Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, has acted against a senior minister who decamped last night for Surat, along with at least 21 other MLAs - a "G-22". Eknath Shinde is at the centre of the new political crisis; Yashwant Sinha, a former Union Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government, was today named the joint opposition candidate for President polls. The BJP is yet to announce its pick for the July polls and other top stories.
