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2,000 cops to guard Shivaji Park for Uddhav Thackeray's oath-taking ceremony today; dog squads, drones to monitor Dadar venue
• 5 years agoShiv Sainiks are emotionally connected to the Shivaji Park as it is the place where party founder late Bal Thackeray used to address his Dussehra rallies
Daily Bulletin: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray to be sworn in as Maharashtra CM at Mumbai's Shivaji Park today; Telangana cabinet to discuss impasse in TSRTC ; day's top stories
Fp Staff • 5 years agoHere are today's top stories: Maharashtra govt formation: Uddhav Thackeray to be sworn-in as chief minister today; NCP to get deputy CM's post, Congress leader to be Speaker; Delhi court to hear application of Delhi gang-rape victim Nirbhaya's parents for early execution of the 4 accused in case; and more
Maharashtra govt formation: From Udayanraje Bhosale to Ganesh Naik, NCP leaders who joined BJP paid a heavy price
Fppolitics • 5 years agoThe BJP fielded Bhosale from Satara in bypolls held in October, but he suffered a shock defeat at the hands of NCP leader Shriniwas Patil.
Maharashtra Govt Formation Updates: Backing BJP wasn't a revolt, says Ajit Pawar at NCP, Shiv Sena, Congress meet
Fp Staff • 5 years agoMaharashtra Govt Formation Updates | Speaking about his support to the BJP for government formation in the state. Ajit Pawar said that it ws not a revolt. On being asked about his role in the NCP, he said: 'Did NCP remove me? Did you read about my removal from the party?'
Maharashtra saga: Sharad Pawar takes lessons from his own playbook, uses pan-state grip to make nephew Ajit fall in line
Jaideep Hardikar • 5 years agoThe latest bid was, by far, one of the most serious attempts by Ajit to come out of the shadow of Sharad Pawar and wrest control of the NCP. But the attempt failed for the same reasons which have existed for the past two decades since the formation of Pawar’s regional outfit, with the addition of some more.
Pro tem Speaker Kalidas Kolambar administers oath to Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar, other MLAs at special Maharashtra Assembly session
• 5 years agoThe NCP has announced that Uddhav would be the next chief minister of Maharashtra. He will be sworn in chief minister on Thursday evening at Shivaji Park in Dadar, the place where his party holds traditional Dussehra rally each year.
Race for Maharashtra: How BJP's Operation Lotus, termed masterful 72 hours ago, went off track, bringing state back to square one
Suhit K Sen • 5 years agoThe midnight coup planned and executed in Maharashtra on Saturday by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been stymied for the moment.
Maharashtra Govt Formation Updates: Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine's chief ministerial candidate Uddhav Thackeray stakes claim at Raj Bhavan
Fp Staff • 5 years agoMaharashtra Govt Formation Updates: Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine's chief ministerial nominee Uddhav Thackeray reached Raj Bhavan and staked claim to form government in Maharashtra.
'We also know Chanakyaniti': Sena, Congress, NCP slam BJP after Devendra Fadnavis resigns as Maharashtra chief minister
Fp Staff • 5 years agoMaharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis resigned on Tuesday, barely 80 hours after taking oath for the second time on Saturday, immediately after his deputy Ajit Pawar's gave his resignation citing 'personal reasons'
Devendra Fadnavis resigns as Maharashtra CM: With bruised BJP, shaky Shiv Sena, state heads for winter of discontent
Narayanan Madhavan • 5 years agoThe image of Fadnavis as a sincere, straightforward statesman has come under a long shadow, evidently cast by political objects located in New Delhi, not Mumbai.