Eknath Shinde

Shinde along with his deputies Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, all political rivals of Sharad Pawar, will be attending a job fair, 'Namo Maharojgar Melava', in the premises of Vidya Pratishthan college in Baramati town of Pune district.

Maratha Quota Bill: Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil has issued a stern warning, suggesting the potential start of a statewide 'rasta roko' agitation beginning on February 24. He emphasised the gravity of the situation by threatening to organise a widespread roadblock across Maharashtra, including Mumbai, on March 3.

Maratha Reservation: Manoj Jarange-Patil, the activist leading the campaign for caste-based reservations, has cautiously welcomed the recently passed reservation bill in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

In 2022, upon assuming the role of Maharashtra's Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde vowed to eradicate potholes from Mumbai's roads by 2024. He asserted that the concrete surfacing of roads would be pivotal in reaching this objective. However, this assertion has failed to yield any noticeable improvements.

Deora, a former Union minister, joined the Shiv Sena only last month.

Shiv Sena MLA under Eknath Shinde faces backlash for urging children to fast if parents don't vote for him.

Sports News Highlights: The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) was suspended by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports on February 3 for failing to hold elections on time and for breaking the PCI constitution. The news was a major setback for the Indian athletes participating in the August–September 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.

The senior lawyers for the Thackeray faction, however, opposed the idea and said the top court is more equipped to handle the case.

News Highlights: Uddhav Thackeray faction's plea challenges the order of Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, who declared the Shiv Sena bloc led by Shinde as the "real political party" following its split in June 2022.

"I am taking this battle to the people's court," a combative Thackeray said at a press conference here.

Petitions filed on January 12 by Bharat Gogavale, the chief whip of the ruling Shiv Sena against the 14 MLAs, said they were challenging the "legality, propriety and correctness" of the January 10 order passed by Speaker Rahul Narwekar dismissing the disqualification petitions submitted by him against the rival camp Assembly members.

The speaker had also rejected the Thackeray faction's plea to disqualify 16 MLAs of the ruling camp, including Shinde.

Deora joined the Eknath Shinde-led faction of Sena, which was recently ruled as the "real Shiv Sena" by the Maharashtra Speaker, in the presence of the chief minister in Mumbai. He is expected to be fielded by the party as its candidate from the South Mumbai constituency.

The stakes are high as an order against the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction could affect the stability of the state government.

The project's cost went up not due to the delay in its completion, but due to the change in alignment to address the concerns of the fishermen community of Worli, Shinde said.

The court had earlier set December 31 deadline for Rahul Narwekar to decide the pleas. He sought a 15-day extension but the court agreed to 10 days

The first phase of the project is a 10.58-km stretch between Marine Drive to Worli in south Mumbai.

Shinde says activist Manoj Jarange should cooperate with government in ensuring quota for Maratha community.

The court has also directed the Speaker to decide disqualification petitions against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs by January 31