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  NCP, Congress parted ways due to significant differences: Pawar

  Politics | September 26, 2014 16:37 IST

  New Delhi: Significant differences on “critical issues” forced NCP to take “bold” step of ending the 15-year-old alliance with Congress in Maharashtra, party chief Sharad Pawar today said.The Maratha strongman also said that his party

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  RBI being shifted to Delhi, says Congress minister

  Politics | September 24, 2014 19:11 IST

  Mumbai: Senior Maharashtra Congress leader Narayan Rane Wednesday accused the Centre of planning to shift the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to New Delhi and dilute Mumbai's status as the country's commercial capital.Rane, who is

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  NCP firm on alliance with Congress - and 144 seats

  Politics | September 22, 2014 20:53 IST

  Mumbai: Two days after serving an ultimatum to ally Congress on finalizing the seat-share, the NCP Monday reiterated that it would continue the alliance but also remained firm on its demand for half the assembly

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  Chavan snubs NCP over 'ultimatum', says is firm in saddle

  Politics | September 21, 2014 23:37 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today snubbed NCP over an “ultimatum” given by party leader Praful Patel on its demand to contest 144 seats in October 15 Assembly elections, saying that such discussions are

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  Don't hit below the belt, rake up old issue: Ajit Pawar

  Politics | September 21, 2014 18:01 IST

  Mumbai: Ahead of the next month's Maharashtra Assembly elections, Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar today took to the Facebook to make an appeal that his political rivals and media should not hit

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  Pawar's ambition to become CM futile, I am the rightful candidate: Chavan

  Politics | September 20, 2014 11:20 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Assembly elections are just round the corner and pre-election chaos and turbulence have started to build up in the state. On one hand Sena, BJP's 25 years old alliance with Shiv Sena is

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  Clerk more experienced than Maharashtra CM: Shiv Sena

  Politics | September 15, 2014 18:19 IST

  Mumbai: The Shiv Sena Monday criticised Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan by saying that a clerk in the secretariat has more experience than him regarding governance.Taking strong umbrage at Chavan's objection to Shiv Sena chief

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  Mumbai Mayor refuses to remove red beacon light on car

  India | September 11, 2014 17:47 IST

  Mumbai: In a defiant move similar to her predecessor, newly-elected Mumbai Mayor Snehal Ambekar has refused to remove the red beacon light on her official car.Ambekar, 42, the first time Shiv Sena corporator, courted controversy

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  Maharashtra CM sent minister to coordinate rescue of state tourist in Jammu

  India | September 11, 2014 10:52 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan yesterday said he had sent minister of state for relief and rehabilitation Suresh Dhas to Jammu to coordinate rescue of tourists from the state stuck there due to the

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  Prithviraj Chavan seeks meeting of CMs on power crisis

  Politics | September 04, 2014 12:03 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today asked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convene a meeting of the Chief Ministers to discuss the acute power shortage which he said had affected at least five

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  Chavan seeks meeting of CMs on power crisis

  India | September 03, 2014 23:42 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today asked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convene a meeting of the Chief Ministers to discuss the acute power shortage which he said had affected at least five

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  Maharashtra govt orders probe into Mumbai power cut

  India | September 03, 2014 19:03 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra government today ordered an inquiry into the massive power outages faced by several parts of south and central Mumbai yesterday.  An in-depth inquiry would be conducted by Principal Secretary-Energy of the state government,

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  BJP, Congress gearing up for Gujarat by-polls campaign

  Politics | September 03, 2014 12:38 IST

  Ahmedabad: The ruling BJP as well as opposition Congress are drawing up poll campaign plans for the upcoming by-polls for the nine Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat.Both BJP and Congress have inaugurated

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  Prithviraj Chavan seeks govt pleaders' support to improve conviction rate

  India | September 02, 2014 7:10 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan yesterday said improving conviction rate is a challenge and sought support from government pleaders to make it possible.  Addressing a conference of government pleaders here, Chavan said there were

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  Congress interviews aspirants for NCP 'quota' Assembly seats

  Politics | September 01, 2014 13:37 IST

  Mumbai: After its ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) decided to interview aspirants for all 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra, the state Congress unit, which had earlier carried out such an exercise for only 174 seats,

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  'Congress cadre unhappy with NCP, find body language anti-Congress'

  Politics | August 31, 2014 12:20 IST

  Mumbai: With Congress-NCP seat-sharing talks deadlocked over the latter's insistence on getting more seats to contest the Assembly polls, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today said he is against breaking the alliance but party workers

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  Maharashtra govt suspends rape accused DIG Paraskar

  India | August 26, 2014 23:51 IST

  Mumbai: Deputy Inspector General of Police Sunil Paraskar, accused of rape and molestation by a city model, was suspended today.The Home Department had proposed his suspension, which has been approved by Chief Minister Prithivraj Chavan,

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  Chavan lays foundation stone for Colaba-Seepz Metro

  India | August 26, 2014 21:19 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today laid the foundation stone for the 32.5 km Colaba-Bandra-Seepz underground metro corridor, paving the way for start of work on the Rs 23,136 crore project in a record

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  Colaba-Seepz Metro work set to get rolling in just 14 months

  India | August 25, 2014 23:19 IST

  Mumbai: Work on the much-awaited Rs 23,136- crore Colaba-Bandra-Seepz underground metro corridor here is set to take off, little over a year after getting nod from the Centre.Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will lay the

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  Raj Thackeray not to contest Maharashtra Assembly elections

  Politics | August 25, 2014 11:46 IST

  Nagpur: In a U-turn, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has ruled out contesting the forthcoming state Assembly elections, saying that he does not want to “limit” himself to one constituency.  “The entire state