Politics

Kumar took over from Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’, who expressed his wish to give up the national president’s post that he had been holding since March 2021, and moved a proposal that the Bihar CM take over, which was unanimously accepted

The newly-inducted ministers will take oath at a ceremony in the Raj Bhavan at 3.30 pm. Governor Kalraj Mishra will administer the oath, sources said

Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut has said the party is firm on contesting from 23 Lok Sabha seats though Congress feels votes may be reduced for Sena since the split

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will address the rally, according to party leaders

The book, with around 200 pages, meticulously traces the organisational journey of Narendra Modi

Former AIADMK general secretary Sasikala's reaction came after treasurer O Panneerselvam was ousted from the party's primary membership for alleged “anti-party” activities

The Supreme Court hearing on the petitions regarding the political events in Maharashtra may decide the fate of the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis regime

Thackeray --- who is struggling to keep his flock together --- said there was no pressure on his party as he called for mid-term polls

BJP former MLA N Indrasena Reddy alleged that the intelligence official who was caught by them was handed over to his senior officials and ensured that the pictures he allegedly took were deleted

The decision came after Transport Minister Anil Parab of the Shiv Sena demanded that Aurangabad city in central Maharashtra be renamed as Sambhajinagar

The Shiv Sena crisis illustrates that the resentment against dynastic politics isn't just amidst the public but also inside family-run parties

The top court also gave time to Eknath Shinde and 15 other MLAs till July 12 to file replies to disqualification notices served to them by the deputy speaker

NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal was the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra when Bal Thackeray was arrested in 2000

It showed some people throwing stones at the Ulhasnagar office of Shrikant Shinde and they can also be heard raising pro-Uddhav Thackeray slogans

There are several similarities between the two rebellions, one led by N Chandrababu Naidu in 1995 that ended NTR's political career, and the other now by Eknath Shinde that could effectively do the same to Uddhav Thackeray

While every effort is being made to pacify Shinde and convince him to return to the party fold, several leaders who are part of the Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi find his act mere ‘political posturing'