Maharashtra News Archives

Maharashtra crisis: Shinde takes oath as CM, Fadnavis to be Deputy CM

Eknath Shinde is new Maharashtra chief minister, former chief minister and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis will be part of the cabinet as deputy chief minister. (Image credit: FB File photos)

Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde took oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister late Thursday evening. BJP leader and former CM Devendra Fadnavis becomes deputy Chief Minister after initially refusing to be a part of the cabinet. Earlier the dark cloud…

Bombay HC rejects Independent MP Navneet Rana’s Scheduled Caste certificate

Member of Lok Sabha from Amravati Navneet Kaur Rana (Image credit: NDTV)

The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Tuesday (June 8) rejected the caste certificate of Independent MP from Amravati, Navneet Kaur Rana, thus endangering her Lok Sabha membership. She has also been fined Rs two lakh. Though she won…

Bihar lawyer decries Patna Police’s role in Sushant case

Constitutional experts suggest that Bihar Police may not have the jurisdiction to investigate the death of Sushant Singh Rajput as the incident happened in Mumbai. (Image Courtesy: Twitter)

Even as the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on August 4 recommended a CBI investigation into actor Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case, senior advocate of Patna High Court Deenu Kumar called the whole exercise of Bihar Police as unconstitutional and illegal.…

Bihar, Maharashtra locked in war of words after Patna SP quarantined in Mumbai

Patna SP Vinay Tiwari who was quarantined by BMC on his arrival in Mumbai.

The controversy over the investigation of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death has boiled into full-fledged war of words between Maharashtra and Bihar government on Monday after Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials quarantined the Patna Superintendent of Police, Vinay Tiwari on his…