Devendra Fadnavis Takes Oath

Five MLAs from the BJP and four from the Shiv Sena faction led by Eknath Shinde will be sworn in at the much awaited cabinet expansion in Maharashtra today, according to sources.

The Shiv Sena on Saturday said former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis taking oath as deputy chief minister was a "shocking climax" to the event of creating political instability in the state, and questioned the BJP why it did not show a

Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde took oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister and Devendra Fadnavis his deputy on Thursday, as the BJP capped the coup that unseated Uddhav Thackeray a day ago with back-to-back curveballs.

Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde today took oath as the Mahrashtra Chief Minister at the Raj Bhawan. BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister just hours after he renounced any position in the Maharashtra government.

Ajit Pawar, a senior leader of Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party took oath as the Deputy of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday- more than a month after he had sided with the BJP and became the deputy of Devendra Fadnavis. Mr Thackeray's cabinet will also include his son Aaditya Thackeray, who is taking oath along with 3...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today rejected the BJP's objection to him invoking his late parents while taking the oath on Thursday, and claimed that it was something he would not hesitate to do again.

The Maharashtra Governor behaved in an "unprecedented and reprehensible manner" by inviting the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and the NCP's Ajit Pawar to take oath in a surprise event last week, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said today. Her attack comes hours before Uddhav Thackeray takes oath as the Chief Minister of a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine i...

Uddhav Thackeray will take oath at Mumbai's sprawling Shivaji Park as Chief Minister of a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government this evening, two days after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis resigned as Chief Minister and NCP's Ajit Pawar as his deputy, ahead of a trust vote ordered by the Supreme Court. The Shiv Sena leader, who will be sworn in as the 18th...

With just a day left for Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray to take oath as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a senior BJP leader and former state minister has in hindsight suggested the BJP should not have taken into confidence Ajit Pawar, the nephew of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar does not rule out joining the Uddhav Thackeray-led government after the short-lived rebellion that saw him taking oath as deputy to the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis four days ago. "The decision to induct me in the cabinet is to be taken by Uddhav Thackeray as Chief Minister," he told reporters on Wednes...

Uddhav Thackeray will be sworn in tomorrow at Mumbai's sprawling Shivaji Park as Chief Minister of a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government after Devendra Fadnavis resigned as Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar as his deputy, ahead of a trust vote ordered by the Supreme Court. Mr Thackeray and his wife Rashmi met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari this morning....

Maharashtra Government: In a special assembly session in Maharashtra, interim speaker Kalidas Kolambkar administered oath to the MLAs today. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday called the special session hours after BJP's Devendra Fadnavis resigned as the Chief Minister in a dramatic turn of events. NCP's Ajit Pawar, his deputy, had also res...

When BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister in an early Saturday morning function, outsmarting the Shiv Sena-Congress-BJP combine, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, in a sharp jibe, had said "anything can happen in politics and cricket." After the collapse of the 80-hour government on Tuesday, it was the NCP's turn to take a sw...

Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister of the new Maharashtra government, did not attend a memorial for the martyrs of 26/11, or the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, in Mumbai this morning. He has also not officially taken charge after being sworn in on Saturday morning in a controversial oath ceremony that saw the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis making a surprise co...

Vehicles carrying Shiv Sena, NCP MLAs arrived at Mumbai's Grand Hyatt hotel. Nearly 162 MLAs of the three-party combine are expected at the show of strength by non-BJP parties ahead of Supreme Court ruling. Sharad Pawar along with daughter Supriya Sule around an hour ago.

Five MLAs from the BJP and four from the Shiv Sena faction led by Eknath Shinde will be sworn in at the much awaited cabinet expansion in Maharashtra today, according to sources.

The Shiv Sena on Saturday said former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis taking oath as deputy chief minister was a "shocking climax" to the event of creating political instability in the state, and questioned the BJP why it did not show a

Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde took oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister and Devendra Fadnavis his deputy on Thursday, as the BJP capped the coup that unseated Uddhav Thackeray a day ago with back-to-back curveballs.

Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde today took oath as the Mahrashtra Chief Minister at the Raj Bhawan. BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister just hours after he renounced any position in the Maharashtra government.

Ajit Pawar, a senior leader of Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party took oath as the Deputy of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday- more than a month after he had sided with the BJP and became the deputy of Devendra Fadnavis. Mr Thackeray's cabinet will also include his son Aaditya Thackeray, who is taking oath along with 3...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today rejected the BJP's objection to him invoking his late parents while taking the oath on Thursday, and claimed that it was something he would not hesitate to do again.

The Maharashtra Governor behaved in an "unprecedented and reprehensible manner" by inviting the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and the NCP's Ajit Pawar to take oath in a surprise event last week, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said today. Her attack comes hours before Uddhav Thackeray takes oath as the Chief Minister of a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine i...

Uddhav Thackeray will take oath at Mumbai's sprawling Shivaji Park as Chief Minister of a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government this evening, two days after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis resigned as Chief Minister and NCP's Ajit Pawar as his deputy, ahead of a trust vote ordered by the Supreme Court. The Shiv Sena leader, who will be sworn in as the 18th...

With just a day left for Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray to take oath as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a senior BJP leader and former state minister has in hindsight suggested the BJP should not have taken into confidence Ajit Pawar, the nephew of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar does not rule out joining the Uddhav Thackeray-led government after the short-lived rebellion that saw him taking oath as deputy to the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis four days ago. "The decision to induct me in the cabinet is to be taken by Uddhav Thackeray as Chief Minister," he told reporters on Wednes...

Uddhav Thackeray will be sworn in tomorrow at Mumbai's sprawling Shivaji Park as Chief Minister of a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government after Devendra Fadnavis resigned as Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar as his deputy, ahead of a trust vote ordered by the Supreme Court. Mr Thackeray and his wife Rashmi met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari this morning....

Maharashtra Government: In a special assembly session in Maharashtra, interim speaker Kalidas Kolambkar administered oath to the MLAs today. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday called the special session hours after BJP's Devendra Fadnavis resigned as the Chief Minister in a dramatic turn of events. NCP's Ajit Pawar, his deputy, had also res...

When BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister in an early Saturday morning function, outsmarting the Shiv Sena-Congress-BJP combine, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, in a sharp jibe, had said "anything can happen in politics and cricket." After the collapse of the 80-hour government on Tuesday, it was the NCP's turn to take a sw...

Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister of the new Maharashtra government, did not attend a memorial for the martyrs of 26/11, or the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, in Mumbai this morning. He has also not officially taken charge after being sworn in on Saturday morning in a controversial oath ceremony that saw the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis making a surprise co...

Vehicles carrying Shiv Sena, NCP MLAs arrived at Mumbai's Grand Hyatt hotel. Nearly 162 MLAs of the three-party combine are expected at the show of strength by non-BJP parties ahead of Supreme Court ruling. Sharad Pawar along with daughter Supriya Sule around an hour ago.