Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday attacked the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government Vikas Aghadi (MVA) as it completed its first year in office, saying it had failed in all respects. . He said the government has been unable to address the Covid-19 pandemic, …
Read More »Fadnavis: Arnab and Kangana cases point to abuse of power by Maharashtra government
By: Express Web Desk | Mumbai | November 28, 2020 2:01:07 PM Former Prime Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis. (Archive) Former Maharashtra chief minister and opposition leader in the Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday the Supreme Court order in the case against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and …
Read More »‘Don’t threaten’, says Fadnavis after taunting Thackeray ‘don’t force me to go after you’
One day after Maharashtra’s chief minister Uddhav Thackeray warned the opposition to stay away from vindictive politics, former CM Devendra Fadnavis asked Thackeray to stop threatening. “Show governance instead,” said the BJP leader, criticizing the government of Maha Vikas Agadhi for the Covid-19 situation in the state. “It is by …
Read More »Maharashtra extends closure restrictions until December 31, essential services allowed
Maharashtra closure newsWatching the rise in coronavirus cases, the Maharashtra government on Friday extended lockdown restrictions in the state to Dec. 31. However, in issuing an order, the state government said that restrictions will continue in the containment zones. Also read: schools in this state will remain closed until the …
Read More »BJP attacked my family … I haven’t lowered myself to their level, says Uddhav
Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray completed a year in office as head of a Maharashtra government Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Friday. It has been a torrid year, with political attacks from its longtime ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party, a health crisis in the form of Covid, which put Maharashtra on …
Read More »Protect Common People’s Right to Bail, Supreme Court Tells Justices
Those without means languish in prisons as sub-tests, the court says. On Friday, the Supreme Court called on judges to protect personal liberty and the right of ordinary people to bail, saying “liberty is not a gift for the few.” Ordinary citizens without the means or resources to move higher …
Read More »Uddhav Thackeray: My stable government, the allies will contest the polls together | India News
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray said Friday that Maha Vikas Aghadi’s (MVA) ruling allies will fight in all elections, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) poll, together. Thackeray (60), who heads the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance ministry, spoke to select media at his official Varsha residence in South Mumbai, as …
Read More »Uddhav Thackeray hits BJP on the probe
“They have the Surya Chakra, we have the Sudarshan Chakra,” Uddhav Thackeray said in his interview. Mumbai: Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, in reaction to a corruption investigation against a leader of his Shiv Sena, issued a challenge and warning to the former BJP ally. “We even have information about …
Read More »Don’t force me to go after you, Thackeray says in a veiled warning to the opposition
Attacking the opposition, Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said that he should not be forced to go after them. In an interview with Shiv Sena spokesperson Saamana, Thackeray’s warning comes in the wake of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) action against Sena lawmaker Pratap Sarnaik. Thackeray, who completed a year …
Read More »Second wave of COVID-19 looming, some parts busy in protests: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray
The number of Covid cases has now dropped to 4,700 to 5,000 cases daily, the chief minister said. Mumbai: Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday disapproved of the conduct of “some parties” for putting people’s lives at risk by waving on the roads ahead of a second wave of …
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