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  Congress, NCP won't win more than 10 seats in Maharashtra polls: Modi

  National | October 12, 2014 17:45 IST

  Tuljapur: Training his guns on Congress and NCP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said both the parties will not win more than 10 seats each in the Maharashtra Assembly polls.“You all must have seen the

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  BJP, Shiv Sena would not have split if Balasaheb was alive: Rajnath Singh

  National | October 10, 2014 7:24 IST

  Mandrup (Maharashtra): Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena alliance would not have broken had Bal Thackeray been alive."We have great respect for Bala Saheb Thackeray. If he were alive, the

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  Focus on Pakistan, not Maharashtra: Shiv Sena tells PM Modi

  National | October 08, 2014 12:13 IST

  Mumbai: Shiv Sena today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of ceasefire violations by Pakistan, saying he should focus on stopping the ‘atrocities' by the neighbouring country and not Maharashtra politics.Claiming that Pakistan

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  Congress not responsible for end of alliance with NCP: Manikrao Thakre

  National | October 05, 2014 7:35 IST

  Mumbai: Asserting that it was not to blame for the snapping of a 15-year-old alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Congress party's state unit president Manikrao Thakre said on Saturday that the party's

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  BJP may have post-poll alliance with Shiv Sena: Kalraj Misra

  National | October 02, 2014 12:00 IST

  Mirzapur: Union Minister Kalraj Misra claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will emerge as the largest party in the upcoming Assembly polls in Maharashtra and said there may be a post-poll alliance with Shiv

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  Maharashtra polls: Uddhav Thackeray frowns at Modi rallies

  National | October 01, 2014 15:38 IST

  Mumbai: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday wondered why has former ally BJP felt the need for holding "so many" election rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Maharashtra."They say that there is a

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  NCP releases list of 131 candidates for Maharashtra Assembly polls

  National | September 27, 2014 9:27 IST

  Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday released a list of 131 candidates for the October 15 Maharashtra Assembly polls, though it did not announce any nominee to contest against Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan

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  BJP releases first list of candidates for Maharashtra Assembly poll

  National | September 27, 2014 10:52 IST

  New Delhi: A day after parting ways with its oldest ally Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released its first list of 172 candidates for the Maharashtra Assembly polls, slated for October

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  In Maharashtra politics, beggars become choosers!

  National | September 26, 2014 20:15 IST

  Mumbai: From begging for single-digit seats, smaller parties in Maharashtra have become most sought after following the break-up of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance.For the smaller parties in the old Grand Alliance that included the Sena

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  Shiv Sena dubs BJP leaders 'enemies of Maharashtra'

  National | September 26, 2014 9:39 IST

  Mumbai: Launching a scathing attack on its former ally, Shiv Sena on Friday dubbed those who broke the 25-year-old alliance as ‘enemies of Maharashtra'."Our other (Mahayuti) alliance parties wanted the Sena-BJP combine to continue. More

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  BJP president Amit Shah's Mumbai visit cancelled

  National | September 25, 2014 11:29 IST

  Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Amit Shah's Mumbai visit has been cancelled, party sources said today morning.Shah was expected to arrive here to take part in an event at Rambhau Mhalgi, Bhayandar.BJP leader Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

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  BJP says decision on Maharashtra CM post after polls

  National | September 15, 2014 9:26 IST

  Pune: Tension within the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance over seat sharing for upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls became perceptible with the BJP disapproving Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's statement that in the event of victory,

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  Maharashtra CM to skip PM's function in Nagpur today, Congress says Modi has dictator's mentality

  National | August 21, 2014 6:53 IST

  Mumbai: Taking an aggressive stand on the incidents of heckling at functions attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Congress-ruled states, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said he would not attend today's function in

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  MNS: An enigma in Maharashtra politics

  National | April 20, 2014 18:13 IST

  Mumbai: What started as a breakaway from the Thackeray clan and the Shiv Sena eight years ago, Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is now eyeing a position where it could make or break the

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  Pranab, Antony To Consult Sonia Before Leaving For Mumbai

  National | November 09, 2010 14:19 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 9 (PTI) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister A K Antony are expected to consult Congress chief Sonia Gandhi before leaving for Mumbai to elect a new CLP leader following the