, on Sunday offered "unconditional" support to the BJP, which emerged as the single largest party in the October 21 elections.

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  Amid tussle for CM post with Sena, BJP says Maha will get BJP-led govt

  October 28, 2019 18:56 IST

  As Shiv Sena and BJP work out government formation in Maharashtra, both the parties are flexing muscles over the chief ministerial post. Shiv Sena is insisting on a 50:50 formula while BJP looks disinclined for anyone other than Devendra Fadnavis for the CM office.

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  Shiv Sena's Sholay diatribe on BJP: 'Itna sannata kyun hai bhai'

  October 28, 2019 18:36 IST

  The love-hate allies -- BJP and Shiv Sena -- are battling it out in Maharashtra. Who gets the CM post in the financial capital still remains a question. At a time when there is already a crisis over CM's chair, Shiv Sena has made a resounding critique on the economic slump targetting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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  Maharashtra government formation: What we know so far

  October 28, 2019 13:34 IST

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and senior Shiv Sena leader Diwakar Raotey met Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari in Mumbai on Monday.

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  Fadnavis meets Governor as power sharing tussle with Sena continues

  October 28, 2019 12:48 IST

  In the just-concluded state polls to 288-member Assembly, the BJP won 105 seats, a loss of 17 seats compared to its 2014 tally.

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  Ajay Chautala walks out of Tihar on two-week furlough

  October 27, 2019 14:08 IST

  Ajay Chautala, 57, is in Tihar jail since January 2013 after being convicted in a teachers' recruitment scam along with his father and former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala.

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  BJP-led alliance with provide stable govt, says Fadnavis

  October 26, 2019 23:33 IST

  While the ally Shiv Sena is demanding an equal share in power, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday stressed that the BJP was the single largest party, and said the "BJP-led alliance" will provide a stable government.

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  Sena plays hardball; seeks written promise from BJP over power sharing

  October 26, 2019 23:22 IST

  The Shiv Sena on Saturday demanded a written assurance from ally BJP that it will implement the formula for equal sharing of power in Maharashtra, while opposition Congress said the Uddhav Thackeray-led party should explore "alternative arrangement".

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  Anil Vij, Ram Kumar Gautam among others may get into new Haryana govt

  October 26, 2019 22:21 IST

  Six-time MLA Anil Vij, Banwari Lal, Seema Trikha from the BJP, while Ram Kumar Gautam and Ishwar Singh from the JJP are among the probables who are likely to get ministerial berths in the new Haryana government.

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  Priyanka flays govt over furlough to Chautala after BJP-JJP deal

  October 26, 2019 20:49 IST

  Dushyant clinched the deal after meeting BJP President Amit Shah at his residence on Friday night. As per the deal, the JJP, which won 10 seats in the 90-member Assembly, will have a Deputy Chief Minister in the new government.

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  BJP will not take Kanda's support in Haryana: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  October 26, 2019 15:43 IST

  BJP will not take the support of Haryana Lokhit Party legislator Gopal Kanda, a controversial politician who faces two abetment-to-suicide cases, for forming the government in Haryana, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said

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  In Maharashtra, Shiv Sena adamant on twin-CM formula

  October 26, 2019 17:33 IST

  In Maharashtra, Shiv Sena has turned adamant on a new twin-CM formula for government formation in the state. Uddhav Thackeray has also renewed assertion on equal sharing of power with the BJP, which failed to register desired performance in the Maharashtra assembly polls. Rooting for Aaditya Thackeray as the chief minister, Shiv Sena proposed tenures of 2.5-year each for the alliance partners to have their CMs.

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  Sreedharan appointed as Mizoram Governor as BJP looks for Kerala Chief

  October 26, 2019 14:23 IST

  The Kerala unit of the BJP has two power centres -- one led by Union Minister of State for External Affairs V.Muraleedharan and the other led by former state party president P.K.Krishnadas -- and the race is between the two to get their nominee to the party top's post

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  NDA's march towards majority in RS

  October 26, 2019 11:09 IST

  According to the rules, each member to be elected to the Rajya Sabha from Haryana needs votes from 30 MLAs, while 36 legislators of Maharashtra elect one member to the Upper House of Parliament.

