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Maharashtra crisis: Rebels rejoice, hectic politicking in BJP
Rebel leader Minister Eknath Shinde tweeted: "This is the victory of Hindu HridaySamrat Balasaheb Thackeray's Hindutva and the ideology of Dharmveer Anand Dighe." The faction - currently in a Guwahati hotel - erupted into joy and celebrations after the apex court ruling and also expressed gratitude to the Centre for providing security to the rebel MLAs and their families.
Sanjay Raut summoned in Rs 1,034 cr Patra chawl land scam
The ED has asked Raut to appear in its Mumbai office on Tuesday to get his statement recorded. Soon after receiving the summon, the Shiv Sena leader took to Twitter to allege that he was being victimised on the instructions of the Centre. "I just came to know that the ED has summoned me. Good! There are big political developments in Maharashtra.
PIL in Bombay High Court seeks 'return to work' by rebel Ministers, MLAs
The petition has been filed by crusader-lawyer Asim Sarode on behalf of the activists group, comprising prominent personalities from different fields. Among other things, he has urged the court to direct the rebel group leader Eknath Shinde "who is on unofficial leave" along with other ministers to return to the state and take charge of their duties
Presidential polls: JMM & AAP skip Yashwant Sinha's nomination
Senior leaders of 16 Opposition parties, including NCP Supremo Sharad Pawar, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechruy and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accompanied Sinha, when he filed his nomination on Monday. However, the JMM and AAP did not attend the event and indicated chinks within the opposition ranks.
Supreme Court relief to Maharashtra rebel MLAs, extends response deadline to July 12
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, representing Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal, submitted that his client has questioned the authenticity of the motion seeking his removal, sent through an anonymous email. The top court noted that in all fairness, it should have all the records from the office of the Deputy Speaker before it and asked Zirwal to file a detailed affidavit.
Punjab AAP's 1st Budget gives 300 units of free electricity to households
The paperless Budget, with focus on agriculture, education and health, proposed to earn Rs 95,378.28 crore this fiscal, against an expenditure of Rs 1,55,859.78 crore. This means a revenue deficit of Rs 12,553.80 crore. It proposed Rs 20,122 crore to be spent on the payment of interest on state's loans. However, the total debt servicing will take Rs 36,068.67 crore of the state's earnings.
Yashwant Sinha files nomination for Presidential election
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders were present at the filing of Sinha's nomination. Sinha also paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and Dr B.R. Ambedkar before filing his nomination.
'MLAs lives under threat, can't pursue cases in Mumbai', Shiv Sena rebels to Supreme Court
A vacation comprising Justices Surya Kant and J.B. Pardiwala asked senior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, representing the rebel MLAs, why they did not move the Bombay High Court. Kaul cited threats to the lives of the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs and their families, which made the atmosphere non-conducive to pursue cases in Mumbai.
Presidential polls: TRS to support Yashwant Sinha
This was announced by TRS working president K.T. Rama Rao, who took to Twitter to announce this on Monday. "President of @trspartyonline Sri KCR Garu has decided to extend support to the candidature of Sri @YashwantSinha Ji in the election for President of India Along with our Members of Parliament, I will be representing the TRS at the nomination today." Rama Rao along with TRS MPs left for New Delhi to represent TRS during the filing of nomination by Sinha later in the day.
Rahul Gandhi's office was attacked on directions of CM office: Congress
Soon after the House assembled at 9 a.m., chaos ruled as the Speaker (M.B.Rajesh) disallowed the TV channels from covering the Question hour and provided censored visuals wherein the protests of the opposition was edited, drawing huge criticism from the media. Later, the Speaker's office said it was due to a "communication gap".
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