Sohit Rakesh Mishra

Eknath Shinde, who has caused the Shiv Sena to fold in on itself, is headed to Mumbai -finally. His travel plans suggest that he's ready to fuel the next big move against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Shrikant Shinde, Shiv Sena MP and the son of Maharashtra's rebel MLA Eknath Shinde, today claimed legitimacy for the faction led by his father.

The Shiv Sena said it will fight to get 16 of the rebel MLAs disqualified and make them "face the electorate".

Sanjay Raut, the closest aide of Uddhav Thackeray -- fighting back-to-the wall to save his party and the Maharashtra government -- today lashed out at the rebels holed up with Eknath Shinde in Guwahati.

Sanjay Raut, the chief spokesperson of Shiv Sena, which is battling a rebellion led by senior leader Eknath Shinde, today took a swipe at the rebel leaders camping in BJP-ruled Assam.

The Shiv Sena said it would take action against rebels led by minister Eknath Shinde soon as they seemed headed towards launching a spin-off party named "Shiv Sena Balasaheb Thackeray".

Eknath Shinde, at the centre of the revolt against his boss Uddhav Thackeray, has told NDTV that more than 50 MLAs are backing him."We have the support of 50 MLAs, 40 from Shiv Sena," Mr Shinde, who is camping in BJP-ruled Assam, said.

A 10-minute telephone conversation between Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde this evening, has failed to suggest a way out of the impasse.

Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray was stopped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security today when he went with his father, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, to receive him.

A Mumbai court is likely to decide today on the bail request of two Maharashtra ruling party leaders, Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh, which has become crucial ahead of Rajya Sabha elections in which every vote counts.

The leaders of the ruling coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi had spoken to former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and appealed for an unopposed election by withdrawing one of their candidates, but BJP did not agree to this.

The big contest will be for the sixth seat, with the BJP rejecting the MVA offer for an additional seat to avoid elections. The face-off will be between the BJP's Dhananjay Mahadik and Shiv Sena's Sanjay Pawar.

The investigating officer in the drugs-on-cruise case was "motivated to somehow implicate Aryan Khan", an enquiry by a special investigation team of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has found.

Shiv Sena workers gathered outside the apartment of Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana in Mumbai this morning and shouted slogans after the couple announced that they would recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree

Mumbai police have deployed heavy security in Mankhurd to ensure no untoward incident takes place again after some unknown miscreants vandalised the vehicles parked in that area on Sunday night.

Eknath Shinde, who has caused the Shiv Sena to fold in on itself, is headed to Mumbai -finally. His travel plans suggest that he's ready to fuel the next big move against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Shrikant Shinde, Shiv Sena MP and the son of Maharashtra's rebel MLA Eknath Shinde, today claimed legitimacy for the faction led by his father.

The Shiv Sena said it will fight to get 16 of the rebel MLAs disqualified and make them "face the electorate".

Sanjay Raut, the closest aide of Uddhav Thackeray -- fighting back-to-the wall to save his party and the Maharashtra government -- today lashed out at the rebels holed up with Eknath Shinde in Guwahati.

Sanjay Raut, the chief spokesperson of Shiv Sena, which is battling a rebellion led by senior leader Eknath Shinde, today took a swipe at the rebel leaders camping in BJP-ruled Assam.

The Shiv Sena said it would take action against rebels led by minister Eknath Shinde soon as they seemed headed towards launching a spin-off party named "Shiv Sena Balasaheb Thackeray".

Eknath Shinde, at the centre of the revolt against his boss Uddhav Thackeray, has told NDTV that more than 50 MLAs are backing him."We have the support of 50 MLAs, 40 from Shiv Sena," Mr Shinde, who is camping in BJP-ruled Assam, said.

A 10-minute telephone conversation between Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde this evening, has failed to suggest a way out of the impasse.

Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray was stopped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security today when he went with his father, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, to receive him.

A Mumbai court is likely to decide today on the bail request of two Maharashtra ruling party leaders, Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh, which has become crucial ahead of Rajya Sabha elections in which every vote counts.

The leaders of the ruling coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi had spoken to former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and appealed for an unopposed election by withdrawing one of their candidates, but BJP did not agree to this.

The big contest will be for the sixth seat, with the BJP rejecting the MVA offer for an additional seat to avoid elections. The face-off will be between the BJP's Dhananjay Mahadik and Shiv Sena's Sanjay Pawar.

The investigating officer in the drugs-on-cruise case was "motivated to somehow implicate Aryan Khan", an enquiry by a special investigation team of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has found.

Shiv Sena workers gathered outside the apartment of Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana in Mumbai this morning and shouted slogans after the couple announced that they would recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree

Mumbai police have deployed heavy security in Mankhurd to ensure no untoward incident takes place again after some unknown miscreants vandalised the vehicles parked in that area on Sunday night.