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  Congress slams JJP, says will remain 'B-team' of BJP

  October 25, 2019 23:20 IST

  With the BJP and the Jannayak Janata Party declaring that they will form a coalition government in Haryana, the Congress on Friday said it was now out in the open that the Dushyant Chautala-led JJP was and will remain the "B-team" of the BJP.  

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  BJP seals Haryana deal with Dushyant Chautala; JJP gets Deputy CM post

  October 25, 2019 23:33 IST

  Suspense over government formation in Haryana finally ended with BJP and JJP formally announcing an alliance to form the next government.

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  AAP slams BJP for seeking support of controversial MLA Gopal Kanda

  October 25, 2019 17:50 IST

  Senior AAP senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said,"In a state where 'Beti bachao beti padhao (BBBP) andolan' was launched, the BJP is seeking support from a rape accused." Singh said if the BJP does not give an explanation, then his party will hold protests and "knock every door and tell people in Delhi how their mothers and daughters are unsafe" under the BJP rule.

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  Who is Gopal Kanda? And what is the case against him

  October 25, 2019 17:39 IST

  In the post-poll scenario, Lokhit Party leader Gopal Kanda has emerged as the kingmaker in Haryana. Gopal Kanda has extended a helping hand to Manohar Lal Khattar's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is six MLAs short of the number needed to form the next government in Haryana. The state has thrown a hung assembly in the polls held on October 21. What poses a challenge for BJP in Kanda's support is the controversy attached to his name. Know who is Gopal Kanda, and what is the case against him:

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  83 out of 90 newly elected MLAs in Haryana are crorepatis

  October 25, 2019 14:56 IST

  Haryana Assembly has its 90 newly appointed MLAs and a report by Association of Democratic Reforms shows that 83 out of them are crorepatis. Here is a detailed analysis of financials of the newly appointed Haryana MLAs.

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  Uma Bharti cautions BJP against taking support from Gopal Kanda

  October 25, 2019 14:27 IST

  BJP National Vice President Uma Bharti has requested the party leadership to refrain from 'compromising on morals' by taking support from Gopal Kanda.

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  No reaction from Rahul Gandhi on poll results so far

  October 25, 2019 11:47 IST

  In Haryana, Congress did an impressive performance, forcing the Bharatiya Janata Party to see a hung Assembly while in Maharashtra, the Congress improved its performance.

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  'Haryanvi rozgar': Dushyant Chautala stresses in first PC post win

  October 25, 2019 19:18 IST

  Haryana witnessed a hung assembly on Thursday as the BJP and the Congress failed to reach the halfway mark. In recent developments, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Congress' leading CM candidate Bhupinder Singh Hooda arrived in Delhi on Friday, as the BJP is set to stake claim to form a government in the state.  

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  DK Shivakumar released from Tihar Jail after HC grants him bail

  October 23, 2019 21:45 IST

  Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar was released from Tihar Jail on Wednesday evening following the Delhi High Court order granting him bail, said a jail official. He is accused in a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

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  4 opposition MLAs join BJP in Jharkhand

  October 23, 2019 13:18 IST

  The party's election co-in-charge of the state Nand Kishore Yadav and former union minister Jayant Sinha were also present. The sources said that another JMM MLA Jaiprakash Bhai Patel was supposed to join the saffron party on Wednesday but he did not turn up.

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  Not a single paisa of corruption found against Delhi govt: Kejriwal

  October 21, 2019 22:28 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said not a "single paisa" of corruption was found against his government as he assured AAP volunteers that till he was alive, the party would remain "honest".

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  Every person living in Bengal is citizen of India: Mamata Banerjee

  October 21, 2019 21:04 IST

  Saying that she would never allow the implementation of NRC in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said every person living in this state is a citizen of India.

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  Congress leaders held trying to lay siege to Telangana CM house

  October 21, 2019 14:45 IST

  Police in Telangana arrested scores of Congress leaders and workers on Monday to foil the party's plans to lay siege to Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao's residence in support of striking employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC)

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  24% voting in Punjab by-polls till 12 noon

  October 21, 2019 14:03 IST

  Twenty-four per cent voting was registered on Monday in the by-elections to the four Assembly seats in the Congress-ruled Punjab.