Maharashtra

Thackeray claimed if the BJP wins the Lok Sabha polls, crackers will be burst in India as well as in China as there will be a ‘timid’ government in New Delhi

The Congress expelled Nirupam for six years for " indiscipline and anti-party statements" days after he gave a “one-week ultimatum” to the party over the Mumbai North-West seat.

Organising rallies at the same places where the PM addressed meetings, the opposition alliance is raising local issues and “failures” of the Modi government.

According to the police, the deceased, Vishal Pawar, was admitted to a hospital in Thane the next day after he was poisoned, but lost the battle for life three days later on May 1.

He was arrested from Punjab along with Sonu Kumar Bishnoi for allegedly supplying weapons to shooters Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta, who were already arrested, according to police.

A party source said the BJP had planned to offer only 12 seats to Shiv Sena, but its survey on these seats made it realize that all these were tough ones to win against Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT).

Mumbai South, Mumbai South-Central and Mumbai North-West will see a fight between the two Senas, while Mumbai North-East will be a BJP versus Shiv Sena (UBT) face-off.

Thackeray was talking to reporters in south Mumbai, where he paid tributes to 105 people who laid down their lives for the 'Samyukta Maharashtra' movement.

Navale said that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde succumbed to the pressure from the BJP. He also said he would not join any party.

An MLA from Jogeshwari in Mumbai, Waikar was a close aide of Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray before joining the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

"Delhi's CM (Arvind Kejriwal) is put behind bars. They (BJP) are walking on the path of dictatorship and are destroying democracy. Therefore, to save our nation we need to defeat them," he said.

Nikam, who was special public prosecutor in several high-profile cases like the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts will take on Congress' Mumbai unit chief Varsha Gaikwad.

Ajit Pawar, while addressing a rally, committed substantial funds conditioned on widespread support in voting, implying funding constraints otherwise.

Through the INDIA government, Thackeray said, they will not only waive farm loans but also revise the conditions concerning crop insurance.

The Sharad Pawar-led party said it supports full statehood for Jammu and Kashmir and rejects the idea of 'one nation, one election'.

As he suffered a fainting fit, the security personnel accompanying him carried him off-stage.

Thackeray was addressing a press conference at Nanded in Maharashtra, where he arrived to campaign for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate Vasant Chavan from the Nanded Lok Sabha constituency.

Londe welcomed the chief electoral officer’s decision to take action against the school director, but asked for action against Nitin Gadkari as well.

Addressing a rally in Rajasthan's Banswara on Sunday, Modi said the Congress plans to give people's hard-earned money and valuables to "infiltrators" and "those who have more children".

The NCP (SP) leader claimed some BJP leaders had spoken publicly about changing the Constitution and appealed to the people to not allow autocracy to take shape in India.